The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-23
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AT HOME NEWS.


Banks will be closed all day Thurs
day, November 26.
The Kaw river and streams in the
vicinity Of the city are at an excep-
tionally low stage.
The matter Of sending relief to Bel
GUM was taken up by a number of
rural Sunday schools Sunday.
| DR.. Clarence True Wilson will speak
before the Current Topic club of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. tonight. Supper
will be served at 6:15.
With clear and warm weather for
this time of the year Sunday was an
ideal day for motorists. Roads near
Topeka were crowded with cars.
Fire caused from burning SCOT dam
aged the roof of the home Of C. Rob-
erts 4O1 Fillmore street. Sunday morn
ing. The damage is estimated at $50.
the city plant. made by c. A. Haskins,
bacteriologist at the Kansas State uni
versity, shows the water to be of good
quality.
Veterinarians and owners of cattle
! in Shawnee county report that no
| traces of the foot and mouth disease
have been found in the northern part
| of the state..
The city pulnotor was rushed to 513
German avenue early this morning in
an effort to save the life OF d new born
babe, but heart action had ceased be-
! fore the pulmotor arrived. Mrs. Whit
| ney, of Confeyvflle, was the mother.
In making a "get away from a NUM-
! Der of deputy sheriifs, two young men
| who were members of a game of craps
on the banks OF the Shunganunga Sum
| day afternoon. swan the icy waters of
| the creek. There were fifteen men in
the game. None was captured.
The friends of the kindergarten de-
! partment of Central Park school will
! be entertained tonight with the special
program gotten UP by the little folks
| with the assistance of some of their
grown-up friends for the benefit of the
piano fund of the school. A trifling
admission is to be charged, as the cost
Of the purchase Of the Instrument
! must be betrayed by pupils and teach
ers. the school board not providing
pianos for such uses.
Oakland was the scene of real hero
STUFF at an early hour Sunday morn
| ing when a house at 1874 Oakland ave
nue.. occupied by Mrs. Walter Reynolds
and three small children, caught fire.
r. b. Hasty, one of the rescuers, slid
down a porch post with Mrs. Reynolds
hanging on his shoulders. The chill
dren, one of them a neighbours, were
rescued through a bedroom window.
The house and contents were q total
loss The house, valued at $4,000, was
partially insured
The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today:
Jesse Acroyd Barraclough and wife,
S29 Chestnut street, November Is,
boy; Edward jacobson and wife, 103
Leland avenue, September IS, boy;
Albert DONNIE and wife, SOS North
Monroe street, November IL, girl; DR..
F.. E. Iserman and wife. 1913 Garfield
avenue, November 90, girl: Howard A.
Oliphant and wife, Nineteenth and
Stone streets. November 20, girl;
Frank Baker Faust and wife, 119 West
Sixth street, November IA, girl.
D. D. Mote, assistant city attorney.
and Edward Rooney, county proba ton
officer and occasional acting probat e
judge in the absence of Hugh MacFar-
land, have formed a law partnership
and opened cffices in the Columbian
building. Mote has had personal charge
Of the liquor prosecutions In police
court, while Rooney for couple OF
| years has regulated the affairs of the
youngsters brought before the Juvenile
court. Both are recent law school
graduates and have lately been en-
gagged in general practice.
The National Boys and Girls Rally
Day of the Christian churches was
celebrated Sunday at the First Chris
tian church. where the Rev. o. l.. Cook
lgare an illustrated sermon on the sub
ject. "Life's Garden He illustrated
his talk with an actual sand garden in
which he planted. Miss Virginia Ster-
rett also gave blackboard talk. The
rally was attended by over 500 persons,
who contributed $50 at the morning.
offering. The Bible class of the church
! gave $50 to L. NJ Penwell financial sec
rotary. to apply on the church debt.
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