The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-08
in NORTH topeka
Two Large Cottonwood Trees
Are Cut Down.
The Negro Republican Club
viii Meet Next Tuesday.

superintendent Snyder of the street
commissioners office with his men,
and assisted by men of the street rail-
way and Edison company, removed
two large cottonwood trees from park
ing in the ten and eleven hundred
blocks on Kansas avenue, this morn
ing. The trees were estimated to be
more than fifty years old. On &C
count of the rotted condition of the
tops of the trees they were considered
dangerous, as falling branches might
break the trolley of the railway or the
main feed line of the Edison company.
Work of trimming all trees in parks
will be started next week.
Republican Club to Meet.
The North Topeka Negro Repubh-
can club, which was organized two
years ago, will hold a meeting on next
Tuesday evening at s33 Kansas ave-
nue.. The club was founded in 1913
and first known as the Curtis Flam-
beau club. The present officers who
are G. B. Turpin, president, and B.
H. Harmon, secretary, were elected at
the clubs first meeting. The ciuo
numbers $50 members All memoers
take a pledge for better civic interest,"
among the colored people of the North
side, and the support of each canol-
date on the Republican ticket
Notes and Personals.
Mrs. B. e. Page of Lincoln, Neb., is
the guest of E. c. Smith and family of
1920 North Polk street.
J. Sidney Nye is the guest of Attor-
new III. r. Logan of Rochester. Mr..
Nye was a former resident of the city.
w. A Crook and wife left Friday
for Garden City, Mo-, where they
were called on account of the serious
illness of Mr.. Crooks mother, Mrs. j.
NJ. Crook of Rochester. who is visiting
her daughter in that city.
rt Miller
and Mrs. Ernest Stanley, motored to
Granville Friday to spend the day
with Mrs. K. Billings and daughter
Elda
There will be an important business
meeting at the Congregational church
next Thursday evening.
Mrs. J. H. Jenkins and daughter
Vera of Belvue were in North Topeka
Thursday visiting Mrs. Jenkins's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Navarro.
R. T. Tustin has resigned his posi-
ton with the Conwell undertaking
establishment and has secured a place
in ST. Louis.
W. W. Stout and wife will leave
Monday for Indiana to visit relatives
and friends.
J. H. Skinner and wife will go to
Michigan next week to spend the sum-
mer at their cottage.
The Baptists of the North side will
hold the evening services on the
church lawn during July
Clay Morrow, principal of Quincy
and Grant schools, will go to Buffalo,
N. Y, with the Shrine band. Mr..
Morrow will fill the place of John
Sheetz, who was unable to leave on ac-
count of the illness of Mrs. Aaron
Sheetz, his mother.
The new rifles furnished by the
government to the battalion at the
Boys Industrial school arrived Friday.
Mrs. Bert Hirschman has returned
from two weeks visit in Effingham,
Kan.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Higgs will enter
tain at dinner this evening for Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Higgs of Cedar Rapids, Ia
All efforts of the county have failed
in filling in the stretch of road be-
tween the Central avenue bridge and a
hill some 800 feet away. Work will
be started Monday in matchmaking
this road. It has been raised six feet
The Rev. Joseph P. Hicks has pur-
chased a new Velie automobile to use
in his work over the city.
A. NJ. Petro, Druggist.-Adv.
The time of meeting has been
changed at the East Indianola Sunday
school to 10 a. m. After the Sunday
school services the Rev. Mr. Goldsmith
will preach sermon. An important
business meeting will be held follow
ing the preaching