The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12


Police court will be closed Friday
it was announced today at police
headquarters.
w. o. Rigby, postmaster of Topeka,
is on his vacation. He will make
tour of the east and will return to
Topeka September "a.
Dr. Elizabeth Todd, who has pr4S-
ticed osteopathy in Topeka since
1903, has sold her practice and Will
go to Herington to live.
Charles Renshaw today drew
sentence of thirty days in jail and
500 fine. Renshaw was charged with
violating the bone dry law.
G. L Statzell, $40 Harrison street,
enlisted Tuesday in the naval reserves
as a fireman. He was sent to the
Great Lakes training station. He en-
listed for the period of the war.
Edward Schlicht of Sapulpa, Okla,
transferred to the local exemption
board, was examined Tuesday by
board No. and accepted for service.
| He claimed a dependent wife and
child.
prize of SIS for the best name sug-
/ gested for the county farm. A So
| prize will be given for the second best
name and 81 for the third best name
| suggested.
! There will be no police court ses-
sions until 2:3O o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon. With the fair in progress and
the policemen doing extra duty, it
was decided to postpone the sessions
scheduled for this week.
Miss Sarah Ausherman and Ernest
Farrell, of Della. surprised their many
friends when they were quietly mar
| r1ed last Wednesday. Mrs Farrell
is one of the best known of Della S
young ladies and Mr.. Farrell is d pop
ular young business man.
Bertha 1. Stroup, $40 West Seventh
| street, today filed a petition for a
divorce from George W. Stroup
Gross neglect of duty and failure to
causes for the action cited in the Pc
tition. The Stroups were married
June Is, 1908.
Suggestions and directions for the
course of study outlined for the new
years school work were received al
| the office of H. B. Wilson, superin-
tendent of schools, this morning The
pamphlet was issued for the use CT the
teachers in the elementary schools OF
the city to act as guide to the
larger course of study books that have
been issued for their work.
Capt. Ira Durant, medical corps O.
the Kansas troops. has received or
| II
mediately to take charge of the fouI
ambulance companies encampeC
there. Captain Durant is from Cha,
: Center, but has been stationed in To
peka to look after the troops tina
have been encamped here. He will
probably leave this afternoon.
Out-of-town women who are mem
: bers of various women's clubs, visit
: ing the fair this week, are cordial,
, invited to visit the Crittenton home
, Club women over the state who ar
, interested in rescue work will be in
terested in visiting the home. 1t cal
/ be reached by taking the Coantre
club car. getting off at Twenty-sixtl
, street and walking east a block.
The Radio corps, stationed at tn
Topeka high school for the last month
received orders this morning to move
The whole troop packed up their kit
and luggage and were all set to NOV
, early this morning-but they are still
: there. The men will move tho-be
: fore night, because official notice wa
received by them from the schoo
board that the building was to be va
Gated by tonight. They will move t
the city auditorium.
Owners of dogs in the neighbour DO
: of Twelfth and Fillmore streets ar
: deeply incensed over the work of
dog poisoner in that vicinity. Dog
: belonging to the families of Rolan
Medlicott, 1875 Western avenue, d.
w. H. RICHTER, 1920 Fillmore stree
and Major j. S. Dean, 1899 WeSter
avenue. have been poisoned by strych
nine within the last two weeks. TIL
: Dean dog, "Rastus," an old famil
= pet, and an inoffensive animal die
q Monday evening. The other two re
u covered While a family in tn
: neighborhood is suspected of the &C
: dog fanciers are helpless until tangibl
;, evidence has been obtained