The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-05
SNAP SHOTS
Glory Light.
AT HOME NEWS


An a carryin people up as dey went by
Pretty soon / saw de glory light fad1n,
Den darkness covered all dat can see,
An 1 knows dat dey had close de door Cd
An dey didn't hab no room for such as
So l got down on nah knees in all de
An pray de Lord to please forgive nah
An He open up window light OBJ Heaben,
So l knows dat He's goin' to let man
H. -Nels Yingle-
Rev. A. J. kaufman, Jesuit priest
from ST. Marys college, will deliver
sermon at the Holy Name church to-
night.
A resolution has been placed on its
first reading providing for paving Sew
enteenth street from Madison to
Adams street.
The regular meeting of the Parent
Teachers association of Lowman Hill
school will be held at o'clock Fri
day afternoon.
The city commissioners have turned
down petitions for paving Laurel from
Woodlawn to Greenwood and Lane
from Euclid to Nineteenth.
The engine room of the Mid-COn-
tinent mills in North Topeka, is being
remodeled, and an addition is being
made to the building. The new struc-
ture is of brick.
The state board of examination and
registration of nurses will hold their
next meeting and examination in
Kansas City, Kan, December 27, %,
1916, in the Grund hotel.
Viola Lyon filed suit in the district
court today asking for a divorce from
Charles B. Lyons, alleging gross neg
lect She states in her petition that
they were married october rs, 1892.
IN
the city commissioners asking that
paving be placed on Park avenue from
Underwood to Stevens and on Park
avenue from Greenwood to Wood
lawn.
The final membership campaign of
the Chamber of Commerce was IN
progress this afternoon. With their
hands full of bacon" the workers
will come in about o'clock for big
wind up dinner.
Mayor Jay Z. House will address
the Kansas society of Chicago at Chi
cago on Kansas Day, January 20 An
Invitation asking Mayor House to
speak was written by Judge Charles
F. Fishback, president of the club.
NJ. ]. Drury. superintendent of the
Santa Fe shops in Topeka, is rejoicing
in the continuation of the pleasant
fall weather, which vastly increases
the capacity of the chops. Just at
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done, and plenty of men to do 1t.
A Maxwell touring car belonging to
Homer Reed was stolen from the
street in front of the Commercial res
taurant about o'clock this morning
and, no trace of it has been found by
| police officers since. The license
number was 4402.
angler IT, the Kansas state fish
and game car, which carries fish for
the restocking of rivers, creeks and
ponds turnout the state, left the Santa
Fe shops this morning after having
been in Topeka three days for repairs.
The car was returned to the hatchery
| at Adrian. w. C. Tegemeier, state
fish and game warden, and Mrs. Tege-
meier were with the car.
Leander o. H. Slusher, local agent
for an insurance company, fell early
i this morning and struck his head
against the sidewalk in front of the
Cremerie restaurant. He was given
first aid treatment by DR.. L. A Powell
of Leavenworth, who was in the res
taurant at the time. At st. Francis
hospital, where Slusher was taken, it
was reported later that his injuries
are not serious.
The case of Cynthia Watson. trained
nurse, against Harry Wolff, son of the
late Topeka packer, Charles Wolff.
alleging that he beat her and injured
her physically, is dragging along in
the second division of the district
court today. Miss Watson lleges that
she was employed nurse at the
Wolff home for the mother of the de-
PENDANT, and that Wolff mistreated
| her when she complained because he
placed a relative IN her bedroom. She
is asking for $500 damages.
When one of the coaches on Union
Pacific train No. 106 overturned on a
! bit of soft track between the Argen-
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Kansas City Sunday morning, Mrs. F.
l.. Pinet, wife of the secretary of the
Kansas State Teachers association,
crawled thru the window to safety,
along with other passengers 1t is
said that no one was injured in the
accident, which was the result of work
| being done on the track by section
gang
The State Journals mechanical bull
| letin board, which is supposed to dis
| play in the front window, for the
edification of the passerby, bits of I'M
usually interesting news, went on
! strike Monday afternoon for a time,
and a trouble shooter was called in to
remedy it. The trouble shooter got
the machine to working, turning out
letters and symbols on the window
sheet, at utter random, and a crowd
I quickly collected to watch the fun.
One ancient, moss backed individual
eyed the meaningless combinations of
letters that appeared for a time, and
then turned away. Il can swallow
that just as easily as the rest of the
bunk that newspapers are putting out
these days" he commented as he
walked away.
A man flew here from Topeka.-K. c.
Star.
Can anyone blame him Hutchinson Ga
zette.
Airp1ane being the fastest known mode
of travel one biames him.=K c. Star
Yes, but he came backi
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