The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

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Financial heads state that money
is cheap This is because it buys so
little.
This is one day when a Topekan
doesn't care whether he gets any mail.
or not.
]. p Purcell. vice president of the
santa Fe railroad left for Chicago
Tuesday afternoon.
The Knights and Ladies of Security.
council No 1, gave a musical program
at their meeting Tuesday nighs-
The rain clouds on the western hori-
ION were the main topics of CONVEX
sation in Topeka Tuesday evening.
Two new diners have been placed
on trains to Fort Riley over the Union
Pacific to care for the increased
patronage.
The .-Frauen verein'' of the German
Lutheran church will meet with Mrs.
Henry ]. Senne, ia Woodruff avenue,
Thursday afternoon.
The Topeka shoe dealers deny that
street dancing is being promoted by
them They state that German cob
blers are responsible.
Mrs. Al. Eddy will entertain Friday
evening at Indian Hill, six miles west
of Topeka. in honor of her son, Jesse.
who is a member of Battery A
I The Ladies' Aid society of the First
German Methodist church viii meet
with Mrs. Charles Dreyer, 134 Harri-
son street. Thursday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock
Thirty boys. members of the Y. NJ.
u A., left this morning for Maple
Hill where they will camp out for ten
days. Charles Plath and A. G. Heilig-
stsdt are in charge of the boys.
AGA w. Dowell of 500 wier street.
Topeka, enlisted in the infantry of the
regular army this morning. William
H. Randall of Elmont was the second
recruit of the day. Both men left for
Jefferson barracks this afternoon.
Red Cross pledges are payable to
Richard Wilson, membership secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce
Horace Hall, treasurer of the Red
Cross organization in Topeka, appoint
ed MIN as receiving secretary Tues
day.
The inadequacy of the Kansas blue
sky law IS again evident. An accident
insurance company has successfully
evaded the law and refused to pay
the claim of an East side citizen who
missed his wife's jaw and broke his
hand on the-door frame.
A special communion service has
been arranged for all the men of Bat
ter A. and any and all other members
of Grace cathedral who are enlisted,
for Thursday afternoon at o'clock
in the chapel of Grace cathedral
Canon Geisel will have the service
The antf-pon tax meeting will be
held tonight at Parkdale school On the
east side instead of last night. 1t is
expected that the Santa Fe employees
will join with the east siders in their
fight in the courts against the tax.
Parkdale school is located at Eighth
and Lake streets.
w. C. Carswell, manager of the To-
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egraph company, came to his office
this morning to assist with the rush of
business that comes with the first of
the month He has been on an indefi-
rite leave of absence on account of a
nervous breakdown which he suffered
several weeks ago.
s. E. Tebben. boys secretary of the
state Y. M c. A. returned today from
Elmdale camp. where he has been
taking care of the 'tgrown-ups who
have been camping there for the last
two weeks. He will leave the city
again this week for a visit with his
relatives and will later return to the
camp at Elmdale, where he will spend
his vacation.
The one-free- delivery-a-day became
effective today. All persons living on
the west side of Kansas avenue were
obliged to send in their orders by 8
o'clock in order to get free deliveries.
al AfAiS oH the east SlQo. IN Oakland
or North Topeka were Obliged to send
IN their orders before ? O'Clock In the
afternoon. All extra deliveries cost
the housewives 10 cents
The Washburn campus, these hot
evenings, is the coolest spot in To-
peka and scores of College Hill resi-
dents have taken advantage OF the
grass and trees. The college authori-
Ties are to be commended for their
actions In removing the guard who in
years gone by has taken it upon him
SELF TO look with suspicion-aad a
spothght-upon all persons who sat
beneath the trees
The Public Health Nursing asso-
ciauon IS moving today into its new
Quarters on the third floor of the
city hall In few d IS, the office
OF the city food inspector and the Of
ices of w. L. Porter, commissioner
OF parks and Fairgrounds. will be
moved into new quarters being pre-
pared at the north end of the cftS hall
on the third floor. The rooms oc-
cupied by Commissioner Porter at the
present time will be converted into the
council