The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

early today.
The Rev. Mr.. Goldsmith of the Cen
Revival services are being held
nightly at the Nazarene church. 100
Buchanan street.
trail Congregational church will
preach at the Second United Presby-
terrain church, corner Huntoon and
Fillmore streets. Sunday morning.
The banks of the city will be closed
Thursday, November 80, H. D. Wolf,
manager of the Topeka Clearing
House association, announces today.
Dancing tonight, Halls (3-piece)
orchestra. at Kellam hall.-Adv.
The Bible school of the Central
Park Christian church will have
charge of the special program at the
evening service. j. Ira Jones Will con-
duct the morning services.
Dwight Thatcher Harris. for years
a Topeka reporter. is now editing the
Yellow Dog. His first issue is filled
with much interesting comment On
current events.
A marriage license was issued from
the office of the probate judge late
Friday Afternoon to Walter T. Clark.
Overlook, age 20, and Aleta May
Tyner, Overlook, age %.
Henry McAfee, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee for the annual
meeting of Old Settlers, announced to-
day that the meeting would be held
December at the First Presbyterian
church.
Joe Burge, the son of Mr. and Mrs
G. B. Burge, who has been very i'll for
several weeks of typhoid fever, has
suffered relapse and is in critical
condition at his home, 1918 Western
avenue.
Members of the First United Breth-
rem church will vote for delegates to
OF :,
morning and evening services Sunday.
The general conference will be held in
Wichita next May.
A large attendance is expected at
the Lincoln Steffens meeting at Labor
nall, 418 Kansas avenue, at O'Clock
this evening. Mr.. Steffens spoke in
Kansas City Friday night. While in
Topeka he will be the guest of George
Hughes. 1927 Buchanan street.
Morally the city feels that it should
pay the attorney fees of the Topeka
Industrial Council charged as a result
of the councils attempt to obtain an
injunction against the 50-cent gas
rate. But legally it will be impossible
to do so, according to an announce
ment made today by George Hayden,
city attorney.
The Lowman auxiliary of the Wom-
ans Home Missionary society of the
NJ. E. church will hold its annual
thank offering service tomorrow
morning at Lowman church, Eleventh
Smith, a graduate deaconess from the
National Training schooI, will give the
address.
DIR. w. B. Hinson, pastor of the
White Temple, Portland, will preach
at II a. m. and again at 1880 p. m at
the First Baptist church Sunday. The
special services continue until Friday
night There has haPn a innr.aa Si 10
attendance at these meetings and
crowds are expected tomorrow morn
ing and evening.
E. Y. Blum, a national lecturer of
the Theosophical Society, will lecture
in Topeka tonight and Sunday even
ing. Both lectures will be given in
the assembly room of the National
hotel and are free to the public. Tha
subject of his lecture tonight will be
The Immutable Law" Sunday night
he will lecture on Social Regenera-
tiOn.'
A visit to the Bible class dinner at
the First Methodist church revealed
that many of the most ardent workers
in the Chamber of Commerce IRE
working just as hard for their church
This appears to be true in the mem
berships of nearly all Topeka
churches. But DIR. C. NJ. Sheldon is
the only Topeka minister active III
The jury in the second division of
the district court, after listening to
evidence for three days, declined to al
low Richard Schwalm damages for
the loss of seven toes alleged to have
been due to an accident in the Union
Pacific shops at Cheyenne, Wyo-
Schwalm brought suit against the I'm
ion Pacific for $4,000 damages. The
jury was out only a few minutes
A special program of anthems will
be given by the quartet and chorus Of
the First Lutheran church at the ser-
vice tomorrow evening. The follow
ing five anthems will be sung: 90
Lord" THE Promise The Fulfill
ment'' and Let All the People Praise
Thee" The quartet of the First
Lutheran church is composed of Miss
Ethel Ccover, soprano; Miss Marian
McAfee. contralto; Leland McAfee,
tenor. and Mr.. Rankin, bass.
]. C. Mohler and Henry McAfee
probably have had the two worst
beats" in the membership campaign
Mohler had the state house and city
hall and McAfee the outskirts
Neither could get any multiple melG-
bers but both made a good showing
despite the drawbacks in their dis
tricts. Commissioner w. L. Porter is
on Mothers team and he is going afr
er the last two in the city hall neces-
sary to make the cleanest sweep in
that building in years.
Past, present and future were rep
in the probate court when the
application for the appointment of an
for the estate of J. H.
was heard. Hugh Mcfarland
present probate judge, sat in the case.
w. F. Schoch, MacFarland's predeces-
sor. represented some OF the parties
to the case, and Ralph McGaw. pro-
bate judge-elect, represented the re-
parties. The coinciden was
noted during the hearing and pictures
of Past, present and future" were
taken.
At the noon meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce, Friday the Armen-
ian relief fund was endorsed, a collec-
ton taken and an agreement made to
sell a share of the block of 1900
tickets for the Hungarian orchestra
concert next Wednesday evening,