The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

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Chas. f. Figg has accepted a posi-
! ton with the New Toggery.
Social dance tonight-Halrs Jazz
| Band-Kellam han.-Adv.
Eowel Jones is home from New
York where he attended a meeting OF
the directors of the Santa Fe railroad.
The Day Nursery club will meet
| Thursday with Mrs. T. w Bailey and
Mrs. c. w Miller at Mrs Bailey's
/ h, me, 1914 West Eighth street.
! We are making some low prices on
building material See us before plac-
ing YOUR order. J. p. Whelan &
Co, 718 E. 4th. Phone S65.-Adv
The commandery of the Loyal
/ Legion Of the state of Kansas VIII
meet at its rooms in Memorial build
+ ing at o'clock this evening.
We wish to advise orr patrons that
! beginning October 18th, there Will be
no Sunday deliveries of ice from our
wagons. The Peoples Ice q Fuel Co
ADV.
T. L. Prout, secretary of the Rail
/ road Y. NJ. G. A, left today for TrInl-
| dad, y. NJ, where he will board
special national army train bound for
Camp Funston He will later return
to his post at the r. r. Y M. c. A.
The Liberty Loan, or the Power of
| the Purse is the subject on which
Mr. Gordon will preach at the First
/ BAPTIST church Sunday night The an
nual rally day will be observed by the
/ sunday school at the hour OF the
| morning service, II o'clock.
The Modern Lace club will meet
Monday afternoon, october 8, at the
home Of Mrs J. G. Strickler, 615 Har-
| rIson street. The members are asked
to bring with them to the meeting the
glasses of jelly they have promised
for the soldiers
DIR. Daniel NJ. Fisk, in the absence
of Doctor Henderson on his vacation
Will lecture to the Mems Bible class
sunday at 10 o'clock at the First Con-
gregational church, corner Seventh
and Harrison street The subject
"A Study of the Gospel of john
A boy with a IiveFsnake chased girls
away from the Topeka Frankfort
| football game yesterday. To save the
nerves OF the girls. and also to keep
the gate receipts normal, the football
authorities viii undertake to suppress
the snake charmer.
An old stunt revived by the small
boy is to smash cartridges with a rock.
y couple of lads operated on the south
side of the state house square this
morning. The police will break up the
game, before am eyes are shot out ii
possible.
At a public sale this week adver-
ar the farm of Mrs. w. o. Bunker, 8 Il
miles east of Topeka, c. o. Ansel, the
auctioneer, sold l21s acres of stand
ing. corn for $45 per acre. and acres
OF corn not quite so, good at $35 per
acres; alfalfa brought SIT per ton.
Motion pictures depicting the Holy
l Land will be shown Sunday evening
: after the program arranged for the
fourth anniversary of the Rev. J. p.
l Hicks, pastor, at the Second Presby-
terrain church in North Topeka The
pictures shown will total three reels
They will be projected by an eXhi-
= bition machine.
/ Open house will be held Wednesday
! night at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. The
70 celebration will be given for the many
/ new members and for the old boosters
of the association. Exhibitions OF
swimming classes, gymnasium teams
and boys clubs will be given for the
= guests. Refreshments will be served
. following the program.
J Collections on the Knights and La
l dies of Security home and hospita
= campaign were slow today. Many
n men out of town was given as the rea.
= son for the small collections reported
= today TOday's work netted the cam
paigners only $235 making the tota
= $25.53O. Work will be continued mex
y week.
= As a part of the Observance of thI
p Luther Quadri-centennial, Dr. D. NJ
= Fisk of Washburn college will give IL
: illustrated lecture on Martin Luthel
j tomorrow night at the First Congre
[. gational church. This will be illus
:. trated by over 100 slides. The sam,
A address will be repeated the following
|. | Sunday (Oct. 14). at the Central Con
L.. gregational church.
Il Miss Minnie Blander. graduate O
( Christ's hospital; Miss Winifred Harr
d graduate of Stormont hospital. anC
II Miss Alma Betz, of Battle Creek hav,
= been ordered to report to Camp Nc
Arthur. Waco, Texas, for duty in thu
q camp The nurses will be connected
& with the government Red Cross unit
IL now stationed there. Miss Mabel G
Madden. from St. Luke's hospital, ais,
. has enlisted for service, but has no
: received orders to report.
Wheat and oat smut is receiving
considerable attention in Shawne
y county. Many inquiries in regard t
smut are being received by the count
agricultural agent and farm demon
l. strations of the proper treatment TO
Is its prevention are being given. Tn
n smut prevention treatment was an
n piled to seventy bushels of wheat a
l. one demonstration, at the close O
lie which most of the farmers presen
d stated they expected to treat thei
ic wheat and oats in the future
y Home talent will invade the Cham
, Der of Commerce entertainment pre-
- gram next week, it was announced thi
afternoon. The first invasion will b
l. made by nearly 80 little Topeka girl
lie under the direction of Mrs. Hortene
1t Reynolds, of Kansas City. The chill
rs dren will give a series of dances an
songs at the Chamber of Commerc
r Tuesday evening. The program wi
be similar to the one the girls will Civ
: at the Grand theater. October IL an