The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The regular December meeting of the
board Of education will be held next
Monday night.
county teachers was held today at the
high school building.
The regular monthly meeting of the
teachers of Shawnee county was held
In the high school building today.
A marriage license has been issued
Lawrence Thatcher of Richland ana
Miss Bertha Hendricks of Richland.
There were a large number of shop
pers from out of town in Topeka today.
They were doing Christmas purchasing.
There are twelve cases of diphtheria
and three cases of scarlet fever in the
CITY, There are no cases OF smallpox.
Indications are that there will be a
large attendance at the dinner that will
be given at $50 o'clock Tuesday eve
ming IN honor Of A. L. Mohler, pres
ident of the Union Pacific railroad and
his official staff. -
The Gideons of Topeka will hold
their annual Bible day Sunday with
gospel service at the Second United
Brethren church at 1880 o'clock. John
X. Wylie. secretary of the local camp.
will be in charge of the services.
After thirteen days from this date
the additional per cent penalty will
be added to 1914 taxes. AS December ~
comes On Sunday, December 10. will be
the final day on which tax payments
Will be accepted without penalty.
You may pay your taxes during the
noon hour between now and December
20 Matt Weightman, county treasurer.
is keeping the treasury open at noon to
take care of taxpayers who can not
conveniently come during regular bust
ness hours.
Grover Cleveland. just convicted on
white slavery charge in the federal
court here. has been assigned to the
steel construction department in the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
where he has already been delivered to
begin his three year sentence.
Miss Eva Corning will speak on the
league of the Methodist church at Oak
land Sunday evening. During the week
Teachers association of Grant school,
the Mothers club at the PrOvident as
ISOLATION, and the Mothers club at the
Monroe school.
Ed. Schmidt, residing at the foot of
Buchanan street, has secured patents
on a hens nest which he expects to
manufacture and sell to poultry raisers.
The apparatus is trap nest and the
hen opens and closes the door with the
and leaves the nest.
Formal notification of a wholesale
suspension of freight rate increases
west of the Missouri river by the inter-
state commerce commission has been
received at the office of the Kansas
Public Utilities commission. The sus-
pension applies to about 500 increases
recently made, and effective Decem-
Der l.
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service will be held at the Central Con-
gregational church Sunday in celebra-
ton of the twenty-sixth anniversary of
the church. The Brotherhood Of the
church will hold dinner Monday eve
ming, and the annual church meeting
will take place Thursday evening. A
dinner will be served at $50 O'Clock.
R. l. Tasker, retiring register of
deeds, will when his term of office ex-
pires engage in the life insurance BUSH
ness. He has accepted a special agency
for the American Central Life Insur-
ance company of Indianapolis, Ind, and
will be associated with E. E. Marshall.
formerly state bank commissioner, who
has the general agency Of the company
for Kansas.
Uncomfortable as the city Jail is, :"
says Mrs. c. B. Arthur, one Of Topeka
policewomen in reporting to the mayor,
lit isn't any worse than the places
where great many Of the city's pris-
oners come from" Mrs. Arthur thinks
that if more money was spent in pro-
viding good places to live certain ele-
ments of Topeka's society would take
greater precautions for keeping out of
Jail.
According to a report made by George
H. Hodges, governor of Kansas, by the
state board of administration state and
federal governments should make ap-
preparations for the care and prevention
of human ailments, just as is done for
the prevention and cure of diseases of
=. animals. A station for this purpose
, should be established by the govern
, ment and appropriations, such as are
now given college experiment stations.
made by the government for its main
tenance.
The pastors of the United Brethren
church will hold an all day meeting
at the Second United Brethren, Tues
day, December beginning at $3.50 a.
m. All ministers of the church living
in Topeka, and vicinity will be here, to
discuss such questions as affect the
! work of the pastor and congregation.
Bishop Cyrus J. Kephart OF Kansas
| City will be present, and speak on the
| subject, The Present Day Pastor
The day will be spent in discussing the
practical work of the church. Bishop
j>Kephart will also preach at p. m.
These services are open to the public.
| The county commissioners have been
! advised by w. E. Atchison, county at
torney. that it is best. in his opinion.
for the county to settle with Hugh
Larimer. undersheriff, on his claim for
damages for personal injuries received
during the discharge Of official duties.
Larimer was severely injured in an au-
tomobile accident last summer. He pre-
| scented a claim of $5S4.5z against the
county. Action on the claim was de-
! layed and Larimer added 1000 to his
demands. According to the county at
ttorney. If Larfmer can show the road
| to have been in bad condition, he can