The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

tonight at the Y. w. e. A SS illAei9A
for the fall and winter term
Row Crawford. manager of the Will
lis Wood theater in Kansas City, IL
spending a few days in Topeka
Rev. Robert Gordon will be the SPEAK
er at the vesper service at the 4 w.
c. A. Sunday Miss Helen Hogepooin
will sing
Arguments in the case of ]. NJ kes-
sler VS.. the City of Topeka Will De
heard Saturday morning before Judge
A. w. Dana.
The county commissioners made an
allowance for 1000 liquor subpoenas
this morning at the request OF the
county attorney.
Every grocer in town has caught
on" to Banquet Flour Every up-to-
the-minute grocer Will I'LL your oruei
without delay.-Adv.
The Y. w. c. A. girls department has
been organized under Miss Mary Mac
Lehman to hold meetings the first sat
urday of each month
John Fritz of Rossville was awarded
contract by the county commissioners
for building the bridge on the Reeser
road near St Marys.
J. NJ Connen; general passenger
agent of the Santa Fe in Topeka, has
returned to his Office in this city after
an absence of two weeks visiting east
ern cities.
d. H. Branaman will speak at the
w. C. a. next Tuesday night. His
subject will be the Lure and Danger
of the Installment Plan"
you bet we are cutting alfalfa.
said a Shawnee county farmer in To-
peka today. "Out at my place We are
cutting it with a lawn mower and rak-
ing it with a vacuum cleaner"
Lawrence Simms, trustee of Mon
mouth township, rendered his resigEa-
ton to the county commissioners this
morning and recommended that n. ,.
Tevis be appointed in his place.
In the absence of A. B. c. Ducher,
manager of the Topeka Harvey eating
house, General superintendent Whet-
man of Kansas City is in charge. Man
ager Ducher is in Chicago on business.
The Oakland odd Fellows lodge will
have an entertainment this evening in
their hall to boost their proposed Re-
bekah lodge. They expect to institute
the Rebekah lodge next Tuesday even
ing.
The service at the Westminster Pres
byterian church on next Sunday even
ing will be for children. The stero-
opticon will be used in an illustrated
story of Queen Esther. All of the chill
dren are invited.
David r. Porter. of the international
Y. NJ. c. A. committee, will speak be-
fore a number of high school teachers
at supper at the Central Y. NJ. c. ~
iting the high schools of Kansas.
Frank W. Brown, editor of the Oak
land Blade, attended the social ses-
sion of the Typographical Union last
night and delivered an address on run
ming weekly in suburban communi-
ties Mr.. Brown is a member of the
Mon.
President Ripley and party, here
yesterday for the annual meeting IF
the stockholders of the Atchison To-
peka & Santa Fe railway, left Topeka
last night for Chicako. The party was
we'll pleased with the management of
the shops and the general Offices of the
road in this city
Topeka is the center of the greatest
apple market in the world and still To-
pekans are required to pay a little
more than one cent each for apples.
Here it is in the fall, right in the
height of the apple season and good
eating apples are demanding an exor-
bftant price. There's a reasonI But
what is it?
Alleging gross neglect of herself and
three-year-old child, Goldie Slusser
Az East Tenth avenue, through her
attorneys, Waters & Waters asks di-
Xorce from her husband. Frank D.
Slusser. The defendant, she asserts
IaHed to support her, but spent his
earnings on clothes for himself She
asks alimony of the court and the
custody of her child.
Talking machines have been pur-
chased at the Harrison and Polk
schooIs Tor the purpose of assisting
IN teaching the children folk songs and
dances, and other schools in Topeka
are considering making similar pur-
chases. large number of educafion-
al records are being put out novvada
ana the talking machine is becoming
more ana more recognized as a valua-
bic asset in grade schools
A big mass meeting of the Rox,
scouts of TODaE9 will he hoI,
nell hall of the Central Y. NJ G. A. to-
night jim Horton will have some r.
dian stories to tell the boys He will
illustrate his talk. There will be songs
by the Boy Scout chorus and the new
ly organized orchestra Volun+ear-
Will be enrolled to serve as guides ami
ushers while the Kansas teachers are
in the city, Nov. 81. Fifty bows are
wanted for this work
J. WIN Kelley, secretary of the
Sommerclal club, admits that it was
his fault that a number of state Off .
Gals and others waited around the
other day in vain for the appearance
or Albert G.. Bryant of the World
Peace Foundation, Boston. Mr. KaI-
ley announced that he would speak
wednesday noon, but since that time
IN looking up the correspondence he
has had with Mr.. Bryant he discover
ed that it was November % and NOT
october p, that he arranged to speak
in the club rooms
OncolIected tees in the county attor-
ney's office total twice the an1onnt #
fees collected. W. E. Atchison filed his
quarterly report with the board If
county commissioners TODAY. Fees
charged and collected during the ouar- 1
Ter ended Sept 80, 1913, amounted to
SS6-16. Uncollected fees reached a %
tai of $20S-50. Just $2641 worth of foes
was collected in the district corr
from which 1921 S. was deducted fo- = f.,
quor fees for the county attorney. Fees