The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-02
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A special meeting of Topeka Temple No.
10. Pythian Sisters. will be held Tuesday
evening.
There are three cases Of diphtheria in
.ecumseh. The patients are quarantined
by the county physician.
The probate court has issued a wedding
license to James Hickman. aged 50. and
Leathel Cummings, aged 49, both Of To-
peka-
A new Sunday school was organized
SUNDAY at the Lyman school house north
Ct Topeka by county Sunday school Of
James E. Collinge will speak tonight at
the Unitarian church on In My Fathers
House Are Many Mansions" The lecture
is free.
Children representing nine Junior Chris
tfan Endeavor societies carried flowers to
more than one hundred Topeka shut-ins
Sunday.
M N Miller, 419 Fillmore street, was
awarded the Kimball plano that was
given as a prize at the Kansas Midwinter
This is the day that back platform street
car patrons argue the question as to the
correct definition Of the shadow Of the
ground hog. @@'+s
The graduate school children of the
Quincy school will repeat. the play they
gave last week this evening. The title Of
c. w. Bower. clerk OF the district court.
TressuTsr ,,N,, Matt "; Wsisht%an TOD today M M
A meeting Of tho 0hduscfub viii be held
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs H. w. Bum
night An old fashioned lyceum program
has been prepared for the occasion.
The police are LOOKING for a man said
passnz 1o bad g Check upon o A
proprietor of the De Luxe barber shop.
The check was drawn ON an Emporia
bank.
j. F. farrell. publicity agent of the
Santa Fe. has returned to Topeka after
a. = weeks trip on an .. agricuitusai r special
better crowds than last year and covered
practically the same territory he said.
The city commissioners desire to have
ordinance regulating dry cleaning to be
present at the meeting OF the city COM
mission Thursday morning at which time
Grafton.
A remonetrance against paving West
Eleventh street between Buchanan and
mission this morning. As there were sig
natures on the remonstrance for more
than one-half OF the property involved.
the remOnstrance was granted.
The monthly audit of bills occupied the
county commissioners today at their regu-
lar monthly meeting: Shawnee county's
largest items are for road and bridge Inn
provements. Coal costing 1924 was dis
tributed to the INDECENT poor last month.
pressure Sunday % was the lowest in e many any
weeks. Coal dealers in Topeka who sent
in big orders for fuel in anticipation Of a
long cold siege are facing surplus sup
ply to slack during the summer months.
Topekans should have bargains in coal
soon.
Approximately twenty children were
given attention at the Provident associa-
ton dental dispensary late Saturday. Tho
Is Of 5
and not for children in general. The
dentists. of the city are taking turns at
the chair.
An ordinance prohibiting begging in the
streets, alleys or public places of the city,
was given final passage by the city COM
pies can stiil plant themselves in promi-
nent places and sell shoestrings and lead
pencils by paying license to the city of
Automobile repairers and renovaters in
Teese are sSe %ntsn s of the .aa1 ma
coming season. one man said today.
no time for shop work" ''''
During Sheriff Kiene's recent visit to
Ellis he saw the famous Concordia blood
hounds 9n G IN % operation = WIRE WIRE fence near
ism. Two bloodhounds were rented from
the big kennel and placed on a track
the house of a man who had been sus-
pected.
John Purcell, assistant to the vice presi-
dent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway, in charge of mechanical affairs.
is in Topeka today on an inspection trip.
Mr. Purcell predicts no further reduction
In shop forces in this city and looks for
ward to a revival of business soon. Mr..
Purcell was formerly superintendent Of
shops in Topeka.
william 0. Rigby opened his office at
me federal building this morning, un-
locked his desk and today began his
duties of postmaster of Topeka Mr.
Rigby has been postmaster since Saturday
night, but today began the active work OF
the office. For the next four years he
will use the same desk that Postmaster
A. X. Rodgers has had for sixteen years.
Rigby is the fourteenth postmaster of
Topeka.
The first session of the training school
for Sunday school workers will be held at
the First Methodist church this evening.
H: R. Wilson. superintendent of city
schools. viii speak on Modern Attitude
Towards the Child" Following the 1ec-
ture enrolment in the different courses
offered will take place. Next Monday
evening Superintendent Wilson will speak
on The Child and the Development OF
His Personality
The new express rates went into effect
on February /. Under those rates, the
parcel post continue to have decided ad-
vantage ON all the short haul business.
The government win probably get m09f 0f
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