The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-23
NORTH TOPEKA.
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Petro & woodford. prescription
druggists.
F. ]. Thomas was down today from
Silver Lake.
]. B. Billings was in town today
from Granville.
j. L. HOLSTER of Silver Lake was g
North side visitor today.
Mr.. Grover King of lis East Gordon
street will spend Sunday visiting Law
renee friends.
Misses Rose Clark and Hazel More
head have taken positions in Mrs.
Todd's millinery store
Mr.. White and family moved today
from 119 West Gordon street to their
former home in Minneapolis. Kan.
Mrs. E. D. Small and daughter Miss
Adele Small will arrive next Thursday
from Atchison for a permanent resi-
dence in North Topeka.
There will be a play 1.-THE Millers
Daughter" given at school district Fl
Wednesday evening, March 81. Ad-
mission 10 and Is cents
Miss Maud Taggart came down to-
day from Valley Falls and will be the
guest over Sunday of Miss Anna
Myers of 1905 Western avenue.
F. o. Morns. president of the Civic
club will issue a proclamation today
requesting the closing of all the bust
ness houses next Wednesday for the
proper observance of Arbor day.
The fire department was called out
last evening to 607 Kansas avenue
where a lamp had exploded The
burning lamp was thrown to the street
and the fire put out before the arrival
of the department.
Mrs. Charles Excl and children ar
rived late last evening from Atchison
for a short visit to Mrs Excl and Miss
Clara Excl of 317 East Gordon street.
Mr. Charles Excl will come this even
ing to join his wife over Sunday on
her visit to his mother.
The boys of the new Quincy school
have leased the lots on Kansas avenue
west of their school building and north
of DR.. Dawson's home for additional
play grounds. The school grounds are
too small for their requirements so the
boys have raised the necessary funds
to lease these lots.
Tomorrow, Palm Sunday, the sixth
and last Sunday in Lent. the services
at the church of the Good Shepherd
Eucharist at IL o'clock with Canon
Talbot as celebrant- Evening prayer
with sermon by Canon Talbot at
o'clock. Music by veseted choir. Sun
day school at 10 o'clock with Bible
class by Miss Smith.
At the meeting of the Civic club last
evening movement was started TO
secure a Carnegie medal for Arthur
Bland of fire station No. 1, who risked
his life February % when he jumped
into the Kaw river and saved Maud
Wilson. the young girl who tried to
end her life by jumping from the
Melan bridge.
At the Central Avenue Christian
church tomorrow the morning service
will be at II o'clock and afternoon
service at 8 o'clock Evangelist
CoombS will speak on subjects of vital
importance. In the afternoon his sub
ject will be 1.-The Waste of Mind and
Money" In the evening at 1880
o'clock Miss Lucille May Park Will
OF
On Monday evening the closing SER
vices will consist of a fellowship meet
ing preceded by a musical programme
at which time Miss Nanon Heron will
give several readings
North Topeka aided by the Civic
club will next week commence a great
clean up of her streets and alleys and
the beautifying of her parks and
boulevards- At the special meeting OF
the club last evening next wednesday
afternoon was set aside for the plant
ting of trees and on this day all the
business houses Will close at p. m.
and the men will devote the rest of
the day to the work A special collec-
ton was taken at this meeting to buy
trees to be set out either side of
Kansas avenue from Gordon street
to Garfield park. The sum of $25
was raised and over 100 white elm
trees have been secured. V. r. Park
hurst, the civil engineer has donated
his services and will use his transit
to run a line from Gordon street to
the park on both sides of the street
and at intervals of fifty feet stakes
will be driven into the ground and
here the trees will be planted. DR..
NJ. r. Mitchell was appointed chair
man of the committee to attend to this
tree planting with the privilege of
choosing ten helpers Those selected
by the chairman were: Jonas Lukens,
W. s. Bergundthal, G. ]. Bollotte,
Rev. J. Barrett, G. F. Kim ball, ]. ].
King. c. Z. Jordan, W. D. Woodford, !
c. P. Antrim and John Sheetz. These
trees to be planted will be brought
early Wednesday morning and placed
on the Quincy school play ground on
Kansas avenue. While these trees are
furnished free of charge if any of the
property owners wish to pay for those
in front of their property they can do
so and the funds thus secured will be |
utilized in improving some other part !
of the First ward. \ committee COM
posed of F. B. Simms. ]. B. Billiard, |
Dr.. L. A. Ryder and Fred o. Morns |
was appointed to call upon Mayor Da- |
Wis and ask that the services of the |
street department be given to North |
Topeka next Wednesday for cleaning |
up the alleys and hauling away the |
dirt If the city can not do this work !
private teams will be secured for that |
purpose Every one is requested to |
put in in the alley so that it can be |
hauled away