The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-22
LOCAL MENTION

Is LOCAL MENTION 5
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The City Federation of Colored
Women's clubs will hold their regular
monthly meeting Friday, March %, at
2:3O o'clock, at Lane chapel, Four
teenth and Van Buren, streets Busl-
ness of special importance, pertaining
to the club house movement, will be
reported by the building committee.
An earnest plea for each member to
be present is made by the president
Mrs. E. NJ. Jackson.
The E. P. Jordan Electric company
has filed an application with the state
charter board to be capitalized at $1O,-
900. The corporation will take over
the late E. p. Jordan at 11S West
Eighth George R. Sheldon is treas
urer and manager of the new company.
The other incorporators are: Mrs.
Halle Jordon, widow of E. p. Jordan.
founder of the business; DIR. Sam Ly-
man, Will Lyman, Carl w. Nellis and
E. L. O'Neil, all of Topeka.
Social dance next Saturday night at
Kirkpatricks hall. Saunders orches-
ira. Admission 35c.-Adv.
The Lenten circle of ST Simon's
church met with Mrs. E. M. Guy this
afternoon.
Topeka Auto Livery. Phone sos or
1897, 116 w. 9Th. Open day and
| night.-Adv.
Social dance tonight Go p. n.y. with
special music at Kellam hall.-Adv.
Mrs ]. D. Mossman. who has been
i'll at st. Francis hospital is able to be
home, with her nurse, Miss Beth
Wright. Miss Wright, who is a grad
uate of st. Francis, and also a grad
uate anesthetist of the west Side"
hospital, Chicago, will leave soon for
Ardmore, Okla, where she has ac-
cepted a position as superintendent of
the hospital there.
Manhattan Cleaners. Phone 1859.
ADV.
ment of school funds made by John
Eby, county superintendent, every
| school district in the county will re-
ceive fifty-one cents for each child of
school age within the district. The
| total amount of the fund is $9,021.09.
There are 17,437 children of school
age in Shawnee county, and allowing
| 81 cents for each. the total to be dis
I tributed among the districts is S.
S92S7. This leaves a balence of
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school fund as a sort of nest egg for
the next semi-annual distribution.
Marriage licenses were issued from
the office of the probate judge today
as follows: Elmer C. VanCleave, Sill
yer Lake, age 81, and Hester B. Ram
er, Silver Lake, age 10; Roy A. Davis,
Harveyville, age 20, and Lula NJ.
Rouse, Harveyville, age H.
The best to be had is served at the
lCremerie. Follow the crowd You won't
go wrong. Cafeteria one flight up
Adv.
The big iron door of the city Jail
is standing wide open. There is not a
prisoner inside. When the last man
was released doors and windows were
opened, the bedding was carried out
and disinfectant was spread over ev-
erything. The bone dry law is held
to be largely responsible for the pres
ent condition
Bldg. Special attention given to pyor-
rhea and oral prophylaxis.-Adv.
A continuation of the meeting of the
Farm Bureau organization held in
Topeka two weeks ago will be held
Saturday afternoon at the Chamber
of Commerce at o'clock. The pur-
pose is to effect a permanent organi-
,
townships are urged to attend and to
elect a vice president for each town
ship.
Safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt-
Martin Drug Co.-Adv.
William C. Bowman, from whom
Anna H. Bowman is seeking a divorce
IN the district court of Shawnee coun-
ty, is not actually in the Missouri
penitentiary as stated, according to a
statement made by Mrs. Bowman to-
day. The divorce petition stated thai
he had been sentenced to nine years
in the penitentiary, following his con-
viction upon a statutory charge. Mrs
Bowman added, today. that while he
had been sentenced he had appealed
to the supreme court of Missouri and
at present is free. She says he is run
ming a restaurant in Kansas City.
Dancing school tonight Is p. m.) al
Kellam hall-Adv.
Announcement was made today O.
a defamation contest to be held il
Atchison, April IS. Topeka, Leaven
worth and Atchison high schools will
compete. Preliminary contests will
be held before the teachers of thu
high school April 6, and another be
fore a public meeting, to decide upoI
the representatives of Topeka in tn,
program. A faculty medal will b,
awarded to the winner of the pre-
| liminary contest.
Morbid Crowd of 5000
Huntsville, Ala, March 22-Be
tween 5000 and 1000 persons were
at the railroad station last night wher
the train bearing the body of Davit