The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
in NORTH Topeka
Memories of Is Years Ago
Brought to Mind.
New Park Is Being Laid Out
Near the Junction.

Flags are hung over the homes and
business buildings in North Topeka in
honor of the soldiers who fought for
their country. The day also is the
anniversary of the day thirteen years
ago that the flood waters of the river
and Soldier creek. stood over the
North side H H. Bafr, said this
Der of flags, on the z9th to be used
by school children in q celebration.
honoring the dead marines, which was
to have been held on the Melan bridge
But the morning of Memorial day the
bridge was covered with wagons car
rying all the possessions of the resi-
dents of the North side to safety
Flags are not hung out in honor of
this occasion, but several of the old
soldiers who lived in North Topeka
at the time of the flood, said this
morning that its memory Will hnger
longer. in their minds than the days
of hardship in the war through which
they served
Picnic at Silver Lake.
The annual picnic of the parish of
the Church of the Good Shepherd will
be held on Memorial day at Silver
Lake. instead of Wakarusa- as orig
inalIy intended The train leaves the
Union Pacific depot at 1e:4s a. m
Last evening the local lodge of Eagles
service The address was delivered
by the pastor, John C. Petrie-
New Park at the Junction
A better impression of North Tope-
ka will be made to the traveller
through the city, on arriving at the
Junction depot in North Topeka,
through the efforts of the Santa Fe
and Gene Hayes of the Hayes Pro-
duce company A small park is being
h4rfT r-<
of the main line of the Union Pacific.
A bad hole which was formerly there
has been filled in and graded and
Hayes has volunteered to furnish
bulbs and roots of blooming plants. to
improve the place 1t is suggested
that it be named Hayes park
Notes and Personals
Memorial day services will be held
next Sunday at the Prairie Home
church
A company of boys from the Indus
trial school escorted the members of
the G. A R. who gave addresses at
the West Indianola school to their
places of speaking Services will be
held at the school on Tuesday after
noon by the boys.
A business meeting will be held this
evening by the members Of the Chris
tian Endeayor society of the Central
Avenue Christian church
A L LAWS OIL CulCdSO Is III the city
visiting relatives and friends.
A Anderson has returned to his
home at Baldwin after spending the
! weekend with friends.
An old resident remarked this morn
ing that the lawns of some of the
| homes in North Topeka which were at
one time the beauty spots of the city
are bare of grass 1t cannot be grown
/ because of the shade
John Hows of Leavenworth is
| spending the week with his son. Joel
Hovs. of 1919 Topeka avenue
Claude Redmond. who is working in
Concordia, is visiting relatives
P. NJ HoIcomb and Mark Blackler
of EImont were in North Topeka on
business Saturday
William Bridge has returned to
his home after motoring to Kansas
/ City.
An effort to break a record for long
distance overland travelling, which he
set last year, is being made by J. c.
Gresser of the Citizens State bank A
card received this morning stated that
he and his wife had made 252 miles
( in nine hours. on a hot days run in
southern Kansas. They will return to
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