The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-28
in NORTH Topeka
Gas Company Inspects Service
Pipes ON Kansas Avenue.
Bethany Choir to Sing at
Church of Good Shepherd.

business houses. The pipes are I'M
covered, inspected and if found leak
ing replaced with new ones. So far
only a few have been found defective.
1t has been more than twenty years
since the pipes were laid, and no in
spections have been made during that
time. When the pipes are inspected
and covered, the pavement is laid in
good condition, and such spots are
! found about very fifty feet on Kansas
avenue.
Special Church Service.
A service of unusual character will
! be held next Sunday evening at the
North Topeka Baptist church. Ar
engagements have been made by the
pastor for the seven deacons of the
church to take an active part in the
service during the evening. The pres
! ent board, elected last January, have
held services in homes of the sick,
who are unable to attend, on several
| occasions. Following is the program
for the evening service:
| Hymn; prayer, ]. L. Spaulding; An
them; Scripture reading, w. E. Scot
| ton; address, Cottage Prayer Meet
ings as a Means of Soul Winning" F.
| B. Denney; address, THE Button-hole
Method in Religious Work" R. C.
| Caldwell; solo, A. L. Rowe; address.
who Is Sufficient for These Things ?"
| w. A. Forbes; closing remarks, the
Rev. w. Garnet Handley; hymn; pray
er, w. A. Baird.
Home Grown Vegetables.
This week marked the entrance of a
large supply of home grown vegetables
| on the market. Asparagus has been
hard to get on account of the dark,
rainy weather, which is unafavorabie
| to it's growth. Plenty of lettuce, rad
ishes, and onions can be procured at
most any of the stores, but it has been
! hard for merchants to get a supply of
asparagus. which is very much in de-
mand at this time of the year.
Baptist Choir Complimented.
More than fifty members of the
choir of the North Topeka Baptist
church, who are committing to mem
/ DRY their respective parts in the spring
cantata, Queen Esther" met Thurs
day evening at the home of the di-
rector, w. NJ. Van Ness. 1909 Kansas
avenue. On Easter morning the choir
was requested by the Masons to fur
nish the music for the services held at
| the temple. A letter was received and
read to the choir, which was sent to
them by the Masons complimenting
them on the excellent music furnished.
Lynchers Visited Industrial School.
Several members of the mob in
search of Fred Bissell, accused of the
murder of little Edna Dinsmore, ar
rived at a late hour Wednesday eve
ming at the Boys Industrial school
north of the city. They asked
| Night Waterman S. C. Seaman if Bis
sell had been brought to the school
| for safekeeping, as was rumored, by
the mob at the county and city jails
after they had been through both jails
I and were unsuccessful in their find.
When told by Seaman that he was
not in the school, the information
satisfied them, and no requests were
made to search the place.
SOPefa1 Musical Service
Following is the musical service
that will be rendered next Sunday
morning at the Church of the Good
Shepherd. The sermon will be deliv-
/ cred by the Rev. G. NJ. Geisel, canon
/ of Grace cathedral, while the music
will be in charge of the students choir
of the College of the Sisters of Beth
any:
Professional, Come Ye Faithful,
Raise the Strain Sullivan
Gloria Tibi Domino StaineI
Offertory solo, "One Sweetly Solemn
Thought Ambrose
Miss Sarah Quisenberry of the
music faculty.
Sursum Corda and Sanctus. .stainel
Agnus Del ......-...-.--- Stainel
Gloria in Excelsis Dec. -. Old Chant
Nunc Dimittis (chanD .Spohr- StaineI
Recessional, Jesus Christ Is Risen
| Today" .......... 49,. Worgar
Miss Gertrude Mutton, head of the
department of music. organist.
Notes and Personals.
Mrs w L Cole, Miss Marjory Cole
Mrs. ]. E. Warnock and Mrs. w. M
Van Ness, spent Thursday at the home
of Mrs. Van Ness parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Berry, of Alyndale Farm
northwest of the city.
A party of young men from the
Washburn College Y. M C. A. will
have charge of the services for the
boys of the Industrial school next
Sunday afternoon. Music will be fur
nished by the Glee club quartet
Miss Mabel Rugger is confined to
her home, 1135 Quincy street by scar
let fever.
Nine of the members of the grad
uating class at ShoTey school, gave a
playlet Thursday evening at the school
! Girls Admitted" was the name of the
play. David Wallace, principal of Ly-
man school gave a short talk follow
ing the entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Barnes of Kan
sas City, announce the birth of a
daughter April 81. Mrs. Barnes before
her marriage was Miss Carrie Haynes,
daughter of j. NJ. Haynes of Oil Harri-
son street.
o. d. Hotchkiss, F. c. Hummer and
Earl Wendell, of Elmont. were in the
city on business Thursday.
Mrs. George Bigham, of Garfield
place, left her home Thursday for
California and Arizona, on trip for
her health. Mrs Bigham has suffered
from asthma for several years.
]. NJ Haynes, has returned from
Middleport, Ohio. where he was called
on account of the illness of his sister
Mrs. A. H. McBriar.
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