The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-23

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Garfield. Dancing tonight. Free
motion picturea--Adv.
Tho cottonwood trees In Topeka
Just now are shedding. too great q
quantity of cotton for comfort
Autoists desiring flag holders for
g. A. r. Memorial dedication can set
them 1T Southwickis. as Kansas Ave-
ADV.
The Rev. Robert Gordon will give
an illustrated lecture Sunday night at
tho First Baptist church on The
Coming City"
A volleyball team from the Y. n. c.
A. at st. Joe will meet the Central Y.
M. C. A. team at the Central building
tonight at. o'clock
The damage suit against Governor
Hodges, filed by Mrs. Luella West. has
been set for hearing June l in the dis
trfct court before Judge Dana
Students Of Bethany college have
adopted the outdoor method OF study
ing. Every afternoon. groups OF girls
can be seen scattered over the cam
pus. diligently studying in the fresh
air.
Twenty-Five charges of the juvenile
court joyousiy collected at the court
house this morning and left for pic
mic at Dornwood, Tom DOran's farm
near vinewood. A special car took the
youngsters to the country.
Pennant or flag holders for attach
ing to fender or Windshield of auto
at Southwick's, .925 Kansas avenue.
Topeka, Kan.-Adv.
William e. Stickel. chief clerk to
Fred Robertson. United States dis
trtct attorney, was elected treasurer
OF the Cathedral Boys club at a
meeting held last night at the club
house, $50 Topeka avenue.
The jury could not agree on q de-
cision in the $500 diamond damage suit
brought against the Gordon brothers
by Mrs. leila Spencer. The jury was
dismissed last night. A retrial will be
granted as soon as possible.
Enrolment for the fall high school
classes will begin next week. This
to map out the course of study this
| summer. He will know just what the
students want in the way of studies.
The Federation of State societies
of Los Angeles will hold a congress of
states at that place from June 8 until
scented and it is expected that a num-
Der of Kansans will be present at the
| congress-.
| Undersheriff Larimer has returned
from Kansas City. where he arrested
James Oldham, charged with wife de-
sertion. A warrant has been out for
Oldham for q year. He recently COM
menced. divorce proceedings against
his wife, Mrs. Maude C. Oldham. in
Independence
| A meeting of the board Of education
probably will be called for Monday
for the purpose Of letting the contract
for the addition to the high school.
Holland. Gamble & Holland, the archi-
fleets, have altered the plans since the
board last met, and the contractors
were asked to again submit bids.
High school students are raising
strenuous objections to the plan of
| the school board for all day sessions
next year. They are getting up big
petition. urging that the present sys-
| tenn be continued. There are scores
| of the under-classmen who say that
4 they will attend the Washburn acad-
envy next fall II the rule goes into eff
feet.
Monroe and H. C. Lindsay, bondsmen
for Louis Wisdom, will go to a Kansas
City policeman who arrested Wisdom in
Kansas City last night. The colored
man was brought to Topeka by Sheriff
Kiene. Wisdom skipped his 1000 bond.
leaving the district court last Febru-
airy when he found his case was going
against him.
Franz Schneider. 5r.. in his social
survey report on health and sanitation
says: "A brief survey of the local
food situation shows that the city an
nually consumes well over a million
pounds of meat; and that this and
other food commodities is disposed Of
in some 100 groceries and markets
There are besides some five commits
sion houses and about "a restaurants "
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Lucas Of Kidder
Mo-. will come to Topeka Monday to
attend the G. A. r. reunion and to be
guests of their niece, Mrs. Chas. Miller
of EOS East Eighth avenue. Mr.. Luz
cas- Is a popular grand army man OF
Missouri. He served in Company J.
seth Ohio, was captured and held
prisoner in Andersonville prison, fiji
teen months during the war of 1861
1865.
A large number of Boy Scouts re-
ported this afternoon at the CONNER
cial club quarters. They will act AZ
guides next Tuesday. Wednesday and
the city. ]. Will Kelley. secretary OF
the club, gave them instructions
Sixty-ffve boys volunteered to do this
work at a meeting of the scouts held
Friday night on the state house
grounds.
The members of the Shawnee Motor
league who went out to paint poles
along the Red Line route in Shawnee
county Friday think they have a joke
on George w. Stansfield. The latter
promised to be on hand to accompany
the party, but evidently oversight. Al
any rate the '.boys' hired farmer
west of town to do Mr.. Stansfield's
share of the work, and they'll ask the
latter to pay the bill.
The men of the First Methodist
church have adopted the slogan. "Ef-
ficiency in the Church and for the
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out in carriages autos and on foot
for an every-member canvass. The