The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.


A SON was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Charles Alden Hudson. 3o2 East
Eighth street. April IL
The Cleanup Day contest in essay
! writing among pupils of the city
schools will close Saturday. April IT.
Work is in progress on a new side
entrance for the Topeka State bank,
/ corner of Kansas and Eighth avenues
The Kaw river has been rising grad
ually the last two or three days The
stage today was Sc feet Normal for
April is 81 feet
The movie censors will start work
today. Miss Simpson will be located
at the Cozy and Rev Festus Foster
will operate at the Best
The first annual banquet of the
Current Topic club of the Central Y
NJ. C. A will be held this evening in
Gemmell hall at o'clock
A rehearsal of the chorus of the
/ Topeka Musical Art society will be
held under Dean Horace Whitehouse
at the First Congregational church to-
night
Bids for the construction of a con-
crete sidewalk in Central park at the
north entrance were opened by the
city commission today and the con-
tract awarded to Fred Luttjohann,
who was the lowest bidder.
The social. business and devotional
activities of the First Christian church
will be combined Thurdsay nights.
Beginning at $50 o'clock lunch will
be served A devotional period will
start at o'clock
The fire department was called to
the Central Y. NJ. c. A Saturday night
shortly before 10 o'clock There was
a small fire in the basement which
was easily extinguished- The extent
of the damage was about SIS
Last night while James Cuthbert, of
21S Clay street, was attending the
services at the First Presbyterian
church someone took his horse and
surrey from in front of the church
The animal is a bay mare with white
feet.
Judge G. H Whitcomb Saturday
issued naturalization papers to three
men: Maurice Lamy, French; Carl
Perzina and Otto Hoffmeister. Ger
man. E. H Wolfe. of Kansas City,
acting for the federal government,
conducted the test
Ed Rooney Saturday arrested Nick
Hrist, a Greek, on charge of being
a delinquent parent Erist is married
to an American woman Mrs Hrist
claims that she has to leave her baby
with relatives and work to support
herself and the child
Tom Jennings. sheriff of Reno
county, stopped in Topeka Saturday
night on his way 10 Hutchinson with a
prisoner. LemueI Marshall, charged
with ASA ult. Marshall was placed in
the county Jail while Sheriff Jennings
visited with Sheriff Kiene.
A mass meeting of the Christian
churches of the city was held Sun
day afternoon at the First Christian
church A united evangelization of
the city is planned by the six
churches: The First. Third, Central
Park, Central Avenue, Oakland and
Auburndale-
At the regular Thursday night meet
ings of the First Christian church
hereafter lunch wiAsbe served in the
basement of the church, The serv-
ing of luncheon viii start at $50
followed by meetings of the church
committees and the regular prayer
meeting at 8 o'clock
A feature of the fellowship dinner
given to twenty-six representatives of
the Associated Press in the Grey room
of the State Journal was the photo
graph taken by J. c. Wolcott at the
beginning of the dinner. A finished
picture was presented to each diner
before the event was over.
small auto from Wakarusa col
lided with a jitney on the Melan
stopped to pick up passenger and
the other car was so close behind that
its driver could STOP The radiator
of the out-of-town car was smashed
and the jitney was slightly damaged.
Mr. and Mrs G. W. Yates have re-
went to attend the funeral of Lieut.
S. A. Benedict. Mr.. Benedict spent
several summers at the home of Mrs
Yates. his sister, in Topeka. He was
an old soldier and served as 1ieuten-
ant in Company c, Eleventh Michigan
infantry during the Civil war.
The last line of hose leading to the
scene of the Palace Clothing company
fire was removed at 10 O'Clock today.
Firemen had been III constant watch 4
since the discovery of the fire early
morning. The flames. after
having been completely ex-
burst forth four times, {
justifying the vigilance of the fire /
men.
The Topeka Aerie No. SIS. held me- (
mortal services for their departed bro +
theirs of the past year. The members /
who have died during 1914 are w Z. I
Pappee, H. Wolf Swan TuIien and G. 1
Schmidt A. NJ. Keene, OF Fort Scott, /
from Bourbon county .
in the last legislature, delivered the +
address. Darwin Bradley sang at the (
Colonel J. D. Norton has severed f.
his connection with the Capper Pub I
locations He has not decided what
Norton has been a resident of Topeka
for % years during which time he has
served as sheriff and undersheriff of
Shawnee county. and a member of the
board of education. He has been in
he business office of the morning
paper for the last two years
Judge A. W. Dana has refused a
new trial in the case of Mrs. Bessie z. /
.eWis- of Cherryyaie who received a