The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-19
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WILL CLOSE XMAS
North Topeka Merchants Plan
to Take a Full Holiday.
w. A. KOpseker Has Smallest
AerOplane Motor in World.

When you're Christmas shopping,
take a squint into the window OF the
garage belonging to w. A. Kopseker,
aviator and builder OF aeroplanes- He's
exhibiting a two cycle, so horse power
Elbridge aeroplane motor The weight
is 178 pounds. 1t is the lightest water
cooled aeroplane motor in the world
The motor was used by Charles f.
Willard in the Boston aero contest
Beside the motor are some photographs
of C. A Foster, a North Topeka boy
now flying in the south. A large aero
plane propeller lies alongside. In re-
spect to the latter, the aviator said:
''They make thousands like that
they have to. Down in Mexico the
army had the worst trouble. with pro-
pellers imaginable. The heat was so
intense that the Nominations came
apart. So now they make propellers
of wood cured in Mexico"
Stores to Close on Holidays.
All North Topeka stores, with few
exceptions, are planning to close all
day Christmas and all day New
Years day. Do your Christmas shop
ping Saturday night.
Helena chapter No. 21O, Eastern
Star, will hold installation ceremonies
tonight in their hall at 911-9I3 North
Kansas avenue. The following officers
will assume their positions: Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank R. Conwell, patron and
matron; Mrs. F. E. Davis, associate
matron; Mrs. Ida Saville, secretary:
Mrs. Matte Sherburne, treasurer; Mrs.
Mary Campbell, conductress; and Mrs.
Minnie Maze. associate conductress.
The appointive officers are not to be
announced until they appear for in
stallation this evening. The installing
officer is Mrs. Mabel Lane, past grand
matron. An oyster supper will fol-
low the installation.
Amity Lodge Meeting POSTPONED
Amity lodge conferred the third
rank upon six candidates at its meet
ing in its hall at 900 North Kansas
avenue Monday night. The regular
meeting next Monday night has been
called off in order to permit the mem
berS to celebrate Christmas as they
choose.
Perry Kopp has returned from
Michigan Valley, where he has been
hunting with relatives. He reports
the roads to be in extremely bad con-
dition-almost impossible at times
owing largely to the recent SHOWS.
Notes and Personals.
Thomas P. Buchanan, who owns a
farm north of town, has taken a house
at 1922 Quincy street. He will be in
an automobile business this winter
o. B. Hughes of Alma is in the city
looking after property.
Mrs A. P Goodhue of Kansas City
is having her house wired and other
improvenn ents made on her property
at 929 North Quincy street.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Winans of Los
Angeles, formerly of North Topeka,
are visiting Mrs. Winans' parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Mckinley of Potwin.
Mr.. Mckinley is bookkeeper in the
Citizens State bank.
Blue Post No. ESQ will hold memoir
ial services for the members Of the
organization that died during the year
Friday night. The Rev. Mr.. Jones will
make the address. Friends of the
deceased members are especially in
vited.
The senior 3. Y. P. U. will hold its
annual business meeting at the church
this evening at 8 o'clock. Election
of officers will take place.
A. M. Petro, Druggist-Adv.
Miss Leona Breitenstein, 617 North
Van Buren, street, is confined to her
home with sickness.
S. s. Myers is installing a. new
stove in the Princess theater.
Mrs. Albert Reicherter of Silver
Lake, has returned from a six weeks
visit in Florida.
w. A. Barratt of Elmont, Ralph
Button of Elmont, and o. F. Dillon of
Silver Lake, were in North Topeka
on business today.