The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-30

Sealed bid will be received for curbing
September 4. f917, at p. m specifications
and forms of contract can be obtained at
the Peoples State Bank. The right to
contract as is deemed to be for the best
interest of the City of CORTLAND.
S: LARSEN. Mayor.
CORTLAND, Kan.
Thirst published in The Topeka State Jour
nal, Thursday, August 80. 1871
In the District Court of Shawnee County,
Elizabeth Robinson, Plaintiff VS.. Zeno
fo0'ns PniB Retea9aR5 Nc NoT FEE.
r9 You Ih are hepeby notfed that Elizabeth
Robinson Robin fl filed a petition in the District
9th day of August, 1917; that the prayer
Of said petition is for an absolute divorce
from any and i ali interest in and to Certain
real estate in Shawnee County, Kansas,
stSyr seS fBs nb, ! 1S
or otherwise plead to said petition on or
before the 18th day of October, 1917. said
men' rendered E fkasi EFT RoBfNsSN,
'e EDWIN L. o'NETL,
Attest MARY E. CHAPLIN,
Clerk District Court.
| thirst published in The Topeka State Jour
nal, Thursday, August 80, 1917.]
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
At a meeting of the State Industrial We'll
fare Commission, August q, the Industrial
Welfare Commission approved the Sanitary sanitary
tile-Board for mercantile establishments in
the state of Kansas. The recommendations
read:
No person, firm corporation subject to
Chapter 275 of the Session laws of 1915
shall employ or permit any female person
I'm
the state of Kansas in which the conditions
do not conform to the following standarq !:
floors, walls, ceilings, windows, and every
other part thereof, and all fixtures therein,
shall at all times, be kept in clean and
2. DRINKING WATER A sufficient
quantity of safe, fresh drinking water,
shall be provided, with sanitary appliances
for drinking. A common drinking cup shall
not be used. When the water is iced, the
| ice shall not be in the same c6ntainer as
8. LIGHTING-An rooms shall be pro-
perly and adequately lighted during work.
| ing hours. Artificial illumination in every
workroom shall be installed, arranged and
used, so that the light furnished will, at
all times, be sufficient and adequate for the
| work carried on therein, and prevent I'M
necessary strain on the vision, or glare on
| the eyes of the worker.
4. VENTILATION-The ventilation of
each room shall be adequate, and there
shall be sufficient provision for preventing
air space necessary to health must be al
| lowed for each employe.
| 5. TOILET ROOMS-In every establish
ment there shall be provided suitable and
convenient toilets separate from those used
| by the opposite sex, and the number OF
| such toilets shall be not less than one to
every twenty female persons employed at
one time or majority fraction thereof. Such
| toilets must be thoroughly ventilated and
open to the outside air, and sdch toilets
must, at all times, be kept in a clean and
sanitary condition;
dations, separate and apart from those used
| by male persons. must be provided and in
dividual towels. either cloth or paper, must
\ be adequate, and the Mushrooms must be
kept in clean and sanitary condition.
| Z. DRESSING ROOMS-A suitable space,
effectively screened, must be provided for
| female persons to change their street
clothes for working clothes and where
practical; individual lockers should be pro-
vided- cot for emergency purposes shall
| be provided.
8. Where there are less than four fe-
male persons employed by any person, the
| Industrial Welfare Commission may, upon
application and showing, release each APP
piicant from compliance with the foregoing
/ regulations or any part of same.
The Commission hereby gives notice that
1917, public meeting will be held in the
office of the Industrial Welfare Commission
in Topeka, Kansas Tin accordance with
section 10, chapter 275 of the Session laws
| of 1879 to whom all persons in favor OF
or opposed to said recommendations will
| be given a hearing.
By order of the Industrial Welfare Com
INDUSTRIAL WELFARE COMMISSION.
P. J. MBRIDE, Chairman
MRS. A. c. MITCHELL,
! JOHN CRADDOCK,
/ Members of the Commission.
LIMA f. BRESETTE, Secretary.
| first pubIfzhed in The Toneka State Jour