The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-08
North Side NeDs
IS A JINx
Nickel-in-SlOt Machine Cause of
a Shooting Scrape.
Maybelle Bridges Wounds Man
for Depositing Strange Coin.

Those who would avoid serious trou-
BILE should keep away from Maybelle
Brideges's electric piano. Twice with
in month have admirers of the in
strument been seriously disabled and
barely escaped with their lives after
clashes with the temperamental May
belle.
Friday evening at 1880 o'clock
dusky gentleman whose name of Wis
dom is belied by his s.cts, was guest
at the Union hotel, a we'll known hos
telry at the corner of Railroad and
Jackson streets. Maybelle Bridges re-
Gently purchased the doubtful good
will of the place, and conducts it.
In what manner is not known, an
argument arose regarding nickel
which Wisdom, alias Jimmy Deason,
had put in the slot of the piano. May
belle produced a revolver and took a
pot at Jimmy, missed him at the first
and second shots, but winged him in
the shoulder at the third trial.
Officers Bachelor and Kennedy ap-
patrol wagon. Maybelle was placed
in the city prison. Wisdom may lose
the use of his arm as a result of the
shot.
About a month ago Maybelle
Bridges and another colored woman
had an argument over this same
piano. The Bridges woman hit her
companion over the head with a bot
tie. inflicting a serious wound. This
assault, like the one Friday evening,
began with the question of whether
the companion had f'opped a nickel
in the slot of the instrument.
Certain Shawnee county wheat
raisers express dissatisfaction over
the recent government regulation fix
ing the minimum for wheat at $500
at Chicago for No. l wheat. Prac-
tically speaking, the farmers say, there
is no such thing as No. 1 wheat; that
is, there is no such thing as perfect
wheat. Most of it grades as No. 2,
which sells at several cents less than
No 1.
At Kansas City the No. 2 grade sells
for $2.12 At Topeka it sells for about
S2.05. Thus the $2.20 a bushel rate
means much less than that for the
same wheat was selling for s2.S5. Yet
conditions as far as wheat is concern
ed are no more favorable than before
the drop in price.
Social and Personal.
w. H. Rutter returned Friday from
Spring Hill, where he spent several
days visiting his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Deppe of Osawkie
motored to North Topeka yesterday
and spent the day with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Pounds and their
son, James, of S12 North Quincy street
left today for Salina for a two weeks
visit.
Paul Bayse of Kansas City, Mo-,
formerly a North Topeka boy has ac-
cepted a position in Catalogue, On
tario. Canada, with the Black Donald
Graphite company. He took up his
duties there the first of September.
The ladies of the Central Avenue
Christian church will conduct a lunch
tent at the fair grounds next week.
The tent will accommodate 100 peo-
pie. For the last few years the
Christian church ladies have had a
lunch stand at the State Fair and
have never failed to make good on it
George Shonkweiler of the Sheetz
grocery is i'll at his home in Shorey
The Fred Voiland family has moved
from their home in the old Curtis
place at Laurent and Van Buren,
streets to King street, on the South
side.
Wayne Wisegarver has changed his
residence from 1854 North Polk to 312
Topeka avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wisegarver have moved from 1854
North Kansas avenue to $50 Winfield
avenue, in Oakland.
A. M. Petro, the Druggist.-Adv.
The I. T. Snyder family has moved
from Shorey to 121 Holman street
The store building at 500 North
Kansas avenue is being enlarged and
re-finished. When completed, the es-
tablishment which is owned by Ike
BENJAMIN will include both Nos. sO7