The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-27
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Mrs. Roy o. Housed. s22 Horne
street, who has been i'll at Stormont
hospital, has returned to her home
| Property owners on Topeka avenue
/ will meet at the assembly room of the
National hotel this evening to discuss
resurfacing the thorofare from Fifth
to Fourteenth streets
| The F'Iickinger oil well near Dover
flickered out Not drop of oil was
| discovered and the well has been
4 abandoned There Is some talk of
drilling another J. F. W. Renker
and other Topekans were interested
| in the drilling.
| The two lots at the southwest cor
ner of Tenth and Kansas avenue have
1 been sold to James A Wall for con-
| sideration approMmating $40, 600.
John W. Maxwell was the owner of
| the property. The purchase has been
made as an investment
A skeleton resolution providing for
| the read justment of water rates was
placed on its first reading today Com
missioner Frank NJ Newland an
nounced that it would be impossible
| to tell when the REIMBURSEMENT would
DE arranged ready for publication
| Permits for five dwellings, ranging
| in cost from $500 to $4,000 were is
sued today by Joseph T. Hanlon, fire
chief to the Clearinghouse Realty COM
pany. Following are the locations.
1915 Park avenue $4,000; 1878 Park
avenue, $4,000; 1900 West Tenth ave-
nue., $1,000; 209 Edgewood. $4,000;
727 Lime street, $4,000
Country club street cars, which for
several years have looped around on
Quincy street, have been routed over
the Melrose line and the entire run re-
QuireS seventy-five minutes Gene
terry cars now run over the West
Eighth line. The only stub" run left
is Oakland.
One marriage license was issued and
one marriage ceremony was perform
ed today in the office of the probate
judge. Hugh Mcfarland, judge, is
sued a marriage license to and mar
ried William Rutledge of San Fran
Topeka, age 60
America thru a MeNcan's eyes was
described by Lincoln Steffens Satur-
day night at Labor hall on Kansas
avenue. Steffens a lecturer. author
and reporter spent two years in Mex
lean camps and knows Carranza per-
sonally. Carranza can't call Mex-
can congress, Steffens declared, be-
cause the United States lobbyists
would buy it.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Improved Stock Breeders association
will be held at Manhattan during
farm and home week at the Kansas
State Agricultural college, according
to an announcement by the officers
who met at the Chamber of Com
merce. James G. Thompson of Carbon
dale is president and Phil Eastman
| of Topeka, secretary.
The funeral of Howard y. Rhodes,
who died Saturday morning at his
home. 1924 Harrison street. was held
Sunday afternoon at the residence. The
Rev. A s. Embree conducted the
service E L. Copeland, I easurer of
the Santa Fe railroad, head of the de-
partment> in which Mr.. Rhodes was
employed. delivered an address The
Masonic lodge took part in the serv-
} ices. Burial took place in Topeka
J cemetery
A municipal football field is the lat
est innovation of the city park depart
ment. Goal posts and all the trim
mings excepting the bleachers have
been placed at Gage park and the field
| is free. Still another Improvement
has been made at Gage Park in the
form of a flowing fountain, with a
miniature mill running by its side Re-
Gently a soccer ball field was opened
at Ripley park by the city park de-
partment-
A fire brigade has been organized
in Pierce addition. suburb of Tope-
ka on the southeast Each of loo
families has been supplied with a
bucket to use in case of fire The Of
fcers are: Nelson Hilton, chief: VIII
Fl liam Cole, ASSISTANT cHleIs dtOTSS
Cowan, William Larkin. George
Wood, Paul Green. Charles Wood,
Fred Harris, VIII Wilson, Gus Ander-
son, Harvey Hilton, Mahlon F'inney.
Robert Haggard. James DeMoss,
Maceo Finney and ]. w Thomas.
Grandma Mcclure the oldest in
. mate at the Methodist Episcopal Home
for the Aged. celebrated her ninety
eighth birthday anniversary last week.
Altho she has nearly attained the CEN
fury mark, Mrs. Katherine Mcclure is
hale and hearty and has the appear
ance of woman of 60 Her youngest
son. John R. Ayers, of Montana, whom
she still calls her baby. is past SO. AT
the celebration ninety-eight of her
friends each sent new Lincoln penny,
as a token of remembrance. Mrs. Nc
Clure came from line line of minis
| ters- She married the Rev. ]. H
Ayers, a young minister of Spring
field, Mo-, when she was but 90 years
old Four of the six children born tic
the couple are still living. They are:
John Rollins Ayers, of Montana; Ma
poleon. Bona parte Ayers, of Oklahoma;
Henry Ayers. of Missouri, and Mrs
Emmaline Robbins, of Zion City Ill
. After the death of her first husband
she married the Rev. K. Mcclure who
: has been dead many years. Mrs. Nc
/ Clure is the grandmother of the Rev
= Grant Robbins of Kansas City, and the
: Rev Bascom Robbins of Kansas City