The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-31

For It's Il Dig amusement park,
All in Won little ting
You shoot der shoots and viggle.
Den roller coast a while,
Den -eeter- totter Oop and down,
For most a half a mile
Der bells und brakes und flat wheel,
:, Make music all der time;
so dink of all you're getting,
For shust a half dime
Col. Bill Sapp of Galena has been
visitor in Topeka for several days.
Don't miss the big dance" and
cabaret singing Tuesday (Hallow-
cen night at Kellam hall.-Adv.
Boys! The persimmons are ripe at
Gage park. They are most abundant
right south of the superintendent
residence.
The Modern Woodmen of America
will give a free entertainment Friday
night, in their hall, corner of Sixth
avenue and Jackson streets.
Mrs. William Rominger will enter
tam the Ladies' Aid of the First Ger
man M. E. church Thursday afternoon
in her home. 927 Monroe street.
R. NJ. Painter, commander of the
G. A. R. department of Kansas, will
not return to Topeka until after cleo
| ton. He is on an extended trip thru
western Kansas.
| Topeka lodge No. 2, Fraterna1 Aid
Union, will give a Halloween enter
tainment this evening after the lodge
meeting for members and their in
vited friends.
| The Epworth League and the
| friends of the First German M E.
church will be entertained at a Hal
| loween social at the home Mrs. Walter
Vogel, 1915 West Seventh street.
The Woman's Missionary society Of
the First Congregational church will
meet Wednesday afternoon, November
1, at the home of Mrs. Mendel Rein
bach, 1405 West Sixth avenue.
Corp. A o. Ragland has succeeded
! Corp. J. H. Cargill as officer in charge
of the local recruiting station for the
regular army Two men enlisted dur
| ing the month of October.
Walter P Schatz of New York, rep
resentative of the American City bu-
reau, who is in the city assisting in
the membership campaign of the Com
n rcial club, will speak before the
high school students at assembly hour,
| Wednesday morning.
DR. Charles NJ. Sheldon addressed
Washburn students at chapel Monday
IN the interest of prohibition He en-
work in states where prohibition al
ready exists in order that the move
ment may become national
A large oak chair was taken from
the porch of the H. o. Garvey home,
SIS Buchanan street, last evening. The
vari-ty was taken two months ago
leads Mrs. Carney to suspect that the
act was more than Halloween prank.
Premiums amounting to $26,
were paid by the Free Fair association
| this year, according to a statemt 1T
filed Monday by Phil Eastman, secre-
tary when he called on the state audi
tor and received the $1,000 allotted by
the state to aid in paying the pre-
miums.
| The pocket billiard tournament held
at Moose hall following lodge Getting
Monday night resulted in the victory
of Lester A. Cuff Thirty-two con-
testants were entered and four men
played at a table. Wednesday night d
match game will be played between
Art Alderman, recently of Lima, Ohio,
and Jack Wheeler of Detroit.
A home made motorcycle belonging
| to Abraham Hammatt, 4 years old,
bumped into a tree at Sixth and Clay
streets late Monday afternoon and was
badly smashed. No one was hurt.
seated on a home made box seat was
knocked off onto the sidewalk. The
| impact was so severe thu the weight
CT Hammatts body thrown against the
steering wheel, broke it.
The Rev. George E. Lyon, secretary
of the Kansas Christian Missionary
board, has returned from Manhattan
after having preached two sermons
| there Sunday in the First Christian
church as a part of the observance OF
the Harvest Home day. The day was
observed a month ahead of time, with
all of the churches Joining together. a
joint evangelistic meeting under the
leadership of Lincoln Mcconnell is to
start November u.
P P. Claxton, United States COM
missioner of education, will deliver
three addresses before the annual con-
vention of the Kansas State Teachers
association. Two speeches probably
will be made in the auditorium, and
the third in the high school building
| Funds had been presented by the To-
| peka Commercial club and the Mer-
chants association for extra talent.
Efforts were made to obtain the serV-
ices of Mr.. Claxton.
Il Lennie Lyons was bound over to the
district court today on the charge OF
selling liquor, following a hearing in
the court of Topeka. Lyons case is
of a serious nature. He is charged
with being a persistent offender" and
under the new law a conviction makes
him subject to term in the peniten-
tiary. A. W. Vogel who was acquitted
on the charge of violating the pprhibi-
tory laws in the district court Monday
testified that he purchased the full
case of whisky found in his cleaning
establishment from Lennie Lyons.
The fact that an ice box, a partly
empty whisky bottle, glass, forty
eight half pints of whisky and a hall
a wagonload of empties were found IL
A. w. VogeFs place of business die
not convince the Shawnee county jury
that he was guilty of violating the pro-
hibitory law, and he was acquitted il
the first division of the district cour
Monday afternoon. Witnesses were
placed on the stand to prove that
liquor was purchased in VogeFs cleon.
ing establishment hut the i,Irv did MOI
find that Vogel sold it nor that he wa.
responsible for the selling of it.
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