The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-02


MarshaIrs band will play at the
Berryton grange Friday and Saturday
a total of s1,4s0.52 was collected in
September by George Matitngly. city
license collector.
The Rev. Willis Goldsmith, associate
pastor of the Central Congregational
church, left for his vacation today
Kansans on Sunday and today, the
first two days of October. had the
brand of October weather the poets
rave about.
The Rev A. Lnjengren, pastor of
the Swedish Bethel Mission church
will start on a two weeks vacation in
Minnesota. Tuesday.
A special business meeting of w r.
C. No. "a will be held Tuesday after
noon in the /. o. O. F. hall, West Sixth
avenue. at O'Clock.
The first meeting of the season of
the Spalding Reading circle will be
held Monday evening in the Knights
of Columbus home, East Eighth ave
nue..
The thank-offering meeting of the
Woman's missionary society of the
First Congrega tional church will be
held Wednesday afternoon, October !,
at the home of Mrs. H. Ward Page,
sol Lane street.
Rufus Knott s. w Hovatter. Z. Ed
wards and John R. Dugan are being
examined today by the city civil
service board as to their fitness to
become janitor and custodian of sup
plies at the city hall.
The city fire department was called
out this morning to answer call at
SIG East Tenth avenue. spark
from a passing engine caused a small
blaze in an outbuilding. The fire was
extinguished easily and no damage
was done.
cause of as light blaze in the tank
room of the Wolff Packing company
Sunday afternoon. The automatic
sprinkler was turned on and the fire
was exting uished easily. Little dam
age was done.
The all-day meeting of the Eastern
Kansas Holiness association will be
held at the Mission hall, 1902 North
Kansas avenue, Wednesday. October
4. Ensign Englet, the Rev. Mr. Pom
eroy and the Rev. Mr.. williams will
be in charge of the services
Walter j. Monaghan and Willis A.
Monaghan left today for st. Louis.
where they will attend the St. Louis
school of medicine. The young men
graduated last spring from St. Marys
college. They are sons of Mr. and
| Mrs p J. Monaghan. of Topeka
Thomas E. Jones. who has been
with the Penwell company chief
| embalmer and funeral directo for
nine years. has gone to Portland, Ore,
where he will enter business Mr..
Jones, during his connection with the
Penwel company. has assisted in en-
balming 1000 bodies
w. r. Buckner has purchased in
terest in the Motor Service company,
local gents for the Cole automobile.
He took active interest in the business
October l. He is in charge of the Of
flee. Mr. Evans is in control of the
sales department and Mr.. Stone man.
ages the repair department
A. B. Burrows district passenger
agent in Kansas City for the Nickel
Plate; c. A. Asterland, assistant pas
senger agent in Chicago for the Nickel
Plate; David Steeg, travelling passen
ger agent for the Pennsy, and Cy old
ham, travelling passenger agent for
the Frisco. are in the city today
The state case against Mary Ches-
ney, charging her with operating a
disorderly house in Topeka was set
for trial in the first division of the dis
trict court today. A continuance was
obtained and il may be tried Tuesday
or perhaps not until Wednesday-de-
pending upon the arrival of witnesses.
DIR. Frank L. Loveland. former pas
tor of the First Methodist church. but
now of Portland, Ore. has accepted
call to Indianapolis. according to a
telegram received by his son DIR. For
rest Loveland. He will be pastor of
the Meridian Avenue Methodist
church. numbering some of the most
prominent people of Indiana polls in
its membership.
The Shawnee County Wilson club
has been reorgarized and has estab-
lished headquarters at the Throop
hotel Charles A Moore is president
and Mrs. r. H. MoorehoUse is secre-
| tary. The present roll contains S3S
! .,F.l
, bers- Vice presidents representing
different localities in the county will
be announced in a few days.
After many weeks delay because
the contractors could not obtain ma
terial, completion of the paving on
/ East Fourth street began again today.
The street has been in bad condition
all summer because of the unfinished
+ improvement Immediately after the
I city began work the street railway
company's forces were on the ground
/ following up with work on the tracks,
Charles w. Hull state agent for a
1 voting machine company, in a letter
I addressed to the city commissioners.
offers to furnish free of any cost. ex-
1 cepting freight voting machines for
/ two precincts in the November cleo
I ton. The proposition was referred by
Mayor House to the board of election
/ su supervisors. The city comm !ssion has
formally turned down the election
machine project for this year.
Dr. Arthur Buff, go West Sixth
avenue. and Hugh Kiene. son of l.. L.
Kiene. sheriff, were thrown head fore
most thru the windshield of a Ford
! car. when the machine struck an iron
| street car pole in the middle of Kan
sas avenue between Second and Third
! streets. Each received slight cuts on
/ the face and lexis Thomas Kiene an
other son of the sheriff was in the
I back seat of the car and received
/ minor bruises The car was badly
/ wrecked.
A political debate over the question
of President Wilson's Mexican policy
/ will be waged Thursda. evening be-
tween Edward HONEY RepuhlicaIl.