The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-03
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The swimming season will officially
open Sunday.
J. B. Cain will erect dwelling at
1906 Central avenue
j. Albert Swan has taken out a per-
nit to add to his dwelling at 1877
Polk street.
J. NJ. Steele has taken out a permit
for an addition to his dwelling at 1855
West street.
The weather today made a big diff
ference in the volume of business
transacted by the seedmen.
A meeting of the chairmen of the
respective Commercial club commit
tees was held at noon today.
DR.. and Mrs. S. E. Gilman of 1918
Boswell avenue are the parents of a
daughter, born this morning.
The court of honor of the Boy
Scouts met this afternoon at 2 O'Clock
at the Y. NJ. c. A. to examine scouts in
the contest.
The Kaw river has dropped slight
~ in the last twenty-four hours The
stage today was 81 feet. Normal for
April is 6.7 feet.
The Hampton singers will give an
entertainment at the Auditorium to-
night under the auspices of the To-
peka Federation of churches.
The junior tumbling team which
Y. M. c. A. circus April % and "a,
practiced today for the event.
broken trolley wire between Third
and Fourth street on Kansas avenue
shortly before s o'clock this morning
held up street car service for a short
time.
Topeka council No. AZ, United Com
mercial Travellers, will hold memorial
services at their hall, 107 East Eighth
street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock.
Tom Powell hopes to arrange for
ha
the baseball season begins. He is
negotiating with the Kansas City
Tigers.
The percentage of low grades has
school as result of the study hour
plan instituted the first of the second
semester.
One hundred and eighty-three loads
OF rubbish were hauled out of North
topeka Friday by the tin cam gang.
Work of cleaning up the First ward
will be completed in few days.
The Easter Sunday school services
of Redden chapel will be held there
Sunday afternoon at o'clock Special
music will be rendered by the choir
Miss Eva Corning will sing a solo.
Suit for divorce has been com
menced in the district court by Helen
Breen against w. N. Breen on grounds
OF non-Support. She asks custody of
three minor children and for alimony
The Eastern Kansas Holiness asso-
citation will hold it's all day meeting
next Wednesday, April Z, at the Naz-
&rene church, lilo Buchanan street
Preaching morning, afternoon and
night. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
With man of w. G. Tandy's long
experience. in city affairs and eSpe-
cially in his department of streets
with City Engineer Young's capable
service, this department of Topeka is
in good hands.
The attention of the children of the
city schools who expect to enter the
home garden contests is called to the
article in this issue of the State
Journal on home gardening. A series
of these articles will be published and
it would be well if the children would
keep them for reference.
Six persons took the International
Y. M. c. A. examinations in first aid
to the injured at the Central Y. NJ. c.
A. Friday night under the supervision
of Joseph F. Reisner, physical direc-
NJ. A. Anderson, w. F. Woodford,
Walter F. Schmidt, w. Don Euwer
and Fred Straley.
Petitions asking the city commits
sioners to submit a proposition for
the purchase of voting machines a the
same special election with the state
fair free gate proposal, will be cir
culated during the coming week. A
petition will be kept for signatures in
the vicinity of each of the polling
places at the city election Tuesday.
The local committee in charge of
the Flying Squadron of America meet
ings in Topeka is now raising money
to pay the expenses which amounted
to $3.50. Anyone who cares to
make a contribution is asked to send
the money to D. o. Coe. The collec-
tons taEen at the meeting were for
the general cause, and not to pay the
expenses of the squadron while in
Topeka.
The famous Hampton Institute
quartet will sing at the Auditorium
tonight Hampton Institute is train
ing school for negroes and Indians, To-