The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-20
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AT HOME NEWS
Frank A. Purcell. desk sergeant at
the police station. il spending his an
nual vacation at Seneca.
Has anybody tent? The Nursing
association wants to borrow one. Call
1171 II you have a small tent to LEND
Federal Office employees have been
notified of a dispensation granting
them Saturday afternoon holidays IN
the postoffice building In Topeka
H. A. Spielman Of the Emahizer-
Spielman Furniture company. left Fri
day night for Lake Okoboji, Iowa.
where he will install his family in their
summer home.
Registration ripping-more women
than men every day. Busy all the
commissioner. who has begun the bust-
est month of the year.
j. E. Brooks of Sedan, grand master
elect of the Kansas Odd Fellows. Is
dangerously i'll at the Mayo Brothers
sanitarium in Rochester. Mimi. He
was operated upon for kidney trouble
Tennis season is in full swing. The
Country club courts, the Y. M. and Y.
w. courts. the high school courts and
all the private courts in town are astir
with flying balls and waving racQuets
Otis Burbank, a farmer from near
Richland in the south part Of the coun-
ty, has been brought to Topeka for
examination by q sanity commission
and is being held in the county Jail.
The Mills Dry Goods company team
defeated the Warren M. Crosby team
By the score of Is to 8 Friday afternoon
at skeene's park. A number Of the
employees Of both stores witnessed the
contest.
alcohol and Efficiency is the SUBJ
Sect upon which the Rev. Robert Cor
don will speak Sunday night at the
First Baptist church. illustrating with
otereopticon views. The results of ex-
0eriments on dogs and men will be
shown.
Tho city has issued an order that all
vehicles driving through Garfield park
must enter via the Quincy street en-
trance, leaving by the Kansas avenue
gate. If all cars and carriages drive
IN the same direction accidents may be
eliminated.
The county commissioners have ap-
proved the bond of $1,000 furnished by
the Topeka Title and Bond company
which recently took over all the alb
0tracting business in Topeka. The
company is arranging to move it's Of
ices to the New England building.
Henry Miller. who made one of the
DADDY in The Rainbow" has re-
tired an actor, become a producer and
TeAped a rich harvest from Daddy
Iong-Legs" in which Miss Ruth Chat
terton, ingenue in THE Rainbow" Is
starring.
Commissioner w. G. Tandy was call
ed to Wichita last night by the death
Of his younger brother, Emmett, an
employee IF the Wichita Light COM
pany. Holding a high voltage wire at
the top of q pole Mr.. Tandy accident
ally touched another wire and died in
q few seconds.
Hale Hamilton's play in New York,
"a Pair Of Sixes," has met with such
popular favor that a Chicago company
has been organized with Frank McIn-
tyre as star. Hamilton, creator of
''Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" in New
York and London, is the son Of the
J. d. NJ. Hamiltons.
Sarah Bernhard has added, the role
Of 'Shyiock" to her list. The Divine
Sarah is to make another farewell
tour in this country, leaving Paris for
New York October 10. She will give
her old repertoire, "The Death Of
Cleopatra" and the trial scene from
The Merchant of Venice"
Kansas university has awarded de-
grees to TWO city employees and as
eistants in the office OF w. G. Tandy,
commissioner of streets and public i'm:
provements. A. r. Young, city en-
gineer, received the professional de-
gree of civil engineer. c. A. Forter is
now bachelor OF science in civil en-
gineering.
This is the final date for the payment
OF the last half Of last years taxes.
Taxpayers have been lined up daily for
q week in the office OF County Treas
urer Mat Weightman. who saws that
the years tax business has been pref
~ well cleaned up. Not more than the
usua! amount of property will go on
the delinquent tax list.
Roy Crawford. who has reached New
York after two weeks motor trip
with his wife. reports roads and crops
IN nne condition. Kansas crops are
two weeks in advance of eastern fields,
ne writes Have seen all the good
SHOWS" states the theatrical man.
Bookings are little slim right now
Out believe they will come along in
couple of weeks"
pared for the Children's day exercises
At the First Baptist church at IL
O'Clock Sunday morning. This SER
vice will correspond to "class day" in
the day schools. The program will
consist largely of excerpts from the
regular work of the various depart
ments Of the Sunday school There
viii be songs. Rotations, and exer-
ciees. Robt. Stone is superintendent.
1t Is said that Harry Ladders init
mate type of singing was mainly re-
sponsible for his only partial success
curing his western tour some time ago.
He usually sang in large armories,
where his voice failed to carry to re-
mote seats. The reason he continued,
despite indications that warned him to
proceed no further, was said to be
because he thought he was being ac-
claimed when people in the back called
Louderv'-DramaticM Mirror.
Miss Rose Selig, secretary to the
superintendent of immigration OF the
Presbyterian headquarters, New York
city. and social settlement worker.
accompanied by Mrs. A. L. Selig OF
lawrence were guests of the Young
Ladies' Missionary union OF the West,
minister Presbyterian church Wednes-
DAY evening. Miss Selig addressed the