The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

AT HOME NEWS
father and son banquet will be
served at the Quinton Heights Baptist
church February 5.
Mrs. A. v Armstrong is GONZALES
cling from the grip at her home at s11
West Seventeenth street.
L. Cady Hodge of Francis & Hodge
is attending a state photographers
meeting in Wichita this week.
The Rev and Mrs. John A. Bright
have left for Aaronburg. Pa, where
they will visit friends and relatives
until April.
Youngsters in the nurse room of the
Provident associa tion were The guests
of the Midwinter exposition Saturday
afternoon.
The Mexican English class will meet
at the Branner school Thursday night.
The men are in the middle of the
primer now.
c. L. Kagey of Beloit, president
State Bar association, scheduled for
sensational address on THE High Cost
of Justice" Thursday afternoon.
The last tuberculosis patient left the
consumptives' tent at the Provident
association this morning for Norton
vile, Kan. where he has relatives.
A picture of the 1916 supreme coun-
temple. These have been sent to all
Masonic bodies over the United States.
The fifty-fourth birthday anniver-
sary of William Langley was the occa-
sion of a surprise party for him last
night at his home at 112 North Quincy
street.
Travels of the Boy Jesus" illus
trated by stereopticon pictures. is the
title of a lecture which will be given at
the First Christian church Wednesday
evening.
Babies will be taken care of by
| young women at the East side taber-
nacle while their parents hear the ser
mon A special room has been fitted
up for the infants.
Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, the retiring
president of the Y. w. C. A, enter
tanned the board members and secre-
taries at luncheon today noon at the
association building.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Euclid
| Avenue Methodist church will meet at
| the home of Mrs. George Mattingly,
| I'LL Lincoln street, Wednesday after
| noon at 2:30 o'clock.
The new officers of the Christian
| Endeavor society of the English Luth-
eran church will be banqueted Thurs
day evening at the church. Following
/ the banquet a program will be given.
| Loans up to $25 are being made this
winter by the Y. w. C. A to needy
girls. The Elizabeth Sampson loan
fund which the association uses is the
only preventive measure against loan
sharks in Topeka.
of health. will address the Current
Topic club of the Central Y. NJ. c. y.
next Monday night His subject has
not been announced yet but will deal
with the health problem.
| Bruce Harder, of Rossville, is made
! 1aE ~ frc-rr a
from the office of w. E. Atchison.
county attorney The warrant charges
wife and child desertion. Faye Harder
is the complaining witness.
! Waterloo for the preachers volley-
ball team of the Railroad Y NJ. c. A.
took place last night when they clash
ed with the Central Y. NJ. c. A team,
Three games in succession were drop
ped. p to II; 21 to 5; and q to 9.
Members of the Boys club of the
/ Topeka high school led the meeting
of the T. H S. Girls club of the Y w.
C. A. this afternoon. The invitation
to the high school boys was kept a
secret from the girls until the meeting
hour.
Payments having been completed on
a 800 mortgage on the Quinton
Heights Baptist church, the paper will
be burned next Tuesday evening at the
church before the congregation. A
program of music and literary num-
bers will be given.
Twelve babies eravely sat down to a
little dinner table today and Toasted
on q cake with froSting and chocolates
on it. One of the little girls had a
birthday and although her mother
had to work every day she saw to it
that she had a party.
Some one, under the impression
that there was a mad dog at large
north of Potwin school, called the
n
requesting that someone with a gun
be sent out. VIM. Core tramped
around over that section of the city
for hours without result.
John F'rew, bookkeeper al the state
printing plant has rendered his resig-
4 nation and will return to his old home
| at Cottonwood Falls, where he will en-
ter the insurance business. Mr.. FreW
is a native of Scotland but for years
has lived in Kansas. He was for many
years an abstracter at Cottonwood
Falls.
The city has taken an inventory at
the city building and finds that the
furniture, rugs, typewriters and other
office fixtures belonging to the city
are worth $4,000. value of $50, 900
is placed upon the auditorium And
the whole thing has been insured
against fire by Commissioner w. L.
Porter.
Heller SHELTER freight rates will
make it impossible for any Kansas
town to become as important COM
mercially as eastern cities un-
less the charges are materially
changed. said H o. Caster
to the Current Topic club last night
Mr.. Caster is attorney for the Kansas
Public Utilities commission and ad-
dressed the club at the Central Y. NJ
c. A
Late Saturday afternoon a call was
put in at the Proyident association
for a. load of wood. knowing that
the head of the house had a wood lot
a caller was sent over to find out why
he wanted the wood. Yes" admitted
the man, I've got a lot of wood
chopped up out in the lot but to-