The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-30
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office to 621 Kan. ave, over kreSge'S
ADV.
Don't fail to visit the Life o. Wheat
booth at the Midwinter. We want to
meet you--Kaw Milling Co.-Ady.
During the funeral Monday of Dad"
Weir, the old custodian of the city
building, the offices there were closed.
Harry Ralston, son of w. c. Ralston,
fell Monday evening and broke his
left arm while roller skating on West
street.
February 8, Mrs. MacDowen will
give a recital at the First Baptist
church consisting of compositions by
the famous composer Mcdowell
B. F. Bartlett and H. A Jungk will
play the eighth match in the Central
Y. NJ. C. A. handball tournament to-
night. This is the final match of the
round
Money in oil. See me before Sat
urday night; have a special PROPOSE
ton for small investment. c. c. Guyot
Agent, 701 jackson street, at Office of
F. G. Lagerstrom.-Adv.
Frank o. Brown today filed a peti-
ton for divorce against his wife, Mar
garet M. Brown. Brown accuses his
| wife of calling him vile names They
were married at Clay Center, July 81,
1915.
A fire of unknown origin occurred
!
Harrison street, occupied by Charles
Lyle. Small damage resulted from
the fire, which was speedily eXtin-
guished.
The condition of DR.. L. A. Ryder
who is ill at Stormont hospital was
| reported considerably improved to-
day. One of DR.. Ryder's legs was am
putated few days ago. Gangrene
caused the amputation.
a gas leak was responsible for a
fire in the Seventh Day Adventist
church, at S21 West Fifth street. The
fire was discovered at $40 o'clock this
morning. Considerable damage was
done before the fire was brought UNI
der control.
/ George L. Reuter-, jr., today filed a
suit for divorce against his wife, Mary
Delena, Reuter- alleges extreme cruel
| ty and states in his petition that she
| left him, a few weeks ago. He asks
for all of his property at 726 Lane
| street and also the possession of a Re-
| gal automobile.
| The creditors of Eli Uiamperl, re-
Gently adjudged a bankrupt, met this
afternoon in the court of ]. G.
| Slonecker, federal referee in bank
ruptcy, to elect a trustee to take
charge of the Ulamperl Clothing COM
pany stock at 419-21 Kansas avenue.
R. L. Thomas has temporary charge.
Robert Carver has asked for the re-
vocation of the parole of Dave Will
| liams of the state reformatory. He
was arrested by Sheriff Larimer near
| Calhoun Bluffs Friday, on his way to
| Topeka in an auto loaded with liquid
| stimulant. Lennis Lyons, Sam Will
| liams and Charles Renshaw were also
arrested.
The new Hudson super-six touring
car belonging to DR.. c. A. Wolfe.
| which was stolen Monday evening
| in of q
was found early this morning in the
| alley back of the Frank P. MacLen-
nan home on Topeka avenue. Appar-
| emily it had only been pressed into
temporary service by local joy riders.
| A fifty dollar damage was the re-
suit of the well known combination OF
child and a lighted match at the
Seventh Day Adventist church at Fifth
and Western avenue Monday after
noon. The child, who lives at the rear
of the church building, dropped the
match in a closet while searching for
toys. Firement eXtinguished the
| blaze.
; Prince Hoshi, Japanese acrobat at
the Midwinter, narrowly missed seri-
Gus injury Monday when a rope on
which he was practicing a stunt broke
under his weight. The rope was sus-
pended from the ceiling above the bal
cony, and fastened to the stage. Hoshi
started. to walk up the rope. 1t broke
before he had climbed far, throwing
| him to the stage.
Fred Bremen, a negro, on parole
from the reformatory, was picked up
by the police today on a forgery
charge. A number of stores in To-
peka have been victims of Bremer's
forgeries, the police charge. A check
alleged to be forged was found in the
| fellows pocket at the time of his ar
rest and the police say they have a
confession from Bremen to writing
the check found in his pocket. The
| police expect to send him back to the
reformatory.
| banning by Representative George
Martin of Hutchinson in an address
before the members of the Current
Topic club last night. They were
compared to the thistles in the fable
of the 'sThistles and the Trees" in
which the thistles wished to have the
government of the trees. Minus the
lobbyists and the distraction of the
newspapers, Martin insisted, the 125
representatives would dispose of all
the bills before the house in even less
than fifty days.
w n. Davidson, former superin-
| tendent of Topeka schools, will be in
Topeka some time next week for a
| short visit. While here he will deliver
an address to the teachers. Davidson
! is attending the annual meeting of tho
| department of superintendent being
| held at Kansas City this week. and
will come to Topeka shortly after the
close of the meeting. Davidson was
very popular while superintendent her2
and has made a name for himself in
educational work, He is at present
superintendent of schools at Pitts
burg, Pa.
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