The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-20
City Market opens tomorrow. Ginter.

City Market opens tomorrow Ginter-
ADV.
A reception was held Wednesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cliff Simmons, SIP Lafayette street,
in honor of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles
Worthington.
The organ recital which was to
have been given tonight at the City
auditorium by Dean Horace White
house has been indefinitely postponed.
when he will give the program.
After school classes will not be held
in the high school, according to a bull
letin issued this week by II. B. Wilson,
superintendent. The Wednesday night
gymnasium class for boys and the
class in folk dancing will both be dis
continued.
The county grange will be treated to
a play, Diamonds and Hearts" to be
given by Muddy Creek local at the
Y. NJ. c. A rooms Saturday afternoon
at 1880 o'clock. The performance will
be open to the public and no admis-
sion fee is charged.
At regular meeting of Lincoln cir
Gle, Ladies G. A r., held Tuesday,
resolutions were adopted expressing
thanks to Governor Capper, Congress
man Anthony and Adjutant General
Martin for their efforts in having con-
gress grant one months stay before
Work will be started on the new
city we'll as soon as the contractors
equipment arrives, according to Com
missioner Frank Newland. Three
test wells have been sunk during the
last week. Each hole contains four
teen feet of water-bearing gravel The
location of the big well will be in one
of these test holes.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Elmer w. Seastrom, "a, and Cora B.
Jacobs. IS, of Burlingame; Charley
Owens. %, and Bessie Shackleford, IS,
Of Granville; Melvin Munger, q, and
Dora Lynch, 10, CT Topeka; William
Cooper, 26, and Floss A Stroud. rs, of
Topeka, and Clifford c. Gaddie, To-
peka, 21, and Nora Riainger, To-
peka, IS.
Two more burglaries were reported
early today. The home of the Rev.
&c. w. Maggart, 621 Taylor street, was
entered and an overcoat, three suits
Of clothes, sealskin cap and lady's
watch, all worth about $500, were
taken. The Rev. and Mrs. Maggart
were not at home at the time of the
s. P Blalock. 1884 Monroe, was pried
open and a revolver was stolen from Il
drawer in IL table.
Anthony Hamilton's temporary
chances of obtaining his freedom were
reduced materially when his bond was
IlNGd IN Ine court dI pOrOOu-
Hamilton is charged with burglary.
He is a negro and officers say he is
one of the most expert daylight work.
ers in Topeka. The present charge is
that he robbed the residence of Mrs.
&c. McGrew on North Harrison street
of $50. He was out on parole on an
old case when arrested The parole
was revoked.
dinner was given Thursday in
honor of the district superintendents
of the Methodist conference who were
in town for their meeting. The guests
were Bishop w. o. Shepard of Wich-
tia, DIR. Charles T. Durboraw of Atchi-
son, DIR. James Smith of Emporid, DIR.
John Scott of Fort Scott; DIR. Wiley a.
Jeve of Independence, DIR. William
Hanson of Kansas City, Kan; Dr. John
Wolf of Topeka. The dinner was Civ
en- at the residence of Doctor Wolf. at
1101 Polk street.
Oscar Forbes, mysteriously murder
ed on a busy street in Kansas City
Monday, formerly lived in Topeka, and
during 1910 and 1911 was foreman of
the composing room at the Kansas
Farmer. He was known here as
George Foraker, it is said. He lived
at Seventh and Madison streets and
while here was married to a girl who
came from Fort Smith, Ark. Follow
ing his wedding several of the print
ers from the Kansas Farmer attended
wedding feast at his house. When
he left here in 1911, Mrs. Foraker
went to Fort Smith and three weeks
later wrote to their former landlady
here asking what had become of her
husband. Later she wrote that every
thing was all right. Forbes's or
Foreaker's throat was cut in Kansas
City Monday.