The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14

Headquarters for the White Elephant
campaign are now at the Central Y.
M. c. A.
The school board has ordered neces-
sary repairs to be made at the Douglas
building.
The Golden Rule Mission club win
meet this evening at the home Of DR..
S. s. Estey.
A 800 subscription to the White
Elephant fund was telephoned from
Kansas City.
1t is surprising to find the number
of people that are having Independent
telephone installed.
The week beginning November 20, will
be observed as week of prayer by
the Y. M. c. A. in Topeka.
The board of education has author
lied the repairing of the chimneys of
the Monroe school building.
The annual meeting of the Provident
Association will be held at the Com
merctal club tomorrow evening.
Spencer & Reese expect to have the
| roof on the Van Buren, school building
within 80 days. The building is now up
/ two stories.
The Wilson Stationery company has
loaned the officials of the White Ele-
| plant campaign an adding machine
/ which greatly facilitates the work.
aminer, left this morning for Salina
and Abilene, where he will spend sew
| earl days looking after bunch of PEN
sion claims.
The girls of the c.. E. of the First
! Congregational church will entertain
| the boys and their friends in the early
! part of December. An attendance of
| more than hundred is expected.
George f. Sharitt. clerk of the
| United States district court. left this
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attending the November term of the
Fort Scott division of the United States
| district court.
The Topeka Local union win hold it's
regular bi-monthly meeting at the
| First Congregational church next Mon
day and not tonight as was stated in
| a Topeka paper. picnic supper will
| be enjoyed at 6:15.
The pension office is short of help
! this week and with pension paying
| duties on hand, the regular ofhce force
| is compelled to work overtime in order
| to keep up the work. The rush Will
| continue for week or ten days.
| Adjutant Kinney and wife of Fort
| Dodge are in Topeka for a few days
visit with Jerry Shaw and wife at 1923
Taylor street Mr.. and Mrs. Kinney
will go to Lawrence Wednesday for a
few days visit with their daughter.
The Cozy Theater has been leased by
Mrs. 1. L. Miller and VIM. Smith
| and will be reopened tomorrow night
| with high class motion pictures. Smith
is an experienced man in the business.
He has owned theaters in Stroud,
| Weleetka and Tulsa, Okla
If one of the officials of the Topeka
Railway company would take an early
morning ride on one of his street cars
and if he would listen closely to all OF
the conversations around him, he would
get off the car at the next block and
telephone to the shops for gang of
men to equip the cars with heaters at
once.
The residents of Duane street have
petitioned the city to "get after Thos.
Page. 1t seems that Mr.. Page has
used IL feet of their street for some
reason or other and the residents want
their so foot street back as In it's or
| iginal form. The petition was acted
upon seriously and favorably by the
city commissioners.
George S. Badders has received a
complete report of the work of the fifth
annual meeting convention of the Ma
tional Association of Commercial exec
utives. The report shows that there
are now $50 cities, including Topeka,
which hold membership in the asso-
citation, the estimated population OF
these cities being 11,785,696.
This morning the city commissioners
transferred some of the Biddle creek
money over to the general Improvement
fund This was done on account of the
transfer made from the G. 1. fund to
the B. C. fund some time ago. Besides
the G. I. fund is being taxed severely
lately by the encroachments of the
| general revenue fund. CThis sounds
good, doesn't IT'D
James P. Howe, chief clerk in the
pension department, who was stricken
with paralysis Friday morning, is im-
proving It will be several weeks, how
ever, ] fore he will be able to return
to his work. A son, Harry Howe. who
| is employed in the government print
ing office at Washington, D. c., ar
rived Sunday and will spend few
days with his father.
Sam Alexander, the Missouri boy
who wanted home on Kansas farm
has been sent to the home of Mrs. M
A Robbins of Highland Park. ROber
Martin, who wanted a home in Topeka
where he could attend night school a
the Y. NJ. c. A, has been located a
the Vienna bakery. There were {
score of applications for both boys
who were located in homes by thu
Provident association.
The annual banquet of the Brother
, hood Of the Third Presbyterian churcF
viii be held this evening. Roy L. Bont
will speak on Brands George W. Ad
t amson on Men" A. A. Hope. "Tht
Church in the Industrial World;' 1. H
Ellenberger, DO Things" F. w
Griggs, why the Brotherhood?'' Charles
= Fountain, Echoes from international