The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-27
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eral days ago, are expected nome THE
week.
Tuesday to spend two days speaking In
the interest Of Judge Frank Doster ZOE
United States senator.
s. A. Gilliland, chief clerk to J. A.
Stewart, general passenger agent OF
the Rock Island. spent sunday at nis
After being married twenty-five
years and separated the last ten OF
those years, Mrs. Anna X. Palmer has
filed suit for divorce from Daniel I.
Palmer.
Members of the Euclid Avenue
ing service took a unanimous vote
against the opening of theaters on
Sunday.
George Metcalf and Clyde Wilson
are new associates with the J. w. Jen-
kins & Sons Music company. They
calf Is a piano salesman. Mr.. Wilson
will be in charge of general merchan-
disc.
The police are beginning to wage
war upon all auto owners who have
not yet obtained 1914 licenses. Several
arrests have been made and 1t Is ex-
pected that other autoists having 1913
numbers will make a rush for the new
ones.
The most popular place in Topeka
Sunday was Gage park. Thousands
went to the park and the pool at
tracted many. Every street car In the
afternoon and evening was loaded with
pleasure seekers and autos came and
went all day.
Permanent headquarters for the To-
cal camp of the Spanish-American
war veterans, recently organized. have
been procured in the Odd Fellows hall.
119 West Sixth avenue. Regular meet
ings will be held the first Thursday
night Of each month.
| With the exception of whooping
cough but one case of contagious dis
ease has been reported this month. ac-
COZ ding to ]. A. Ramsey Of the city
health department. That was case
Of typhoid reported July 3. This is
remarkable showing for. any city.
Robert X. L4awton, a stationary en-
gineer, has filed suit for divorce from
Elizabeth A. Lawton. The petition al
leges that the couple were married In
Bolton, England, and that after his
wife deserted him there, he came to
this country. They were married in
1901.
w. M. Bartlett, 1920 Lane street,
did not enjoy any Sunday outing with
his automobile. He left it in front OF
the Mills building in the afternoon, to
gone. Late last night it was located
at Tenth and Morris avenues by Pa
trolman J. r. Douglas.
In preparation for the coming pri-
mary election the city board Of super
visors of election let the contract for
the meals .or the $50 judges and clerks
at the precincts at q meeting held Sat-
urday night. The wOmen's board of
the First Christian church will supply
the meals at 80 cents each.
| The new water rates for sprinkling
| lawns in Topeka are now effective.
1 Se xx,flI tn, ,u~r1- -
August reading Of the meters. Only
fifty persons have applied for the spe-
| cial rates, but this probably is because
| the majority CT the people do not Under
stand that the rates are now c~ective.
Thirty-four cases appealed from the
police court of Topeka to the Shawnee
county district court have been filed
with the clerk of the district court.
This is just the last batch" which
was an armful for George A. Huron,
police judge, who walked into the
clerk of the district courts office with
the bundle Saturday.
Topeka lawyers are pitching horse
shoes to some extent this summer.
Among the attorneys who are advo-
Gates of the old game are Judge Geo.
H. Whitcomb, Otis Hungate, Judge z.
T. Hazen and others. Judge Hazen
has a horseshoe pitching court in the
rear of his home and several enthusi-
asts try their skill there every even
ing.
The gospel team Of the First Metho-
dist church went to ThOmpsonville
Sunday by motor car to attend the
pastor of the church at that place
Rev. Mr.. Ditto will leave soon for
Baxter, Tenn. At the close Of the SER
vice a basket dinner was served. Talks
were made by L. A. Gillette, C. r.
Bowers. A. L. Lashbrook and John w.
! Fisher.
! Fire in the warehouse at the rear
of the Paxton & Paxton store at Sixth
avenue and Quincy street, the origin
OF which Is unknown, resulted Sunday
loss Of 5000 in the warehouse and
smoke damage in the store. There
was some oil and paint in the ware
house and 1t is thought that possibly
spontaneous combustion might have
caused the fire.
Ferdinand Borst, who resides at 412
Popular street, wants to know If any
one in Topeka can eclipse his record in
the production of beans this season.
From garden patch AZ 1928 feet in
size Borst has picked 1900 pounds of
Golden Wax beams for which he has
received s51.is; This record disproved
the idea held by some persons that
vegetables can not be successfully
grown in the city Of Topeka
The Topeka Auto club will mark the
poles with a broad yellow band on the
Golden Belt road in Shawnee county
next Wednesday. The Golden Belt
Road association has already sent the
paint to be used. H. S. Putney, presi-
dent of the local club, and E. L. Over
ton, who recently superintendent the
painting Of the Red Line in Shawnee
county will have general charge of the
work. A call is made for autos and
paint swabters for the day.
l Battery A is preparing for the trir
to Fort Sill, OKLA, August S-12. Olive
drab cotton uniforms numbering two