The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22
NORTH TOPEKA.
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Fine Leather Post Cards SC, at
BARS book store.
S. wilson and daughter, Mrs. Rice
of Granville, were in town today.
T. NJ James has returned from the
q. A. r. encampment at Minneapolis.
Mrs. S. J. Davis of Morse street has
returned from a visit to Colorado and
Oklahoma.
E. B. Stewart and aunt. Miss Stowell.
have gone to Colorado for an outing
of several weeks.
The work of enlarging the platform
at the Christian church three feet and
half has been completed
Mr.. Joseph Pollum has returned
from a trip to Washington state and
Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal
Miss Caroline Leese of 335 Para
more street has returned from visit
Of two months to relatives at Pasa-
dena, Cal.
Charles Conman and family of 1918
Madison street left Saturday for
| Omaha, Neb., where they will make
Mrs. sieber and family left today for
/ Rltley Ontario, Canada, where they
viii make their home with Mrs. Sic
ber's mother.
Messrs. Fred and Abe Joseph re-
turned today from Chicago Mrs. Julia
Joseph viii be home from her Chicago
trip this evening.
Rev. Walter E. Tanner. pastor of
! the Baptist church, has returned from
Erie, Kan, where he spent his two
weeks vacation visiting his parents.
Mrs. S. E. Miller of 1421 Topeka
avenue. who has been i'll for the past
week with appendicitis, was taken
yesterday to Stormont hospital for
treatment
Rev. and Mrs. Clyde H. Hale of Car
bondale, Kan, were the guests yester-
day of Mrs Hale's parents, Mr.. and
; nh or1I t,az- f7oCr
Alpha Robinson and family.
Lee Groshong writes that he
reached Los Angeles, Cal, safely and
was offered a job at the station at 50
per day, but chose a more lucrative
bob switching in the yards at $3.50 per
day.
Miss Eleanor Lukens will be the
/ hostess Friday morning for a party
she viii give in honor OF Miss Daisy
/ Vance and Miss Grace Vance of Okla
homa City, who are visiting Topeka
friends
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ingham Of
Ponca City. Okla, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Orart of 1919 Central
avenue. Mrs. Ingham, who has been
at Stormont hospital, is much i'm
proved.
Mrs. Louis Nystrom and daughter.
/ Claudia, who have been the guests for
| the past few days of Mr.. and Mrs. John
| Nystrom of 1913 Jackson street. re-
turned yesterday to their home in Kan
sas City.
Mrs. Ralph Skinner has gone to
| WatOnga, Okla. where she will be the
guest of Miss Ra Hotchkiss and will
remain until after the marriage of
Miss Hotchkiss and DR.. Otto Kiene,
September fifth
Colonel J. n. Stewart returned yes
| terday from d visit to his old home at
/ Wilmington, III. Mr.. Stewart reports
the crops in that part of Illinois in fine
condition and that the corn surpasses
the much famed Kansas corn.
A. F. Kiss. roadmaster of the east
ern division of the L. P railway. came
| in at noon on No. 3 the first of the
week to spend a short time at home
! visiting his family Mr.. Kiss is
troubled considerably with rheuma-
tism.
Several cars of cattle came in on
4 the Union Pacific last night and went
to st. Joseph on the santa Fe Two
train loads of stock went up to St
Joseph on the Santa Fe yesterday.
This city with its fine packing houses
is getting to be a great stock center
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graves and sis
/ ter, Miss Mary Kearns, who are in
! TregO county looking after their
claims, will remain all winter
During a recent heavy storm the cab
/ in of Miss Mary Kearns' was blown
down and had to be rebuilt. Both Mr.
hired to teach this winter in the
/ Trego county schools.
William L. White, who for over
/ twenty years was assistant to Mr..
/ Gerteisen at the Santa Fe junction de-
/ pot here, is chief clerk at Los An
geIes station and has a large force of
men to look after loading and unload
/ ing freight G. w M. White, who was
! formerly in the hardware business
here. is assistant check clerk and
keeps the records of all freight han
died, also the hours worked by the
men.
c. NJ. Essig of Kansas City, u. P.
/ mail clerk, came UP from Kansas City
and was the guest Monday night of his
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Lukens of Rochester. He left yester-
/ day for Loveland, Col, where he viii
! join his cousin Miss Grace Lukens,
| and accompany her on a trip to Estes
Park. From there they will go to
/ spend some time. Mr.. Essig will be
4 away about three weeks.
David Page of the Mid-Continent
Mills, has brought in several ears of
corn from the Page farm, two miles
west of the Reform. school on the up-
/ per Silver Lake road. The ears are
about fifteen inches long and about
/ six inches in circumference and the
kernels are large and plump. He
says the corn never looked nicer I'D in
i that section or the country than it
does this season. All the way to
/ Shorey and the city limits the corn is
magnificent.
Miss Eleanor Lukens entertained at
! thimbles this morning at her home,
/ 1908 Central avenue, in honor Of aer
sister. Miss leila Fay Lukens who is
up from Kansas City for a short visit.
The guests. who were limited to the
former high school friends Of the
guest of honor, were Miss Margaret
Better. Miss Stacey Burgess. Miss
F Edna Corbet, Miss Mabel Cuthbert
/ Miss Louise Fleming, Miss Nellie
Raster. Miss Virginia Meade. Miss
Alice Meade Miss Carrie Morton. Miss
/ Esther Raucf1, Miss Mabel Skinner.
/ Miss Celia Smith, Miss Vivian futile,