The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-26
SNAP SHOT
AT HOME NEWS

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blaze in a shoe shop at LOG Huntoon at
| 2 o'clock this afternoon.
An open meeting of the retail clerks
will be held at the G. A. r. hall on
East Sixth street this evening.
Irving Frank, who was operated on
for appendicitis last week, has been
| taken to his home, at AIS West
Eleventh street.
| ]. d. Sullivan left Sunday for Glen
! Falls, N. Y, for a visit with Frank
Hall. He will visit in Rochester, N.
Y. and Chicago.
The Grant Quincy Parent-Teachers'
| association will hold it's annual cleo
ton of officers at its meeting tonight
ct the Grant school.
E. L. Copeland. treasurer of the
Santa Fe, will talk Wednesday n ght
at the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. on PEN
sions, Insurance and Division of In
surance."
Maj. Clad Hamilton, recently re-
| turned from the Mexican border, will
| talk Tuesday evening al the Potwin
| Presbyterian church. His subject will
be THE Rio Grande.''
| Someone visited the back porch at
the home of Harvey Parsons chief of
police. Saturday night and removed
from the refrigerator a 81 roast pur-
chased for Sunday dinner.
| The city commissioners answered
present at roll call for the regular
weekly meeting this morn 'ng. Then
they hurriedly adjourned and will
meet against Wednesday morning.
Miss Eva Corning, probation Off -er,
will spend a few weeks at the Girls
Industrial school at Beloit. She will
talk to the girls there and will attend
a party that has been planned in her
honor by girls of the school.
Joseph F. Reisner of Fort Collins,
Colo, has been called to Topeka by
| the illness of his father, Henry Reis-
ner, who lives at 1875 Harrison street
Mr.. Reisner was formerly director of
the Central Y M. C. A. of Topeka
The College Hill grocery. located at
the corner of Fifteenth and Lane
streets, was broken into and robbed
Sunday night. Someone broke a win
dow in a rear door, reached in and
unlocked it, then took his time, and
about $12 worth of groceries.
| A spark from chimney caused a
fire in an awning in front of the Wells
Fargo Express company's office, 100
Kansas avenue, this morning. Little
damage was done and the blaze was
extinguished quickly Fire companies
from No. station were called.
Arthur N. Cotton, of New York, will
be in Kansas for a four days trip
thru the state in the interest of the high
school Y. NJ. c. A. work. He will visit
Kansas university. Baker ard the high
schools of Lawrence, Baldwin, Fort
Scott and Pittsburg. A. j. Gregg,
Kansas secretary for boys, and Alfred
lTebben, high school secretary will
accompany him.
Battery A, Topeka artillery organ
ization, wants recruits. The battery
is now recruited up to the full peace
strength but wants thirty more men.
The artillery belongs to the ranking
class, the members always ride, get a
good training in hcrsemanship, signal
ing, gunnery and sanitation. William
Up. Mclean is captain of the battery
with headquarters at the armory,
AIS Jackson street.
Evangelistic services will be held all
during the week at the FIRST United
Brethren church, Twelfth and Quincy
streets. The Rev. E. P. Smith of the
First United Presbyterian church will
conduct services this evening. The
services will open at 7:45 o'clock. The
Rev. w. NJ. Jackson of the Central
United Presbyterian church will speak
Tuesday night and the remainder of
the services will be conducted by the
regular pastor, assisted by the >ev. F.
NJ. Kesterman of Lawrence.
Irene V. Ready filed suit in the dis
trict court today asking for a divorce
from Frank Ready. She alleges that
they were married December II, 1915,
and that he deserted her November %,
1916, saying he was going to Kansas
City. She states that she has not
InearQ from MIN QlTeCIly since ne
started for Kansas City; that he has
not supported her and that before he
left he threatened several times to
knock her down. She asks for a di-
vorce and for the restoration of her
maiden name of Irene V. Leslie.
Suit for $4,000 damages was filed in
the federal court at Kansas City Satur-
day against W. NJ. Mueller, a Topeka
produce merchant, after his automo-
bile. driven by Samuel French, ran
over w. S. Gabriel. Gabriel is an at
torney in Kansas City and the action
was brought by his partner. The az
cident happened at the corner of Ninth
and Walnut streets in Kansas City
Saturday and the suit was brought
Immediately. Mueller lives at 12S
Quincy street. Both he and French
were riding in Mueller's Ford car at
the time of the accident He says he
and French were held in Jail over
night without bond because of the
accident.