The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-18
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.


her home with an attack of grip.
The Boy Scouts of Topeka will take
a hike to Calhoun Bluffs the day
after Christmas.
Cold weather this week has renewed
the demands made on the poor com
missioner for fuel.
Members of the jury in the first
division of the district court have been
dismissed until next Monday.
Ambitious students at Washburn
college are tying out for honors in
debate and oratory this week.
The bond of Bud Higgins, forfeited
today, is the third bond forfeiture
this term of the district court.
According to sunny Flora, the
weather man, winter will be officially
ushered in at 10:45 o'clock next Sat
urday night.
Grace Ewing and Jessie Carter.
charged with being found in a disor-
from the police court in the district
court.
DR.. c. F. Menninger will give a
demonstration before the Topeka Boy
Scouts Friday night at the Central Y.
NJ. c. A in respect to first aid to the
injured.
A rush of marriage licenses is an
ticipated at the Office of the probate
court Christmas brides are supposed
to be next in numbers to the June
brides
Mr.. D. l. A. Smith will hold a series
of meetings at the Gospel Mission,
211-213 East Fourth street. The
meetings will be held at 1880 O'Clock
each evening.
sunny Flora, the weather man,
says winter will begin officially Decem-
Der 81. From the weather of the last
week, it was anticipated that summer
would begin SOON
If the gas pressure this winter will
continue as good as it has been the
last week, Manager Treleaven will be
the most popular corporation official
in town, barring none.
Merchants in Topeka say that the
do Your Christmas Shopping
Early motto has had its effect this
year. The business last week in the
afternoons was like the Christmas eve
holiday rush.
Gillette & Nicholson have filed suit
in the district court for 1928 against
Sal1ie Reeves. alias Sallie Hicks. The
amount is declared to be due for lum-
Der used in building a house on. lots
and 4 Evans avenue.
The Washburn GIee club sings at
the college chapel tonight In the
olio the club will reveal some of the
mysteries of Greek letter sorority
house. College sororities, fraternities
and clubs will have line parties.
The factory aid fund of the Topeka
Commercial club has been increased
to 100000 A meeting of the promo
ton committee which is particularly
interested in the campaign for money
was held at the noon hour today.
The average woman in Topeka is
settled on what she will buy for every
Christmas friend except the washer
woman. Let the clothes washer have
something that will be useful-don't
give her jewel boxes or vanity bags.
The goldfish season is here. In
other words, now is the time for peo-
pI to buy fish that will struggle
live in stale unchanged water-and
finally turn over on their backs and
die.
The Topeka Traffic Bureau will hold
$50 O'Clock dinner at the CONNER
ciaI club this evening. A report of
citation III the first six months of it's
existence will be made by Commits
sioner H. D. DriScol.
The Fraternal Brotherhood will give
charity ball at Moose hall on East
Seventh tonight Each person invited
will bring a present to be given to the
poor children of the city Christmas
day The presents will be turned over
to the Provident association.
Mrs. John Price, ST., age 80 years,
of 1011 Quincy street, sustained serious
in juries as a result of falling down
stairs today. 1t is stated that there is
little chance of her recovery. Mrs
Price, who has been unusually bright
and active for her age, recently en-
tertained one hundred friends at a
birthday party.
1.-The Forest Fire. an Edison edu-
cational film, will be shown at the
Crystal theater today and tomorrow.
The picture is spectacular, intensely
exciting, and shows the absolute
method of fighting large and de-
structive blaze. The films, like the
Yellowstone Park pictures, portray a
drama enacted by nature herself.
Although good progress is being
made in the hearing of the now Ia
nous Munn-Gordon case it is believed
that at least until the first of the year
will be required to try it. The holi-
days being counted out, additional
time may be needed to complete the
hearing according to the attorneys
Previous hearings have required two
weeks each. There is no new evil
dence being given in the case, the
witnesses telling the same stories as
in former hearings of the case.
The judges for the debate between
a team representing the Topeka high
school and an aggregation from Sa-
Lima Thursday night have been an