The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The annual meeting of the Kansas
Editorial association will be held in
Topeka on Monday and Tuesday.
The Nicholas-Cockrell Realty Co. is
no more. Now the firm is known as
7. J. Nichols & Go. The firm is To-
Gated at 529 Kansas avenue.
y. p. Nielsen has made another
large drawing of the proposed union
depot for Topeka. 1t hangs in the
main room of the Commercial club.
A practice game of soccer football
will be played Sunday at the Santa F'e
Athletic field. Everyone interested in
soccer football is invited to be present.
Capitola Rebecca lodge, No. 219,
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Ranscher on East Fifth street Mon
day night. 1t is the first house east
of the Lincoln school-house.
A large squad of prep Y. NJ. c.
A. boys went off on a hike today. De
Witt Lee, boys secretary of the as
ISOLATION. accompanied the youngsters.
Dinner was cooked on open fires
There will be a practice game of
soccer football at Western League
park Sunday afternoon at o'clock
Tom PowelPs men will be there and
others who desire to get in the game
There has been an increased at
tendance at the Commercial club each
noon since the club quarters were re-
modelled The average attendance
was formerly about eighty. Now it is
one hundred.
The following births have been re-
ported at the office of the city clerk:
To Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas. r.
r. No. g. a boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. John
to DR.. and Mrs H. P. Wells, 1882 Col
lege avenue, a boy.
A meeting of the captains of the
Commercial club membership teams
was held at the noon hour today. The !
campaign which has as it's object the |
increasing of the membership from
about 625 to 1000 will begin Febru |
airy II and continue for five days.
1t is limited that the price of but |
ter will take a slight drop the first of
next week. Creamery butter is now
selling at 81 and SO cents. Eggs are !
selling at from rs to 20 cents. This |
is much cheaper than a year ago. |
Should long siege of cold weather |
set in, the price will take an upward |
jump.
A sign on the window of a real es-
tate establishment early this week
read: I'VE nave arms for sale" The |
letter "f'' of the word farms had |
dropped off. The realty men were !
'jollied" considerably about this sign.
letter in the word in question |
has been scratched off, so now there is
no comment.
r. l., who will speak Sunday after
noon at the Novelty theater, will |
speak Sunday evening at the First
Baptist church. Through mutual
Gordon was able to persuade DR..
to deliver his special address
on Jobs Twin Brother"
The new tractor at the fire station
was used last evening for the first time
and was in excellent order. 1t an
swered an alarm at the Ideal bakery,
rung in about 9 o'clock. Som cone
had thrown a cigar stub from an up
per window; it lighted on an awning
and started a blaze which was soon
with slight loss to the
owner of the building.
DR.. w. NJ. Mills Will deliver lee
lure at the Central Y. M. c. A. tonight
On Anatomy and Physiology" All
men of the city are invited to attend.
This is the first of a series of lectures
On the general subject of First Aid
% the Injured The lecture course
s being arranged by the board of
medical advisers of the association
which is composed of DR.. ". w.
Yates, DR.. E. S. Pettyjohn and DR.. S.
T. Crumbine.
Dr. Roy B. Guild, president of the
Topeka Federation of churches. went
series of photos to illustrate his lee
ure at the Y. w. c. A. tonight be-
ore the women of the city, DR.. Guild
will explain the object of the social
survey. He has had lantern slides
made today from the photos taken
Friday and will show these on the
Green tonight to illustrate what he
will have to say about housing condi-
ions in Topeka. ;
Rev. ]. c. Sheriff., D.. D., president
# George R. Smith 8college, Sedalia,
DO. is in the city at present in the
interests of the Friends of Africa. an
organization having branches in many
# the negro institutions throughout /
he country. DIR. Sheriff. will speak ,
t Mt. Olivet Methodist Episcopal {