The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
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AT HOME NEWS

AT HOME NEWS
The advisory committee Of the i'm
dustrial bureau of the Commercial
club met at noon today.
Frank e. Smith Of lola, Democratic
nominee for superintendent Of insur-
ance, was in Topeka today.
marriage license was issued yester-
day to John w. Scott Of Rogers, Ark,
and Effe Strickler Of Topeka
Harry Wolf, assistant cashier Of the
Bank Of Topeka. is i'll at his home on
College avenue, with typhoid fever.
Although the only oniciaIly recognised
curb market in Topeka is in front OF
the City Hall, similar market -four
ishes in North Topeka and has for
years.
There is business for q motorcycle
policeman on West Seventeenth street
Since the paving has been extended to
Boswell. it has become a popular speed
way for autoists-
A Republican county rally will be
held in the Seabrook school house on
Friday evening. October 80. Miss Dolly
Curtis. Judge W. F. Schoch and county
candidates will speak
The Epworth League of the First
German NJ. E. church viii have Hal
lcween social at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Siegels 233 Buchanan street,
| Friday evening, October 80.
| The frost Of Tuesday morning
wrought great havoc in the Topeka gar
dens and the city parks. Vegetation
with the exception of hard grasses and
a few varieties OF plants. is black
i Alleging extreme cruelty toward her
! self and their children, Mrs. Minnie 8
Mcmillan has filed suit for divorce
/ from John F. Mcmillan to whom she
was married in Brown county in 1880.
! Why should Seventeenth street also
| be called Euclid avenue? There is need
of Topeka's streets The crookedest
street in the city is called Roosevelt
avenue.
| Several automobile parties Of candi-
dates and their friends are made up
fora trip to Wakarusa this evening for
the Republican rally at the Masonic
hall there. Miss Curtis and Judge
Schcch Will be speakers
A big petition is being circulated
among the professors to the Farnsworth
park proposition submitted in the State
Journal yesterday by ]. NJ. Meade The
enemies of the park deal claim the tract
i is unfit for playground purposes.
: The revival services conducted at the
Lowman Memorial church by DIR. John
Calfee are attracting much attention
Tuesday night his subject was Sure
Enough Religion" Tonight DR.. Calfee
will speak on a Startling Assertion"
! In the opinion of the city commits
+ sioners a sanitary sewer in the east
part of the city will be constructed
only when the state board Of health
orders it, This district is the most pop
| ulous in the state of any with sew
erage.
! If you haven't contributed towards
the Red Cross fund for the relief Of the
wounded soldiers in Europe and the
| chi1dran there z still an
opportunity to do so. Money may be
sent to Mrs. B. B. Smythe or to John
R. Mulvane
| The Clearinghouse Realty company
| took out permits today to erect five
new dwellings They will be built or
101 Brooks avenue, 721 Brooks avenue,
-. 1903 Byron avenue, 1134 Garfield ave
hue, and z1e Knox avenue
Z Three automobile loads Of candidates
and political speakers including Miss
Dolly Curtis and D. r. Anthony, tr,
I went from Topeka to Silver Lake and
Rossville Tuesday afternoon, speaking
I in the afternoon at RossvilIe and keep
ing an engagement at Silver Lake in
the evening.
The following births were reported
at the Office of the city clerk today:
| John Robert Dougan and wife, 1891
Clay street. Oct %. girl. John Will
lard Bunce and wife, SCI East Eighth
street. Oct. 81. boy. Orley ]. Brat
ton and wife, 1913 West Tenth street,
Oct. %, girl
A petition is being circulated to have
College avenue paved from Tenth to
Sixth avenues These four blocks are
all THAI remains unpaved on College
avenue. With the paving storm sew
ers will also be constructed and prop
erty which is now subject to overflow
Will be made valuable
Carl Chandler, a candidate for clerk
of the court of Topeka. sustained a
painful injury to both eyes while work.
ing at his trade as a stereotyper at the
Topeka Daily Capital office Tuesday.
Bits of stereotype metal from a plate
which he was saving struck him in the
face, inflicting cuts about the eyes
Pretentious decorations appropriate
. tractively on the fourth floor of the
Central Y. NJ c. A building in antici-
patton of the Halloween party that will
be given tonight-S to 10 o'clock Mem
bers and friends Of the association are
invited to attend-both men and
women
There was a large attendance Tues
day night at the revival meeting held
at the Walnut Grove Methodist church.
| A gospel team from the First Baptist
church participated in the service The
!. Rev E E Urner, pastor of the church.
will speak tonight on What Can Moth
ing Do?' The choir will be under the
leadership of NJ. c. Holman.
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