The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-29

With the songs we used to sing.
Now since I am bald and gray
Like it best the other way.
| don't like to slip and slide
Don't want any bob sled ride,
Rather sit and toast at home
TIL the spring like morning comes,
Then instead of walking far
I'll go riding in my car.
The Grace cathedral choir will re-
hearse at 7 o'clock this evening.
Helena chapter, No. 21O, Order of
the Eastern Star, will meet Thursday
evening.
J. b. Watts of Concordia is spending
the first of the week on business in
Topeka.
Mr.. Jess Borton and his father of
Marion are spending several days in
the city.
Mrs. o. E. Wright, 1901 Harrison,
leaves today for Kansas City and Par
sons to visit friends.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Euclid Avenue Methodist church
will be hell in the church tonight.
The Pocahontas club will have a
business meeting at 2:30 o'clock at the
Elks club this afternoon.
meeting of Topeka chapter No. 5,
Royal Arch Masons, will be held to-
morrow at the Masonic temple.
A meeting of Beulah chapter. No.
"a, Order of the Eastern Star, will be
held March 6 at the Masonic hail.
Offices vacated by A. J. Bolinger in
the Craford building will be occupied
in a short time by T. d. Humphreys,
a local attorney.
Sunnyside Grange will give a box
social Wednesday night at Sunnyside
schoolhouse. A literary and musical
program will be rendered.
The women's Missionary society of
the Euclid Avenue NJ. E. church will
meet with Mrs. George E. Dougherty
at 1926 Western avenue Friday night.
A parcels post social is to be held
tonight at Grace cathedral, beginning
at S o'clock There will be a parcel
post package for everybody.
The woman's NJ. S. of the Third
Presbyterian church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Howard Guild, 514 Harrison.
]. T. Botkin, secretary of state, re-
turned today from lola. where he
spent a couple of days on matters of
business and delivered a non-partisan
speech.
Claiming breach of contract on the
part Of the defendant, the Lee-Warren
Milling company today filed suit
against the Topeka Oil company for
$644.SS.
Governor Capper left Monday night
for Garnett, where he will deliver q.
speech this afternoon before a farm
ers' meeting. He will speak against
preparedness.
F. f. Goodrich, manager of the
Shawnee Milling company, will go to
Chicago tonight on business for the
company. He will be away from the
city for several days.
The members of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the First Christian church will
Wednesday. Lunch is to be served at
noon.
Members of the Shawnee County Bar
associations grievance committee
which is inserting the A. ]. Bolinger
probe failed to meet Monday night as
scheduled.
The members of the c. w. B. M. of
the First Christian church will meet for
a social Friday afternoon at the home
of the pastor, the Rev. o. L. Cook, at
1905 West Sixth avenue.
The Rev o. L. Cook, pastor of the
First Christian church, with his wife,
will entertain their Sunday school
classes together at their home, 1905
West Sixth street, Wednesday night.
Business in the office of Ralph w.
Squires, register of deeds began TO
pick up this week. Monday So instru-
ments were filed or recorded. Up UNI
til this afternoon 3 were filed today.
The Women's Missionary society of
the First English Lutheran church
will be entertained Wednesday aftor-
noon in the March meeting at the
home of Mrs. James Keller, S14 Han
cock street, at 2:30 o'clock
Only one birth was recorded with
the city clerk today and the child will
not become a resident of Topeka 1t
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. John E.
Robert of Plains Kan, at Christ's hos
pital February 26. It's boy.
The Rev. Arthur Henderson, pastor
of the First Congregational church,
will go to Mcpherson to preach at the
mid-week services Friday night
Members of the Women's Missionary
society will have charge of the mid
week prayer meeting.
Manhattan is to have a real big
town aclf club. A flourishing assccia-
tion = 12a members has been formed
The o"I's Sc is laid out. Robert Fol
lerton of Topeka has been selected to
lay q 1t the course
The Langstaff class of the Central
Congregational church will have a So
cial meeting at the home of Mrs. ].
P. Wahle. 1909 Clay street. The as
sisting hostesses will be Mrs. w. H.
DO"lDS, MI .. L. L w AithCS' bAAo- W.
P. Hedrick, Mrs. John Billings.
Recognizing the high standard of
the literary art" maintained by the
State Journal, the Topeka Business
college uses the paper in its dictation
classes. The instructors read articles
from the paper to the students and
they are taken down in shorthand.
]. c. Mohler, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, will go to Abb
lene Thursday where he will speak
Thursday night before the Business
Mems club. He will speak in Abilene
Thursday afternoon at a meeting of
the Dickinson county farmers insti-
tute.
Division No. ] of the Central Con-
gregational church will have a social
afternoon Friday with Mrs. L. C. Wal
bridge, 1917 Clay street. The assist
ing hostess will be Mrs. ]. d. Wahle,