The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
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NORTH WEM NEWS

J. B. Abel was down today from
| Granville.
Albert Reicherter was in town today
from Silver Lake. s-..-...
VIM. Cunningham and J. E Guild Of
Silver Lake went to Kansas City to-
| day.
Miss Bessie Sheetz went to Kansas
City this morning to see the Priests OF
Pallas parade.
John Duffy and Park Goodno, bott
| Of Elmont, went to western Kansas to.
day on a business trip
Misses Myrtle Fox and Minnie Sar-
yer went to Kansas City today for the
Priests Of Pallas parade.
Mr.. Graham of the Cash Mercantile
store went to Kansas City today to the
Priests of Pallas parade.
Mrs. A B. Ketner of Sabetha is
visiting her brother, T. j. Dowler, al
his home, e35 Monroe street.
Mrs VIII Miller has gone to Kansas
City where she will be the guest until
Saturday of Mrs Charles Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. Gladfelter OF
1905 Van Buren, street went to Kansas
City today for the Priests of Pallas
parade.
Miss Phoebe Page has come in
town to learn millinery and has taken
a position in the work room of Mrs.
8. A Todd's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Bergundthal
went to Horton. today where they Will
be the guests of Mrs. Bergundthals
brother. E. c. Porter. and family.
]. W. Holiday and son, John. and ].
w. Dowler and sons. Frank and Earl,
went to Kansas City TINS morning to
take in the Priests of Pallas parade.
All members of Shawnee Council No.
l F. A. A. are requested to be present
wednesday evening, October 2, to meet
with Bro. Frank Stitt OF Los Angeles.
The Ladies Guild of the Church of
the Good Shepherd will meet Wednes-
day afternoon at half past two at the
home of Miss Leila Caldwell, 927 Har-
rison street.
The Temple Builders will hold their
monthly business meeting with Mrs
Helen Johnsos. 10 Tyler street
south, Wednesday afternoon at half
past two o'clock.
Miss Eleanor Holiday, Miss Frances
Short, Miss Lena Hohnbaum, Miss
Rosa Ffrner, Mrs Fred Beuchner and
Miss May Airy are in Kansas City for
the Priests of PalIas parade.
Miss Clara Holman of 1903 Kansas
avenue returned today from Colorado,
where she spent a number of weeks at
Manitou and other interesting places
En- route home she stopped for
short visit to relatives at Newton.
The Argonauts will meet this even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c..
Nicholson. S19 Van Buren, street.
English history will be studied this
winter and the lesson tonight will be
conducted by Mr. E. F. Stanley.
Walter Burgess, who returned yes
terday from a two weeks eastern trip
which included a visit to Niagara
Falls, New York city, Plainfield, n. J.,
and Boston, Mass, where he was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs Gladwin, was
calling on the North side druggists
today.
A. z. Guyre of the upper Silver
Lake road brought in to the A. j.
Berry grocery two ears of the finest
white corn, each ear measuring a foot
in length. The kernels are large and
full. Mr.. Guyre has forty acres of this
corn and expects about 100 bushels to
the acre
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
fist church will have an all day meet
ing tomorrow at the church. This is
the first meeting after a vacation of
two months and a large crowd is ex-
pected. The members are asked to
bring their lunch and come prepared
for work
Peter BERN, a young Russian who
has not been in this country very long
and whose parents now are not able
to follow him here as was expected
when he started away from home,
left last evening for Russia Charles
Gerteisen, local agent, has booked
him on the steamer Brandenburs
which leaves Baltimore shortly for
Bremen.
All those interested in the welfare
of the boys of North Topeka are in
vited to be present tonight at a meet
ing to be held at the Good Shepherd
for the purpose of organizing a boys
club. Refreshments will be served at
s o'clock after which the business of
the meeting will be discussed A
hearty invitation Is extended by Mr..
Carl w. Nau 70 all, especially to the
young men to be present.
Gordon street seems to be a popular
abiding place for bridal couples, as
last summer a newly welded couple
leased a house on West Gordon street
for term of years and now 1t Is un-
derstood that a prospective groom
has leased an East Gordon street cot
tage for several years. The groom to
be in this case is a we'll known young
professional man. while the bride
elect is a Topeka young woman
Rumor has it that the wedding will
take place this month
The fire department was called out
at o'clock last evening to s34 Kan
sas avenue where smoke was noticed
coming up through one of the gratings
In the pavement, giving every indfca-
ton that a well developed fire was in
progress in the basement. When the
hremen arrived and began an investi-
cation they discovered that the excite
ment was caused by some boys who
had a quantity of stolen wire from
which they were burning off the in
sulation- They were SO busy with
their work that they forgot the smoke
would have to have an outlet and
would naturally come up through the
grating. When the alarm of fire was
turned in and they realized what had
caused it they made a hasty retreat
The building is owned by Mrs. Bern
stein and has been vacant for a num-
Der of months.
Rev Theodore Hanson of McPher-
son, who recently received a call from
the members of the North Topeka
Baptist church to become their pastor,
has declined the call Rev. Mr. Han
son last evening met the pulpit COM