The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-30
NORTH SIDE news
Freight Trains Continue to
Block Kansas Ave. Crossing.

Freight Trains Continue to
Block Kansas Ave. Crossing.
Claimed Train Blocked Cross
; ing Half Hour This Morning.
No little trouble has been expert
enced recently from freight trains
blocking the traffic at the Union Pa
cific crossing in North Topeka.
This morning an exceptionally long
and heavily loaded train blocked the
crossing for more than thirty minutes
according to a number Of North sioers
who were on the avenue near the Union
Pacific depot. The train was orawn oy
q large freight locomotive ana puSheo
by a small switch engine. Just whose
fault 1t is that the crossing IL oiockeo
can hardly be said The crew OF the
freight trains were doing the the best
thev could to get the train clear OF the |
crossing. One Of the eye witnesses salo
that a policeman took the number OF
the train and remarked that ne HIe
happen again. But then-this has been
done a number of times before and
people who are in hurry 10 get u
their work and those who are deiayeo
by being held up In this manner nave |
MT noticed a great amount OF improve
ment since the Rock Island and Union
Pacific first began to run freight trains
through North Topeka. And that was
some time ago.
ssNick" Has Left
HAS Nick come homer" This IL gen.
orally the first question which the pro-
prietor and clerks of the Petro orug
store in North Topeka ask when they
enter the store in the morning. Tney
are not the only ones who miss NICK.
The customers also inquire about MS
health and when they are told tnat ne
has 1eft-been gone Tor almost tWo
weeks--they express their surprise and
regret. For Nick was a. friend to ev-
eryone i
who is Nick? For the benefit Of
those who ave never met him It misnt
cat Now, there wasn't anything out
Of the ordinary in Nfck's appearance.
He was just a common appearing cat
with a tail at one end. a head at the
other and leg at all four corners. He
left about two weeks ago and mas not
been seen since.
The clerks in the store claim that he
was the smartest cat in North Topeka.
This may be so or 1t may not. But one
thing Is sure, he was the most popular
feline which inha bited North Kansas
avenue.
That Bible School Contest.
The Bible school Of the Central Ave-
nue. Christian church has been holding
a contest with the Bible school OF the
Third Christian church for some time
seven Sundays out of nine since the.
contest started the North side school
has won. Their aim for next Sunday is
to make thousand points. Each per-
son, who is present, on time. with Bi-
BILE and an offering counts six points
The contest closes at the end of Febru-
ary.
Care for Infants.
Taking care Of the small children
and infants while the mothers attend
church is the plan OF the North To-
peka Baptist church in the future. A
number Of the ladies OF the church
have volunteered their help and from
now on it will be possible for mothers
to take their babies and small chill
dren to church while they enjoy the
services. The arrangements have
been made for the II o'clock and 1880
o'clock services each Sunday. This
plan is being carried out by num-
ber of the larger churches in the city
Died OF Fright.
A horse owned by James Patterson,
who lives near Kilmer, was, from all
appearances. scared to death by two
motorcycles recently. Two men who
horse saw the machines coming he
began to look around looking for a
way to escape. He was grazing in
the road. When the two "pop-pops'
passed him he dropped dead. 1t
might have been that the horse broke
q blood vessel but these two men say
that it looked to them like a plain
case of the animal being scared to
death.
Still They Must Wait.
Patrons of the Shorey car line are
wondering what the Topeka Street
Do a vryifh ho hot r
service that was to have been given
them some time ago. A man living
on North Tyler street said that the
company must have 'ost it as he new
er received any of it-and that he
didn't know any one who did. Per-
haps this man is putting the thing too
strong but the patrons of the line
agree that the service is still incon-
venient. Most OF tie trouble found
seems to lie in the fact that the cars
the Shorey transfer. Then passen-
gers unfortunate enough to catch
certain cars are forced to wait for the
Shorey car. which only runs on a fif-
teen minute schedule. The Garfield
cars run every seven minutes Com.
weather is bad. If they find shelter
it is in one of the stores near the
transfer. .-rs .,. ..
Personal Mention.
Mrs. c. @. Miller has returned tC
her home in Dickinson county after 6
weeks visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. B. Mcdonald. who live north
OF the city.
J. w. Dillon of Silver Lake has re.
turned to his home after a short bust.
ness trip to North Topeka
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Witter of Kirt
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