The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
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No classes will be held at the high
school Thursday or Friday Wednes-
day will be visitors day.
The bowling alleys of the Railroad
Y. NJ. c.. A. will open Saturday night
after being entirely refinished-
Paul Huycke of the ]. Thomas Lun-
Der company left last night for an
extended trip through the south.
The orchestra of the Topeka high
school held a rehearsal Tuesday after
noon. As yet no special concert has
been planned upon.
The Kansas City, Kan, high school
football team will play Topeka nigh
school at League park at O'Clock
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. LID. Whittemore, 1916 College
avenue. spoke this afternoon at 2:4O
O'Clock to the students of Topeka
high school on the subject of Art
The Ladies Aid society of the Oak
land Christian church, WIZ hold an an
day meeting Thursday at the home OF
Mrs. r. E. Lesson. ESQ Forest avenue.
Lunch for the grade teachers will
DE served Friday noon at the First
Methodist church, Sixth and Harrison
streets. 1t is expected that 500 will
attend.
Henry B. Lautz, assistant to the
general manager of the Santa Fee rail-
way, is better today. Mr.. Lautz Is ~
with typhoid fever at his home, 1427
Fillmore street.
Arthur B. Carson, who has been in
ST. Francis hospital the past three
weeks has returned to his home in
Rochester, north of the city, very
much improved.
The prestolite tank on the running
board of the automobile belonging TO
Major A. NJ. Harvey, was stolen late
Monday afternoon. The car was stand
ing in front of the Columbian build
ing.
George M. Gross, for many years
travelling salesman for the Otto
Kuehne company of Topeka, has re-
signed his position and purchased the
Fred Kemp grocery store in Junction
City.
The Oakland w. c. T. U. met this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Walter
HammilI of Wabash avenue. Follow
ing the business meeting a program
was given, THE stranger within our
gates.''
Work on the new Swedish Bethel
church to be erected at the corner OF
Sixth and Harrison streets, started
Monday. 1t is expected that the base
ment will be ready for occupation by
January 1, 1916.
The Ladies Aid society of the Pres
byterian church met today at the home
of Mrs. H. P. Carothers of Winfield
avenue. Final arrangements were
made for the parcel post sale to be
held in Odd Fellows hall next Tues
day.
Henry Grosch entered a plea of
guilty to stealing SIS worth of main
rod brass from a Rock Island locomo-
tive when arraigned in the court of
Topeka for trial this morning. He
was sentenced to 60 days in the county
Jail to be paroled at the end of ten
days.
If you want tickets to the Kansas
Nebraska football game at Lawrence
Saturday you had better hurry, as
those sent to Topeka are nearly all
sold. There are still a few good seats
at the business office of the State
Journal. GSH'' - ~ d..
The next number on the entertain
ment course being given at the Rail-
road Y M. C. A. will come Friday
evening at o'clock. A choir of six
teen from the First Baptist church
under the direction of Mrs. A. ]. Clark
will give the program.
Suit for $1,000 on an alleged prom
issory note claimed to have been given
by Carrie Coon and Edwin Coon to
Frank E. Parr and later assigned to
the plaintiff was filed this morning In
the Shawnee county district court by
Sarah ]. Pierce against the Coons and
Parr.
An every member canvass of the
Episcopal church is being conducted
today by rs members of the church.
The solicitors were taken over Topeka
in automobiles and called on every
member The money that is being
raised is for current expenses and mis-
Sionary work.
Another bad check passed by Crosby
Chiles, a colored youth, has been I'M
earthed by Detective Tom Morgan of
the local police department. The check
is the third to be found. Chiles is I'M
der arrest on a warrant charging him
with robbing D. D. Gilbert, an ex-
pressman of $27-
roll na
school children of the first, second,
third and fourth grades of the city
schools was held in the city AUDI
forum today. The children are
part of the chorus which will sing
Friday night at the convention of the
Kansas State Teachers association.
Following a hearing of the case, the
Jury in the second division of the dis
trict court, returned verdict giving
J. M. Stark, a local attorney, $500 as
a fee for the work he did in the breach
of promise suit of Myrtle Baskins
against George Crawford before the
suit was settled by Crawford's mar
rying her. Stark in his suit asked fol-
$1,000.
+ w. Richardson of Stafford coun-
ty, Kansas, has returned home after
spending a few days in Topeka visit
ing a relative, Bert Richardson, po-
lice driver of the Topeka department
Mr. Richardson, who owns a T50-acre
ranch. saws that western Kansas has
experienced one of it's most prosper
Gus years.
Shawnee county schools will close
for two days during the state teachers
convention, announced tho county su-
perintendent, J. F. Ely, Monday. the
schools will close Wednesday after
noon for the remainder of the week
and the two days vacation given now
will not be Topped off from the
Christmas outing. Schools will close
FRIDAY. December "a.
Laurant & Co, magicians, enter
tanned a fair house at the high school
auditorium last night. In the COM
pany were six people who played,
in, cd to the