The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-21
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DIR. Eva Harding has returnsd from
q three weeks trip to Glacier Park.
w. r. Cochran. Of Wichita. H. the
guest OF w. @. Tandysat hH camp near
Tecumseh.
II. #. SCOTT hes taken out = permit
to construct q two-story dwelling at
131O-1312 Boswell avenue. IS
Only one contagious disease-ty-
phoid-has been reported to the city
sanitary department in July.
The ordinance relative to glazing auto
lights will be considered by the city
commission next Monday morning.
A building permit has been issued
to Lena Smith for the remodeling OF
her dwelling at 13s North Lake street
The birth of thirteenth child to =
fortv-vear-old grocer and his wife
was reported today at the office OF
the city clerk.
The local Office Of R. G. Dun Z Co.
is now at 215, the second floor OF the
New England building. 1T was for-
merly in the Shawnee fire Insurance.
building.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Lawson will en-
terrain the women of Temple No. ~,
Pythian Sisters. and their husbands, at
day evening. July q. :
1, Gilberg will go to Horton Satur-
day to speak in the interests Of Judge
Frank Doster. Monday night he spoke
before 300: people at the corner OF
Sixth and Kansas avenues.
! Bids for city printing will be re-
ceived by the city commission at $3.50
Monday morning, July q. Only daily
papers need apply. Each bid must be
accompanied by certified check for
500. Z
The East side drainage board il
cutting weeds in the channel Of the
Shunganunga. Property owners along
the banks are being notified by the
sanitary department to cut weeds in
rear of lots.
&c. Smith, the new manager of the
Best theater, who has brought his
family to Topeka. and is now living at
517h Van Buren, street, has bought
property in Pinehurst and expects to
build. Mr.. Smith came from Tulsa,
Okla.
BY unanimous vote Of the council Of
administration Of the Grand Army Of
the Department of Kansas, the next
state encampment will be held in
Hutchinson. Dates for the gathering
have not been announced. but it will
take place some time in the month of
May.
The poor mothers and children's
picnic, given under the auspices Of the
Salvation army, will take place tomor-
row at Gage park. The park commits
sioner is making plans for their en-
tertainment at Gage. The street car.
company will provide free transpor-
tation.
The Clearinghouse Realty company.
has taken out permits for the con-
struction of nine dwellings ranging in
cost from $500 to $4,000. They will
be built at the following street num-
bers: 1909 West Fifth. 1407 West
Fifth, 1929 Boswell avenue, 1175
Woodward avenue, 1177 Woodward
avenue, 719 Brooks avenue, ZIG The
Drive. 220 The Drive, and 1907 Byron
avenue.
The eight new wagons with which he
will haul United States mail between
the post office and the trains, have
been received by HI. L. Palmer. to
whom the contract for the coming four
years has recently been awarded, were
driven in a procession along Kansas
avenue Monday afternoon. attracting
much attention. AS required by the
contract, the entire equipment Is brand
new. even to horses and harness.
The will of George A. Anderson, of
Valencia, was filed in the probate court
Monday afternoon, disposing Of real
cStdtc valued at $ZO,UOV anu PcISO1A<AA
property worth $4,000. One-half the
estate is left to the widow. To OrviIle,
Vergil and Bessie Anderson, grand
children, $500 each IL awarded. and the
remainder of the estate Is beQueathed
to the five children of testator in equal
parts. They are George A.. jr.. Frank
p. Anderson, Mrs. Eta Sage, Mrs.
Bertha Cromwell and Edith Anderson.
Marriage licenses for two youthful
Topeka couples were issued Monday
afternoon and weddings will take place
tonight when James A. McGinnis will
be married to Elizabeth II. Myers and
Herbert F. Porter will marry Velma p.
Wolfe. The two grooms. who were
formerly in the Santa Fe shops here,
are now machinists at Clovis, N. NJ.
and came here together to be married.
They will return to Clovis early in Au-
gust. Other marriage licenses were
issued to Ralph J. Lillis, of Lawrence.
and Maude A. Gerhart, Of Joplin. Mo-,
and Roscoe F. Beachum and Della D.
Miller. both of Topeka.