The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-28
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AT HOME NEWS

Licenses as jitney drivers We're is
sued today to ]. L. White and Arthur
Merritt.
Halloween is Saturday; order your
cider from Washburn's early. Phone
2315 Black.-Adv.
The airbrake class of the Railroad
Y. M c. A night school will commence
tonight. Fred Ovier is the instructor.
The High School World, official
publication of Topeka high school,
will issue special fifty page editions
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The Epworth league will hold
County Fair at the First Methodist
church November 5. 1t will be gwen
in the Sunday school room.
The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today:
H. c. Dirsen and wife, city, Octohcr
20. girl; Joseph Little, 1431 Boswell
avenue, September 90, girl.
Rev. A. E. Lysell of San Francisco
will preach at the Swedish Baptist
church, West Fourth and Fillmore
streets, tonight at s o'clock
A "pep' meeting of the girls of the
Topeka high school will be heid 1ol-
lowing the Athletic association meet
ing at the high school this afternoon
Examinations for teachers who
wish to try for first, second and third
grade certificates will be conducted
Saturday at the office of John f. Eby,
county superintendent.
Action is being taken at the Topeka
high school to have large crowd ac-
company the team to ST. Joseph Sat
11rday. A special car will leave the
Santa Fe depot at 7:15 o'clock.
A lecture on Christian Science viii
be given at the Grand opera house
Sunday afternoon at o'clock by Bick-
nell Young under the auspices OF the
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
The third division of the Ladies' Aid
of the First Methodist church will
hold a meeting this afternoon at the
home of Mrs. John M. Hayes, 1926
Polk street.
J. E. Manley, executive secretary of
the Y M c. A, left for Winfield today
on business concerning the new build
ing there. The association at Winfield
is conducting a $4,000 building ca1G-
paign.
A petition for the paving of Grand
avenue from Tenth street north to
Huntoon street, was received by the
city commission today and referred to
w. G. Tandy, city commissioner or
streets.
The eight nurses employed by the
Public Health Nursing association are
10 be inoculated against typhoid The
serum has arrived and each nurse will
be shot some time during the next
few days.
A musical assembly was held at the
gram being composed of several glee
club and music class selections direct
ed by Sherrel Smith of the music de-
partment.
Reports from Mound Valley physi
clans are to the effect that number OF
smallpox cases have been found in the
town. The situation is being lnveTti-
gated by the state board of health ard
a number of quarantine orders may
be issued.
The program of the Personal Work
ers' class of the Railroad Y. M. c. A.
has been postponed two weeks on &C
count of the Laymen's Missionary
movement. A talk will be given at the
next meeting on "Can a Christian
Dancer"
The Fratcrnal Order of Eagles will
hold a dance for members and their
friends at their aerie, 513 Van Buren,
street, this evening An error was
made recently in which it was stated
that the dance would be held Wednes-
day evening.
Solomon Warren, colored, is being
held at the county jail on a warrant
issued from the county attorneys Of
flee charging him with assault with
intent to kill. Warren is accused of
carving Lottie Larkin, a colored wom-
an with a knife.
The board and Sunday school teach
ers of the First Methodist church.
Sixth and Harrison streets, will give a
the church. The dinner will be fol-
lowed by a business session and the
committee in charge expects 5 people
to attend.
Dick Hodgins and Fred Ross and
Wood Fowler are old time friends.
Dick gave a luncheon party for twelve
at the New Cremerie today and in
payment therefor rendered a hundred
dollar bill Keep the change, said
Dick to Ross and Fowler, for old
times sake and as my tribute to your
fine new place of business"
Under an order issued by the state
executive council, the state house Will
be closed Sundays and guard Will
be stationed in the building The or
der was issued as a result of recent
complaints from visitors to the build
ing, who declared that women had
been insulted and questionable acts
had been permitted in the building.
Since the city psychological &C.
partment has been making analyses of
water from wells in the city, fifty such
examinations have been completed
iOf these sixteen were from wells which