The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-11

jury must be sent for by the owner
upon receiving notice of the jury's
action"
The Good Government club will
have an all-day meeting Thursday at
the home of Mrs. Molly Hunter, 1872
Western avenue, to work for the Red
Cross. All the members are asked to
bring to the meeting any old bed
spreads, Turkish towels or outwOrn
table linen that they can spare. These
are to be made up into wash rags,
soft towels, tray cloths, and lint for
pillows.
A business meeting will be held i'm
mediately after luncheon. Some new
names are to be voted on. and all
members are asked to be present.
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The people of ST. Marys are asking
for a chapter of the Red Cross So
ciety. Mr.. Frank Moss is chairman
of the organization. Monday Mrs. Nat
Black, Mr.. and Mrs. David w. Null
vane and Mrs. Charles Brooks Thomas
motored to st. Marys to explain the
work of the society
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While the farmers are drowning the
newest litter of kittens in the pasture
pond. and the town people are poison
I AllS ltlNI 1tliIltS 10 eNdue the DTODOSeu
cat tax, there is CONSERVATION this
/ morning in the Lee Monroe household
because a little white kitten is miss
| ing. No. it is not an aristocratic An
CORA, neither a costly Persian. 1t is
Just a white kitty called Louise. and
it is dear to the hearts of the family,
| the dog and the visitors.
And speaking of cats, quite outside
/ the club of that name. a family in
! town owns a beautiful white Angora
/ cat small and dainty and as well
! cared for as child, which they car
/ Tinker Fell" after the fairy in Peter
/ Pan. Tinker Bell poses for her pic
ture as coquettishly as Billy Burke,
| and the result is much more satisfac-
| tory
! THERE'S \ WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
! Who is as mad as a hornet at the
! Saturday Evening Post publishers, be-
/ cause the latest number that came
! to her had three or four pages left
out, and the missing sheets were right
! in the center of the new thriller, THE
/ High Heart" One of the matrons OF
the story was left on the highway to
! her old sweetheart for a weekend
twosome party, and the reader was
not able to find out whether she ar
rived or not She is making a rush
on the newstandS for another copy
that is complete and this is warm
| race uptown and get a magazine be-
| fore one can take a nap in any sor
of peace of mind.
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Mrs George NJ. Stone will begin e
class in French this evening at 7:3(
o'clock, in the north building of the
high school, room 226, for the young
men of field hospital No. 1, of which
Major Seth HammeI is in command
and also the medical detachment o,
the First Field artillery, of which DR.
c. c. Lull is in command.
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All relatives of the men in the serv
the Third regiment band, supply com
pany Third infantry, and signal corp;
Company A, are requested to meet a
the military sisterhood headquarter;
in the Memorial building, Thursda!
afternoon at O'Clock.
X
~ DIR. Elvenor Ernest, who belongs tC
a Canadian family, has just received
news from her relatives who are oil
nave beer, fighting in France. Every
member of the Canadian branch O
the family is in some way active IL
war work, and now Doctor ErnestI
brother, DR.. A. E. Wilson, of Marys
vile, has Joined the medical corps
and is first lieutenant in his regiment
The Mail and Breeze, a paper o
Toronto, Canada, gives an account o
the death of Capt. Lawrence Major,
cousin of Doctor Ernest, who was sho
in battle, ana died later from infected
wounds, because there was not avail
able first aid by the Red Cross, which
shows the need Of preparation on 4;
large scale in Red Cross work H
was picked up some time after tn
battle and was taken to England, blu
his life could not be saved He en-