The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03
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NORTH TOPEKA NEWS

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NJ NJ Shirley was in today from
Granville.
| L. Tanning was in town today from
| Granville.
Fred Whitehead was in town today
| from Newman.
| DR.. H. M. Pratt was a North side Wis
ttor Wednesday from Rossville.
Miss Ella McCarter was in Kansas
! City for the Priest of Pallas parade.
| The North Topeka Civic club will
meet tomorrow evening at the fire sta
/ ton.
| Arthur Ruff has returned from the
western part of the state and will To-
| cate on the North side.
| Mrs. Margaret Grant and daughter
Ethel of SIS Grant street left this morn
(! ing for Erie, Pa, for an extended stay.
Ed Ball has purchased 40 acres of
| the Campdoras land in the Rochester
neighborhood and will farm for him
self.
Mrs. w. A. Carr and little son. Rob-
ert Manning, of Junction City, are the
guests of Mrs. Cars sister, Miss Mabel
King.
Mrs Guy Ludington moved yesterday
from 461 Sumner street to 1906 Quincy
street which property she lately pur-
chased.
Mr. Southwick, president of the Citi-
Zens' State bank, went to Carbonate
to visit the bank there of which he Is
president. a
Mr. Perley Wilder is here from Salt
Lake City to make a short visit to his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder, of Gil
Grant street.
c. w. Sheppard, chief clerk and
cashier at the Santa Fe junction depot,
returned from Kansas City yesterday
where he had attended the Priest of
Pallas parade.
Miss Linett Maiden. of 423 Park
street, who has been visiting her sister
in Kansas City for the past two weeks,
has returned home.
Miss Mary Berlin who has been the
guest of Mrs NJ. C. Holman of 116
Evelyn street returned today to her
home in Mcpherson.
Miss Mabel King has rented her cot
tage at lis East Gordon street and will
move next week to the south side where
she has taken rooms.
Misses Lena Hohnbaum, Rosa F'irner,
Eleanor Holiday and Frances Short
have returned from Kansas City where
they went to see the Priest of Pallas
parade.
Mr.. F. A. Harmon, of the Inter-Ocean
mills, accompanied by Mrs. Harmon,
left yesterday for an extended trip.
They will visit Baltimore, Md, Norfolk,
Va, and points in New York.
F. r. Conwer, the undertaken. receiv-
ed this morning his new ambulance
which is the latest and most up to date
of the kind and fitted with everything
necessary in the ambulance line.
Mrs. Bradbury who has been visiting
On che North side returned today to her
home the other side of Silver Lake. She
was accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
E. Robinson. of 1923 Jackson street.
Mrs. Bert Bradley of Rock Creek and
sister, Mrs. Wallace Taggert, of Meri-
den were in town yesterday shopping
and visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
s. s. Myers, of 1905 Western avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Price of 1918
jackson street will return home today
from Kansas City where they made
short visit to DIR. Annie Henry and at
tended the Priests of Pallas parade.
A c. R. I. & P. freight train blocked
the Union Pacific crossing about half
hour this morning, completely stopping
traffic on the avenue. They do not COM
ply with city ordinance like the Santa
Fee and the Union Pacific roads do and
the police are Indifferent about enforc-
ing the ordinance in regard to block
ing crossings.
C. L. Haywood and family expect to
move the last of the month from their
present home, S27 Topeka avenue, to
their new home, the ]. L. Shellabarger
property at AIS Harrison street. south,
which they lately purchased. The Hey
wood family is one of the oldest fami-
lies on this side of the river. Mr.. Hey
wood himself has been here for the
past 3S years.
Something was the matter with the
few minutes after Z o'clock until half
past there were street cars on
the North side. In the meantime the
crowds who wished to attend the cir
Gus gathered at every street corner on
the avenue. After wait of half an
hour two cars from the south went
to Garfield park. When the first one
started on the return trip it was crowd
ed with passengers before 1t had reach
ed Kistler street and at every corner
south ran by waiting crowds. The same
was true of the second ear, people even
going half way to the park to meet 1t.
Passengers on this car were late at the
circus and the other waiting people
must have missed a good part of the
performance or else become tired or
waiting and returned home. If they
did this they escaped a good wettfng,
as almost the entire North side contin-
gent was caught in the rain except
few persons who crawled out under the
canvas before the end of the last act
and thus reached home before the storm
broke.
The North Topeka Congress- the
name given to an organization formed
a. few weeks ago, met last evening at
the Baptist church and discussed some
of the questions of the day. The mem
bership of this Congress is not limited
but includes women and girls, men and
boys Last evening the question, Shall
the U. s. Government Admit the Jap
anese to This Country?' was debated.
Jonas Lukens spoke of the affirmative
while w. E. Section took the negative
side of the question. Good arguments
were made by both speakers but the
question was too big to settle in one
evening so it was placed on the table
until the next meeting night when
there will be an open discussion with w.
A. Forbes for the negative and F. P.
Gilmore for the affirmative. 1t was de-
cided at last evenings. meeting to vary
the programme and hereafter music and
Rotations will form part of the enter
tainment. The Congress also has a pa