The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-19

Piece Of my mince pie?''
The church of Higher spiritualism
will have a circle at Lincoln Post hall
Tuesday evening.
Members of Lincoln Circle will meet
at the hall at 2 O'Clock Tuesday AFTER
noon for inspection. All members are
urged to attend.
Rachel G. Counts, of Oakland, today
filed suit for divorce against Elias M;
Counts She charged desertIon ana
non-support since March, 1909. They
were married in Valley Falls in 1908
The Topeka Central union of the
w. c. T U. had a meeting in the
guise of an indoor picnic at the home
of Mrs. r. F. DeArmond this after
noon.
The Social Aid society of the Church
of the Assumption announces a meet
ing to be held Thursday afternoon at
the church hall. All members are re-
quested to attend
Meetings of the road committee of
the Chamber of Commerce and of the
Topeka Poultry Breeders association
are scheduled for tonight at the
Chamber of Commerce
S. d. Flora, local weather observer,
leaves this week on an inspection tour
of the southeast Kansas stations. Roy
A Barrie, former Topekan, will be
in charge during his absence.
The Lillian Mitchner chapter of the
w. c. T. U. will hold a meeting
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at
the home of Mrs. George B. Steven
son, S2I jefferson street
Albert T. Reid will speak on Car
toOns'' at the regular meeting of the
Current Topic club at the Y. NJ. c. A
this evening beginning at 6:15. This
is ladies' night at the clubs dinner.
An appeal for underwear for chill
dren of the Provident association was
issued today by Mrs. Myrtle Callahan,
secretary of the association. Also
coats for little girls are badly needed.
The meeting of the Jayhawker club
which was to have been held tonight
has beer postponed until Monday
evening, November 26, owing to the
absence from the city of the speaker,
| Otis E. Hungate.
Lincoln Circle Ladies of the G. A.
! R. will give a bazaar and chicken din
! ner Saturday at Lincoln post hall. The
affair is scheduled to last turnout the
! day. A patriotic program will be rem
dered in the evening.
| The meeting of the board of direc-
! tors of the Chamber of Commerce,
scheduled for today was postponed to
/ Wednesday at 1916 on account of
the Y: NJ. C. A. celebration in the
club rooms this noon.
Herman Ewers is another Wash
burn boy in France. Ewers lives at
! independence and graduated from
| Washburn in 1915. He was mem
Der of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
and was a Harvard student last year.
Activity of a Topeka housewife in
| spending hours and money in en-
broidering Teddy Bears caused no
| little complaint in a household. The
husband put on clean B. V. DIS the
| other day and found his initials on
| them.
Judge A. w Dana is confined to
his home, 1923 Western avenue, with
la grippe. A dead rat made itself
noticeable in his private office last
week, necessitating the opening of
windows Hence, a cold followed by
la grippe.
The next regular meeting of the Co.
operative club will be held Tuesday
noon at the EIks club. Manager
Sharp of the Banner Lunch restau-
rant will speak on food conservation.
Musical numbers will be furnished by
Lyle Anderson and Dick Elmore.
| A monster demand for cough drops
has been created at Camp Funston by
flying dust. As the result the medi-
Gated candy is being shipped to the
| cantonment by the carload. A short
time ago the Union Pacific carried a
half carload into camp. Sunday a full
car bound for the same place went
thru Topeka.
A fire was discovered at the home
of DIR. James G. Stewart, 511 West
Eighth street, at 1880 o'clock Sunday
morning. The blaze was first dis
covered in the attic. A large hole was
burned in the roof near where the
electric wirs enter the house. Dam
age to house and furniture will
amount to several hundred dollars.
J. G. Harborb, former resident OF
Americas, Kan, and a graduate OF
the Kansas State Agricultural college
at Manhattan, is at present chief OF
staff of the American expeditionarJ
forces in France He joined the army
in 1889 and was one of the first &c
take advantage of an act of congress
permitting men from the ranks to re-
ceiVe commission.
| Forty-two thousand national guards
men were examined by DR.. F. L
7 LoVeland and twelve other physicians
? at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss
? Doctor Loveland is a member of {
special tuberculosis examining board
> The percentage of those with tuber-
culosis was less than ope-tenth of
A per cent, Doctor Loveland stated to
/ day upon his return from Cam
/ Shelby.
Sunday hunting has come under tn
. ban of the enforced law in Shawne
county. Robert D. Carver count,
attorney, was notified today that Ma.
Leitel, a deputy game warden livinj
near Dover had arrested Charles W
Bennett, Vern Kanatzer and Free
> Sacks for hunting on Sunday. H
also was informed that violations o
the Sunday hunting law would be en-
:. forced in that. neighborhood in tn