The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-10


For it has grown swatter-shyi
Cir cingle.
The Blue Relief Corps No. will
hold a special meeting at the home
of Mrs. w. G.. Lane, 1925 North
Quincy street, at 2 o'clock Friday af-
ternoon.
BY special invitation the ambulance
corps which is encamped at the Wash
burn campus will attend the services
at the Westminster Presbyterian
church Sunday at IL O'Clock.
Hundreds of blackbirds were killed
in Topeka by the hail storm Wednes-
day evening The birds were knocked
to the ground from the trees. AS usual,
the worthless sparrows were spared.
E. l.. Copeland, treasurer of the
Santa Fe railway here. is confined to
his home today because of a bad cold
and slight temperature. Physicians
declare his trouble will not prove SER
ious.
Twenty-Five years ago last night a
storm struck Topeka and tore the roof
from the Voiland store. Wednesday
evening another storm struck Topeka
and blew in Voiland's front windows.
In 1872.
Judge ]. S. West of the supreme
court. has challenged any member of
the Chamber of Commerce to a game
at Garfield park Tuesday afternoon
and evening.
The Smith County club will hold
its annual picnic at Cages park Mon
day morning. Breakfast will be
served by a committee at so. All
former Smith county persons and their
friends who will be able to attend,
should notify the president of the club,
Edwin E. Brookens, or H. w. Bonn
gardner
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Prairie Home church will hold an ice
cream social Saturday evening at the
home of Rose Kinnett. The May
girls orchestra, of Topeka, will fur
nish the progra m, and the proceeds
will go toward rebuilding the Prairie
Home church, which was destroyed by
the tornado.
Bad roads has delayed the motor
drivers on their run from Washington
to California. The dispatch driver
was scheduled to arrive in Topeka
late Thursday afternoon. He didn't
arrive in Kansas City until this Morn
ing and when he will arrive in Topeka
is a matter of conjecture. James p
Cowdrey of the Cadillac Sales com
pany, will drive from Topeka to Man
haitian.
Mrs. Matte Wintrode, daughter-in-
law of the late Capt. Jacob Wintrode
one-tenth interest in The Wintrode, ~
a Topeka boarding house and at one
time one of the show places of Topeka
i The suit is against F'idelia Wintrode
and Panzy Metzdorf. Captain Whit
rode died in 1882. Matte Wintrode
married one of his sons who later
died She states that the two women
against whom the suit is brought have
been in undisturbed possession of the
place for years.
Growing out of white slave" case
in which Vesta Olson is the states
chief witness, a suit for divorce
against Mrs. Olson has been filed in
the district court by Stanley r. Olson
Less than a week ago Nathaniel
Peterson. a Topeka barber, was ar
rested by the police at a local hotel
in company with Mrs Olson and a
warrant was issued charging him
with transporting Mrs Olson from
Saina to Topeka for immoral pur-
poses Peterson gave bond and was
released following arrangement in the
Court of Topeka Mrs. Olson was
placed under bond, signed by her
mother, to remain within the jurisdic-
ton of the court as a witness against
Peterson. Olson states in his divorce
petition that they were married al
Claremore, Okla, three months ago
I He charges her with infide1itv