The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-05
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AT HOME NEWS.

Harry J. Bone is spending several
weeks in San Antonio. Tex.
Bills will be issued tomorrow for $751;
1860 to pay the city's debts for the
last half of the month of January.
President Frank K. Sanders of
Washburn college returned today from
a trip to New York and other eastern
points.
The general public is invited to at
tend the fire congress session at the
Elks hall. tonight. Governor George
H. Hodges will preside.
The meeting at the Novelty theater
next Sunday afternoon will be adj
dressed by DR.. Newton N. Ridden of
Chicago, who will speak on 1.-The New
Man.
A special meeting of the city COM
missioners this morning approved the
semi-monthly city bills. Commission
adjourned until Saturday at one
O'Clock.
There was a small blaze last night
at 1913 Polk street, the house occupied
by F. F. Marcellus. SCOT alighting on
a shingled roof resulted in trifling
damages.
Three protests wererfiIed this morn
ing against the paying of Boswell
street from Tenth to Sixteenth-signed
by Mrs. NJ. E. Childes. William Jacobs
Jr.. and H. B. Howard.
Next Monday evening the Brother
hood of the Central Congregational
church will hold an old fashioned de-
bate. The minimum wage question
will be discussed from all angles.
The second of the series of lectures
on science and religion by DR.. Newton
n. RiddeIl of Chicago. will be given in
the Auditorium tonight The subject:
Man, Mind and Divine Healing"
Several of the Washburn college Y.
M c. A. men went down to Lawrence
today to hear an address by a. j.
(Dad) Elliott, international associa-
ton secretary for college students,
The following births were reported
this morning to the city clerk: To
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilkerson, 1910 n.
Kansas avenue, a girl. To Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. Ti1ford, 1o16 Tyler, a boy.
The minimum temperature today
was 6 degrees above zero at $50
O'Clock this morning. Fine winter
weather is scheduled for the next
few days according to sunny" Flora,
the weather man.
A meeting of the legislative COM
mittee of the Kansas Development as
ISOLATION was held at the Commercial
club quarters today. Legislation per-
tanning to good roads, state immi-
grafton bureau, etc, was discussed.
Exactly 3O1 insured packages We're
received and delivered by the Topeka
parcel post agency in the month of
January. Insured packages take the
place or registered HAL. The IOpehd
office mailed 200 similar packages from
the city office.
The Kansas State Fire Prevention
association. which is holding a con-
gress in Topeka, has issued folder
containing number of model city or
dinances along fire prevention lines.
These have been sent out to city Off
Gals all over Kansas.
DIR. A. S. Henderson will hold
number of religious meetings through
out the city Thursday. Among the
Quoted will be the Mills store, the CEN
trail fire station, Dougherty's and
Strickl>r'S business colleges and the
Wolff Packing plant.
The officials of the Commercial
club are urging more volunteers to Of
fer to work in the membership cam
paign which will start next Tuesday
The goal that will be worked for will
be one thousand members whose dues
are paid for a year in advance. This
would put the club on financial foot
ing which would enable the organiZa-
ton to accomplish even bigger things
than in the past.
The management of the Topeka
Boys club. an organization of the
ProVident association with member
ship of Z > boys, has procured a box
bali outfit and a billiard table for the
youngsters. The boys are ''tickled TO
pieces over these amusement feat
ures. The thing that is now wanted IS
a moving picture machine booth, so
that it will be possible to entertain the
kiddies with good clean moving pic
ture shows. The loan or gift of such
booth would be appreciated by the
boys. and those who are in charge of
the club.