The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
LOCAL Mention.

LOCAL Mention.
Safety razor blades sharpened better than
new. 2oc-35c doz. Brunt Drug Co.-Adv.
Lightning scored a hit last night
at the residence of r. e. Cowdrey,
sos Morris avenue. The house was
not fired but shingles were knocked
off the roof and telephone and light
fuses were burned out, leaving the
house in darkness. Three young la
dies who were in the house were bad
ly shocked and two of them were
Knocked down by the force of the
stroke.
F.. A. Rooster. D. D. s.. 40 Mills
Bldg. Special attention given 20 pyor-
rhea and oral prophylaXis.-Adv.
Mrs Harriet r. Miller, sister of DR..
j. T. Lovewell, is dangerously i'll at
the Lovewell home, 1901 College ave-
nue.. She is not expected to survive
more than a few days. Mrs. Miller IS
IS years old. She has been i'll for
about five days. Mrs. Miller is well
known in Topeka where she has lived
for number of years. For about %
years she devoted her time to teaching
in the A. n. A. schools for negroes in
Mississippi, Georgia and North Car
DINA.
Economy Express Co. Phone 1860
Adv.
A roll call of Naomi Rebecca lodge,
80, will be held in Security hall, Mon
day night.
Two hundred teachers of Shawnee
county assemble at the high school to-
da for the last quarterly meeting of
the school year. Following short
address by County Superintendent
John f. Eby, H. B. Wilson, superin-
tendent of city schools, gave an adj
dress on Motivation OF School Work"
The next meeting of the county
teachers will be when the county in
stitute starts in June. In addition to
the regular meeting which began at
10 a meeting of the primary teachers
was held earlier in the morning.
The champion Red Cap team of the
Y. w. c. A basketball league went to
Emporia today to play the girls
varsity of the State Normal. The Red
Cap team has accumulated a more
than local reputation among girls
basketball teams OF this section and
the contest to be held this afternoon
is in the nature of a championship
battle for this part of the state. The
captain of the Red Caps is Miss Velma
Swearingen.
Glass. Glazing and Paint. Miller &
Gillespie, S3S <. A. Phone 955.-Adv
One of the weirdest and most
fascinating of all religious specula-
tions will be treated in Evangelist
Byron J. Clark's lecture tomorrow
afternoon on THE Second Coming of
Christ" at the First u. B. church.
Besides the lecture special music will
be offered by Paul V. Clark. the evan
and several other songs accompanied
by the chorus and the orchestra The
three weeks revival series will come
to a close tomorrow evening with
Clark's best known lecture: The Trail
of a Lost Lamb"
Framing and silvering. Coe, S2s
Kansas Ave.-Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. s. r. Harris and their
daughter, Norma, have gone to Cha
mute to spend the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. c. NJ. brennan.
Miss Elfrida Draper, senior of X.
L., is visiting her former classmates
in his city, Miss Esther Ross of Wash
burn college.
Ladies, try a Turkish bath and mas
sage. Great for health and renewed
energy. Mrs Ticknor, Antiseptic
Bath Rooms, 105 East Seventh, Phone
1220.-Adv.
Sons and Daughters of Justice will
have a big meeting Tuesday evening.
After the meeting a leap year dance
will be given for members and friends.
ADV.
After the jury in the first division
of the district court finished it's work
Friday it took charge of the court
room. Judge a w. Dana and other
court officials took a back scat. J. S.
Glendening. one of the jurymen. as
sumed jurisdiction and proceeded to
make a speech. He told the court Just
what the jury thought of it. then
pulled off sort of Christmas tree
stunt. The jury had purchased pres
ents for Judge atenographer and
bailiff. Judge Dana was given a band
some pin, f. S. Anderson, bailiff, was
given silE umbrella, and George A.
Kline. court stenosrapher. a set of
cuff buttons end a tie pin.
Two young boys. George johnson
and Charles Bradford. were arrested
by the police last night charged with
stealing two tires and an automobile
rim from w. T. Williams, North To-
peka Hveryman, and ceiling them to
Dyal. a junk dealer in North Topeka
Johnson is Is years of age and Brad
ford is 16 years of age. They were
turned over to the Juvenile court.
L. ConwelI was arrested By the pc
lice Friday afternoon charged with
exceeding the speed limit. He pul up
a cash bond of so and was released
Conweil is booked as a professional
driver.