The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-02
North Side News

The county commissioners in the
course of a week will commence re-
sraveIing the Lower Silver Lake road
In many places the surface has broken
thru. and repairs are needed to keep
IT IN shape for motor travel The road
viii have a new surface. and regradIn@
/ IN places where needed
The two bridges at RossviIle are be
ing repaired 1t is hoped that in two
weeks plans for bridge over Soldier
creek at Kansas avenue will be COM
pIete-
Troop trains still continue to. pass
thru North Topeka over the Union Pa
cific- Monday night an entire train
went east bound for Leavenworth- and
Tuesday two coaches passed coupled
TO one of the regular trains.
The soldier boys are gallant ag-
gregatfonr They throw out large num-
bers of pieces of paper containing their
names and addresses. in the hope that
some stray damss,zIs viii pick up the
notes and write 20 their authors. One
of the soldiers. who apparently had
all the religion he could contain pre-
Pacific hotel with a Bible which had
seen service on the border Whether
or not IT had seen religious service the
soldier did not say
Miss Leslie Moncriffe and Mr. YER
Lawrence Kan The marriage came
as a surprise to the friends Of the
young couple. tho the engagement has
been known for some time Mr. War
mock is a well known North Topeka
boy and is engaged with his brother
Harold as a retail dealer in oIeomar-
garine- Miss Moncriffe has lived N
Topeka several years. and is former
student at Wash burn college in the
department Of fine arts She lives
e. On
West. Eighth street The couple viii
be at home to their friends after June
I, at 1925 North Topeka avenue
The police force on the North Side
cha nged beats at noon Tuesday. Bill
ings and Kennedy will be on in the
day time and Shanfeld and Mcclure
at night Since the bone dry law
went into effect the officers have had
a very dull time of it For some
years past North Topeka has failed
10 furnish its fair share OF exercise 70
the strong arm of the law For the
last few months there has been prac-
ticaI1y nothing for the officers to do
1t is time for the aIarnists TO start
an alarm Soldier creek has riser
three and 4 half feet IN the last "a
hours, The fact that there was hard
" any water in the creek bed prior TO
the present rain should lot deter
them 1t Is the OntV way TO starL any
excitement Whether It is the wet
weather or the war the mills of the
gods appear to have stopped grinding
for the time being
Special and Personal
Miss Ma orie Cole will leave Satur-
day for Sabetha to make her home
The Rev. W L Cole. former pastor Of
the North Topeka Baptist church now
has a church in Sabetha. and Miss
Cole will make her home with her
parents.
The members Of the Ladies' Aid
society of the Kansas Avenue Meth
ooiist church VIII hold an all day meet
ing at the church Thursday.
Prayer meeting in the Christian and
Presbyterian churches has been called
off because Of the Sunday school con-
veutiOn-
W C Chaffee has returned from a
several weeks visit to Excelsior
Springs.
Charles Gerteisen vino left North
Topeka a month ago for an extended
western trip is in Seattle with reIa-
tfves- He viii not return here until
autumn
The Home Missionary society of the
Methodist church will meet Friday
afternoon with Mrs. Z BisseTL