The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-18

The Ladies' Aid society of the First
United Brethren church will meet at
the church parlor Thursday after
noon.
peka, is seriously i'll at his home in
Kansas City. He is suffering from
blood poison.
Twenty weight applicants for en-
balmers' licenses were reviewed Tues
day by the state board of embalmers
at Bomgardner's undertaking esrab-
lishment. H. w. Bomgardner is
member of the examining board.
Suit for divorce has been filed by
Louise Spader against John H Spader.
Mrs. Spader alleges that her husband
will not support her and her two chill
dren and that he has abandoned them
twice. He also pointed a revolver AT
her head at one time, she states.
CODY of an original oil painting
by Thomas Moran has been presented
to the high school by F. w. Thomas,
head of the Santa Fe apprentice
school The picture is of the Grand
Canyon. 1t was hung in the main Of
flee of the high school.
Maude NJ. Hoffman>filed a petition
Tuesday in the district court against
William D. Hoffman, of 1901 East
Fourth street asking for separate
maintenance. She alleges that her
husband swore at her, called her vile
head off,
Three boys of the Boy Scouts of
Topeka will give an exhibition of first
aid methods and other points of scout
craft Friday evening, at the Battery
A benefit show at the Orpheum inca
ter Physicians and nurses are 1nVlt-
ed to inspect the aid treatments and
to see what the scouts have been
doing.
Jess Wizards cousin was married
in the office of the probate judge to-
day. His first name and the tact
that he was from Emmett, Kan rals-
ed the question and he admitted It.
Jesse E. Ander is his name and he was
married to Inez P. Richardson OF De-
liza. He is 81 and she is 8.
Three hundred Topekans turned out
to hear w A. Goodwin of Aberdeen,
Wash, Tuesday night when he gave
his first sermon of the series of evan
gelistic meetings which he Will hold
here during the next week at the First
Baptist church. Mr.. Goodwin was
brought to Topeka by the Industrial
council for the purpose of teaching
Christianity as it applies to the Ia
borerS.
Suggestion that all theaters in the
city be closed Friday night, the even
ing of the Battery A benefit entertain
ment at the Orpheum, and the bene-
fit moved to the auditorium, has been
made by Judge S. NJ. Wood thru the
State Journal Were the auditorium
filled for the boys it would pay the
balance due on their, truck and be a
big advertisement for the theaters,
said MIR. Wood.
Suit has been filed in the district
court against the Topeka Flour Mills
company by Frank G. Clark, Chicago
commission buyer. Damages of $3.50
are asked in the suit for failure to de-
liver 1000 barrels of flour. Mr.. Clark
alleges that he bought 5000 barrels at
$5.9S. The company delivered 1000
barrels and, according to Mr.. Clark,
refused to deliver the last 1000 when
the price jumped to $3.50.
In order to fill up the vacancies in
the navy the age limit for eligibility
as machinists' mates or boilermakers
has been set aside. 1t is now the
same as for other positions in the
navy. Heretofore it has been 81 years
Two men went from the Topeka sta
| ton to Kansas City headquarters Tues
day and two others have been enlisted
Charles B. Rehbury enlisted as an ap-
Schneider of Soldier. as a second class
! musician. The other recruits are
| Clarence Wykert of Soldier, and Felix
er Clifford of Pleasanton. Both OF
them enlisted as third class firemen.
my country is so glorious, so big, sc
| true, so great;
I'D rather live in Kansas than in any
other state"
These are the words of the original
song composed and written by the pu-
pills in the third grade of the Clay
school. Miss Estelle Cooper is the
teacher in charge. The words were
first written and then the music. Each
pupil was given a chance to write
part of the song and after each had
offered his or her suggestion it was
voted on by the pupils.
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