The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

A. NJ. Robinson, captain at fire
headquarters, is enjoying a visit from
his brother, E. c. Robinson of Hous-
tor, Tex.
Sixty-five county institutes. includ-
ing one IN Shawnee county, will close
this week with examinations on Fri
day and Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
German NJ. E church will he enter
tanned by Mrs. S. Iwig Thursday at her
home, 92S Golden avenue.
The business meeting of the Ep-
worth league of the First German NJ.
E. church will be held on the church
lawn tomorrow evening at o'clock.
A business meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society of the Lowman Hill Mem
orial church will be held Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50 at the home of Mrs.
S. D. Colvin, 1880 College avenue.
The Lowman w. C. T. U. will meet
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. w. A. Park, 1920 Washburn ave-
nue., at $3.50. A comfort will be tied
and donated to the Methodist home
for the aged.
Mrs. N Coover and daughter,
Ethel, ITO West Fifteenth street, left
today for Seattle, Wash, to spend
month visiting Mrs. Cooper's mother,
Denver and Salt Lake.
Suit for $4,000 judgment on a mort
gage note was today filed in the Shaw
nee county district court by Mary
Fritts of Gary. Ind, against Grant
Harmon, Dora Harmon, a. L. Ents-
minger and Emma Entsminger.
A four-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. 1. Smith, TO Sherman
street, was taken to the city detention
hospital Monday. The child has
smallpox and has been ill a week. Mrs.
Smith also went to the hospital.
PihIicaJ eoSonS for nreSapt
European war are the subject of a
series of sermons begun Sunday night
at tent meetings being held at Seven
teenth and Tyler streets by Elder
Clark Meetings are being held every
night.
Pollom, Shawnee county commission
ers have returned from Kansas City.
where they inspected the boulevard
system at that place. The trip was
made with 9. view to improvements on
Shawnee county roads and pavements.
Because he knocked at the door of
a Rossville doctors house and stated
that he wanted some cold coffee and
sugar to cure himself of internal poi
soring, Carl Know was brought to the
county Jail Monday evening by Hugh
Larimer, undersheriff, and booked as
insane.
Vendors of firecrackers are supply
ing the children outside OF the city
limits. On the West Sixth street road
near the children's park a wagon has
been stationed during the past week
selling "nigger chasers." pin wheels,
roman candles and other noise pro-
ducers.
A noisy low between Gertie Brown
and Mary Marshall, both colored, de-
manded the attention of Officers Fer
guson and johnson at First and Mon
roe street Monday night. Other than
to state that Gertie hit her twice in
the left eye. the Marshall woman re-
fused to talk this morning. The hear
ing will be held this afternoon.
Definite schedule of the Kansas
Shrine special which has been an
nounced shows that the Shriners will
leave Topeka on the morning of July
z at 11:05 o'clock over the
Santa Fe and return on the afte--
noon of July IS at 2:55 o'clock The
special will carry 200 Shriners to the
Seattle Imperial council and the two
coast fairs.
Rev. E. w. Spencer, pastor of the
Walnut Grove NJ. E. church, will
speak Saturday night at the Salvation
Army hall, 400 Kansas avenue, on the
subject, What The Salvation Army
Means to Me" He succeeded the Rev.
Mr.. Urner here several months ago
and was minister of the Paola NJ. z.
open 10 the public.
As the Fourth of July draws near
the old veterans are wondering how
many of the Topeka people will allow
Old Glory to hang out all night long
as they did on Decoration Day. At
sunset in all of the military camps.
forts. ETC., the flag is always lowered
and not raised until sunrise. AT least
the same allegiance and honor should
be shown 20 the Stars and Stripes
when adjoining a front porch.
A committee consisting of G. F.
Worley, B. F. Shirk. Schuyler Petit.
Mrs. o. L. Moore and Mrs. H. E. Seeds
has been informally appointed TO
make arrangements for picnic July
5 for Abilene people who now live in
Topeka. The picnic will he held in
Central park and it has been suggest
ed that the former Dickinson county
people meet there at $3.50 o'clock in
the afternoon and spend the evening
together. Every family will bring q
basket lunch. There is a large num-
Der of Abilene people now residents
of Topeka.