The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-30
SNAP SHOT
AT HOME NEWS


mother sat in her low armchair,
And gazed at its folds so white.
She had given her best. She had given
To win in the Nations fight
One was soldier, somewhere in France
Big and strong and true.
One was a sailor upon the seas,
They are fighting, man, for you
The service flag swayed in the evening
1t touched her snow white hair.
1t wiped the tear from off her cheek,
And lovingly fingered there.
She sat alone, she sat there long, :
Until the stars shone through
The hazy clouds that DER the sky
Shut out the Heavens blue.
The wide expanse of Heavens blue
Is Natures honor roll.
Every star that shines from it
Represents to me soul.
Is your star in the service flag of life?
Is the emblem naught to you!
Come, be a man, and in the strife,
'-' Amy Orr Jones'
"You too can wear diamonds" Easy
payments. See Harris Goar's-Adv.
Martha Thompson today filed a suit
for divorce against Joseph Thompson.
She alleges desertion and non-support.
A fine large get-together pep meet
ing of the entire membership or the
Chamber of Commerce is slated to
take place some time during the next
ten days.
Rabbits took the place of turkey on
the Thanksgiving menu at the county
Jail. The ''fuzzies'' were served fried
with various side dishes, including
cranberry sauce. The prisoners Indl-
Gated complete approval and voted the
dinner lone fine feed The rabbits
furnished a days hunting for Sheriff
Larimer, Undersheriff Miller and Bob;
Kerns. The total bag was sixty-four.
After spending the night in a stolen
car, joyrders abandoned 1t some
time this morning at Tenth and Polk
by Wyatt Roush, 1903 Van Buren,
street 1t was stolen from in front
of the Church of Christ, 522 Polk
street, Thanksgiving evening. The
finding of the machine was reported
to Sheriff Hugh Larimer this morn
ing.
A Thanksgiving family reunion was
held at the home of w. H. Rutter
Thursday. The guests We're: Mr..
Rutter's brothers-in-law. George H.
Hoyes, secretary of the Central Y. M.
c. A, and DR.. L. w. Reagan, of Can
ton, ILL.,; Mrs Rutter's mother. Mrs
Eleanor ]. Smith: Mr.. Rutter's
nephews. Capt. Paul Smith and Mrs.
Smith, of Camp Funston; Maurice
Reagan, and Mrs. Reagan, of Kansas
City, Mo-; Mr.. Rutter's niece, Miss
Grace Wiley, of baldwin, Kan.
Dr. and Mrs. E, s.. Pettyjohn have
reconsidered their removal from To-
peka and have decided to remain here
indefinitely They will resume their
home at 723 West Sixth street as soon
as Mrs. Pettyjohn has [ecovered from
her present illness. Mrs. Pettyjohn is
confined to her bed at the home of
Mrs. F. A. Gillett, III Fillmore street.
She has been in a critical condition
but is pronounced out of danger now.
She is attended by her daughter, Mar
garet, and by Doctor Pettyjohn.
The Indian Greek grange will en-
terrain the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon
Tuesday noon. The entire board ex-.
pressed its intention of attending. The
board will take advantage of the en-
tertainment to extend an invitation
to the grange members to use the
Chamber of Commerce rooms on any
occasion they may have to come to
to be issued under the new policy of
the club to bring the farmer and bust
ness man closer together.
Mr.. and Mrs William A Bunsen.
the Kansas City musicians who were
to entertain the Chamber of Com
merce diners tom rrow, have found it
necessary to postopene their engage
ment one week. They will appear in
concert at the Chamber of Commerce
dining room between the hours of
1880 and L o'clock one week from
tomorrow. President Mitchell extends
an invitation to any clerks or stenog-
raphers who may be on the street at
that time to drop in to the Chamber
of Commerce and enjoy the music
V. D. Day, who lives at the St
Charles hotel was charged with sell
ing mortgaged property. He called at
the court house today to gather some
facts about the case. This was about
the time that Sheriff Hugh Larimer
was opening his morning mail. A let
ter from Eldorado asked Larimer to
arrest Day on a felony charge. Lari-
mer started after him and found iDay
the mortgaged property charge with
drew from the bond and Day was
locked in the Shawnee county iail.
Officials here haven't decided wheth-
er or not they will send him to FL
dorado for trial before he is tried
here.
In the arrest of L. S. Burgess and
Emma Kapiro at Oklahoma City, the
sheriffs office believes it has captured
couple which floated numerous
worthless checks III Topeka during
September. The couple posed in To-
pehd as IIldu anu VIE unQSr the name
of Johnson. Then, there was an al
legged daughter who worked as a tele-
phone operator at local hotel
Burgess worked for a short time for
the West Motor Car company on East
Tenth street. He received a check
for $1775. Duplicates, numbering
probably dozen, were taken of this
check and cashed without a question
by the banks. A check received by
the girl from the hotel also was dupli-
Gated. Undersheriff Bob Miller is on
his way to Oklahoma City to bring the
couple back to- Topeka.