The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-05
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AT HOME NEWS

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DR.. D. E. Esterly has moved his
office to rooms 1914 Mills Bldg
Adv.
The Central Congregational church
will hold it's annual picnic Thursday
afternoon on the Washburn campus.
The regular meeting OF the Topeka
Navy league will be held this evening
at the recruiting station on Kansas
avenue
Mr. and Mrs F. L. Pin II left today
for Chicago where Mr.. Pinet will do
some advertising work for the Kansas
Teacher.
Ned Richardson, 1920 North Taylor
street, and Walter Spader, of the same
address, enlisted in Battery A this
morning.
Collection committees for the
knights and Ladies of Security cam
paign will meet at $3.50 o'clock tomor-
row morning at the Chamber of Com
merce.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Central Park Christian church
will meet Thursday afternoon in the
church basement at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs.
Dodds of China will speak.
Stanley Copeland, son of E. L. Cope
land, treasurer of the Santa Fee, was
operated on Tuesday for appendicitis
His condition was reported as improv-
ing this morning.
The Rev. Albert Johnson of Wausa,
Neb., will lecture Thursday night at
the Swedish Bethel mission, at Sixth
night church meeting has been can
celled.
Five hundred soldiers were royalty
entertained Tuesday night at the Rig
by billiard hall, 612 Kansas avenue.
Punch and cookies were served to
more than 500 men. Troops encamped
in Topeka were granted leave of alb
sence from their camps until IL
o'clock.
The Kansas River Baptist associa-
ton opened it's three days conference
this afternoon at the First Baptist
church. The Missionary federation
will hold its meeting at $3.50 o'clock.
Among the speakers of the program
are Miss Bertha Hall, of Buffalo, and
Mrs. Curtis, of India.
A south bound street car collided
with an automobile occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Hockensmith, 1919
Strong avenue, Tuesday evening at
Ninth and Kansas avenue. One front
wheel of the car was smashed. Mrs.
Hockensmith received scratches and
several slight bruises.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the
First Christian church Thursday af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock to rehearse for
the patriotic celebration that the So
ciety will give at the Kansas Free Fair.
The society will furnish part of the
days program at the fair, Thursday
afternoon, September Is.
I Robert Carver, county attorney, will
appeal to the district exemption
board today all cases where exemp-
| tons from military service have been
applied for in Shawnee county. He
| represented the government before
| the local county board and is required
| to make an appeal in every exemption
| claim.
| Mrs Mamie Simmons, of Chicago,
| will give an address at Unity church
| Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock, for
| the soldiers. Others who wish to at
| tend are invited. Her subject will be,
| The Allies versus Germany" viewed
| from the legal standpoint. Mrs. Sim
mons, before taking up lecture work
was a practicing lawyer in Chicago.
Captain Mclean will speak on 'fTha
| Soldiers Religion" and Miss Nanon
Herren will give a dramatic reading,
| Teach Me to Love-
| C. W. Whitair, former college sec
rotary of the state Y. M. C. A, has
sailed for France, according to word
received in Topeka. He was formerly
| in Topeka with the state executive Of
flee. He worked here four years and
left to act as secretary to the organi-
Za1On at Cornell university. For the
last two years he has been travelling
| in the interests of the Y NJ C. A in
France and England. He was one OF
six men sent to the front by the ma
tional war work council of the
Y. M. c. A.
Because John H. Butler left her
/ more than a year ago and altho he
has written twice has never offered
to come back, Maud Butler wants a
| divorce from him She filed a petit
states that they were married Novcm-
Der 20, 1914, and lived together until
June Is, 1916, when Butler left She
says she has heard from him twice but
that his present. whereabouts are I'M
known and he has never indicated
| that he intends to return She IS al
ready supporting herself, there are nc
children, there is no property ard al
she wants is a divorce decree.
DR.. T. c. Biddle has resigned as e
member of the county exemption
board and his resignation has been ac.
cepted. There was a general under
standing that members named on ex
| emption and draft boards would mo-
be released but because of the respon
sibi1ity resting upon Doctor Biddle a
the Topeka state hospital his release
was recommended by Governor Cap
per. In a letter received by Doctor
Biddle stating that his resignation hat
been accepted it was stated that DR.
C. F. Smith of Willard had beer
named in his stead and would tak'
over the work at once.
Neu York Nancy