The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
IN NORTH topeka
Motion Picture Films of North
Side Are Good.
shipping Groceries to the
Stranded Farmers.

The films taken by the Topeka Mo-
ton Picture company of North To-
peka were shown for the first time
last night in connection with ''The
Million Dollar Heiress" pictures at
auditorium.
This film, which is about five hun
Ord feet long, was not taken in time
to be shown the first part of the
week
cy and Grant schools are distinct
These two schools were the only ones
in the city of which pictures were
taken.
Long Run for Fire Department.
The North Topeka fire department
made the longest run early this morn
ing for many a day. At 2 o'clock,
both wagons went to 315 Greenwood
avenue, to extinguish a fire in a
dwelling house.
The companies on the South side
were all at the Robinson Brothers
shoe store which was burning, when
the alarm came in from POtWin.
Crossing Gates Shattered.
The crossing gates on the east side
at the Union Pacific crossing on North
Kansas avenue were shattered TINS
morning when an auto truck belong
ing to the Bell Telephone company
was driven into them.
The driver of the auto claimed he
could not see the gates on account or
the snow covering his windshield Inc
damage done to the auto was Snght
Shipping Groceries.
Owing to the bad condition of the
roads leading to North Topeka, some
of the farmers living quite a distance
are having their grocery ORDERS
shipped to their nearest railroad sta
One firm on the North side has
been shipping nearly as many orders
out of town as it has delivered in the
city.
The roads are said to be the worst
in history. 1t is not an uncommon
sight for anyone who IS travelling
along the highways to see numpef
of buggieS and wagons along the side
of the road in a dilapidated condt-
ton, where some person has started
to town and met with an accident.
Notes and Personals.
Miss Bertha Kistler of 1929 North
jackson street, who is the intermedi-
ate teacher in Lyman school, was I'M
able to teach Wednesday on account
of sickness. Miss Josephine Curry
took her place.
The Kaw Valley grange of Grant
vile has issued the yearly grange
book which gives the programs for all
the meetings of 1915.
ed home after a business trip to Kan
sas City. On his way home he stopped
off in North Topeka a day.
GRADER and Britenstein are install |
the building at S19 North Kansas |
avenue.
w H. H. Davis of Harveyville and !
formerly of North Topeka is NOV
ing from Harveyville to Auburn, Kan.
g. p. Spetter left today for his home
in Amarillo, Tex, after spending sew
eral weeks in North and South To-
peka where he visited friends and rel
sLtiVes.
Joe Anderson of EImont has re-
turned home after business trip to
North Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Deppe of ozaw-
kie are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Maze of 1892 North Quincy street.
The knights of Pythias entertain
ment which is to be given Tuesday.
night, -Iarch 8, will be held in the
Kansas Avenue Methodist church.
T. J. Woolman of the Austin-Sn
iker Mercantile company is confined
to his home on account of sickness.
The regular meeting of Victor cOun-
Gil No 4, knights and Ladies of Sc
curity, will be held in the lodge hall
at 1000 North Kansas avenue.
Mrs. George Bills of Menoken has
returned home after spending a short
time in North Topeka.
Phil and Robert Billiard who have
been in San Diego, Cal, for the past
roads to dry up so they could motor
from San Diego to San Francisco, have
their auto by boat to the lat
ter city. 1t is understood the roads in
that part of the country are as bad
as in Kansas.
w. R. Tinker is seriously i'll at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. James
Fritz, 1909 North Monroe street His
son, ]. H. Tinker of Rossville is in
North Topeka, called here by his ia
theirs illness.
At the meeting of the fourth quar-
terly conference of the Kansas Ave
nue. Methodist church, Rev Jacob
pastor, Y as chosen for another
year. The membership of the Meth
odist church has been increased 22S
members since Rev. Scheer took
charge.