The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

An all-day meeting OF the l-dules
Aid society of the First United Breth-
rem church will be held Friday in the
church parlor.
Fire Marshal Hanlon has granted a
permit for the erection OF sz,ooV
house to be built at s01 Madison street
to John Langan.
More than 100 members and friends
attended the dinner and entertain
ment of the Brotherhood OF American
Yeomen Wednesday night
The habit of summer was too strong
for ore man Thursday night and he
was seen sitting in front of a hotel
with an overcoat wrapped arouho MN
tightly
Everybody laughs a. tie Orpheum
when the southern colonel says We
too much faith in God TO peheVe
they'll even legislate horse racing ou'
of this state.
Early next week, as soon as the |
faculty has checked the grades OF can
didates Washburn class officers VIII
be elected. Most of the nominations
are already before the students ,
tentative editorial staff will put
out the first issue of the High School /
World next week. Only one memher
of the staff, Lyman King, editor, was |
elected by the last student council
Candidates for political Offices i'll
Shawnee county appeared before
meeting of the Political Science club
today at 2:30 O'Clock. The candidates
were scheduled to give short talks.
Ladies of Lincoln Circle No. 1 are
requested to meet at Dr. Raub's at
| o'clock sharp Saturday afternoon to
| attend the funeral of Chaplain Jenny
| I. Courtney in her home at 212 The
/ Drive, Saturday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock.
| Three thousand dollars is needed to
start work on the nine-acre lake at
| the state Y. NJ. c. A camp at Elm
dale, October 16. J. NJ. Manley. state
$4,000 needed to supplement the
| $1,000 gift of A. A. Hyde of Wichita
will soon be raised.
A two-story brick building, 5Ox13O
feet in dimensions. is being erected
north of the Davis Mercantile COM
pany on lower Kansas avenue. The
building is being put up by J. S. War
ner, the Overland salesman, and will
be used as an automobile storehouse.
f. NJ Spencer is the contractor.
Warning is sent to coal consumers
| by the Star Coal company against
possible shortage in cars for coal this
| winter and consumers are urged to
protect themselves by ordering the
winters SUI ply early. One reason as
signed is the close of navigation oh
the Great Lakes which will cause a
shortage on the docks of al least three
as shortage of soft coal.
After a 2.600-mile automobile Jour-
ney, occupying I days, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Anderson of Bakersfield CAL,
have arrived in Topeka. They spent
seven days on the desert of Nevada.
They came to Topeka on account of
the serious condition of Mrs. Ander-
sons sister. Mrs. Anderson is the
daughter of J. ]. Helfrey. one of To-
peka's earliest settlers and Mr.. Ander-
son is the son of Mrs. A. Morand, 1904
Buchanan street.
NJ. ]. Prescott failed to pay alimony
. amounting to $40 month in August
and september to Lydia Prescott, ac-
cording to a motion filed in the
! Shawnee county district court today
The motion also asks the court to in
crease the alimony to s25 a month
, after compelling Prescott to pay up
alleged back alimony. The plaintiff
also asks that Prescott be cited before
the court to show cause why he
shouldn't be punished for contempt
The 1S-months-old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Kinkey died of diphtheria al
: their home, 124 Jefferson street
Thursday night. The case was not re-
ported to the city authorities until a
few hours before the child's death. a
+, physician not being called until then
There are four cases of diphtheria in
Topeka at this time. Three are or
, Lie east sue ana one North To-
f peka- Only two of those afflicted are
school children.
Ralph Oman. 1926 Buchanan street
was elected president of the freshma r
1 class of Washburn college today He
was chosen over Carl Ziegler of Cot
, 1eyvllIe in close contest Miss Ma
rian Dana, 1924 Western avenue was
r elected vice president over Miss Ger
J.. trude Wheeler. 1916 College avenue
4 FRANK Meyer was chosen SECRETARY
r over Miss Florence Rowles of Topeka
ana Clare Menninger. 1851 Topeka
avenue, was elected secretary over
Miss Lucille Mcguire Roy Anderson
was made sergeant at arms
' DIR. Frank knight Sanders. former
5 president of Washburn college and
now secretary of the board of mission
] airy preparation, interdenominational.
was in Topeka last night for a short
. time. He returned to Kansas City this
morning for mission work confer
) ence with ministers of Kansas City
5 and vicinity. He will be in Topeka
z Sunday to preach the first sermon of
! the Washburn Vesper series at the
, college chapel Monday he will leave
: for the west for d series of confer
) ences in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Portland and other coast towns
Friend and lodge brothers of J. G.
. Rodmeyer gave a surprise party for
him on the occasion of the fiftieth
anniversary of his coming TO this coun-
= try from Germany. large number
I of members of tie Freternal Aid Tn
ion attended. Games were played and
refreshments were served. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs J. f. Torein.
e Mr.. and Mrs. c. A F'reesh, Mrs. c. NJ
Z ! Hopkins. Mrs. Lizzie Elliott. Mrs Mary
q Stokes. Mrs. Mary Erickson, Mrs. NJ
r. Conwell, Mrs. Carrie Peterson Mr.
and Mrs. A Murray, Miss Evelyn Muir
ray. Mrs. Mary Rodgers. Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ NJ. Bowman. Mrs Florence Shafer,
. Mrs. Anna Hewitt. Mr.. and Mrs NJ.
{ | Hamilton. Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Warner
r Mrs. W. j. Deimler. Miss Louisa
Deimler. Mrs. Z. Patterson, Miss Jean