The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-17
NORTH TOPEKA.

ball Printing Co.. 9i2 N. Kansas ave.l
Enoch MARBLE has bought the w. H.
Keys place near the reform school.
George Fiederling has returned to
his work at station "A'' after a short
The Jewell county people of this
vicinity will hold picnic at Garfield !
park F'riday,sthe 25th inst.
Mrs. D. c. Blossom and daughter,
Eliza beth, of Atoka, L. T., are the |
guests of Mrs. ]. w. Blossom.
There will be a P. II. C. dance Fri |
day evening at Barrett's hall. Ice |
cream and cake. Admission 25 cents. |
Charles Myers of the firm of Morns |
& Myers expects to leave the first of
next week for trip around the Great |
lakes
Mrs F. H Morgan, son Paul and
mother, Mrs. Keys, left today for Way
land. Mo, where they will visit rela-
tives for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed White of lib
jackson street are the parents of a
daughter, born yesterday, to whom
they have given the name of Irene
Mary.
Mrs. George Groshong and Miss
Fay Groshong were in town today
from Kilmer. Miss Groshong expects
to come to Topeka next month for a
permanent stay and take up the study
of shorthand.
Mr.. E. E. Miller, who has been visit
ing his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E.
Henshaw of 1929 Topeka avenue. left
| today for his home in Beaver Falls,
| Pa. Mrs. Miller will continue her visit
| here for some time longer
They are not doing much on the Sar-
dou avenue bridge. For the last month
but little apparent progress has been
made. What is the trouble? The North
side and Oakland are immensely inter
ested in the restoration of the bridge.
Miss Hetty Albright, who was
stricken with paralysis Monday after
noon at her home on Topeka avenue
and St. John street, is slightly inn
proved this morning and for the first
| time since the stroke was conscious
and recognized members of the family
| NJ. S. Evans returned yesterday from
| Lawrence where he has been working
on the hospital at Haskell which j. b.
Belts had the contract to build This
hospital was completed at 1915 yester-
day and accepted by the government at
100 Mr. Evans reports quite good
rain at Lawrence yesterday and as far
west as Perry. Mr.. Evans left today for
| Versailles, Mo-, to visit Mrs. Evans who
is spending the summer on the Evans
farm and later on he will go to FIT.
Russell, Wyo., where Mr.. Belts has the
| contract to build officers quarters and
soldiers barracks. Mr.. F. E. Ringer
and eight other workmen who were part
| of the force at work on the Haskell
hospital leave this week for FIT Rus
sell to work on these army buildings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lade Cook of 416
/ Paramore street gave party Wednes-
Mrs. Cooks sister. Miss Anna Martin
of Enid, Okla. The time was spent
playing games and listening to selec-
tions from Mr.. Bert Murrett's grapha-
phone. Refreshments of ice cream,
cake and watermelon were served at
| 10 o'clock. Those present were:
Misses Minnie and Lulu Bowler, Rosa
and Sophia Roehrig, Nanny and Maude
Paisley, Lizzie Kemper, Florence Of
field, Matte anderson, Ethel Fink,
Lena Cook, Anna Martin, MeSSrS.
Louis Grow. Nathan Paisley, Gay
Smith, Albert Kistler, Bert Murrett,
George Seig, Mr.. Evans, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Cook and Mr.
f. H. Martin.
Workmen are engaged today putting
the water and gas mains across the
Inew bridge approach. The twelve inch
water mains are on the east side and
the gas mains on the west side There
was pretty hard digging nearly all last
night to get at the water pipes across
the avenue from the temporary
structure. Probably not many of our
north side people are aware of the inn
provement this water line will be to
| been such III all the past that at no
| time has the water company felt safe
in giving full pressure to the North
side, not even in time of fire. Never
the river been solidIy fixed. When on
the old. bridge they suffered from the
constant vibrations and were always
leaking more or less, so that it was al
ways feared that they might give way
under extra pressure. 1t was not
much better at the north end after the
Melan bridge was built. But now this
is all to be changed, and we will have
the same pressure as the south side.
Fortunately North Topeka has never
suffered from any severe fires and so
has never been conscious that really
it had less protection than the south
side Still there is satisfaction in
knowing that we are really safer from
fire than heretofore While the mains
are being changed and North Topeka
is without water the old steam fire en-
CINE is over to protect the north side in
case of fire.
A Forged Certificate, four act COM
edy DRAMA was given last evening az
Lukens' opera house under the auspices
of the NJ. W. A. The house was good
and the play was we'll given. Mr.. Hugh
Coultis as North Carolina Pete, a regu-
lar old time darkey, carried off the hon
ors of the evening and his appearance
on the stage. which was always just at
the right time TO foil the villain was the
signal for applause. Mr.. Coultis sang
/ a number of old time songs which were
q we'll UP in music. Mr.. Ben Mcpherson,
as Fritz Stein, the faithful German
companion of the Old Blind Man, also