The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
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The Y. W. c. A. quarters will be
closed on Christmas day.
The gas pressure is little bit better
today than it has been for some time.
The Baraca class of the First NJ E.
church was entertained by DR.. F. n.
Lynch.
The Y. W. C. A rooms are being used
at the noon hour by shoppers as rest
ing place.
Summer and sunshine all winter in
your home if you have an Independ-
ent telephone.
DR.. Estey will take charge of his noon
hour Bible class tomorrow at the Gen.
trail Y. NJ. c. A.
The Shawnee Bar association will
meet at the Commercial club quarters
for lunch Saturday noon.
The R. R. and Central Y. NJ. C. A.
basket ball teams clash this evening in
the gymnasium OF the latter.
Judge Ernest Raymond Simon will
render his decision on the Monroe joy
riding case tomorrow morning.
Attractive posters have been put up
advertising the snow" party to be held
at the Y. W. c. A. on Dec. %.
Joseph Grady of Junction City and
Jessie E. Hull of Topeka secured a
marriage license in Kansas City We'd
nesday.
The Washburn girls basket ball team
has challenged the Y. W. c. A. team
for a game. This event will take place
in the near future.
Lester Maze, 16. arrested last night
by Officer Wyatt under the ordinance
that prohibits minors from smoking in
court this morning.
The Red Cross people report an aver
age sale of 1000 stamps a day The
stamps go toward the fight on tuber-
culosis in Kansas. Up to date the Red
Cross has sold about 10000 stamps in
Topeka
Captain c. H. Titus, commissioner of
elections, has been forced to leave his
office in the city hall on account of the
lack OF heat. He is making his head
Quarters in the office of Street Commits
sioner Snyder.
The river has more ice on it than ever
before this year. If the cold weather
continues 1t is thought that skating will
be safe in a short time. The creeks and
ponds around the city are in excellent
skating shape.
The secretary of the Commercial
club is revising the membership list
preparatory to it's publication. Only
the names of those members in good
standing will be printed, and these
number more than 500.
The six men who were burned in the
Seventh street fire cistern explosion are
improving SlGdQ1ty. -. r. tenSOn. VINO
was in a dangerous condition Monday
night. has rallied and 1t is thought that
there Will be no more trouble.
Nine teams are entered for voIIey
ball tournament which will be played
next week at the Central Y. NJ c. A.
They are: Lawyers Ministers. Shaw
nee Fire, Leans, Fats, Office men.
Senior A, Senior B, and Y NJ. c. A. Of
flee force.
United States District Attorney Harry
J. Bone, is expected to return home
from Washington Friday where he has
been during the past ten days collect
ing evidence and securing dispositions
In certain governmental eases in the
federal court.
John Townley, aged p, whose occu-
patton is that of laborer. was ar
rested last night by Detectives Hutton
and Wonderly and charged with beg
ging on the street Upon a plea of
guilty being entered Townsley was fined
$40 this morning by Police Judge s s.
Crmy.
Z. S. Griffith. whose home is in Nor
tonville, also E. P. Wilson, who re-
sides at Salina, were in Topeka today
en- route to their respective homes
where they spend the holidays with
their families. Both the men are in the
United States internal revenue service,
and work out of ST. Louis.