The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Ben. T. Allen. of Scott City, is
| spending the week in Topeka on bust
ness.
/ Otis L. Young has returned home
| to Topeka after a business trip to
Wichita.
All banks of the city and nearly
all the business houses will be closed
| Monday, Labor day.
Mrs o. E. Wright and daughter,
Helen, 1903 Clay street, have returned
| home to Topeka following a vacation
trip to Colorado.
L. H. White, 1918 Guthrie avenue,
is seriously i'll at st. Francis hospital
| His son, Dennis White, will arrive in
Topeka from California this evening.
Five cases of whooping cough four
of diphtheria, two of typhoid, one of
measles and one of scarlet fever, have
| been reported to DR.. Harold B. Wood,
city physician.
Fees for the north of August
to the amount of s1.263.75 were
turned in to the county treasur-
| er's office this morning. c. W. Bower,
clerk of the district court handed
Matt Weightmann s60S.35 and Hugh
Mac Farland, probate judge, turned in
| $650.40.
j. E. House, mayor, today appointed
C. A FOrter, assistant city engineer
delegate to the Kansas Flood Water
convention, which will be held in To-
peka in the near future. Forter has
been making a study of flood pre-
vention measures.
The Norden Benefit associations an
nual Labor day picnic at Chesney
park promises to be one of the most
interesting given. Aniusements and
athletic sports have been arranged,
this year, that will interest the Scan
dinavians, of the city, that day.
Tha 6o -
went to Richland this morning to look
over the Mckinney bridge with the
view to accepting it. The construc-
ton of the bridge has just been fin
ished by the Topeka Bridge company.
1t cost between $4,000 and $1,000.
The annual picnic of the I. o. o. F..
and the Rebekah lodges in Topeka
will be held at Gage park Septem-
Der 6. A baseball game will be played
in the afternoon. Basket dinners will
be served at noon. The affair will
begin at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Arrangements are being made for
exceptionally attractive culinary ex-
hibits at the Topeka state fair. Mrs.
Harry T. Forbes and Miss Virginia
Meade arc in charge of the depart
ment. Business men of the city are
furnishing a number of the prizes in
the department.
Mrs. E. K. Burns, superintendent of
the state orphans home at Atchison,
today surrendered her job to E. c.
Willis, CT Atchison. Willis was ap-
pointed by the state board Of control
at the personal request of Governor
Capper following the resignation of
Mrs. Burns as head of the institution.
A dinner of welcome was given in
honor of the Rev and Mrs. Edgar P.
Smith, who arrived in Topeka Tues
day afternoon from Monmouth, Illi-
nois. The dinner was given at the
home of Mrs. J. P. johnson, us Tyler
street Mr.: Smith will assume the
pastorate of the First United Presby-
terrain church.
Thurlow Lieurance with his all
American band and male quartet will
be an attraction at tho Central Con-
gregational church Thursday night.
authority on Indian music. He has a
collection of 500 photographic records
of melodies from thirty-one tribes He
tells the stories about the Indians and
day night will be varied. There are
several excellent soloistS in the COM
pany.
The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today:
Abrahm K Keiser and wife. 1925
NJ. Trimmer and wife, 1874 Lincoln
street, Aug. IA, girl; John f. Daneke
and wife, 101 North Kendall avenue,
Aug. Is, boy; John Wesley Moffitt and
wife, AS Locust street. Aug. 16. girl;
George w. Vawter and wife, Eigh-
teenth ST., and Oakland avenue, Aug.
81, boy; w. C. Burt and wife, Topeka
township. Aug. 81, girl; E. H. Whit
man and wife, 1924 North Jackson
street, Aug. rs, boy; G. P. Nissen AMI
wife, 413 Fillmore street, Aug. rs,
girl; B. King and wife, 1875 North
Madison street, Aug. %, girl; Lee
Sl1idmore and wife, 1173 Lincoln
street, Aug. %, girl; George Green and
wife. log North Madison street, Aug.
%, boy; Ralph H. Bartell and wife, |
1000 East Sixth street, Aug. %, girl;
John Bopp and wife, 522 Larch street, |
Aug. 90, girl