The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

remain In Colorado for week longer.
Miss Nettie Curtis has returned to her
| home in Paris, Mo-, after a visit to her
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Cur
| tbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bistus of Kansas
City are the guests of their grand
mother, Mrs. NJ. Schwartz, and of their
sister, Mrs. Charles Norris.
The Mystic Circle meets at the
| home of Mrs. Hutchins, 1926 Madi-
son street, Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock Subject, Consolation
NJ. S. Evans of Lowman Hill was
visiting on the North side today. Mr..
Evans is slowly recovering from a
very severe attack of pneumonia.
We have a few special bargains in
dwelling houses and vacant lots for
| sale and also one good business prop
erty on Kansas avenue. c. D. Myers
Mrs Helen Bushnell of Kansas City IS
the guest of Miss Mabel King of lis
East Gordon street. Miss King is also
entertaining Miss Clark of Savannah,
Mo.
Misses Nellie and Alice Skinner will
entertain the F. A. D. girls at straw
ride this evening to be followed by an
all night party at their home in
Shorey.
Miss Ida Henry. Miss Bessie Henry
terday from Hoyt, where they have
been the guests for a few days of
Miss Anna May Fowler.
The reason for the tearing up of the
new pavement on block 800 Kansas ave-
nue. has been brought to light A leak
in one of the water mains had been dis
covered and 1t was to repair this dam
age that the new pavement was taken
up.
Mrs. Charlton Coffman of Shawnee,
Okla, is here at the home of her
cousin, Mr.. George Schenck 1908
Harrison street. Mr.. Coffman met
with an accident in the railroad yards
| at Shawnee and is now in the Santa
Fa hospital mere.
Work of excavating for the new pave
ment on Central avenue was renewed
yesterday and the indications are that
something will be done in this line Sew
eral loads of sand have been dumped
| on Kansas avenue north of Gordon
street which caused considerable spec
\ ulation as to whether this activity
/ meant that the pavement here would BE-
| laid shortly.
| Moore Mcconnell of Menoken town
ship was thrown out of his buggy yes
terday and considerably cut and bruised
| about the face. The accident happened
on Kansas avenue between Second and
Third streets. The wheel of Mr.. McCon-
/ nelPs buggy caught in the car tracks
| and in trying to extracate it Mr.. McCon-
| nell was thrown to the pavement. The
| buggy was SO badly wrecked by the ac-
I
drive to his home so spent the night at
the home of his son-in-law, Jacob
Roller, 1925 Jackson street.
The Intermediates of the Baptist
| church and the Kansas Avenue NJ. E.
church, about fifty in all, enjoyed a
straw ride to Martins Hill last even
| ing. The crowd assembled at the
Dana home, PA West Gordon street,
and here the wagons came for them
between seven and eight o'clock. Miss
Mary Stevens and Miss Geneveive Ho:-
man chaperoned the Methodist young
people. while the Baptist crowd were
in charge OF Mr.. Bert Fraser. When
the wagons arrived at Martins Hill
some OF the young people produced
potatoes which they intended to roast
for a feast. The fires were built and
the potatoes placed among the ashes
but the hour was late so they were
left there to roast until the next
time. The crowd returned to North
Topeka some time after twelve.