The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The Red Line basketball team of
Glasco. Kansas. viii, play the Central
Y. NJ. C. a. team March 9.
Hampton Steel will tell of his ex-
pcriences with the Ford pacifists at
the Current Topic club Monday night.
DIR. d. j. Howe, general evangelist
for the Christian church will speak
at the F'irst Christian church tonight
ut 1880.
The fifth division of the Ladies' Aid
of the First NJ. +. church will give a
social at the church Friday, March
the Bird at p. m.
next Tuesday night at the First NJ.
T.. church for members of the Baraca
and Philathea bible class.
The February number of the r. X.
Y. NJ. G. A. entertainment course oc-
ours tonight with Howard Blevins and
his company of amateur performers as
entertainers.
The ProVident association is put
ting out q plea for furniture and chill
drens shoes They have a supply of
mems shoes on hand but find that to
equip a child OF seven with No. II
brogans is an impossibility.
a. j. Stout. principal of the high
school. Philip Hasty. director of man
ua, training, and II. B. Wilson. super
intendent of city schools returned this
AFTERNOON from Detroit, Wnere tney
have been attending the conference of
the N. f A.
There will be n mems meeting at
r. r. Y NJ. G. A. Sun lay afternoon.
John Floyd Evans, who made the re-
markedly successful appeal at the
t. bernacie meeting last Sunday night
will be the speaker There will be
special music by George Adamson.
w d. Brewster, who organized
branch of the national security league
in Topeka last fall is in Topeka >oday
engaged in working up sentiment for
military preparedness. The mayor of
st. Louis has issued a call for a meet
ing of delegates from western states.
Governor Capper refused to appoint
delegates from Topeka.
A new series of revival meetings
will begin Sunday at the First United
Brethren church at Twelfth and
Quincy streets. They Will he con-
Quoted by Rev. Byron J. Clark and
wife of Des Moines, Iowa. The Rev
Mr.. Clark comes here from Salina,
where he has just terminated an evan
gelistic campaign.
The Washburn academy will hold
it's annual defamation contest at the
college this evening. 1t is a co-educa-
tional affair as there are as many
girls represented ir the contest as
boys. Those entered in the contest
are: Vera Hannah, Josephine Bussey,
Lois Plat, Car oline Newson, William
Hamilton, Asa Crawford and Lewis
Norris
The store rooms occupied by the
| Gibbs Clothing company at 1895
| Kansas avenue, are being remodeied.
connecting archways between rooms
and the addition of another room to
be used for women's and boys APP
parel A months time will be re-
quireG TO complete the work and
nearly fifty per cent more floor space
| will be added to the store.
| The Retail Grocers association in
Topeka have endorsed the Stevens bill
recently introduced in congress. The
| bill is an effort to let the maker reg
ulate the price of his goods. Score
tary f. Montgomery of the associa
| ton has been instructed to write let
tiers 20 both United States senators
and Congressman Anthony asking
| them to support the bill
The Bob" johnson party will leave
this morning for Chicago. The john
son party were to have gone to Coun
| Gil Grove for series of revival meet
ings, but the illness of Mrs. johnson
caused by overwork in the meetings
held here caused them to give up the
undertaking. Those in the party are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson, Charles NJ.
! Mainwaring and Miss Nora Killiam.
The case of Sam and Edith Caldwell
against c. d. Skinner and ]. H. Cay
hart the transfer firm, was heard to-
trict court before Judge Whitcomb.
The CaIdwells are suing for $500, the
alleged value of household goods own
ed by them which they claim were
burned in the destruction of the de-
PENDANTS warehouse by fire on October
Is. 1912.
f. G. Chouteau, state manager for
the Court of Honor. is in Topeka to-
day. and will be entertained by the
local lodge tonight. Initiation of a
al ola n he ftrn nv
will be put on for the benefit of the
official. Refreshments will be served
after the meeting. Mr.. Chouteau will
address the members of the lodge and
will deliver an announcement from the
supreme court.
Governor Capper spoke this morn
ing on Preparedness" at the Berry
ton Farmers Institute and H w Nc
Afee spoke on good roads. The pro-
gram as follows: Profits OF Soil" c.
c. Whitmer; discussion, led by w. T.
Hotchkiss; 'Dairying," E. w. Rankin,
of Topeka. Evening: Here and Now"
Mrs. H. It. Cottlc; reading, Clarabellc
Banta. of Topeka; The Future of the
Schools in This Community" Milla rd
Troxell, and The Retired Farmer"
w. H. Coultis.
The Rt. Rev. j. A. Johnson of the
; A. NJ. E. church, resident bishop of
South Africa, will arrive in Topeka
this week. He will speak Sunday
/ evening at the st. johns "A. Nj. e.
church on missionary work in Africa.
Monday night he will give a special
lecture at the church. Bishop John
son is one of the best known of his
race engaged in religious work and his
success as a missionary bishop in
: Africa has been marked
The board of directors of the To-
peiIa Country club will meet Satur-
day evening in the office of f.. A
, Thrill in the New England building.
! The meeting is to elect officers for
the coming year and to discuss bust
! ness affairs that are confronting the
), club. Chester Woodward, president of
the club, is now in Florida and prob
/ ably will not be here for the meeting
Mr.. Woodward's successor will prob
: ably he either Armin Fassler OF J. NJ
: Council. Mr.. Thrill is scheduled to
be reelected secretary.
q Charles Mitchell of Crane x Co. is