The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The regular October meeting Of the
board Of education will be held tonight.
]. p. Colville has again taken
charge of his studio at $50 Kansas
avenue.
]. E. Weekes took out a permit to-
day for the erection Of an addition to
shop at 40 East Fourth street.
To see Mt. Hope cemetery. one of
the most beautiful and best planned
cemeteries in the state. call up phone
1912
The 1914 paving contracts let by the
city were completed two months ear
iier than is usually the case with such
contracts.
The work on the addition of the
pushed rapidly by the contractors,
Lundgren and Carlson.
Ducks have begun to fly and the
sport of shooting them has drawn
dozens OF hunters to the river and
creek banks in the county
Joe Wilson. manager of the Bur-
roughs Adding Machine company. has
moved his office from the Mulvane
building to ITO West Sixth avenue.
Cuthbert and Sons have been
awarded the contract for the erection
Of a $1,000 residence at Maple Hill
for w. ]. Todd. according to the Con-
struction News.
The John Gilman property in Sea-
brook. consisting of three acre tract
and an eight room house. has been sold
to G. D. Robson through Lagerstrom
and Wright. local realty men.
Marriage licenses were issued today
to Jonathan NJ. Roy. "a. of Topeka.
and Minnie E. Stamp, 10, Manhattan;
and to Jesse Atkisson. %. and Ora
Affolter. 20. both of Rosedale. Kan.
| The Rev. c. A. Dodds. pastor of the
( Reformed Presbyterian church. read a
paper this morning before the members
Of the Topeka Ministerial Union in ses-
sion at the First Presbytrian church.
| The first meeting of the Washburn
Political Silence club will be held in
the Washburn chapel tomorrow even
ing. Grant w. Harrington. the pri-
waite secretary of Governor Hodges.
will address the club on the subject,
Progressive Democracy"
| The six room cottage at 1865 Lincoln
street, belonging to DR.. Frank Boyd
has been sold through Lagerstrom and
Wright to Ernest s. Towles. of the To-
peka State bank. Lagerstrom and
| Wright report the sale of more than
, thirty Kenwood lots this season.
| third story will be added to the
| building at 225 Kansas avenue occu-
pied by the Central Topeka Paper
| company. The material will be OF
brick and structural iron. The eleva-
tor will be extended. The building Is
5Ox155O feet in size. Frank SQuires Is
the architect
The Central Park kindergarten Par
ent-Teacher association has elected
these officers: Mrs. A. r. Young: first
vice president, Mrs. w. w Peyton;
second vice president, Mrs w. D. Ross;
recording secretary. Mrs Nelson Ives
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Fred
Cou,son; treasurer. Mrs. Edwin O'Dono-
! van.
The cost of running the city the last
half of September was $54.100.27. Thi.
is practically normal for this time Of
the year OF this amount $4,000 IL
round numbers was for paving The
bills were allowed at the meeting OF the
city commission today. There was lit
tie business transacted that was not o.
| a routine nature
The North Side outing camp at Ma
pie Hill has been closed for the win
ter. The camp IS one of the bes
equipped affairs OF it's kind in the
county and is owned by members O.
the North Side Outing club During
the summer the camp was popular, a.
the club has leases on a stretch O