The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-11
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George II. Hoyes. secretary Of the
Central r. n. C. A.. has returned from
| q trip to Burlingame.
the quarters Of the local government
Weather bureau will be enlarged by
the addition OF two rooms.
A meeting OF the Topeka Motorcycle
club will be held at the Commercial
club quarters Friday hight.
Fred Robertson; United States dis.
business for kansas City and Chicago.
The probate court issued marriage
license Wednesday afternoon for Vic
| tor T. Gustafs0n and Anna Nordlund
of Usage City.
H. b. Wilson. superintendent of city
give addresses today and Friday at
the Kansas State Normal.
Bob Smith. city editor OF the
Minneapolis, Mimi. Journal. formerly
a Topeka newspaper man, IL in Topeka
for a visit with relatives.
There are now = number of small
boy pop stands in town. In another
have taken hold OF hundreds OF young
sters in Topeka.
The Kaw today has some resem-
blance to q real river for the first time
since April 4. This il due to the
heavy local rain that fell Tuesday
night AAS<A4AAAy 4A& 4SAASJ 0AAO 6AAW uS0
The children's day service at the
First English Lutheran church will be
held next sunday morning. The mem
bers and friends of the Sunday school
will meet at the church this evening
at 8 o'clock to practice for the cere-
monies. 90
Edward p. Harris. foreman of the
composing room at the Crane & Com
pany establishment, Is celebrating his
eightieth birthday today. Harris is
an oldtime newspaper man and is well
acquainted with Kansas history and
makers of state annals.
With only eight more days in which
their last half of 1919 taxes can be
paid, the late Corners are waking up a
little, but there are yet many to come,
say members of the county treasurer's
force. Tho penalty for delinquency
becomes effective on Saturday. June
20.
An antiseptic odor Of fresh varnish
pervades the upper floor of the fed
eral building where finishers have
been at work replacing bits OF wood
in various offices. Decorators are
working ON the walls and ceiling of
the big staircase.
The assembly room at the high
school looks like ghost of itself to-
day. In fact it has been robbed Of al
v
room The balcony has been torn out
in the general tearing down process
preparatory to remodeling the old
building ana constructing the addi-
ton.
Dr. Herbert S. Bigelow, who speaks
at the Novelty Saturday night on
Taxation" has q unique church in
Cincinnati in which. after the sermon
the congregation asks questions. For
nineteen years he has been pastor,
but has taken an active interest in
politics, twice being q candidate for
state office.
The Commercial club will entertain
more than fifty high school boys of
Kansas Friday. These young men
have beens at the r. M c. A. state
camp at .Maple Hnl2orr some days and
before returning to- otheir respective
homes will be shown, Topeka. They
will be the guests Of tho Commercial
club at q complimentary. dinner Friday
noon. and will be taken on q seeing
Topeka" auto tour.
Sam H.. Hill, one of the deputy
United States marshals newly appoint
ed by Ohio T. Wood who entered on
his new duties as marshal yesterday.
has been ore of the guards at the
state reformatory at Hutchinson. It
was Hill who locked horns with the
Rev. C1erin Zumwalt with the result
that the latter, who was q Republican
appointee,, resigned his position as
chaplain and made charges that the
lreformatory authorities were discour-
aging religious work in the institu-