The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-11
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The Ladies' Aid society of the First
United Brethren church will meet in
the church parlors tomorrow after
noon.
Gertie Lee has filed an application
for a divorce from Daniel Lee She
wants property and house furnishings
at Bonner Springs and Leavenwcrth-
Edgar Carey, the 15-year-old boy
who was injured "Wednesday in col
lision with an automobile driven by
DR.. c. F. Menninger was reported in
a favorable condition today He is I'M
der the personal care of Doctor Men
ninger.
Weather conditions along the Santa
Fe slumped slightly today and some
difficulty was encountered by the
operating department result. Cen
orally clear weather prevailed over the
entire system, 1t was stated, but in
some places there had been very sud
den drops in temperature No serious
trouble anywhere was reported.
Buy a bond" was the advice of
Judge c. E. Lobdell of the Federal
Farm Loan Bank board, who spoke
before the Chamber of Commerce this
noon. The Kansas member of the
board opened his speech by referring
to his talk as his first post-mortem,
saying: 81 wasn't sure whether or not
l ought to be around Topeka much
,, after the bank was placed in Wichita"
Fired to emulation of the deeds of
the painting gang which is working on
the interior of the waiting rooms at
the Rock Island station, the powers
that be behind the news stand in the
waiting room are having the interior
of thn St.a 20
have the prettiest new stand in town
when it's finished" the agent said this
morning. The shelves and counters
are being finished in white enamel.
Following the final passage of the
| ordinance creating the Ripley Park
| Improvement fund" which was ac-
omplished by the city commissioners
this morning, the fund will be present
! ed with $4,000. if a resolution present
! ed for the first reading is finally
passed. The first reading of the reso-
| luton, introduced by Commissioner
| w. H. WATSON, followed imme diately
the passage of the ordinance creating
/ the fund.
Two divorces were granted today by
Judge Dana in the first division of the
Shawnee county district court ida
NJ Lindsey was granted divorce from
j. I. Lindsey, a Wakarusa farmer. EX-
IRENE cruelty was the allegation in the
divorce petition. Mrs. Lindsey was
| given the custody of six minor children
and all the pigs, chickens and farm
implements on Lindsey's farm. Fred
Whaley was granted a divorce from
Laura Whaley.
Judge John C. Pollock adjudged Eli
| Ulamperl, proprietor of the Ulamperl
department store, 419-21 Kansas ave-
nue., bankrupt at Kansas City, We'd
neSday. r. L. Thomas Aas appointed
| receiver hecanSa II AZ
was appointed receiver last week, re-
fused to qualify as he was attorney for
some of the claimants. The case has
now been referred to Judge J. G.
| Slonecker of Topeka, United States
referee in bankruptcy
| Verna V. Bradfie1d has filed an APP
plication for divorce from Foster
Bradfield, Santa Fe employee living
at 435 Lafayette street. In her petit
ton, Mrs, Bradfield alleges abuse, de-
claring that her husband had locked
her out of her home. She asks for the
property on Lafayette, furniture and
| rugs and Paige automobile she al
leges she purchased herself. She also
! asks to be presented with her maiden
name, Verna Rake
The suggestion that the car shops
at Ottawa are to be increased and en-
larged, caused by the trip of several
Santa Fe officials to Ottawa Wednes-
| DAY, was d1Scred1ted from the office of
| General Manager F. C. Fox today
While no definite announcement as to
the intentions OF the road toward the
| shops at Ottawa was made, it was
pointed out that the establishment was
taken over by the Santa Fe, from pri-
vate management. on January L, and
that the trip of the officials was mere
ly to investigate the new holdings of
| the company.
| At meeting of the grand officers
| of the grand lodge of the Knights of
Pythias Tuesday evening in the Throop
| hotel, Topeka was decided upon as
the place for the next meeting to be
| held May 1416 and also that of the
| Pythian Sisters. The grand lodge
with the auxiliary of the Pythian Sis
| tiers and the uniform rank, probably
will bring to the meeting from 500 to
500 persons. The hall which will be
used as headquarters will be deter
mined later by the local committee.
assisted by the secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce. The officers who
met in executive session were Frank
! Sullivan, A. n. Goodman, W. T. Will
liams, n. w HolIowell, Fred Wilcox.
J. c. Culver, Carl E. Peterson, A. r.
Rathbone and w. J. Duyal
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