The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
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II Al RULE NEW ..
The regular meeting of the Topeka
Industrial Council will be held Friday.
Practically an Of the Topeka minis
tiers who were away ON vacations have
returned.
Miss Eva Corning. policewoman. has
returned from q two weeks vacation
at Fond du Lac. Wis.
The Topeka Commercial club is look
ing for young lady collector to report
at o'clock Tuesday morning.
Labor Day was observed at the
court house where all county offices
have been closed throughout the day.
Mosquitoes have been more active
and vOracious in some parts of Topeka
the last few nights than they have
been all summer.
Free instructions in swimming will
be given at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. Sep
TENDER $40. The offer is open to the
men and boys Of Topeka.
The gates of the Big Fair, Topeka,
will be thrown open q week from to-
day. 1t was reported from the fair Of
flee today that entries were coming in
with a rush.
J. A. Campbell, jr.. county surveyor,
Is driving a newly purchased roadster
which will help considerably in facili-
tating his work in distant parts of the
county.
preached in the Broadway Methodist
church at Kansas City, Lilo. Sunday
morning and in the Memorial Lutheran
church Sunday night
The girls Of the wv. W." class of the
Lcwman Hill Methodist church have al
ready begun to make Christmas pres
ents for the poor. Mabel Swickard is
president # the class.
By virtue Of vacancies on the teach
ing staff Of the city schools, Miss Zuela
Punches and Miss Opal Lovelass, who
were or, the available list last year, will
be full Pledged teachers this fall.
Divorce and marriage records in
Shawnee county show that the rate of
about one divorce in four marriages
has held good in the past year. Less
than q fourth of all divorce actions
have been filed by husbands. The
wives have most of the grievances.
One very successful farmer near
ShOrey who devoted his attention to
vegetables and fruit and is reputed to
make $4,000 l. year from a few acres,
saves even the grass that grows along
his roadside. Last spring about an
acre produced $500 worth of tomatoes
There are expected to be 1000 chick
ems on exhibition a. the poultry show of
tho Big Fair next week. Individual
birds will be valued as high as from $500
to 1000. Thomas Owen. of Topeka, is
the superintendent Of the department.
and G. D. McClasky, Judge.
The first meeting OF the fall season Of
the Shawnee County Medical society
will be held tonight at the Commercial
club quarters. Dr. w. L. Warner will
on cancer. DR.. c. F. Menninger will
read a paper on the treatment Of dia-
beteS.
meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the Republican county central
committee will be held Tuesday night
at o'clock at the Republican head
quarters in the Office Block on East
Fifth street when a, report will be
made on finances for the present cam
pafgn.
Miss A. Maud. Sproat has resigned
her position as teacher at the Quincy
school and will st.ady at Columbia Uni
versity. Because of ill health Miss
Luella Plumb will not be able to teach
at the State Street school this fall. Miss
Alfarata Whitmore mas resigned as a
teacher in the Potwin school
Republican candidates for county
office met Saturday afternoon with
the executive committee of the Re-
publican county central committee and
agreed to contribute $4,000 to the
slush fund for campaign expenses. An
assessment in proportion to the COM
pensation of the offices sought is
levied on all candidates.
Topeka dentists have reopened the
dental clinic at the Provident associa-
ton Members of the Shawnee Dental
society donate their time and material
Saturdays. Eighteen persons. mostly
children, were given attention last Sat
urcay. Children Of the Provident asso-
citation receiving treatment for the first
time must bring a written statement
from their parents.
The members Of the Twentieth Kan
sas association will meet Thursday
night in the offices of Captain Clad
The meeting will be for the purpose of
arranging the program for the meeting
OF the Twentieth Kansas association at
Topeka. October s and 9. Last year To-
peka was designated as the permanent
! place for the annual meeting.
People living in the Wanamaker
school district are at outs over the
condition of their school house, which
has been condemned by both the state
board of health and the state fire
marshal. Plans for the erection of a
new school house have been tied up
by injunction and now there is talk of
enjoining the school trustees against
is that the district will be forced to
pay teachers engaged for this winter
while it sends its pupils into outside
district.
The Galveston Commercial association
has asked the Topeka Commercial club
to cooperate in getting the business
men Of Topeka interested in a move
mont looking towards working up trade
in Latin America. The Galveston asso-
citation proposes that a large number OF
business men go to the field in ques-
ton. get acquainted with the people.
and make a bid for q share of the busi-
ness. Now is the proper time for such
/ a movement-while the nations of
Europe are at wer or are indirectly at
fected by the war.