The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-31
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Louis Baker is having an addition
to his dwelling at $50 Liberty street
built
| The board of directors OF the Com
mercial club will meet next Thursday
noon.
/ Large egg plants from Florida are
being sold on the local market for Is
cents each.
Easter egg dyes are being adver-
tised extensively In windows Of To-
| peka stores.
The next regular meeting of the
| board of education will be held q
week from tonight
The Mothers club of the Topeka
Provident association was entertained
today by the Minerva club.
! The Brotherhood of the Central
CONGREGATIONAL church met at the
Commercial club quarters today.
The principals of the city grade
schools will hold a meeting at the
high school building this evening at
1880 o'clock.
Hamilton & Hamilton (Clad and
Clay) have moved their offices from the
/ Crawford building and now occupy
suite 430 in Fifth and Kansas avenue
skyscraper.
! Owing to the quarantine of the coun-
ty Jail the sheriff and county attorney
docket, giving precedence to the DE-
PENDANTS who are out on bond.
The membership committee OF the
Topeka Commercial club held meet
| ing today to discuss details in con-
nection with the quiet membership
| campaign which is now in progress
Adolph Gogall, who has come into
| small fortune. read notice of it in the
State Journal. and has wired James
Larimer, his mothers attorney. from
| st. Louis Gogall disappeared from To-
peka several years ago.
The case Of c. A. Wiburg against
the city of Topeka has been continued
until April Z. 1t was set for hearing
today in the city court. Wiburg claims
the city neglected to pay him for keep
| ing roomers free of charge when his
| hotel was Guaranteed.
L w. Rogers lectured at the Unity
church last night upon Thought Pow
err" one of his lectures for the ma
tional Theosophical society. Mr.. Rog-
ers gives his final lecture tonight on
the subject, self Development" The
Rogers lectures have attracted good
deal of attention in Topeka.
There is a big demand on the part
of children from poor families at the
Provident association for old maya
zines OF all kinds. The housewives of
the city are asked to remember the
Provident association in house clean
| ing time. The association wagon will
| call for magazines or old clothing Of
any kind.
II hold a warrant for Sampson Por
me. L. L. Kiene, sheriff Shawnee
county" Posters Offering $3.50 reward
for the arrest and conviction OF the
murderer of Frank Bayless are being
mailed broadcast to sherifs and chiefs
of police. The state reward of 800 ex-
pires in 80 days.
The price Of eggs will probably ad-
vance soon, according to some Topeka
grocerymen. Several stores, in fact
have already boosted the price from
two dozen for IS cents to Is cents q
dozen straight. Hen fruit" how
ever, is not likely to go beyond the
Is cents mark. Cold storage firms
have begun to store eggs.
There will be meeting of the East
ern Kansas Holiness association We'd
nesday, April /, at the Salvation Army
headquarters on Kansas avenue. be-
tween Third and Fourth streets. Rev.
E. H. Cook will preach at II o'clock,
Rev. A. r. Hodges in the afternoon
and Rev. A. c. Koser in the evening.
Praise service begins at 10 g. m.
Rev. A. M. Reitzel will speak at the
services at the First English Lutheran
church, Fifth and Harrison streets,
Tuesday evening. There will be spe-
cial music, including a solo by Miss
Selma Foberg. These meetings began
Sunday. and will be held every evening
at s O'Clock except Saturday, until
Easter Sunday and are open to the
public.
Work on the new Redden Mission
building at the southwest corner OF
Second and Monroe streets will start
soon. The plans will be presented to
the First Presbyterian church men,
bers Thursday night for ratification.
! ing for some time on these plans. The
building will cost approximately
| $1,000.
At an informal meeting Of the city
commissioners Monday afternoon it
was decided to purchase an auto
tractor for the aerial truck at fire de-
partment headquarters. The tractor
| will be purchased from the American
LaFrance Fire Engine company and
will cost $1,000. The tractor will do
away with the use Of three horses
| now required to draw the truck.
A new carrying system is being in
| stalled at the grocery store of William
Green 4 Son and will be ready for
| operation Wednesday. 1t is Lanson's
| electric system and is something new
| IN IOQeK4 Inere Will De SIX C0Sn re-
cefving and sending stations in the
store. and five change cups for each
station. The change cups will be
operated by cables run by electricity.
! The life Of Martin r. Clarity, who
died from injuries received in an acci-
dent, is valued at $500 in a suit filed
| in the district court by Thomas c. Gar
rity, his administrator. today. Martin
Clarity was injured February rs, while
i working for the Santa Fee on a bridge
near Sfbley, Mo. He was struck by a
girder brace and knocked to the