The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

AT HOME NEWS
A few more elections like the last
one and Topeka's voting machine fac
tory should prosper.
c. B. Burge. city clerk, has been
granted two weeks vacation begin
ming November g.. He is undecided as
to how he will spend the time.
A COW. a dark brown Jersey. was
stolen from the SQUARE Deal grocery
store. 507 East Euclid avenue last
night and has not yet been recovered
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
United Brethren church will meet
with Mrs. Garland at her home at
170S Kansas avenue, Friday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Orestes Grant and Jessie Ransom,
both of Topeka, and to Arthur N.
Wilhelm of Manhattan and Eda NJ.
johnson of Los Angeles -
W. P. Boal. who was a member of
the election board in the third pre-
cinct of the Second ward. found the
duties too strenuous. He wore out
and a substitute took his place.
All persons interested in taking part
in the Commercial club minstrel show
December II and IS. are asked to report
at the club quarters at 8 O'Clock tor
night: Charles c. Youngreen Is diretf
tor s.s'T ~-4,wl s4- Y
A. L. Sauls, Democratic nominee
for sheriff at Tuesdays election is
back again at his old duties as police
sergeant His place has been filled
during the past two months by Officer
A. A Woodward -
The following births have been re-
ported at the office of the city clerk:
William Coleman and wife, 317 JEFF
ferson street, October 25, boy; B. A
Hawkins and wife, 317 Lake street,
October %, boy.
The indications are that record
breaking crowd will attend the big
Washburn field Saturday. Get your
tickets at State Journal business Of
flee and avoid delay at the gates.
| One rocking chair. one child's rocker.
two ordinary door mats and one stool.
found in an empty wagon, are at the
owners to turn up. The furniture is
probably the result of Halloween
prank
Roger Droke, a former Holton, Kan.
boy, recently a mineral engineer at
Stackhouse, N. c., has been appointed
of the landscape architect for Biltmore,
the famous Vanderbilt estate at Ashe-
vile. n. C.
James Parker. janitor at the county
courthouse, was arrested this morning
on a warrant sworn to by John Coyne,
charging Parker with raking leaves
from the courthouse grounds into the
street in violation of both a state law
and a city ordinance.
Reservations for the Charles Zueblfn
dinner at the Commercial club should
+, be made by Saturday noon The dinner
will be held at $50 o'clock Monday
evening and all men Interested in hear
ing of THE City of the Future" are
| invited to attend
! There is considerable interest taken
| in Topeka as to the result OF the vote
on the prohibition amendment in Colo
RADIO. There are several hundred To-
peka people who annually spend their
| summers in Colorado and they are nat
urally interested in the result.
| Smoke pouring out of the coat
pocket of q man on an east bound
Twelfth street car Wednesday proved
one OF the interesting incidents of the
| trip. A small package of matches
to the man or the coat. but the smoke
| caused quite a sensation
At a meeting of the Central Park
] kindergarten club it was decided to
| give an entertainment November 20 for
the benefit OF the piano fund The
Mrs w. ID. Ross, Mrs. June Chapman
and Mrs Nelson Ives on a committee
to arrange the program.
4 Francis Hart. the three-year-old
1 son Of F. A. Hart. 1910 Buchanan
street. died this morning of diphthe-
ria This is the second death from
the present epidemic and is one of
only two cases OF the disease west OF
Kansas avenue. Most OF. the cases
have been in the east part Of the city.
High school students held an en-
thusiasm meeting last night at the
corner Of Eighth and Harrison street.
The object of the meeting was to en-
thuse over the game against Lawrence
which will be played Friday. The
L students marched about the city max
n ing a quantity OF noise. A. roOters'
club was organized at the high school
this afternoon.
II The annual meeting Of the Old Set
tiers association will be held Satur-
day, December 5, in the annex OF the
First Presbyterian church, commence
ing at 10 a. m. A cordial invitation
il extended by the executive commit-
tee to an persOns whose resfdence In
Il Kansas dntes fRom 1875 ~ prior