The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Topeka lodge No. ?, Fraternal Aid
Union, served ice cream and cake to
about eighty members after lodge
meeting Tuesday evening in Security
hall.
H. A. Grindley, chief clerk to the
superintendent OF the Missouri olvl-
sion of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railway was in Topeka today visit
ing friends in the local general offices
Work will begin Immediately on the
new Evangelical church, 700 Monroe
street. The building Will be a two
story brick structure and will cost
$4,000. G. Barthel, 125 South Com
mercial street, is the contractor.
| Fire in a closet in the house on sos
North Van Buren, street caused the
alarm to be turned in this morning at
5:55 o'clock. The damage was aooGt
Witt Nellis and is occupied by FRANK
Scudder. Cause of the fire is I'M
kncwn.
An item of $4,000 to build a munich
pal comfort station on Kansas avenue
will be included in the 1917 budget OF
W. L. Porter, park Commissioners
when he submits it to w. H. WATSON,
finance commissioner The station.
Mr.. Porter said would be patterned
after those in Kansas City. location
for the proposed station has not oeen
selected.
Seventy boy scouts of the First
PRESBYTERIAN, the Westminster Pres
bvterian and Rcdden churches will
set out for weeks camp at Pawpaw
Bend Monday morning. PawpaW
Bend is the scouts name for their
camping place south of Topeka neal
the Sampson farm The scouts are
to be under the direction of the Rev
]. H. Fazel
C: E. Mcclellan, superintendent 81
the eastern division of the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe railway, with
headquarters at Newton, left this aft
ernoon for Northern Michigan to
| spend his vacation. Mr.. Mcclellan
makes his home in Topeka and is
well known here. r. J. Roy, secretary
to Mr. Mcclellan is spending severa
weeks on a fishing trip in southwest
ern Missouri.
While playing in the Santa Ft
shops, where he was waiting for his
father, late Tuesday afternoon, Car
Fosberg, aged 8. jumped on a lon:
rusty nail. In attempting to pull tn
nail out of the childs foot, watch
man broke it off. A piece of the nail
two and a half inches long, was no
removed for more than two hours
| Physicians took every precaution t
prevent tetanus.
Two branch associations will b.
started by the State Y. NJ. C. A. amoni
the Kansas National Guard within
two weeks At a meeting held at tn
Central Y. NJ. c. A. it was voted t
| hold conference of prominent asso
citation men of the state to start a cam
, paign for funds to finance Y. NJ. c. A
work among the K. \. G. for severa
months and to defray the expenses o
two big "huts" or temporary clu
! houses.
Washington playground won tn
Fairgrounds horseshoe pitching tour
l Ina mt xxyif Of I i1ts
Ripley park took second honors wit
a score of eight points. The othe
. Fairgrounds in order were: Polk,
!, points; Westlawn, 8; City park,
and Quincy, 1. Following the chill
dren's tourney the directors of the diff
each other. McCord, director of West
lawn park, had the high score wit
Hamilton of Washington playgroun
second and Frank Wilson of Pol
third
The condition of between 500 an
\ 700 lots in this city was condemne
! today by the city sanitary departmer
a because the owners or caretakers hav
failed to cut the weeds. Five day
. ago the sanitary department notifie
weeds. The order was unheedet
: About seventy-five of the lots are ao
y vertised this evening as condemne,
\ The sanitary department will cut tn
- | weeds on the condemned lots. owl
!. ers will be charged 81 each. TIL
{ amount will be added to the next ia
IL statement.
The annual convention of the Tt
= peka district of Epworth league
u held at the First M. E. church, close
L this afternoon. Following are til
o names Of the officers elected: Di.
o trict Superintendent, H. o. Wolfe, Tt
s peka; president, w. L. Ward, Ros
= Vile; first vice president, Miss Eth
Owen, Topeka; second vice presiden
n j. H. Lesson, Lyndon; third vice pre-
n ident, Miss Geneva Cleland, Hoy
i fourth vice president. Miss Mary Coo
g Usage City; secretary Miss Rel
Barnes, North Topeka: treasurer, D
w. E. Jeffrey; Junior League supe
II intendent, Miss Marlin, Overlook.
It J. y. Dolley was reelected pres
e dent of the Home Mutual Life Insu
" ance company at the annual meetir
o held Tuesday afternoon. All other o
II ficers were reelected. They are: II
IT S. Lewis secretary; w. A. Smith, viz
n president; Edwin Locke, second VIZ
president; ]. c. Gafford, treasure
H. Fred S. Jackson, counselor; DR.. L.
r Ryder, medical director: ]. P. Slaugl
" ter, F. P. Metzger, w. F. Fisher, ].
ID Ferris, Charles G. Bear, J. w.
er C1ardy. Gov. Arthur Capper. ]. w
l. Kelley, F. ]. Partridge, all of Topeka
p Scott R. Moore, Holton, S. J. Prat
Manhattan; Charles w. Gibbs Kans
II City; H. C. Sticher, Usage City; ]. FRI
~ True. Perry: G. M. Stratton, Clay Cel
Il ter directors