The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-31


Said the boolman, for, alas:
In the way Of bills fer gas
Dance tonight-"Old Year" DAT,
New Year" in-Kellar= Hall-Adv.
Mrs. Mary E. Chaplin, clerk 81 the
Shawnee county district court, mas re-
turned from short visit with rela-
tives at humboldt, Kan.
The Topeka fire department
answered five fire alarms Saturday
No damage worth mentioning was
done at any of the places.
Only one mail delivery will be
made in the city district tomorrow,
January L There will be no deliver
les in rural and residence districts.
Mayor ]. E. House today announced
the appointment of Judge j. G
Slonecker as member of the city
library board. vice the late Scott
Hopkins.
w. r. c. No. 81 and Topeka Post
No II will have New Years dinner
at their hail, corner of Sixth and
Quincy streets Tuesday, with public
installation of officers at p m.
The Loyal Order of Moose, No. 524,
will hold open house tonight at its
rooms in the Masonic building. There
will be music and dancing and things
to eat for the enjoyment of those who
attend.
The Topeka home guards will have
no meeting Tuesday, New Years
evening. The next meeting will be
held at the city auditorium on Thurs
day evening, January 8, 1918, at 1889
o'clock.
Seven pounds is the limit on pack
ages sent by mail to expeditionary
forces in France, according to an
nouncement by w. o. Rigby, post
master. Prior to the seven pound
:
limit.
Bert Larimer, a brother of Sheriff
Hugh LarImer. has been appointed a
deputy sheriff to succeed Oscar Carl
son. Carlson has enlisted in the army
and at present IS at jefferson Bar
racks Mo.
At the Westminster Presbyterian
church Sunday night Capt. c. H. Ler-
rigo gave a talk on the conditions at
| Camp Pike and the training of the
Topeka boys at the camp. Captain
Lerrigo had nothing but praise to say
about the boys
| Miss Burdett Tegmeier, who is at
I tending school at Manhattan, is visit
ing Miss Sylvia Silverthorne at her
| home. Hillcrest- Miss Silvertherne
VIII give dinner for Miss TegmeIer
Tuesday evening
| Paul j. Louthain, of Huron, and
Lloyd e Cellen, of Newton, enlisted
! III the navy ana Ieft that
afternoon for Kansas City for final
/ examination. They will return to
| their homes to await orders but their
pay frcm the government starts at
| once.
City employees at the city hall will
| hereafter have at their disposal a
complete and restfuI rest room on the
third floor of the building. The room
| where the city records have been
stored is to be converted for this pur-
pose according to Commissioner
! Porter
The American Insurance union, No
| 84S, will celebrate the coming of the
New Year with a box social at the
| Knights of Pythias hall on West Sixth
| street tonight The entertainment Is
a public affair, the only requirement
being that the ladies attending are
requested to bring with them a bex
or basket filled with eatables.
Kent Raub, county clerk, is looking
for the married daughter of the late
Alfred M. Spanberg. Spanberg worked
in the Santa Fe freight auditors de-
partment and was a witness to a will
the signature, The daughters name
or whereabouts are not known to
Raub,
Wednesday afternoon at gao
o'clock the Ladies' Aid Society of the
First Methodist church will meet at
LHe HSttie Oh MIS-, u, L. LegRe, 9Ob
Lane street. Mrs, J. p. Slaughter,
Mrs, John Marshall, Mrs, F. w Thorn
as, Mrs L. L, kiene, Mrs. D, H. Brana-
man. Mrs. Hugh Fisher, Mrs. L. V.
Sans and Mrs. @. w Buckner will
assist at the meeting as hostesses,
Kansas dairy products and poultry
shippers will save, 1t is estimated
about 5000. 900 annually if a report OF
Edgar Watkins, examiner for the in
terstate commerce commission, is ac-
cepted by the commission. The re-
port recommends the esta blishment OF
: carload rates on poultry and dairy
products, thing not enjoyed in ter
ritory heretofore, altho carload rates
have prevailed for years in territory
east of the Mississippi river.
: A meeting of the Woman Foreign
Missionary society of the Lowrnan NJ
Il. church will be held at the church
all day Thursday. This meeting is an
annual affair and delegates will he
present from Kansas, Nebraska. Col
orado, Oklahoma and Missouri. There
will be three distinct sessions durinp
the day, morning, afternoon and even.
ing A big program has been ar
ranged Tor the evening session. Lunch
Will De served at the church at noon
The Royal Arch degree of MASONRY
was conferred on a class of candidates
at the Masonic temple TODAY bv tbe
Topeka chapter. No. 5, ROYAL Arch
MasonS. The ceremonies began At ! r
, O'Clock this morning
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