The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

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the brotherhood of the Walnut Grove
NJ. E. church this evening.
The ministers of the city met this
morning at 10 o'clock in the First
Presbyterian church. A special pro-
gram was rendered
The Topeka chapter of the Kansas
Federation of Art will hold meeting
at o'clock this evening in the Francis
& Hodge studio, TIA Kansas avenue.
Students at Washburn college are
enjoying life this week while many OF
their professors and teachers are
working on the endowment campaign.
THE Problem of the Movies" is
at the regular weekly dinner of the
Current Topic club tonight at the Y
M. c. A.
j. w. Kaiser, state manager of the
Woodmen of the World, says he left
Wichita after they had dumped over
| the beer" He is expecting his daugh-
| ter, Marie Kaiser, concert singer, to
sing in Topeka soon.
The revival meetings being held at
| the West Side Christian church nave
brought in fifteen additions to the
church. The evangelist is D. F. Cross
of Langdon. Kan, who will continue
| the meetings several days.
| Cen Eben Swift, commander of
| Leavenworth post, C. A. r., and who
| made an address before the Loyal Le-
| gion in Topeka Saturday, was a class
mate with J. S. Ensminger, the To-
peka attorney. at Dickinson college,
| Carlisle, Pa. He visited Mr.. Ensmin-
ger while in Topeka.
A sermon preached on fifteen min
utes notice-that is the record made
by Thomas W. Prout-secretary of the
+. R. Y. M. c. A. Mr.. Prout deliv-
cred discourse Sunday evening, at
the First Christian church. on "A
Mems Christian Association"
At the last meeting of the AXE Pot
Ster Boo, it was decided to set aside
| Monday, October %, as Wakarusa and
Paline night. A big class of candidates
| is expected to be initiated that night.
| The program and initiatory ceremony
| will be held at o'clock in Hamilton
hall, corner Sixth and Quincy streets.
Efforts of the chamber of commerce
at Oakland, Cal, to induce the twenty
seven other Oaklands in the United
! States to change their names seem to
be meeting with no success Oakland,
! Kan, a suburb of Topeka, has abSO-
lutely refused to give up it's name and
it's officials refuse to attend a meeting
at Oakland, Cal, for the purpose of
discussing a change in names.
DR.. Robert Gordon, pastor Of the
First Baptist church, left for Nebras-
| ka this afternoon to assist in the cam
hlbition. He will first speak at Ere
mont, Wednesday evening. Thursday
he will speak at the Baptist state con-
vcntion. Other speaking dates will
be arranged for the latter part of the
week. He will probably return the
first part of next week.
The Ladies' Aid and Epworth
League of the First German M Z.
| church have prepared programs for
the social evenings to be held at the
parsonage, 514 West Fifth street. The
Rev. A. J. Ross will act POSTMASTER
and the official members of the
church will speak. The principal ad-
dress will be male by Ferdinand c,
Kaths, president of the Kansas Re
serve State bank of Topeka.
Altho Mayor House and Commits
sioner Tandy, chairman of the board
of commissioners, have both been
away nearly two weeks and the COM
missioners cannot transact any bust
ness there has been no pressing need
for a meeting. A petition for paving
on Van Buren, street from Twentieth
street to Euclid avenue is being held
up as is the monthly report OF the
electrical inspector and plumbing in
Spector.
Local officers searched the towT
Sunday for John Thompson, Topeka
negro, who has been working in Kan
sas City Thompson has been working
in a saloon in Kansas City and his
| boss complained that after sending
Thompson to a bank with checks fol
S1,348, which Thompson cashed, he
failed to return. Kansas City officer:
were certain he had come to Topeka
but late Sunday Thompson was ar
rsted in Kansas City
Bible students from Missouri, Okla
homa and Kansas will hold two days
convention in Topeka, Oct 81 and No
1. DIR. N. NJ. Grist of Topeka, a mem
Der of a local class of the Internationa
Bible School association, called upon j
Will Kelley, secretary of the Topeka
| Commercial club, this noon and made
arrangements for holding meetings il
the club rooms during the convention
DR.. Grist stated that from $50 to 20t
| delegates are expected to attend the
convention.
A volume of unusual enlightenment
and educational value on the func-
lions and operation of a railroad has
been published by the La Sale Exten-
sion University and forms a part OF
the institutions course in interstate
commerce. The volume is the work
of the late James Peabody who was
statistician for the Santa Fe railroad
1t is entitled Railway Organization
and Management" Mr.. Peabody wa:
acknowledged as a high authority or
railroad matters.
Registration for the November
election is exceptionally light, accord
ing to a statement made at the office
of Eta Covell. city clerk, this morn
/ ing. Since the books were opened
and extra clerks employed, October 8
the total number of new registration:
on Saturday night was SIG. Generally
the registrations at this time are heav
Ter. During the warm primary figh
in August 1.204 people went to the
city clerks office and registered tn,
las, day the books were open
The damage suit brought by F. 7
1 Campfield against the city of Topek;
i for $685. for injuries he alleges h