The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-14
SNAP S MO T S
AT HOME NEWS

o. T. Wood, United States marshal, |
left this week for Washington on gov
eminent business
The next municipal concert will be
played by Marshall's band Monday
evening, July 16, at Chesney park.
One Topeka young business man
has such pretty stenographer that
his wife keeps a relay of children at
The office to watch him.
Alfred Tebben of the state Y. NJ. G.
A., will leave Sunday for Elmdale
where he will make ready for the
grown-ups that are expected at the
camp next week
Fred Pierce and A. ]. Gregg, of the
state Y. M. C. A. have returned from
Burlington, OSwego and Parsons,
where they have been doing associa-
ton work for the last week.
The RADIO company A, Kansas
Guards. will give dance Friday might,
July 20, at Kellam's hall. Proceeds
CT the entertainment will be applied
TO the company funds.
Rev l. B. Pulliam of the Euclid
Avenue Methodist church will oe in
charge of the union church services
which will be held at the Central Park
school grounds, Sunday night.
THE Trial and Triumph of Faith
job" will be the subject of DR.. Arthur
S. Henderson's lecture to his Bible
class Sunday at 10 a. m. at the First
Congregational church, corner Seventh
and Harrison streets.
Back porch dining rooms have be-
come popular in Topeka. Hundreds
of families have transferred their ia
bles to the screened porches. 1t
saves the dining room rug" one eco
nomical housewife said today.
Rev. John R. Bright. chaplain of
the 1915-17 house Of representatives,
will go to Kansas City Sunday and
Tsrn 0f ha
church. His subject will-be The Sc
cret of the Church's Success"
DIR. s. S. Estey, the pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, will preach
at the morning service on 1.-The Ever
lasting Arms In the evening he will
capitol grounds. Theme: 1.-The Lost
Word"
Nearly 1900 persons attended the
band concert of the Knights and
Ladies of Security band at Garfield
park Friday night. The patriotic
numbers of the program made the
band a real star. Every selection was
applauded by the audience.
Lieut.. George A. Moore, U. S. A, of
Lancaster, Pa, is visiting Canon
George Geisel of Grace cathedral.
Lieutenant Moore has been visiting in
students of Western Military academy.
where he was athletic director and in
structor of Latin.
It made a beautiful brassy shot out
at the Country club the other day and
was right up on the green on Hole 4
in two" Mayor House was boasting to
a golf friend on car last night. But
what did you hole out imp the friend
inquired. LAS 1 was saying House
replied, st made a beautiful.
What is said to be the highest price
ever paid for the potatoes grown on a
rr11
county was received by a farmer a
few days ago when he was given a
I! check for S399.24. This repr asented
| price Of the yield from a mea sured
acre and is claimed for a record
There is a baseball fan in Topeka
who regulates his daily disposition ac-
| cordlng to the performances of Scotch
| players in the big leagues. Ty Cobb
| can get a hit every day for week and
| re VIII never crack smile, but let a
Burns get a scratch single and he will
even talk in his sleep about it.
The directors of the Alliance CO.
! Operative Insurance company held
their semi-annual meeting Wednes-
| day. Reports for the first half years
| business showed an increase of $75,-
600 and totaled s2,50O,0OO. Losses
| during the same period exceeded
those of any other period on account
of the destructive winds.
souri, infantry went thru Topeka on
! the Union Pacific at noon today en-
route to Fort Riley, where the SOL
diers will do guard duty Sanford
farrell of Topeka, formerly of the
State Journal, and a son of J. F. Jar
rell, is member of one of these COM
| panies.
When the hailstorm broke over To-
peka from the southwest at midnight
Thursday hundreds of sleeping porch
fans thought they hear dthe approach
| of a cyclone and ran to the Easements.
I he storm roared like an oncoming
train several minutes before it broke
and had all the indications of a tor
| nado.
There will be free public lecture
on Does the Bible Show the Outcome
| of the War;" at the Iris theater Sun
| day, July Is, at p. m. 1t will be given
| by E. F. Crist of Buffalo, N. Y, who
has made a special study of Bible
prophecy in relation to the present
war and who will endeavor to show
| from the Scripture what will be the
4 inevitable outcome of this great con-
/ flict.
The twentieth anniversary of the
managership of S. J. Rice of the Pru-
dental Life Insurance company was
| celebrated in Topeka today. More
than fifty insurance men from Kan
sas City were here. A chicken dinner
| was served at noon at Gage park
! After the spread, in behalf Of the
company, the fifty men presented Mr.
i Rice with a diamond studded gold
i locket. Short talks were given by E
I Carl Farmer of Newark, n. j., and by
]. H. Montieth of Kansas City
4 School children of Topeka may soon
be making Belgian flags, according tic
suggestion made at a meeting of the
entertainment committee of the Bel
/ gian reception committee. The mem
bers of the entertainment delegation
have found that an alarming shortage
of flag material is prevalent among
the manufacturers of the country A
a last resort, in order to have the city
decorated in honor of the Belgian
commission, which will visit Kansa.
July 20, the children may be called
. lInnn tn make at Least one flag each