The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-11
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

On account of the inability of
Charles F. Scott of lola to speak to-
night before the Current Topic club,
the meeting has been postponed until
next Monday night.
Ira D. Mullinax will returned home
to Delphos tomorrow with Mrs. Null
linax, who has been at Christ's hospital
the last three week following a serious
operation.
The Frances E. Willard w. c. T. U.
will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
clock with Mrs. Ida E. Ward. 1888
West street. Mrs. V. c. Paliaserro
will be the leader for the afternoon.
w. B. Storey. jr.. of Chicago. vice
president of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, will arrive in Topeka at
about 8 O'Clock this afternoon, on
| special train, to address the Chamber
/ of Commerce tonight.
The Alliance Cooperative Insur
ance company of Topeka has absorbed
the Western Mutual Fire Insurance
company of Ness City, according to an
| announcement made by w. B. Gasch,
president of the Topeka company. This
| local company.
Dawdy, probation officer. are working
together to break up the fcar hop
ping practice in Shorey. Boys board
the street cars on the Shorey line and
| ride until chased off by the conduc-
tor or motorman, then throw rocks at
the car until it is out of throwing dis
tance.
Passenger traffic from and thru
Kansas to southern winter resorts.
continues to grow. The Santa Fe is
now running No 8, their de luxe linn
tied in three sections Only one sec
ton passes thru Topeka, the others
| taking the Ottawa cutoff. No. 8 is
made up altogether o. first class Pull
mans.
Five hundred automobile men from
all parts of Kansas will meet at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning at the
Chamber of Commerce. The object
tof the meeting will be to form an asso-
citation of autorh obile dealers. W. H
lines, secretary of the local associa-
ton, has been instrumental in stinu-
lating interest in the organization OF
a state association.
During the five years the United
States postal savings bank has been
in operation in Topeka 1,071 persons
have become its patrons and they have
deposited an average of S144.05. A
few of the patrons have put in the
full limit-$1 900. The total deposits
to date are $154,2S1. The total is
kept down by the constant diversion
of deposits to government bonds
Seventy-five bonds in denominations
of from $40 to $500 have been issued
A local dental society has been re-
organized and will be known in the
+; future as the Topeka Dental society.
II Officers of the new organization are:
DIR. Willis Coston, president; DIR. C. n.
Mertz. vice president; DR.. c. E. Herr,
secretary treasurer. The membership
of the society numbers thirty-two and
4 the next meeting will be held Tuesday
evening, January g.
! So fast has been the trade expan-
sion of the Ismert-Hincke Milling
company that in marketing III
-four produced in their Topeka mills
they are compelled temporarily to use
sacks intended only for Kansas City
customers bearing the address Kan
sas City instead of Topeka, Kan. u
Some people at first glance conclude
that we are an outside concern ship
ing flour into Topeka from Kansas
City" said Martin E Ismert, sales
manager t'but every sack of III flour
on sale in Topeka stores is made right
here in Topeka. with Topeka help and
from good old Kansas, hard. winter
TuTkey-red wheat. III flour is sell
ing so fast we are behind in supplying
sacks, but in due time our labels here
will all read Topeka. Kan. We are
a Topeka concern. selling Topeka
products to Topeka people and we
most certainly are here to stay