The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13
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Methodist

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Psychology lecture at Methodist
church at 7:30 tonight.
The duck hunters welcomed the rain
but other people didn't
The rain today retarded seriously
the work of the Y. W. C. A. campaign
ers.
o. E. Walker has returned from his
trip to Florida, more in love with farm
ing there than ever.
DR.. E. C. Wilm will give his first lee
ture on psychology this evening at the
First M. E. church.
The basement of the Y. M. c. A. was
this morning filed with wildly shout
ing swimming boys.
There was large audience at the
Lyman Howe moving picture show
last night in spite of the rain.
G. E. Denton, secretary of state is at
his home in Attica. He may hunt the
festive quail before he returns.
Today ends the week of prayer at
the Central Y. M. c. A. w. w. Bow
man was the leader this noon.
There will be Fellowship" lunch
at the Central Y. M. c. A. building
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
A membership contest is being urged
between the Bible school of the First
church Bible school in Kansas City.
The football game between the To-
peka High school and the sophomores
| of K. g. A. C. today was called off.
Col. Geo. w. Balm of Kentucky lee
lures Sunday evening at the First M.
E. church on IF I Could Live Life
Over
The chess match slated for this
evening in the Central Y. M. c. A.
gymnasium has been postponed until
next week.
v,oor
| Roper of the Missouri Tigers has
adopted for his motto: Beat Kansas
| or beat it,
| Drop in at 1857 Harrison Sunday
afternoon, and have a cup of tea with
Mrs. Theodore Saxon, and see her coy
| modern home.
The girls of the Y. w. C. A. report
having had some very amusing exper-
fences in connection with their money
| raising campaign.
| J. B. Belts, who owns two automo-
| biles, says that it costs him only 500 a
month for repairs and maintenance.
This is pretty nearly a record.
The Mcpherson Bros, evangelists,
will sing at the meeting of the Sunday
Afternoon Discussion club at the Y.
! M. c. A. Harold T. Chase will give
an address.
| According to 1.-The Kansan" the
football enthusiasts of the State Uni
| NOlSity are COIIllQ0HI II1dI LQ6 present
| gridiron squad will prove to be an
| ever-victorious one.
| B. f. Yoakum. chairman of the exec
utive committee of the Rock Island and
Frisco railway system. has been asked
| to speak at the National Good Roads
convention next month.
| The complete program for the con-
vention of the National Good Roads
association to be held in Topeka De-
cember IA and 15 will probably be
printed during the next week or two
The resignation of Leonard F. Sell
| err, as letter carrier in the Topeka post
| office, has been accepted and the re-
commentator of Victor c. Long, sub
stitute carrier, forwarded, effective
| November 16.
committee representing the Mar
chants association, and the good roads
committee of the Commercial club held
a joint meeting this noon to arrange
for the entertaining of the delegates tC
the National Good Roads committee.
| At the meeting on Sunday morning
of the Bible school of the First Chris
tan church, Governor Stubs will be
present. 1t is expected that at least
800 persons will attend this meeting. A
recollection will be taken for the Y. w
c.. A. building fund.
| Speakers other than those announced
yesterday who will give addresses al
| the National Good Roads convention or
December IA and Is are: A. A. Allen
president of the NJ. K. & T. Railway
public roads of the United States; and
F. p Ripley, president of the Santa Fe
Railway company.
J. Quare has Irchased from the
Wipgett Land company the house stand
| ing on the property at Seventh and
for the new Y. w. c. A. building. The
house is being divided and removed to
vacant lots on Tyler. between Fifteenth
| and Sixteenth streets. where two mod
ern dwellings will be made out of 1t.
A recent item in the State Journal
| told of the downfall of Sam Morris,
| the old Western association baseball
| pitcher, told of him being a cripple
but did not explain the nature of his
| injuries. Morris is minus his right
hand, it having been cut off by a
switch engine. He will be sent to the
Nez Perces reservation in Idaho when
he gets out of jail.
There is an effort on foot to secure
the next annual national convention OF
the young peoples societies of the
United Presbyterian church to be held
next August for Topeka. The attend
cree would probably be from 1,500 tt
| . o0e persons. Rev. A. c. Douglas, chair
man of the general committee which
will decide UPON the place for holding
the convention, is a former Kansas man
being a native of Dennison.
A novel game of chess is being ar
ranged to take place at the Contra
Y M. c. A in the near future. The
chess men will be represented by little
girls in costume. Major Harvey, ac-
cording to present plans, is to manipu-
| late the "men'' in a battle of Water
| loo contest. Each move representing
a particular dispensation Of troops. Elk
lplanatory notes will be given for the
benefit of the spectators in the gymnasi-
UNI gallery.