The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-08
in NORTH topeka
Peddlers Becoming a Nuisance
to North Side Residents.
Services Among the North To.
peka Churches Sunday.

peddlers and especially those selling
household goods have, when they
come to the door.
One rug salesman came to the front
door of home in the 1900 block or
North Jackson street and without rap
ping, opened the door and went
through the house, into the kitchen
and stepped up behind the housewife
before she know he was present In
startled manner she demanded TO
know what business he had coming
in her house without the usual for
mality of knocking, the peddler in a
sheepiSh manner mumbled something
about knocking and hearing someone
inside say to come in.
Tramps are also becoming bold on
the North side. One tramp went TO
the door of North Topeka home and
demanded that the lady of the house
give him his dinner AS she was alone
in the house she could do nothing but
comply with his request
New Principal at Silver Lake.
From a group of eight applicants
Mrs. Jacob Scheer of North Topeka,
was unanimously chosen as principal
of the Silver Lake schools for next
year.
Mr. Scheer for the past two years
has been principal of the schools at
Monument, Kan. Forest w. Hunting
ton, who was principal of the Silver
Lake school the past year, Will study
at the Kansas university IlCAN yO1i"
Among the Churches.
Services at the North Topeka Bap-
fist church will commence sunday
morning with the Sunday school con-
test at 10 o'clock. Preaching at II
O'Clock. 7. NJ. Forbes will be leader
of the Junior b. Y. p. u, which will
meet promptly at 3 p. m. At p m
Senior and intermediate B. Y r T.
Service for the people at o clock
subject. "a Confidential Talk to the
ri Is Craving I'D.
The usual services will be held at
the North Topeka Congregational
church Sunday morning.
Kansas Avenue Methodist church,
]. E. Scheer, pastor-Sunday schooi
at $50 O'clock ..ua Preacning En at
League at 6:45; topic, "A Prophet
Who Wrote Nothing, But Did All
Kinds of Things; leader, Miss Min
ME McGrew. intermediate League at
: O'Clock. Preaching at o'clock;
theme, why Search the Scriptures? ?"
At the Christian church-9 a. M,
Workers conference; 9:45 a. m, Bible
school; 10:45 {. m, Lords supper and
sermon, Mother; p. m, Christian
Endeavor; p. m, sermon, Father.
Baptizing at the evening service.
DIR. Henry C. Culbertson, president
of the College of Emporia, will fill
the pulpit at the Second Presby-
terrain church morning and evening
sunday Dr. Culbertson is well known
in the Christian college work. and has
been at Emporia for number or
service will be, "Our Heritage" In
the evening he will preach on The
Christian Home
Notes and Personals.
Mrs. M W. Kimes who is sick at
c. ,,i.. r, fol iS.i inc
The w. T. K. club will meet Tues
day. May II, with Mrs. Bissell, 14ls
North Kansas avenue.
H. T. Biggert of Circleville, Kan, is
spending several days at the home of
his sister Mrs. Mary E. Helm
Roy G.. Winner will leave the first
of the week to spend several months
on his farm near Versailles, Mo.
Ed Mcconnell of MenOken has re-
turned home after spending short
time on the North side.
Mrs. ]. r. Ward of Elmont was on
the North side shopping today.
Henry McElvain, of RoSSville made
a short business trip to North To-
peka Friday.
Gust Weilnjtz. of Valley Falls was
on the North side today.
w. H. Orr, has returned to his
home in Silver Lake after business
trip to North Topeka
Mrs. Mary Stevens's class of girls
at the North Kansas Avenue Meth
per tonight at Garfield park.
An urgent request is made by tie
officers of Shawnee council No. 3,
knights and Ladies of Security, to
have all members present at the
meeting Tuesday evening, which will
be held in the lodge hall, S27 North
Kansas avenue. ]
]. R. Spetter and son Robert, mo-
tored to Tecumseh today on business.
Ed. Lang. of Menoken left this
morning for Glasco, Kan. where he
will spend some time visiting friends
He will make the trip in an auto
mobile.
Amity lodge, No. 231 knights of
Pythias will hold it's regular weekly
meeting Monday night in the lodge
hall, S37 North Kansas avenue This
lodge will send Emerson McGrew, A
n. Goodman and Herbert Johnson to
Wichita, May II as delegates to the
grand lodge.
Clark Gresser of the Citizens State
bank. with Mrs. Gresser and Mrs.
Gertrude Barker. Will leave tomorrow
morning a motor trip tc Omaha.
Des Moines, Davenport, Chicago, and
St. Louis. They will be gone three
weeks.
Leo Gilmore of the Shawnee State
bank is unable to be at his work on
account of the illness of Mrs. Ell
more.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Austrand of
Elmont were on the North side to-
day.
Richard Gilmore has returned to
his work in the Shawnee State bank.
after a short illness.
A. NJ. Petro, druggist-Adv.
Mrs. Hugh Devlin, who lives OF.
East Burgess street, Garfield Place,
was painfully injured Friday after
noon in runaway. which occurred on
the outskirts of North Topeka.
Boyce Forbes, of Kiro has returned
home after a business trip to North
Topeka
Mrs. William Markham is spending
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