The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-20
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AT HOME NEWS.

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Don't blame the man with grimy
hands=he has a furnace.
y The Belgian relief headquarters have
been moved to the seventh floor OF the
Mills building.
Charles Dillon, secretary of tine Kan
sas Relief Fund, will give Belgian
relief talk at a mass meeting IN MefF
den Sunday afternoon.
An overheated stove set fire to the
house of Mrs. Lille Black. 21b WSs
First street. last night only s I'm.
damage was done before the IRE co'"
panies extinguished the blaze. -.
d. 0. Coe was the lucky man :"
drawing "A ton of coal offered py n. -.
reppmyer to some Rotary CLUB menus
Mr. Coe asked to have the coal oen'
cred to a worthy charity inst''u'ion'
A marriage license was obtaineo
Thursday by Irwin Snattinger ana M ts.
Helen ]. Murphy, botn Oh 'h1S
Another Topeka couple. Ray l.. warner
and pear, NAV Markley, obtained
license.
Tox pov,rr sea son is bringing re-
newal Of business at the office OF coun-
ty treasurer The before-hanoed IONS
are paving theirs before the rush :" niolI
win come lust before the penalty is
put on, December ~
The second annual show OF the Kan
sas State Poultry Federation VIII oo
in the Auditorium, Dec. 7-12. Inc pre-
MUM list is being mailed. Entrles
should be sent to L. H. While, Chahuee'
Kan. not later than Dec !.
An article appeared in the state
Journal last night stating that Clarehce
w. Chadwick, c. s. B. Of Omaha woulo
lecture at the Grand this aIternooi'
The lecture will be given Sunday ai.e -
noon at O'Clock at the Grand anu 10
free to the pubic.
DIR. Graham Taylor OF Chicago WIZ
has the reputation of having set'ieu
more strikes than any other one man.
viii sneak at the annual meeting OF the
Provident association at the FIRST bap-
fist church Friday night; he Will aiso
speak at the mass meeting at tne
Commercial club at one O'CLOCK sat-
urday.
The ladies of the Topeka Orphans
Home call attention to the TACT tna.
they have more children IN the Hoiiie
for adoption at present than any other
time in its history. They range from
babyhood to ten or eleven years OF age.
As the Thanksgiving season approaches
the people are reminded that their US
ual generous donations will be very ac-
ceptable to the homeless ones.
Rob NJ. Campbell, Topeka newspa-
per man, formerly reporter on the state
journal, this weeks becomes assoclate
editor of Shriver's Weekly, ana VIII
write a column called Pen Points" Tor
the paper. j. K Shriver a newspaper
man and formerly with the Prudential
people is editor and publisher. the
paper will be devoted to Topeka anu
Its best interests" say the editors.
A free lecture on Christian Science
will be given at the Grand opera house
at 9 O'Clock Sunday afternoon by Car
ence w. Chadwick Of Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr.. Chadwick is member or the
board of lectureship of the First Church
of Christ. Scientist in Boston. Mass,
and is we'll qualified to talk intelligently
on Christian Science. Those interested
will find much information in his lee
ture. -
The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today:
Leroy Best and wife, 445 Ohio street.
November Is, boy: Lafayette Marcus
Lower and wife, 329 Klein street, No
vember IS, girl: Oscar Lerow and
wife. 1907 Central avenue, November
16. boy; William Diehl and wife, AL
Chester avenue. November >, girl;
Walter MOtin and wife, 104O Boswell
avenue, November II, girl.
A meeting the Topeka soccer foot
ball men will be held at 532 Kansas ave-
nue. Saturday evening at O'Clock for
the purpose of making final arrange
ments for the game with the Schmelz-
ers at Kansas City Thanksgiving day.
1t has beer suggested that the Topeka
team under Tom Powell be called THE
United Brethren because of the dupli-
cation of names. Here is a list of the
duplicates: Williams, 3; Powell, 3; Nc
Bride. 2; Joyce, 2.
Washburn held it's head up and
mediately after chapel panoramic
view OF the college students was taken
The whole student body was snapped
together. Every year a souvenir of the
college is issued. This year many
Washburn scenes have already been
taken, among them the students as
sembling for chapel and various foot
ball pictures. This was the first at
tempt to get the whole student body
together for the camera man.
The Current Topic club of the Cen
trail Y. M. c. A. will meet next Mon
day evening at 6:15 o'clock. The club
will be addressed by DIR. Clarence True
Wilson of Portland. Ore, on the sub
1ect. The Outlook for National Pro-
hibition." Or. Wilson is an acknowl-
edged authority ard is one of the fore
most men in the United States on all
questions of prohibition. He has been
large factor in the campaigns in the
states that have recently been carried
for prohibition. The management OF
the Y. Nj. c. A. serves dinner to the
members of the club. A large attend
ance is expected.
A burst water pipe in the cente,
OF the street in the middle of the block
on Buchanan street between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth street has permitted
so much water to escape that the stree,
is now covered with ice from curb tf
curb. The founda ton has ..churne6
OUT from under the street car track
SO that the joints of the rails have
settled several inches, and the founda.
ton OF the paving has been under.
mined, SO that in spots the bricks hav.
settled, and in other places they have
pulged. On Kansas avenue north q
Douthitt avenue is similar condition
but not so bad