The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07
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Little Dorothy Armstrong of 1884
Garfield Is quite Ill with tonsilitis.

Little Dorothy Armstrong Of 1904
Garfield IL quite Ill with tonsilitts.
A fellowship lunch will be held at the
Central Y. M. c. A. at O'Clock Sum
day afternoon.
At least 100 city employees have been
thrown out Of work by the extreme
cold weather which prevents work pc
ing done in the streets or in the parks.
H. B. Wilson, superintendent Of city
schools. will attend q meeting OF the
T, department Of education OF the Ma
tionai Education association az g. ficn-
| mond. Va. beginning February "A.
Forty Bryant. colored; in whose
home Ed Roach, a farm hand, was
found murdered New Years day. -
slated for trial in the first division OF
the district court Monday. FEBRUARY 10
City Commissioned Porter has made
a large nap of the city OF Topeka 10
be used in making routes for the orlv-
ers from the city crematory. custom
ers will be designated by tacks, anu
the routes by colored string.
Porter Paterson, colored. charged
with being a persistent vioiator OF the
states liquor laws, received preliminary
hearing In the court of Topeka TO-DAY
and was bound over for trial IN tne
punishable by a term in the state peni-
tentiary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Hendricks en-
tertained a hunting party at their coun-
try home two miles southeast OF Wat
son. The men Of the party enjoyed
rabbit hunt The feature Of the day
was the country dinner. Those VINO
were present: Mr.. and Mrs. H. d.
Howard and DR.. and Mrs. O. o. Moore.
The city sanitary department asks 10
have it made plain that the patients
who escaped from quarantine two miles
from the city were not guarded py the
city sanitary department but by the
county. All smallpox cases in the city,
A. J. Ramsey declares. have been con-
fined to four houses, which have been
carefully guarded.
c. H. Kutz, acting milk inspector, de-
clares Topeka dairies are unusually
clean. He has been making examina-
ton of many milk depots. Only one
was not scrupulously sanitary; at this
; place cows were drinking water from
pig trough. Mr.. Kutx took a sample
Of the milk, and will make a scientific
examination of 1t today.
Walter A. Evans, who was for a
number of years q reporter on the
State Journal, is in the city renewing
old acquaintances. Since leaving here
Mr.. Evans has represented Kansas
City newspaper. at Washington and
later held state Office by appoint
ment Of the governor of Missouri. He
. Is now engaged in the insurance busi-
ness.
Portable churches will be erected at
Rosedale Heights and Sunny Ridge,
suburbs Of Kansas City, according to
decision made by the home mission
board of the Topeka presbytery of the
Presbyterian church held at the Gen.
trail Y M. C. A. late Friday. Portable
churches have been a success in China
and other places and the board decided
to try them at home.
At the Sunday evening service Of the
First Methodist church, February Is,
the sermon by Dr. Loveland will be on
the subject of Temperance and La
bor." He was asked to make the ad-
dress by the State w. C. T U. depart
ment of temperance and labor. the
chairman of which is Mrs. E. s. Petty
John. A special invitation to attend the
meeting is given to all members of the
| w. c. T. U. and to all the labor Or
ganizations.
Charles Winnie. colored, charged with
the murder of Mrs. Anna Austin. col
ored, who was cook at the Country
club will be placed on trial Monday in
the first division of the Shawnee county
district court. Winnie has secured no
attorney on his own initiative, and as
the law requires that defendant in
a murder trial have a legal representa-
tive, Fred Crossley and d. D. Mote
were yesterday appointed by the court
to defend Whine.
w. A. Stitt, justice of the peace at
Willard, Kan, is confronted with the
same question that worries many To-
peka people. The justice writes to o.
X. Swayze. county clerk. asking what
to do in a case where a farmer owning
chickens allows them to feed on an
other farmers premises and refused to
coop them up. The clerk will advise
the Judge to have the injured farmer
serve notice that he intends to kill the
If n1A tIDnv~
the threat.
February IA is the day set by Judge
Dana in the first division of the Shaw
nee county district court as field day"
for passing sentence on all persons
convicted in his court up to that time.
Spencer Bridges, convicted OF carrying
concealed weapons. and Lewis Wisdom,
charged with violating the liduor laws.
and who forfeited his bond by running
away, are to receive sentence. or
course Wisdom will not be sentenced
unless present in the court room. Wis
dom's absence Is worth more to the
county than his presence as he has for
feited three bonds. aggregatfng 81. 500
The first annual ball of the postoffice
clerks at Kellam hall, Tuesday evening,
February 10, offers the patrons of the
Topeka office an excellent opportunity
of becoming acquainted with the clerks
who receive and dispatch mail. Unlike
the carriers. the clerical force do not
come in touch with the patrons of the
office, and they hope that the present
occasion may prove a means Of max
ing new friends. No pains or expense
are being spared to provide for the
pleasure and comfort Of those who at
tend. A large attendance is assured
and the first social attempt of the post
Office clerks promises to be an unqual-
flied success.
The county commissioners have Of
fered a reward Of $50 for arrest and evi-
dence leading to conviction of the un-
known assailant of C. w. Cook, coal
merchant at 700 East Seventh street.
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