The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Dr. Benjamin Young is confined to
his home with an attack of the grippe
The entertainment at the Rochester
school will be given March 10, instead
of tonight.
Whenever there is anything to leak
through the roof of the city hall there
is leaking there
The chairmen of the Commercial
club committees will hold confer
ence Saturday noon.
Those who need help in clearing off
sidewalks are asked to remember that
there are many men applying for
work daily at the Provident associa-
ton.
The oldtimers have been beaten for
once. Not one has been discovered
who claims to be able to remember
when country roads were worse than
they are now.
F. E. Stout will have a $4,000 resi-
dence built on Twenty-first street. A
F. Ahlstrom & Sons have been
awarded the contract for the con-
structiOn work.
Frank Rankin. Harry Shaffer, Cliff
Michael, Charles Thomas and Roy
Stoves won the honors in the second
winter term monogram contest at the
Central Y. NJ. c. A.
Frank B. Simms, former county
commissioner, is considering becOm-
ing a candidate for city commissioner
of water and lighting. He is still I'M
decided in the matter.
A man who forgot to take his rail-
road check out of his hat caused many
a smile as he walked along Kansas
avenue today. The check was red and
unusually conspicuous.
Walter ]. Arnold, 2106 Kansas ave-
nue., county engineer, says he will be
a candidate for the nomination for
city commissioner of streets and pub
lie works at the coming city primaries.
A meeting of the Shawnee branch
of the Kansas Poultry federation will
be held tonight at o'clock at the
offices of Drs. A. B. and w. r. Jeffrey
706 Kansas avenue. Officers will be
elected.
The chairs are being put in place
in the balcony of the new high school
use in the old assembly room. The
new chairs for the first floor have
not arrived.
whenever I talk about soccer foot
ball. complained Tom Powell today,
1--WE have bad weather If the wealth
only gives us a chance we'll have
some soccer in Topeka before the
baseball season starts
A reproduction of the George
Washington wedding and reception
church by sixty-five children Friday
evening, March IL. The noted
characters of colonial days will be
represented.
Miss Vera Best, a member of the
faculty at Midland college and a for
mer WaShburn college student, sang
at the First English Lutheran church
Thursday night in connection with the
concert given by the Midland College
Concert company.
OF course no live, wideawake col
lege student ever would have thought
of taking names and addresses from a
telephone directory at two cents per
name to be used on election petitions,
''middle-aged man" suggested.
A number of the legislators will at
tend the meeting of the Current Top
ic club of the Contra. Y. M. G. A. next
Monday night to hear the address by
Senator J. NJ. Davis of Bourbon cOun-
ty, who will speak on Capitalization
of Responsibility in Government"
s. r. Vinton will give illustrated
talk this evening at O'Clock at the
First Baptist church on Life in
Burma" There will be no admission
charge. Mr.. Vinton is on his way to
San Francisco where he will give lee
lures for two months at the Panama
Pacific exposition.
Fred C. Fox, general manager of
the western lines of the Santa Fe at
Amarillo. Texas, accompanied by Mrs.
Fox, are touring the southern states
and will sail from New York March
3 via the Panama canal to San Fran
cisco and other Pacific coast points,
returning to their home about June l.
Some of the persons who are given
orders for groceries at the Provident
association are allowed to pay for
them by working in the wood yard.
More Employment would be given in
the wood yard were there q more
ready sale for the fire wood. There is
good supply of wood on sale at rea-
sonable price.
Prof H. Augustine Smith, who will
have charge of the musical end of the
great pageant that will be given in
connection with the jubilee convention
of the Kansas State Sunday School
May As, stated that the big hall is
ideal for such an entertainment. You
have a magnificent place for it, he
said.
The following births were reported
John Huffman and wife, 1926 East
Crane street, March 4, girl; George P
Etzel and wife, S21 North Monroe
street. February 81, girl; w. H. An
derson and wife, sos Chandler street,
February 20, girl; Warren Franklin
Williams and wife. 617 Monroe street,
March 2, girl
A meeting of the physical commit
tee of the Central Y. NJ. c. A. will be
held late today to discuss plans for
spring work. Decision viii be made
relative to the annual athletic event
of the Sociation-whether it will be
in the form of an exhibition a cir
Gus. 1t has been several years since a
been some demand for a revival of the
indoor show.
Special watch sale this week. c. A.