The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-08
SNAp SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The Topeka Provident association is
in need of an organ or piano for the
day nursery department of the asso
citation.
The electric lights went out Mon
day night for a minute while the
storm was in progress on the west side
of the city.
Irwin Snattinger. formerly with
James A. Troutman in the Mulvane
building, has opened an office in the
New England building.
Because the high steeple at the
Walnut Grove church has been con-
demned as unsafe it will be torn down
imme diately. A low tower will take
its place.
The Oakland and Vinewood division
of the street railway system were out
of commission for twenty minutes at
10 O'Clock Monday night on account
of a break.
Mrs. Joseph F. Reisner of 1902
Garfield avenue entertained the Ante
lope basketball team of the Central
Y. NJ. c. A. league This organization
won the loving cup in the recent tour
nament.
The washburn Cleo club will attend
the supper that will be given the
evening of April II, as one of the clos
ing features of the membership cam
paign of the Central Y. M. c. A. The
club will give concert that Will last
for half an hour.
meeting of the Boys Poultry club
of the Central Y. NJ. c. n. will be held
Thursday afternoon at 4;3O O'CLOCK.
Ralph Searle has resigned his position
as head of the organization. John G.
Snyder, a life member of the Amerl-
can Poultry association will have
charge of the work.
John Cochrane, who resides just
north of the State Street school build
ing complained to the school BOARD
that the pupils of the school had done
damage to his vegetable garden to the
extent of 5000. They tramped on the
garden, he said, in order to recover a
football kicked into the garden spot
Several persons attended the meet
ing of the board of education Monday
night who put in plea for some i'm
provements at the Buchanan scnool-
They want a brick annex, and inn
proved sanitary conditions. Recently
a drinking fountain and other i'm
provements have been put in at this
school building.
Several Topeka dentists are on the
program of the meeting of the First
District Dental society that will be
held in Lawrence Wednesday and
Thursday. DR.. A. c. Sloan will speak
on Dental HASH DR.. Frank o. Boyd |
is down for a paper on "Extractlons
son and DIR. E. E. Carpenter are other
Topeka dentists who will address the
mem ers.
The class in agriculture at the high
school under c. H. Wilmington will re-
ceive some practical object lessons IN
gardening this spring. The school
board has authorized the purchase OF
plants and shrubs to the extent of fiji
teen dollars to be planted by the class
on the high school grounds. Some of
the shrubs used will be furnished free
of charge by E. F. A. Reinisch, super
intendent of city parks.
A meeting of the Red Sox" cap
tains who will participate in the mem
bership campaign of the Central Y.
NJ. G. A. April Is, L, and Il, was held
at noon today. They are Frank Park
err, Rad Lee, DR.. E. S. Pettyjohn, E. A.
Austin, DR.. C. H. Lerrigo, and John
Wylie. The manager of this team will
be R. j. White. The Giant captains
who will compete with the Red Sox
will meet Wednesday noon. They are:
Harry Snyder. o. c. Black, Leon
Thorpe, A. R. Bowers, ]. H. Fazel, c.
E. Eldridge. The manager of the
team will be Harry B. Clark.
Prof B. P Stout, the famous gospel
singer of South Pasadena, Calf, who
is here to assist Rev. Robert Gordon
in special services will sing to several
groups, every day this week. Monday |
and in the evening at the |
church. Today he sang at the Santa !
Fe coach shop. Wednesday morning |
he will sing at the school of tele-
graphy; Thursday noon at the ma |
chine shop. Thursday evening there !