The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-20
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

]. c. Emahizer returned last night
from a trip through the South.
A marriage license was issued Mon
day to Clyde r. Parish and Marie
Rogers, of Topeka.
Catholic Ladies' club Wednesday af-
ternoon, at her home, 01201 College
avenue.
Henry Heide. worker in the oil
pumping department of the Santa Fe
has been awarded judgment against
the road for 500 for the loss of the
little finger of his right hand.
contract for the extension of the
water main on Boil1ee avenue, from
Eighteenth to Nineteenth streets was
let to the residents of that district
by the city commissioners. Each
resident in the block is to pay $40
year for two years for the water main.
fraternity at Washburn elected mem
bers this week. Among their new
members are: John Warner, Miss
Mabel Cook, Miss Lois Segar and Miss
Katherine Hand, all of Topeka, and
Hazel Jones, of Wakeeney, and Irma
Erickson, of Virgil.
Earl Dinsmore refutes the charges
made against him by his wife, Bessie
Diusmore in her divorce petition. He
has always betrayed the household
expenses and has provided for her as
best he could, according to his state
ment in court. He had no objection
to her getting divorce.
The contract for the mems bathing
pavilion to be built at Gage park this
year has been let by the city commits
sioners to George Senne. Work will
commence at once. The plans as made
by Charles Cuthbert, architect, call
for a stucco ext<-ior and concrete
xrriJ1 n h in
dividual lockers ard four dressing
rooms.
w. w. Bowman, secretary of the
Kansas Bankers association left today
to attend the sixth annual convention
of secretaries and presidents of the
bankers association Of fourteen states.
The meeting will be held in Chicago
Wednesday ana Thursday of this week
He will deliver a lecture Thursday
morning on THE Educational Fea-
lures of Bankers Association Work. -
A series of~concerts have been an
nounced by the Washburn quartet for
this season. They sang last Frfda,
their tour next week. Their program
includes Goodland, Oberlin, Smith
Center and Manhattan. Several en-
gagements have been received fol-
the spring for Topeka work April
| % the wv quartet will assist Mar
shalls band in a concert to be givar
at the city auditorium.
Frank P MacLennan, who spent
yesterday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with
Rotarians from Kansas, Missouri ant
Oklahoma, returned home at noon to-
day. The Topeka Rotarians are
greatly pleased with their reception
and entertainment at the wonderful
| given over to automobile rides ant
sightseeing about the city and an in
spection of oil wells. The other Rotar
1ans will return in their special cal
tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Mabel c. Woodcox of 1872,
western avenue was granted an alb
solute divorce by Judge G. H Whit
comb today from Homer E. Woodcox
| The court also restored her to he
maiden name. Mr.. and Mrs Woodco,
| have been married for nine years. Il
her petition she charged extrem,
| cruelty and the divorce was granted
| on that ground. She was granted tn
| divorce, the household goods and ali
mony to the amount of $40 a month
Mr. Woodcox is in the AUTOMOBILE
business. They have been residents o
Topeka for ten years.
Charging that he kicked her out o
bed when she was sick and iniure
her spine permanently, Julia E. Han
| ley filed suit for a divorce from Ed
ward M. Hanley in the district cour
today. She states that they wer
married August %, 1910, at Kansa
City and that they have been Twin
at 1919 East Tenth street. Beside
kicking her out of bed she charge
that he has threatened to kill he
many times, declaring he would &c
rid of her without divorce proceeding.
Her maiden name of Julia E Payn
was restored to her by the court.