The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-05
LOCAL MENTION.

The Women's Missionary society of
the First Congregational church met
this afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Lewis Greenwood, 1921 Western ave-
nue.. Mrs. Everett Akers was the
leader of the discussion.
Glass, Glazing and Paint. Miller e.
Gillespie. S3S K. A. Phone 955.-Adv.
a manual of the Topeka Ministerial
union has been issued giving direc-
tory of the preachers in Topeka. The
officers for 1915 of the union are:
o. L. Cook president; James F.
Youngman, vice president; ]. P. Hicks.
secretary and treasurer. Meetings of
the Ministerial union are held at the
First Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock
on the first and third Mondays of each
month except during July and August.
side churches Monday evening during
the Bob Johnson meetings in order to
afford the converts a chance to unite
with the church of their preference
Sabbath school classes are to meet
every Sunday at $50 o'clock but out
side of these two meetings a week the
churches will be practically deserted
Suits and overcoats dry cleaned 75c.
Topeka Laundry Co. Phone $685.
Adv.
Several new students have Joined
the educational classes of the Railroad
Y NJ. G. A. The classes will be about
the only meetings held at the Y. NJ.
C. y. during the revival services.
All entertainments at the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A. have been postponed I'M
til after February IA. 1t has been the
custom all winter to have a program
every Friday evening.
Stockholders of the Elmhurst In
vestment company reelected all of the
present officers at a meeting held in
the company offices in the New Eng
land building Tuesday. A semi-an-
nual dividend of SO was declared. Sew
eral out of town stockholders were
present. The reelected directors for
the Elmhurst company are: J. n.
Dolley, Louis Van Dorp, c. w. Horn
n. B. Burge, F. E Parr and E c.
Arnold, of Topeka, and ]. n. Hotch-
kiss, Burr Oak; L. B. Leach, Wamego,
and j. L. Buck, of Newton. The Of
ficers: n. B. Burge, president; c. w.
Horn and L. B. Leach, vice presidents;
Louis Van Dorp, treasurer; J. L. Buck,
secretary, and ]. n. Dolley, chairman
of the executive committee.
Glass and glazing. call s4s. j. K
Jones Paint Co.-Adv
The ordinance authorizing the
printing of the revised city ordinances
was passed over again by the city COM
mission today. Charles Traps bond
was also passed over. aIr. Trapp con-
tinues to set the type for the ordi-
nanceS and the indications are that he
will have the ordinances printed and
ready to deliver before the commits
sion acts or approves his bond.
Week of prayer services are being
held every evening this week at the
First Swedish Baptist church, West
Fourth and Fillmore streets. Thursday
evening Rev. c F. Levin of Gothen-
burg, Neb., will preach.
Painless dental work at moderate
prices at the mite Dental Parlors sos
Kansas Ave-. Phone 714.-Adv.
The reports for December of w. A.
Wolverton, plumbing inspector; A. E.
Sutton, electrical inspector: and G. T.
Mattingly, license collector. were filed
with the city commission today and
each shows good business. The plumb
ing inspector turned in $91, the cleo
trical inspector turned in S19S.25. but
the license collector took the prize.
For the last month in the year he
turned in a total of $1,45O.9O.
The total amount allowed by the
city commissioners today for the city
payroll and all claims arising during
the month of December is S55,79633
The usual Thursday meeting was set
forward one day in order to allow the
payroll and claims. The sixth of the
month is city payday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob johnson, Miss
Grace McSDarran, and Miss Nora L.
Killian arrived today noon to start
the revival meetings to be held on the
East side. William Young, w w