The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NFWA

Topeka banks, public officee and
stores will be closed Thanksgiving
day.
Judge w. f. Schoch left last night
for Celena, Ohio He will be gone
about a week on business.
The $4,000 California Rotary club
golden wheel was on display In one Of
the windows OF the Mills building to-
day.
Prospects are for ideal weather for
the football game Thursday between
the Washburn Freshmen and Camp
bell college.
Thanksgiving Day services at Grace
of Holy Communion at 10 o'clock by
Dean Kaye, assisted by the Rev. G. NJ.
Geisel.
Lincoln r. WEIGH OF Fitchburg,
Mass, vice president OF the National
Association Of Mutual Insurance Com
panies, was q caller at the home OF
President w. B. Gasche on Fillmore
street, Monday.
The entertainment given for the
benefit of the Central Park kinder
garten piano fund was attended by 200
persons. The program included talk
by w. D. Ross, state superintendent
of public instruction
The current issue OF the CONNER
cial Club Bulletin, just off the press.
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front page is a cut of a group Of To-
peka business men investigating
boulevard possibilities along the Kaw
river.
An effort will be made to have every
member in attendance at the First
CONGREGATIONAL church next Sunday
morning. In the afternoon between
$3.50 and 5 o'clock an every-member
canvass will be made for the church
expense and benevolent budget for the
ensuing year.
There will be a rehearsal tonight Of
those who will take part in the Com
mercial club minstrel show which will
be held at the Grand Opera house,
December II and IS. Any persons
who are not members Of the club and
who can sing are invited to attend.
The church choir Of the Swedish
Lutheran church. Fourth and Tyler,
assisted by Miss Edith Peterson. read
er. will give a concert Thursday night.
o'clock. The main number Of the pro-
gram will be the rendition of the sa-
cred cantata, seed. Time and Har-
vest" by Foster.
Enthusiasm is being worked up
among the Rotary club members In
connection with the Kansas night
at Kansas City next Monday night.
club members will go to Kansas City
on a special over the Union Pacific
and will be entertained at banquet
given by the Kansas City Rotarians.
The Wichita Rotary members have
also been invited to attend.
C. w. "Cack' Smiley, a former
Washburn football hero from Norton,
was in Topeka Tuesday and paid his
old alma mater a visit. Smiley is at
present engaged in the banking bust
ness at Norton. In 1912 he was chos-
en- as the quarterback of the second
all Missouri Valley football eleven and
was an sall-Kansas man. He was
elected captain of the Washburn team
in 1913, but sustainedsa broken leg in
a motorcycle accidents5ust before the
season opened and was unable to play.
He accompanied the nyWasnburn team
to Manhattan today. ~"
The secretary Of the Commercial
club is in receipt of a letter from Mrs.
Hattie Moore Mitchell, dean for wOm-
en-. State Manual Training Normal
school, Pittsburg, in which she speaks
enthusiastically of the manner in
which the Kansas teachers were en-
tertained at their annual meeting No
vember 1914. She said in part: For
several. years-fully twenty have
attended state teachers meetings in
adjoining states and have never seen
equaled the hospitality and liberality
SO evident to any teacher who came
in the spirit of friendliness. Your free
phone surely were appreciated."-
Commercial Club Bulletin.
At a meeting held Tuesday evening
at the Central Y. NJ. C. A. preliminary
arrangements were made for handling
the big convention of the Intercol-
legiate Prohibition association, Decem-
Der 29-January 1. The finance COM
mittee will be composed of J. Will
Kelley, ]. P. Davis. H. L. Cook, Robert
Stone, r. L. Cofran, mayor of Topeka,
James A. Troutman and C. G. Blakely
for the Commercial club, and Jesse
Fisher, John Warner and Finney
Markham for Washburn college. Ed
win Menninger and Richard Whit
comb have been suggested for the
publicity work. The hospitality COM
mittee under Robert Whitcomb will
include the rest of the student COM
mittee, the presidents of young peo-
pies church societies. and pastors Of
churches.
WuIiAue WING RnIlT