The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-27
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

city concert will be given at Gar
field park tonight by Marshall's band.
John F. Stanton is preparing plans
for q $4,000 two-story city hall
building at Alma.
L. s. Harvey. assistant United States
district attorney is spending a vacation
on Lake MichiAan.
The residence at 212 West Eighth
avenue has been remodeled by Mrs.
George p. Morehouse.
A marriage license has been obtain
ed by William J. Uhren of Osborne and
Esther Page Of Topeka.
The Agard planning mill of Topeka
is doing the mill work for a $4,000
school building at Canton.
Mrs. Ida Rodgers will have a $4,000
double residence erected at the corner
OF Fifth and Monroe streets.
A Central Y. M. c. A. swimming
tournament is being arranged. Win
ners in each class will be awarded
mOnograms.
There was a large crowd in attend
ance at the city concert at Eighth and
Lake streets by the knights and La
dies of Security band.
The suit of Arthur Carson against
Mrs. j. T. Harley set for hearing today
in the court of Topeka, has been con-
tinued until August 81.
Suit for divorce has been filed in
the district court by Edna Busey
against Oliver H. Busey. They were
married three years ago.
The following birth was reported
to the office OF the city clerk today:
Claude c. Nedeau and wife, 305 Jack
son street, August %, boy.
Dusty Rhodes is the name assigned
to a colored boy held in the county
Jail charged with grand larceny in
h1a hof nf 10, T.
man.
The European war furnishes great
material for the civil war veterans,
who gather in shady spots daily. The
old soldiers have figured out a scheme
to reduce Paris and Berlin in ten days.
Coal firms over the city have started
on their summer bargain deliveries.
With the appointment of a receiver in
the gas case, Topekans still add to
their fear of an adequate supply this
winter.
Ground has been cleared by the
moving out of an old cottage, for the
erection of four large frame apart
ment houses just south of Elmhurst.
at the corner of Mulvane and HuntoOn
streets. The houses will face east on
Mulvane.
Rev. A. ]. Ross of the First German
Nj. E. church has gone to Wichita to
ference of his church. The pastor and
church. have closed a very successful
year. The congregation expect the re-
turn of Mr.. Ross.
The Young Mems Gospel Team of
the First NJ. E. church will have
charge of the prayer meeting tonight
at the First M. E. church. A r. Bow
ers will act as leader and H. H. Cam
eron will have charge of the music.
A male quartette will sing.
The food probe testimony taken by
Fred Robertson, United States district
attorney, will fill $50 typewriter
pages. Will Stickel, the stenographer,
who took the report of the case has
been busy all this week TRANSFERRING
his notes and is about half done.
The auto tractor recently purchased
by the city to draw the large ladder
truck at No. 2 fire station was given
a trial today and proved satisfactory.
1t was bought from the American-La
France company. A representative of
the company was present at the trial
southerner who recently moved to
Topeka thinks this a city of wonders.
THE first thing 1 saw was a negro
policeman he exclaimed in excited
tones today. "And this afternoon 1
saw a woman with a star pinned upon
her waist. What a city, what city!"
Congressman George Medley has re-
turned to Washington where he will
in time to fill an engagement at Baxter
Springs Sept. 4. On the following day
he will open the state campaign with