The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-18
At HOME NEWS.

Within Few days arrangements
will be made at the Central Y. M. c.
A. for the annual summer camps.
Two red milk cows, worth SIS each.
were stolen Saturday night from the
pasture of ]. M. Meade, Fillmore and
Crane streets.
F, E. Parfitt a former Topeka boy,
has been made manager and cashier
of the Merchants National bank OF
San Francisco.
Mayor Cofran is i'll at his home to-
day and was unable to attend the reg
ular Monday morning meeting of the
city commission.
The balance of the Badders stock
has been sold to Jake Friedberg and
the sale discontinued at the Badders
location. Seventh and Kansas avenue.
The Rev. w. G. Brooks Of Topeka.
colored. spoke at the the co eneav 6a fta
noon on 1.-THE Evils OF Intoxicating
Beverages and Tobacco"
Tuesday and Friday afternoons
have been set apart for the hlgh
school girls at the Y. w. c. A. swim
ming pool The pool is open to the
girls at one O'Clock inst afternoon
Miss Grace Gilmore has scharge OF the
swimming.
Mrs G. H. Flintham has resigned
as a member of the board Of directors
of the Y w. C. A. Her place Will
probably not be filled until next rall:
Home grown peas were on sale AT
local stores today. The price aver
aged twenty cents pound.
The v. w. c. A. will have no sum-
uner camp this season. but is DESTROYS
of making arrangements with some
family on q farm near Topeka TO keep
association girls for week-ends or
during an entire week. so that girls
will have an opportunity to take
orivr tn n n
And still Topeka is left out of the
distribution Of rainfall. There were
scattered showers in Kansas Saturday
night and Sunday, but only trace OF
rain fell here. Reports received at the
local weather office show that wheat
and potatoes between Topeka a .,,a
need of moisture.
A trainload of farm machinery
fortv-five cars-en route from Chicago
to Fort Worth, Texas, will stop at To-
peka at about 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning for exhibition purposes Inc
machinery is from the Rumley COM
pany and consists of engines, separa-
tors. etc. The train which will re-
main in Topeka for five minutes 1or
exhibition purposes, will come over the
Rock Island.
Otto l.. Rain and c. G. Rogan have
returned from Des MOines. Iowa.
where they attended the annual meet
ing of the American Federation or MI
sicians They represented the Iopeka
branch of this organization. The meet
ing was the largest in the history OF
the federation. A Kansas City man,
Frank Carothers, was elected PreSi-
dent. The next meeting place Will be
San Francisco.
At the annual meeting of the Topeka
Traffic association Thursday nignt
two directors will be elected. W. II:
probably be reelected. Clyde Law
renee has left the city, and a director
will be named to succeed him. Inc
board will elect officers. AS george
P. McEntire has served as pres resi-, ~.
for two years. new man Will De
chosen to take his place
A. NJ. Robinson, fire captain OF NO
2 hose company, was injured TINS
morning in a fall at the city puliolns.
Captain Robinson was unloading
cart of oats and fell from the wagon
to a cement bin, landing on his head.
One OF his ears was crushed. He was
unconscious for several minutes DR..
Eva Harding was summoned, ordered
an ambulance, and sent Captain hoo-
inson to his home. 1923 Van Buren,
1 street.
! The Topeka high school Y. w. c.
A. club has closed it's activities for the
season with the exception OF mid
summer swimming party. Omcers
elected at the closing meeting were:
! Christina Ward. president; Louise
Fowler. vice president; Helen Holler,
secretary: Esther Chance, treasurer;
World representative, Helen Whita-
ker. The club will send one delegate
to the Estes Park, Colo, student con-
| ference, which will begin August Is
and continue for ten days. The Club
will assume activities in October.
The annual meeting of the Topeka
Traffic association will be held at the
Commercial club quarters Thursday
evening at $3.50 O'Clock. A financial
/ report will be made by H D.. Driscoll.
i the secretary. and short talks will be
given by members. There will be NO
J outside speakers. Many individuals