The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Chicken dinner at the First Baptist
church Thursday, jan 80, S5c.-AdV.
The annual report of the Topeka
Provident association which is just of
the press. is unusually complete
Irwin Snattinger. who has been
spending q month in southern Kansas
on legal business, returned TO Topeka
today.
some Recent Discoveries About the
Weather was the subject upon which
sunny Flora spoke this noon in Gem
nell hall
J. NJ Adds was granted divorce
from his wife. Laura Adds, now Laura
Miller. in the second division of the
district court
Frank Willett, prosecuted under the
pure food law, has had his hearing
continued until February IS, when
he will be tried by the court OF To-
peka-
The publication of the Commercial
club Bulletin for January has been de-
layed several days by the printers 1t
WIFI be of the press within a day or
two.
There was roof fire last night at
7O9 Topeka avenue in the house own
ed by E ]. Greer and occupied by Z.
NJ. Burnett. Damages did not eX-
coed So
Arthur AIcKeIvey, who robbed
store at Silver Lake waived his pre-
and was bound over for trial to the
district court.
The case of the state vs. Elmer
Catlin was tried this morning in the
court of Topeka Catlin plead guilty
to passing worthless check, and was
fined So and costs
The buds of the maple trees are
beginning to show signs of bursting
forth. If this warm weather con-
tinues for some time the fruit trees
will become endangered
The wood yard of the Provident As
ISOLATION is in operation now. although
on account of the fact that there Is
but a small supply of wood at the pres
eut time the association has no wood
for sale.
The attendance at the Commercial
club in the noon hour has increased
to a remarkable degree the last week.
The usual attendance is about eighty.
There were one hundred and fifty
present Tuesday
Fred s Goodman. the Bible study
expert, will arrive in Topeka Thurs
day night He will be accompanied
by his wife. The first session of a
Bible study conference at the Y. NJ c
A which he will conduct will be held
Friday morning at the First Baptist
church.
a number of attractive signs have
been placed on the walls in the rooms
of the Commercial club. reminding the
members OF the membership cam Dd1En
that will start February IL under the
general direction of George Godfrey
Moore. chairman of the mem bership
committee
Dr. W. w Yates will deliver a lee
ttire at the Central Y NJ c. A at S
o'clock next Saturday night on the
general subject of the first aid to the
injured This is one of a series of
lectures. All men of the city are in
vited TO attend.
Arrangements for the big auto show
that Will be held in the Auditorium be-
ginning February "A are progressing
Motor Car Dealers association meet in
the rooms of the Commercial club ev-
cry Tuesday night to work out the
details fer the show.
Commissioner Tandy is today Civ
ing out cards to applicants for work /
in removing dirt from the Melan 1
arch bridge. All laborers should ap-
ply at city hall for cards emitting /
them to a job \ legal stipulation /
provides that no one living out of the /
city can work for the city.
one hundred and forty-nine pupils +
entered the high school from the grade :
schools this week. The tota! enroll
lnent has not been figured out. but it
will probably be close to the LOO mark. 4
This is record for the institution
with the facilities at hand il is diff !
cult to accommodate the pupils. Two /
hundred of them are taking penman-