The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18

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AT HOME NEWS

For your own benefit read Bogle's
effusion regarding the woodpecker on
page ADV.
Sheriff and Mrs Hugh Larimer and
family left at noon today for points in
Nebraska. where they will spend
week.
The woman's branch of the Navy
league will hold meeting at the Com
merce building Tuesday afternoon at
8 o'clock.
Fifteen blocks of brick paving will
soon be laid in Topeka, according to
Richie brothers, contractors The first
of the paving was laid this week on
Lincoln street.
N. H. Wolf, the tailor, is recovering
rapidly from his serious illness and
expects to be at his office early in
September. He was at ChriStS hos
pital for seven weeks.
Judge A, w. Dana of the first divi-
sion of the district court today SEN
| fenced Oscar Gay, a negro. to thirty
having Intoxicating liquor in his pos
session.
Fred Thompson asks that he be
granted a divorce from Ida Thompson
in petition filed in the district court
today. They were married February
y, 1909. He charges that she desert
ed him in August, 1910.
MdD0l Holmes, was elecleQ pres
ident of the Topeka Young Peoples
branch of the w. G. T. U. at the sec
! ond annual meeting of the organiza-
| ton, held Friday night Ethel Nc
Clement was elected treasurer, and
Juanita Dignon, vice-president.
Capt. Don Thompson, Topeka war
photographer, will return to the Unit
ed States according to a cablegram
received by his relatives He has been
| engaged in making war pictures for
| Leslie's Weekly since the war broke
out He will return to New York.
Special church services will be held
| Sunday at the fair grounds for the
| soldiers who are encamped there. The
meeting will be held in Motor Hall at
1920 O'Clock. The Rev. o. L. Cook
| of the First Christian church will cons
duet the services. Music for the pro-
gram will be given by the choir of the
First Christian church.
Electricians were wiring the home
| of Mrs. A A Hurd, 1874 Tyler street,
this morning. They cut a hole thru
a wall on the second floor and used a
| lighted candle to string the wire thru
| hole and caused slight blaze. The
firemen were called out. Little dam
age was done.
Earl Frantz is anxious to ascertain
whether he will be a missionary or a
soldier. Frantz lives in North Topeka
and attended the Y. M. c. A. mission
airy school at Chicago, where he regis
tered. He has been directed to pro-
coed in few weeks to China to teach
! the heather Chinese" Meantime, he
| has been drafted. He is claiming ex-
| emption on the grounds of a depend
ent wife. So far he has not been no.
titled whether he has been exempted
| or not.
Under an emergency Mrs. Rose
| Montgomery, daughter of D. R. Hite,
Topeka attorney, was granted a di-
vorce from H. Grady Montgomery in
the district court Friday afternoon.
Montgomery is the son of H. s. Mont
gomery, Santa Fe watch inspector.
He is now in California, where he and
Mrs. Montgomery moved about a year
ago. Mrs. Montgomery returned to
| her parents here two or more months
ago. Mrs. Montgomery made no SEN
sational charges and asked for no ali
mony. Montgomery did not contest
the suit and the decree WIS granted
Before leaving Topeka Mr.. Montgom-
| cry was manager of the Iris theater