The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
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AT HOME NEWS S.

The annual meeting of the State
Dental association will be held in To-
peka May 26-2I.
The w. r. c., No. "a. Sewing club
will hold an all-day meeting Thurs
day at the home of Mrs Van smith,
1905 Arch street
Those who took part in the recent
Central Y. NJ. c.. A. circus are asked
to he present at Qualification at
O'Clock tonight in Gemmell hall.
There will be no long commence
menT address at the high school
graduation exercises June 4. The pro-
gram will be put on by the students.
There will be forty automobile loads
of El&s from Topeka swho VIII attend
the state convention at Lawrence next
week, providing the roads are 5000.
The Shawnee County Pomona
grange meeting at Auburn, which was
scheduled to. meet Thursday, has been
postponed one week on account of bad
weather.
A meeting of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College Alumni association
will be held at the Commercial club
quarters tonight at o'clock to plan
for spring reunion picnic.
DR.. 5. S Estey. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. will preach the
class sermon for the high school
commencement exercises will be held
June 4.
J. L. Bristow. chairman of the
public utilities commission, leaves this
afternoon for Washington to be pres
cnt at hearings before the interstate
commerce commission. He will be
absent until early in June.
Charles F. Scott of lola. former
congressman, and who accompanied
the Kansas shipment of relief supplies
for the BelgiaEs. probably will be in
Topeka saturday to attend the. ban
quet of the Saturday Night club.
There was considerable drift wood
floating down the Kaw river today,
rise resulting from the rains over the
state. rise of two or three feet may
be expected in the next As hours.
DR.. F. L. Loveland, formerly pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal
church of this city but now having
a charge in Portland, Ore, will be
here to attend the annual banquet of
the Saturday Night club, May p.
Lakewood park is to be improved
by the planting of shrubs and orna-
Kansas avenue street car line, which
will be made this summer, will make
the park more popular than at pres
ent.
The suit of Charles S. Briggs. of
the law firm of Briggs & Boone of
Topeka, against T. w. Bell, of Leav-
enworth, is on in the city court of
Leavenworth this week. Briggs is su-
ing to recover $500 which he claims
Bell owes him on an attorney fee.
George B. Ross, state grain inspec-
tor, is in Kansas City today making
arrangements for the transfer of the
headquarters of his department to
that city on June l. Under the new
state grain inspection law the most
important business of the department
will be transacted there.
The Rev. r. L. Cook, pastor of the
First Christian church, left today for
Worthington, Ind, where he will dedi-
cate new church next Sunday morn
ing. The Rev. B. T. Wharton will oc-
cupy the pulpit next Sunday morning
and in the evening the Christian En-
deavor society will have charge of the
services
Playground benefit day will be next
Monday. Boys from the eighth grade
rooms of the city schools will go out
to solicit money to help pay for the
organized playground work in five
sections of the city next summer. The
subscriptions will be Limited to one
dollar each. The solicitation will be
done under the supervision of the
school principals. 1
Firemen were called out in the rain I
and spent several minutes wadins
through water in search of a fire
enormously reported to be on Jack !
son street between Fifth and Sixth
SlACStS ct IiiluHlSll ldSl night. An
electric wire which had short cir |
Quilted" on the roof of a building at
116 West Sixth street. was finally To- !
Gated. The damage was slight.
At the election of officers of the !
Topeka Typographical union, which /
will be held at the Auditorium on |
Wednesday, May %, the Kansas vot-
ing machine will be employed under I
special ruling authorizing its use. This |
will be the first test of the voting ma
chine in this city as the Typographical |
union election is held under conditions
identical with those of the general |
elections of public officers
Temp Weds Mrs. Limborg.
St. Louis, Mo-, May 19.-William ]. |
Lemp. the millionaire brewer who