The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-25
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NORTH TOPEKA NEWS.


A line party composed of the follow
Ing young people enjoyed themselves
at the Magic theater last evening
Misses Beatrice and Pansy Antrim
Myrtle and Minna McGrew, Jetta Mus
son, Mr.. Calvin Holman and Mr.. Earl
Churchman.
S. B. Newell. of Manhattan. is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. w. S. Blackhart OF
1901 Polk street.
| in town today shopping Mrs. Curry
expects to leave the last of June for
an extended trip to the Pacific coast.
Miss Alice Jackson. OF Elmont. and
| nesday evening. They will make their
/ home at Meriden.
Joe Donahue was in town today from
Hoyt.
Mr.. Chase of Joplin. Mo-. is visiting
| his daughter, Mrs Clark Wellman of
| 1929 Central avenue.
| NJ. NJ Shirley and daughter. Miss
Leah Shirley, were in town today from
| Granville.
| Mrs. Charles Kleinhans was down to-
! day. from Granville.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Willis were in
| town today from Granville.
Get your flags for decorations at
BARS.
| Mrs. Lillian Bryan has sold her board
ing house at 127 West Gordon street to
Mrs. Rosa Ogee, who has already taken
possession and moved yesterday from
917 Kansas avenue to III West Cor
don street.
D. F. Neiswender was down today
from Silver Lake.
Mr.. Rennie Robinson, who is working
on the Panama canal, is home to visit
his mother, Mrs Z. B. Robinson of
M. A Hutchison was in town today
from Kiro.
]. w. Luthye was in town today from
Silver Lake.
The special Memorial services will be
held tomorrow morning at IL o'clock in
the Central Avenue Christian church,
corner of Kious and Central avenue.
The pastor, F. H. Bentley, Will preach
the sermon. The members of Blue
post and corps will attend in a body
and will meet at their hall at 10 o'clock
sharp tomorrow to march to the church.
]. F. Salyer, of Los Angeles, Cal,
is visiting the family of w. NJ. Van
Ness of 1909 Kansas avenue and other
dent of the Bartlett Music company of
Los Angeles.
J. w. Cochran was in town today
from Kiro.
Mrs Chas. Howard, of st. Louis ar
rived today to visit her daughter. Mrs.
Ed Kingman of Maple Grove.
Petro & Woodford, prescription
druggists.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Hohnbaum and
little daughter, Edna. will arrive today
from Sabetha to visit Mr.. Hohnbaum's
sisters, Misses Mary and Lena Holm
baum and Misses Susie and Rosa Fir
ner of 1923 Central avenue.
Amity lodge 231 K. of p. will have
two candidates for the third rank At
their meeting Monday evening, after
which there will be election of officers
and the evening will close with the
serving of refreshments.
At the Church of the Good Shepherd, |
Episcopal, corner of Laurent and Quin- |
cy streets, the services tomorrow, Trim !
ity Sunday, will be celebration of the |
Holy Eucharist at II o'clock with |
Canon Talbot as celebrant. Evening /
prayer with sermon at o'clock. Sun |
day school and Bible class at 10 a. M |
Clarence P. Scott, superintendent of
the Rochester cemetery, has handed in |
his resignation to the board OF directors
of the cemetery association to take |
effect June Is. The first of July Mr..
Scott will leave for Peoria. I'LL, where
he has been offered and accepted the
position as general superintendent and !
landscape gardener of the Springdale
cemetery of that place. This cemetery
is the only independent cemetery near
that city. as the rest of them are under
the control of different churches 1t
contains over 200 acres and is beaud-
fully located. Mr.. Scott will have a
force of IS men working under him on
the grounds ana TWO assistants III the
office. Mr.. Scott secured his position
through r. D. McDOugal, prominent
banker of Peoria and president of the
Cemetery association. Mr.. Scott is an
excellent man for the place and thor
oughly understands the business. For
nine years he has been in charge OF
Rochester. For seven years and a half
he had the position. resign1ng at the
end of that time to take a position in
the railway postal service. Eighteen
ago he again took up the work
and in that time has done much to
Deautify and improve the grounds.
John D. Morse, of the Morse Con-
-racting company, has secured the con-
tract to build bank at Howard. Mr..
Morse has lately been engaged on
contract at Severy.
Rev. ]. Barrett will officiate at the
Wedding next Friday evening at the
when Mrs. Ida Beeler and Mr..
Wilbur Palmer will be the bride and
groom. Rev. Mr.. Barrett is one of the
oldest ministers in the state and dur
ng his ministry has married over 500
couples, but never on an occasion OF
his kind A large crowd is expected
It the wedding which will take place
n the Wild West show. The presents
or the couple continue to come in. AT
he meeting last evening of the Civic
,lub arrangements were made to buy
hem handsome couch and the same
s now on exhibition in the window of
he Rutter store. Work getting ready
or the entrance to the carnival
ground on Laurent street has COM ,
nenced.
Mrs A. P. Westbrook was frightfully '
burned this morning with gasoline be- {
ween and o'clock at her home. 419 {
Grant street She was alone at the time
he accident happened and as near as
he neighbors can learn the facts she
lad been filing her stove, but whether !
he filed the tank too full or spilled
ome of the fluid on the floor is not
znown. However, there was some on
he floor and as she stopped down to I
wipe it up the wind blew in from the \
,,o,, door. Nd sent the fla m es from the :