The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
North Side News

Beginning today, North Topeka
druggists have raised the price of their
milk drinks. Heretofore the price of
this class of fountain beverages has
been five cents lower in North than
in South Topeka. But the recent
raise in the price of milk from nine
to twelve cents quart has compelled
the fountains to raise the rate in sell
protection.
After August /, milk shakes and
milk chocolates will be 10 cents,
chocolate malts 15c, and egg malts
zoe. 1t is estimated that the cost of
making a milk shake is cents-nllk
8, syrup 1 II, overhead expense ".
At that, most drinks are less expen-
sive in North than in South Topeka
A nut sundae on the north side costs
10 cents. A cooke and lime" is stlil
cents there. To this fact is largely
attributed the marked increase in soda
trade in North Topeka this summer,
particularly the automobile trade.
Peaceful citizens north of the river
this morning were aroused to keen
pitch of interest by the mysterious
conduct of an unknown woman on
Kansas avenue. This interesting per-
son carried a small slip of paper in her
hand. She would walk slowly along
the street for a short distance, eye1ng
the passarsby as tho she suspected
them of being German spies. at the
very least Then she would halt sud-
denly as tho she had a clue, and would
write something in her abbreviated
notebook.
The woman stood around so long
that that portion of the male popula-
ton which was more curious than
busy was aroused to lively appre-
hension. When she would stop and
focus a piercing glance on some nap
less pedestrian he would suddenly dis
cover that he had an important en-
gagement in another direction.
Having made copious notes on some
| as yet unknown subject, the strange
woman departed on a southbound car,
| fastened, perhaps, by short cross
| examination from Officer Mcclure.
Social and Personal.
Boyes Forbes returned Monday
| from a trip thru the central west. He
! spent several days in st. Louis. In
| Illinois and eastern Missouri, he re-
| ports the corn in good condition, the
| drouth from which the west has suf-
| fered not having affected that region.
Persons ir from Perry today report
that that region enjoyed the blessing
| of real sure enough two-inch rain
| Tuesday night.
Ed Thompson of Elmont was in To-
| peka this morning on business.
| Frank Bechtelheimer is in the west
ern part of the state this week on a
i horse buying trip.
| S. K. Burroughs and Ed Burroughs
of Granville were in North Topeka
| today
| There will be a union meeting of
! the North Topeka churches at the
North Topeka Baptist church Thurs
! day evening. The Rev. J. Herbert
Jones of the Christian church will
| conduct the meeting.
(; Six room modern cottage for sale
| cheap. 925 n. Quincy.-Adv.
| Joe Montague of Perry drove in to-
| day and reports threshing in progress.
During the outgoing trip and the
return to Hutchinson, it was not even
necessary to pump up tire.
! The irony of fate is nowhere more
| evident than in motor travel. The
John D. Pratt family returned a few
| days ago from a motor trip thru Colo
i RADIO, visiting at Denver, Pueblo, Colo
! RADIO Springs, Manitou and other
points From Topeka. thru Colorado
and back to Hutchinson, distance of
1000 miles, the tires of the motor car
received not a single puncture. Be-
4 tween Hutchinson and Topeka, on the
last lap of the trip, and a distance