The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-10
NORTH TOPEKA.

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NJ M. Shirley was in town today from
Granville
Mrs. Fred Rose is i'll at her home 1925
Central avenue.
Congressman Charles Curtis left yes
terday for Colorado.
o. c. Neiswender of the Arnold Drug
company is confined to his home by |
illness.
Mrs. VIM. zarker and son have re-
turned from visit to relatives at Silver
Lake.
Rev Herbert Cross and sister. Miss
Cross, were in town today from Silver
Lake.
w NJ Cline and S. c. AEcAdams went
to Rossville today to attend the l.ineral
Of A. c. Sherman.
Mrs. Thomas Prosser will leave this
evening for Lawrence where she will be
the guest of relatives
Master Benjamin Forbes is the guest
this week of the John Matehett family
of the Union neighborhood.
Mrs. A. s. Diffenderfer entertained a
number of the Rebekahs at her home,
1915 Monroe street last evening.
Mrs. Pangburn arrived yesterday from
Waldo, Kansas, and is visiting her sis
ter Mrs A. NJ. Cross. Of 919 Jackson
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Caskey and chill
dren viii leave tomorrow for a trip to
the western part of the state. They will
go overland
Mr.. and Mrs. Borman. formerly OF
North Topeka but later Of Kansas City
have returned here and have gone TO
housekeeping at SS9 Monroe street.
Shorey real estate Is still changing
hands. One Of the latest to invest in
property in this suburb is z. c. Arnold
who has purchased 25 lots, a part Of the
DePui corner.
Rev. and Mrs. Claud Hale Of Carbon
dale were the guests today of Mrs.
Hale's brother and sister-in-lav, Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Robinson. of Harrison
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. J. Hathaway win
leave this evening for Denver and Boul-
der, Colo. Mrs. Hathaway will be away
a month but Mr.. Hathaways visit win
be shorter.
The Central Sash and Door company
now employs 140 men. They have put
in new patent automatic block sys-
TEN so that the men can register in and
out without delay.
Mrs. 0. c. Berry and little son, Merle
Detmore. of 1911 Jackson street are the
guests this week of Mr.. Berry's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Berry at their coun-
try home on the lower Silver Lake road.
The Daughters of the King of the
Church of the Good Shepherd will meet
! Wednesday evening at the home Of Miss
Emma Richardson, 81 Van Buren,
street. It is hoped that every member
4 Of the order will be present. n
Charles Nauman Of Rochester precinct
who is not only a successful farmer but
runs land office as side issue, says
/ that since the rapid transit line to
Shorey is an assured fact the demand
/ for small garden tracts in the Shorey
and Rochester precincts exceed the sup
ply on hand on his list.
The Ladies' Missionary society OF the
/ Baptist church will meet Wednesday az
/ ternoon at the home Of Mrs. Fo1t3 in
Maple Grove Those who have no con-
/ veyances of their own are requested to
meet at the home of Mrs. W. E. section,
1923 Van Buren, street tomorrow after
noon where transportation viii be pro-
vided for them.
Mr.. Charles Slower was in town today
| from his farm near the reform school.
Mr.. Slower has 20 acres of land one mile
| west of the reform school which he says
| could easily be converted into a good
| lake and swimming pool. With the
/ electric line to Shorey this place could
be made nice park for picnics and
other entertainments.
The election of five directors for the
/ North Topeka drainage district will be
held on Saturday next. The candidates
nominated by meetings Of those interest
peka and at the Menoken school house
are Thomas Page, J. II. Skinner, T. NJ.
James, T. E. Cooper and Ross w Phil
lips. The polling places will be 1010
North Kansas avenue and at the Me-
! noken school house
In 1857 the Santa Fe put in a connect
ing track in North Topeka with the
Union Pacific to be used in exchange of
business between the two lines This
track has proved to be inadequate for
the business of these lines and the Union
/ Pacific is busy with a big corps of men
putting in another duplicate parallel
! track. Foreman Carlson has charge
of the men and says it will take him I'M
til late in the fall to put the double track
through the yard here and rearran2s
all the other tracks S. W. Platz, chief
clerk to the engineer, has charge of the
work. Himself and clerks are located
IN a coach which rests on the ground just
west of the Pacific Express office. Mr..
1 Platz is a. universal favorite with his
subordinates. Indeed It would be hard
to find a more agreeable and pleasant
man than he.