The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28

!, OCTOBER %, 1916
of the men were dressed as colored
walters and assisted in the serving.
Nearly all of the teaching force of the
city were present at the party.
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| Miss Effie Graham has been asked
| to join the Hughes Alliance special
| train, and she left Friday afternoon
with the women speakers of the east
ern states to join in their campaign
work The party is in St. Louis today.
Miss Graham will remain with them
until they leave Illinois at least, and
possibly longer.
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A party of Topeka women accom-
| panied the train to Kansas City. They
| were Mrs. W. A. Jonston, Mrs. Chas.
curtis, Mrs. H. L. Peppmyer, Mrs
| Charles Sessions, Mrs. Chas. Spencer,
Miss Graham, Mrs. H. o. Carney Miss
Annabel Garvey and Mrs A. A. God
ard. Miss Martha Beck of Holton, was
also member of the party, and Mrs
Genevieve Chalkley of Lawrence, who
was in Topeka for the meeting, ac-
| companied the train to Kansas City.
| Mrs. George Fuller, president of the
| Atheneum club of Kansas City, was in
Topeka yesterday, and returned home
with the Hughes special The party
| was met by crowds at the train in
| Kansas City, and were taken for auto
| mobile rides thru the Country club dis
trict of that city. Afterward they were
| taken to the Meuhlebach hotel, where
an informal reception was held pre-
vfouS to the dinner which was served
in the hotel dining hall. About 200
people sat down to dinner, at round
| tables for eight each. Short after
dinner speeches were made by Mrs.
Noble Prentis and by Mrs. Demorest,
one of the members of the party in
/ ne
| women in the reception committee
were Mrs. Del Keller and Mrs A. H.
Connelley, both we'll known in Topeka,
also Mrs. Had1ey, the wife of the for
mer governor of Missouri, and Mrs.
Henry Flower, whose husband lived in
Topeka a good many years ago.
On the way to Kansas City, the train
| stopped for a short time in Lawrence,
and Mrs. Howe Elliott spoke from the
platform. In Topeka Mrs. Elliott. who
is the daughter of Julia Ward Howe,
made a visit to the State Historical
society rooms to view the mementoes
of John Brown, and other relics of
early Kansas history, in which she
was particularly interested on account
of the share her parents took in the
aid of the free soil party in the days
before the Civil war.
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A corn jiggin' will be given Tuesday
night at Kirkpatrick hall by the Phi
Theta Phis.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Nella Port Sollors of Independ-
ence, Mo, is expected to come to To-
peka some time in November for a
visit to her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Port Ashton. Miss Sollors
was a guest at the Ashton home last
season and was entertained at a num-
Der of teas and dances.
Miss Dorothy Miller of the State
university will spend the weekend in
Topeka with her parents
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Crocker have re-
turned from Nashville, Tenn. and a
visit to other southern cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Franklin Close of
Greenleaf, Kan, are the parents of a
daughter. born Friday at Christ hos
pital Mrs. Close, before her mar
riage. was Miss Laura Southwick, and
she is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. F. Southwick of Topeka. The
The child's paternal grandmother is
Mrs. ]. F. Close of Potwin Place.
Mrs. George N. Clark and her two
daughters, of Blue Mound, Kan, are
visiting Miss Lucy Kingman and Mrs.
L. K Butterfield.
| Miss Gertrude Anderson went to
Lawrence today to attend the football
game.
w. A. McCarter. D. D. s. orthodon-
tist. 709 Mills Bldg, prevention and
correction eft irregular teeth only
| Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Southwick lave
given the name Barbara to their i'll
, FAINT daughter born last week at Christ
,, hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Roy Hoover. of
Kansas City, Mo-, will name their biby
: SON T. Roy, jr. The child was born
October Is at st. Joseph hospital, Kan
sas City. Mrs. Hoover, before her
: marriage was Miss Myrtle Beeler.
Mrs. Mercer is now prepared to
pink broadcloth collars.-Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Fox of Washing
ton, are spending the weekend VIII
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Nichols.
Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy of Good
: land, is visiting her daughter, Miss
Lois Murphy, at the Alpha Phi house,
! Washburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Simpson of Be-
lott, have left for New York, after a
, visit to their daughter, Mrs. N. 7.
Petro.
Mrs. Roy Thompson, Miss Joanna
Gleed and Miss Jessie Burnett motored
to Lawrence today for the football
game.
DR.. J. P. Raster and his daughter
} Ruth, will leave next week for trip
to Ell Paso, Texas. and New Mexico.
Mrs. Frank w. Thomas has returned
= from trip east.
Mrs. Charles Sturdevant, of Cimar-
) ron, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. F. Stanley.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott Davis
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Van Petten, Mr.
and Mrs. Arch Catlin, Mr.. and Mrs. C
, B. Merriam and Mr.. and Mrs. j. P
Slaughter will return Sunday from 6
trip to Nashville, Tenn, where they
, attended farm loan mems conven.
ton.
; DR.. Geneve H. Leader, assisted by
her mother Mrs. NJ. S. Erskine. enter
tanned one of the chain parties for the
Public Health Nursing association. last
evening. Her guests were Mrs. F. E
j, 1serman. Mrs. Guy E. Owens, DIR
Nancy J. Godfrey and Miss Meta AL
lison.
DR.. Lillian Malone. osteopath. 71s
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