The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-03
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


to the Pacific coast, returned Thurs
day night on the train. He shipped
his machine back.
Luke F. Parsons, of Salina, the only
survivor of John Browns band, is in
Topeka visiting his daughter, Mrs. Con
Van Malta, of SIG Horne street.
The tennis court at Euclid park was
completed Thursday and is now ready
for games 1t was originally planned
to have two courts, but the space was
not sufficient.
The Topeka Odd Fellows and Re-
belzahs will hold their annual picnic
at Gage park Monday, September 6,
starting at 10 o'clock in the morning
and continuing all day
Fred Henney, city editor of the
Hutchinson News, was in Topeka
Thursday Mr.. Henney is said to be
the busiest man in Hutchinson. He
handles practically all the local stuff
fer the News.
Roy Duffey, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Duffey, will return from Bra
zil the last of the month. He has
been employed as chief blacksmith
for the Plato Gold Mining company
there for the past five years.
Miss FIildur Nygren, stenographer
for the fire chief, has been seriously
i'll for about six weeks She had al
most recovered but suffered a relapse
L
turn to work for several weeks.
The lobby and dining room of the
Fifth Avenue hotel have been repaint-
ed and repapered for the winter. At
the Chesterfield the foyer ceiling has
been painted white and the walls have
been covered with green mating
United States Marshal o. T Wood
sustained a broken arm while crank
ing a Foro> at his ranch at Liberal,
Kan, last Thursday. The crank kick
Il T7e a homo in h iS iCf nd
will not return to Topeka for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Morris and son.
Harold, will move to Chicago about
Morris will enter the medical school at
Northwestern university in october. |
The trip to Chicago may be made in
an automobile.
Members of the Ohio club will hold |
a picnic Labor Day on the lawn of the |
DR.. H. w. Roby residence, 21O1 Kan |
sas avenue. A basket dinner will be |
served. The picnic will begin at l i
o'clock. c. w. Shepherd, 1401 West |
Sixth street, is president of the club.
Diamonds and other precious stones, |
valued at more than a quarter of a |
million dollars, are being displayed in
the windows of the c. A. Wolf jewelry |
store. More than 5000 pieces of
jewclry are included in the display.
Special police protection has been
granted Wolf during the display
The Big Brothers camp at Maple
Hill, which closed Wednesday after
noon was a fine place for the young
sters, according to a letter received
this morning by the State Journal
from Rea Bray. one of the boys who
was out there. IT liked it fine" is
the way the boy describes his outing.
Badges for the officers of the free
fair are being made by the Trap
company. Those worn by the
BOARD of managers have a gold star
With a purple ribbon fringed with gold
and have a medal attached showing
he gate of the fair grounds in colors. /
Ground officers. will have badges with
out the medals. T
The property owned by the Chris
ian Science church, Sixth avenue and
Harrison street, will be purchased by |
he Swedish Mission Bethel church /
md a new building will be erected.
This step on the part of the Swedish
was decided upon at
meeting held Thursday evening. The
Christian Science church was disband- Il
ID recently making the property avail
able for purchase. The swedish
church is now located near Sixth ave-
hue and Polk street.
Beginning next Sunday the Mems
Bible class of the First Congregational
church will begin a new course of
study. The course will be "A mes
sage of Jesus to our modern life" 1t
will endeavor to discover the possible
ana pracucal appncdIlOn OF BlDle
teachings to present day life. Lectures
during the course will be frequent
The mems class is taught by DR..
Arthur S. Henderson, pastor of the L
church, and was organized four years
ago. since the beginning several
courses of study have been completed.
Hereafter milkmen must exercise Il
greater care in delivering milk to Il
houses under quarantine. The city /
health department has issued a rule
liz hotties
from houses in which communicable
disease exists. AS an extra precau-
ton, it will be equally a violation of
the rules of the health department to I
leave bottles there. The milk must be /
poured from the bottles to containers
in the house. Large red
placards have been printed and will !
be posted on houses where disease
exists, warning milkmen and calling
attention to the rule.