The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14
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AT HOME NEWS.

latter part of next week.
The Rev. Robert Gordon returned
from Horton today. He delivered an
address in that town Friday night.
game of volIey ball with be played
in the gym" of. the Central Y. M c. A.
between a state house team and one
from the Santa Fe.
John Washburn, of the county sur
Veyor's office. has gone to attend the
funeral of his grandmother, which oc-
ours at Gardner today.
The monthly meeting of the Kansas
Association of Life Underwriters will be
held in the parIors of the Commercial
club next Monday night.
meeting of the promotion commit
tee, of the Commercial club, met at
noon today to discuss the question of
bringing a certain factory to Topeka
Tonight two basketball games will be
played at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. They
will be High school VS.. Young Men s
Red team, and Senior Blue VS.. Young
Mems Blue.
The Dunbar Male Quartet and Bell
Ringers drew crowd of nine hundred
at the High school auditorium Friday
night. The entertainment was above
the ordinary in quality.
The Baraca class of the Evangelis-
tic Association Sunday school, will
hold annual business meeting this ev-
ening. The business meeting Will be
followed by social hour.
Fire from unknown origin caused $25
damage to clothes in a closet of the
one-story frame dwelling occupied by
Charles Trueblood, at 521 Locust street,
at 1920 o'clock this morning.
Harry L. Heinzman, of Topeka, state
Y. NJ. c. A. college secretary, is assist
ing Raymond Robbins, of Chicago, in
an evangelistic campaign at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin at Madison.
Formal matters, number of which
were disposed of, occupied the atten-
ton of the first division of the district
court this morning. Several motions
were ruled upon by Judge A. W. Dana
A committee of Topeka newspaper
men met today at the Commercial
club to make arrangements for the
entertainment of the members of the
State Editorial association January q
and IS.
This afternoon two basketball games
in the junior league of the Y. NJ. G.
A were played. They were first Junior
Reds VS.. first Junior Blues, and sec
ond junior Reds VS.. second junior
Blues.
The Topeka Traffic association will
hold a meeting at the rooms of the
Commercial club next Wednesday eve
ming. The meeting will be open to all
association.
Work on the Menoken ditch proba-
bly, will be suspended in the next few
days until the cold weather has passed.
Such work cannot be handled during
freezing weather, which will necessi-
tate the suspension.
The girls of the outgoing class of
the Lowman Hill school are making
their own dresses for graduation ex-
ercises January II. The girls at Bran
ner school are doing the same thing
as previously stated.
DR.. E. S. Pettyjohn will speak in
Gemmen hall Sunday afternoon on
THE Gospel of Good Health Clar-
ence Messick will render several violin
charge of the singing.
A soccer game will be played Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock be-
tween Tom Powell's Topeka team and
a team made up of any players who
show up. The kicking will take place
on the Western League field.
The time of the Missouri Pacific
passenger train between Topeka and
Carthage, Mo-. changes Sunday, De-
cember Is. 1t will leave Topeka at
$3.50 a. m, instead of o'clock, and
will arrive in Topeka at 2 p. M, in
stead of p. m.
There has been an unusually heavy
Christmas trade today. The stores
have been crowded. A particularly
large number of out of town people
were noticed among the shoppers. The
are anticipating a rushing
business after the supper hour.
Work on the brick yards bridge, west
of Topeka. near the city pumping sta
ton, is progressing rapidly, and the
work is said to be well done so far.
1t will require, it is expected, until
next April at least to complete the
big construction and open the bridge
for public travel
The Rev Robert Gordon will speak
evening a the First Baptist
church on 1.-THE Song of Ages This
address is one of a series of brighten
up Sunday evening sermons being
given this month. The singing will be
by William NJ. Shaver. Prof. D. H. |
Seymour will officiate at the organ.
inadvertently an error was made in
the report of divorce in the district !
court. The case was that of ]. W. |
Johnson instead of ]. F. Johnson, as
was reported, against Mary Johnson.
The decree was awarded to the wife
on her cross-petition and she was re-
stored to her former name, Mary Cum |
ningham.
school for the children of Topeka be-
fore the Christmas holidays. School
will close next Friday, December 20.
Many of the schools are arranging to
have special exercises the afternoon
of the closing day. The school chill
dren will enjoy two weeks off from !
their studies.
Gordon Brothers will erect their the
alter building at 107-111 West Eighth
street about March j. It will be of |
brick and concrete construction, and
150x75 feet in size. The building will |
consist of two or three stories An
was made some weeks ago
that the structure would be erected. It !