The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
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AT HOME NEWS

it will please you. Motor Service Co.,
113-115 West Tenth.-Adv.
The Topeka w. C. T. Z. will hold
Its institute Monday at the Y w c A
buildings, beginning at 10 O'Clock a.
m. and lasting all day.
A special young peoples service
will be held at 4:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Swedish Bethel Mis-
sion church. The Rev. n. G.. Tegnen
will deliver an address.
Mrs. Menningers Bible class will
meet Monday afternoon at $50 The
hostesses will be Mrs. ]. D. Klein. Mrs
Richard Thomas, Mrs. j. E. Thomas
and Mrs. Frank Campbell.
application of Jesus's Teachings TO
Economic Life" will be the subject OF
his Bible class Sunday morning at the
First Congregational church.
Blue Post No. $50, G. a. r., will
meet at o'clock this evening at TIE
National hotel to escort Elias r. Mon
fort, national COMMUNICATIVE chief.
and staff to Memorial hall.
The Monday Tourist club will bold
a guest day meeting Monday at the
nome of Mrs c. f. Neil at 617 Taylor
SHY eq TIIM s9sselsoq luelsIsse Gull
Beach, Mrs Day, Mrs. Carnahan and
Mrs. Welty.
Tonight the Gem theater at sos
Kansas avenue will close for the con-
tractors to tear away the old building
and rebuild a new modern, up to date
fireproof theater. The Gem will be
closed about a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Winant of 716
Madison street have gone for a trip to
the east. They will be gone six weeks
and will visit New York, Chicago, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Cincinnati Mime
apolis and Washington
| William d. Fisher, of Alliance, Neb.,
arrived Friday to visit Judge and Mrs.
| Hugh T. Fisher. Mr.. Fisher is sec
! rotary of the Alliance. Neb., CONNER
| cia1 club and was formerly connected
with the Topeka Commercial club.
Fred Voiland will be the speaker
at the Young Mems club 1T the Y. VI.
c. A. tomorrow afternoon on the sub
| ject And So Forth At the Cur
rent Topic club Monday night w. H.
| WATSON, city commissioner of finance,
will discuss our cities finarces.
A reception will be given in honor
of Fred Siegel of Emporia at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
/ Siegel, 233 Buchanan street. A meet
ing of the Epworth league of the Ger
man NJ E. church, of which he was
formerly a member will take place, be-
I fore the reception.
Alleging that she was hurt $1,000
worth in a street car accident of No
vember 3, 1915, Mrs. Matilda Gold
smith has filed suit for the amount in
the district court against the street
says she was on an East Sixth street
car when it crashed into another car.
Another fire due to burning SCOT on
the roof was extinguished by the fire
department this morning at 913 West
/ Fourth street. the two story frame
residence is the property of Mrs. L. A.
Eddy and was occupied by E. A. Cox.
| The damage was very small. The
I alarm was turned in at 1928 O'Clock
/ this morning.
-Barnacles'' is the subject of the ad-
dress tor the sunday afternoon service
| of the Byron j. Clark evangelistic
campaign being conducted at the First
| L. P. church, corner of Twelfth and
Quincy. The Importance of testimony
was the subject Of Evangelist Clark S
address last night Following the ser
mon a testimony service was held, in
which several conversions were an
nounced.
Nine hams and a slab of salt pork
were found when nine Mexicans, head
ed by Thomas Valencia, were arrested
by the police at 126 Madison street
/ Friday night. The raid on the house
followed the burglarizing of Thomas
| Horsfields grocery store at Second
and Monroe streets. Several hams
were taken from the store. The bur
glars in entering broke a hole in the
| window glass.
A large audience listened last
night to the lecture given by DR.. Chas.
/ NJ. Sheldon at the First Congregation
la church, for the benefit of the build
ing fund of the Swedish Bethel Mis-
sion church on the subject, THE VAL
ue of a Human Being Two quartet
numbers were given by Mrs. ]. w.
Johnson, Mrs. Gust Johnson. Mrs
/ Gust Johnson, Mrs. John w. Nygren
and Miss Ruth Nygren.
/ How a healthy man made himself
into cripple by simple twist of the
i=f str
] Friday evening. officials say. Charles
( Ousley. arrested for walking away
from the Schrinopskie pawn shop with
1 a suit of clothes has been playing the
game in Topeka, Chief Parsons says.
/ Ousley sometimes gives his arm a
twist and districts it in order to arouse
sympathy. the police claim.
Judge John c. Pollock of the fed
| eral court has just returned to Kansas
| after spending four weeks at Aubu-
| querque holding court for Judge w. H
| Pope, judge of that district. who has
been sick. He crowded two terms of
| court into the four weeks and has
| been under somewhat of a strain. He
has only a few days in which to re-
| Cuperate before opening court at
| Wichita. The term there convenes
| March 13.
''She needn't think I am going to do
all the honeying up" So reported
| Walter James to Rad Lee of the coun-
ty attorneys office in speaking of his
domestic troubles. Late Friday after
noon James filed suit for divorce
against his wife, Emma James. For
cause of action. James says his wife
| once caused his arrest for wife deser-
ton without reason. Rad Lee. divorce
proctor is attempting to thresh out
the domestic troubles.
In the dual contest last night be-
| tween Washburn and Manhattan CO.
eds Washburn won both ends by a
two to one decisions The Washburn
girls who debated here were Flora
/ Harrington, Kathryn Albaugh and
Mabel Jones. The girls who went to
Manhattan were Avis Clayton. ca plain.
/ Audrie Myers and Antoinette Dean.
The Aggies team consisted of Wilma
| Burtis, Madge Thompson and Louise