The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-27

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/ NELS YINGLE.
The first meeting this year of the
/ Social Service club will be held this
afternoon at the First Presbyterian
I church
The next Bell Telephone Directory
viii go to press April L Anyone de-
string a listing should call number %.
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| Owing to a, typographical error in
the Palace Auto company ad of SAT
urday, the Chevrolet Baby Grand was
quoted at $3.50 F. O. B. Topeka instead
OF $3.50.
| The last number of the March en-
tertainment course of the R. R. z
/ M c. A will be a musical evening by
Professor Carleton Wood and some of
his pupils.
! The fire marshaPs office has issued
a remodeIing permit to c. o. Knowles.
as agent, for repairs to be made to the
! building at 915 Kansas avenue. The
amount of the permit is $3.50.
/ At 2:3S Sunday morning. the fire
I department responded to call from
1425 North Monroe street where
/ frame dwelling owned by Elmer Mer-
Ger and occupied by R. Roger, was on
fire. Loss, SIS.
7. E. Prout, secretary of the R. R.
Y NJ. C A. left this afternoon for St
/ Louis where he will be the principal
speaker before the annual conference
Of the employed officers of the Y. NJ.
e A of that city tomorrow.
! There will be three gospel meetings
Friday noon at the Santa Fe shops.
The Rev. A. Z. Peterson will speak at
the telegraph school, NJ. J. Robey will
speak at the new mill and there will
be a meeting in the paint shop.
! Word has been received by George
Metzger of German avenue, of the
death of his sou-in-law, E. F. Hands
ley. in Santa Fe, n M, which occurred
sunday afternoon Arrangements for
the funeral will be announced later.
The time to pay dog tax is rapidly
passing and on April 1 an additional
tax will be placed upon all dogs in the
city. The city clerk will keep her Of
flee open at noon in order that ali
who own dogs and wish to do so may
call at that hour and receive their
tag.
A force of men is busy lowering the
six inch water main on Brooks avenue
at the intersection of Eleventh street
in ordor TO get under the big storm
sewer which the city is building in
this locality, to relieve the Lowman
Hill district. The water main runs
through the exact center of the new
sewer that is being built.
The ladies' of the first division of
the First NJ F. church Will meet in the
church parlorS Wednesday, March 20,
at o'clock. The second division of
the ladies' society will meet Wednes-
day in the parlors of the First Metho-
dist church. Mrs. S. F. Hughes will
entertain the ladies' of the third di-
vision Thursday afternoon March so,
at her home, 1888 Topeka avenue
There will be a gospel meeting at
the new mill tomorrow noon. Evan
geIiSt Frank ScheuSseller will speak.
The Bible class under the Rev. ]. X
Young viii meet tomorrow noon at the
old mill The Rev. E. W. Written
braker will hold a gospel meeting at
the water service Wednesday noon
The Rev. J. H Crockett will speak d
the machine shop Thursday noon.
The results of the state wide eff
cheney campaign for the state depart
ment of the Y. M c. A were made
known today. Over half the proposed
fund of $21. 600 has been raised and
S3.300 will be secured within the next
week. The week netted the workers
SO, 446 in subscriptions with a sure
prospect of $4,000 more in renewals of
last years pledges. This is several
hundred dollars more than was raised
by this time last year.
S G. HefeIbower, D. D.. Phi D.. Of
Washburn college will be the speaker
tonight at the weekly banquet of the
Current Topic club. His subject will
be Some Modern Movements in
Science and Their Relation to Re
Iigious Thought" Dr. HefeIbower is
one of the best known men on the
Washburn faculty and is fast gaining
a wide reputation Last summer he
was given charge of the philosophy de-
partment of the summer school OF
Iowa State College, which is recOg-
nized as having one of the strongest
philosophical departments in the west
The first reading of an ordinance to
be passed controlling the peddling of
meat in the city of Topeka took place
at the regular weekly meeting of the
city commissioners this morning The
ordinance reads that it shall be IN
lawful for any person, firm or cor
poration, either as principal or agent
or employee, to peddle meats from
house to house, either from wagons or
carts or any other conveyance. with
out first paying the license collector
tax of $40 per year. Persons having
a place of business and delivering
their meats from said place shall not
be subject to this tax
The next Bell Telephone Directory
will go to press April 1. Any one de-
string a listing should call number SS.
ADV.
A choked sewer between Tenth ave-
nue. and Eleventh street and Western
avenue and Taylor street Sunday
caused men from Commissioner Tan
dy's department to work part of the
day A new house being built in this
locality and the heavy rains of last
week were responsible for the flood
ing of several Easements and the
frantic calls of citizens in this vicinity
for relief From three to four feet
of water flooded the Easements of
Judge A w Dana and George Guild
and others Small pieces of boards
and chips washed into the sewer and +
stopped the flow of water