The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-13

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If YOU never saw a real Owl Wait
On Yourself store" 1me in and see
our curious plan. Big saving. open
soon. 108 E. Sixth street.-Adv-
A fire was reported Monday after
noon from the residence at 622 Clay
street. blaze was discovered under
a table on the back porch No dam
ages were reported.
Esther Logan, Mace of w. F. Lo-
gan of the Topeka Board of Trade,
was brought home Monday from the
Kansas State Agricultural college,
Manhattan, i'll with tonsilitis
Morton Albaugh, clerk of the
United States district court, and o.
T. Wood, United States marshal, were
in Fort Scott Monday attending
session of the federal court.
The short session of the United
States district court will open Mon
day, November 20. No jury trials are
likely to be held at the session, &C
coriing to Frank L. Campbell, United
States commissioner.
The Topeka Abdallah Shrine club
will meet in the Scottish Rite library
this evening at O'Clock. Plans for
the home talent festival 20 be given
December and at the Grand the
alter will be completed
Bee Adams was found guilty of sell
ing liquor in Judge Whitcomb d.
vision of the Shawnee county district
court A charge that he had liquor
in his possession could not be proved,
however. Adams is a negro.
Maude White, the pioneer woman
jitney driver of Topeka, was found
guilty today of having liquor in her
possession in Judge Whitcomb's court.
She was fined 500 and sentenced to
80 days in Jail
J. F. Haskell, vice president and
general manager of the Beatrice
Creamery company, spoke before the
Current Topics club Monday night at
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. He spoke on
1.-The Operation of a Modern. Cream
cry"
The four Scottish Rite bodies of
the Valley of Topeka will meet to-
night at Masonic hall at $50 o'clock.
Supper will be served at the temple.
The m seting will be held in prepara-
ton to the annual reunion to be
staged next week.
The county. farm agent will go thru
the corn fields of Shawnee county to
select suitable seed corn. There is
much soft grain in the fields this
year and it is deemed necessary to
give the farmers advice on the selec-
ton of their seed corn.
Nick Chiles, editor of the Topeka
Pla1ndealer, negro publication, was
tried this afternoon on a charge of
not regulating his printing machinery
in accordance to recommendatio
made by the state factory inspector
The case went to the jury at 2:45
o'clock.
Harold V. Nelson of Glendale and
Bryan w CASTOR of Topeka enlisted
in the infantry, regular army, Mon
day. Charles B. Mckee and John A
Shirley, both of Topeka, enlisted in
Twenty-third engineers, regular army
ferson barracks.
Impaired health resulting from
cruelty was the reason Lucy Hawkins
filed suit this morning for divorce
against John F. Hawkins. The petit
ton states that Mrs. Hawkins wants
title to the property at 634 Jackson
street and $215 which she claims she
! loaned to Hawkins. Hawkins is en-
ployed at the Santa Fe offices, and &C =
cording to the records his salary is S63
a month.
A new wrinkle in the teaching of
foreign language has been introduced
by Prof. George Herman Derry, of
K. u. in his French classes. He has
his pupils whistle, by way of Timber
ing up their facial muscles for the
gymnastics required in speaking this
language. Professor Derry conducts
a weekly class at the high school
Among the students are two news
/ paper men, two DOCTORS and several
teachers.