The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
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AT HOME NEWS


Governor Capper will probably call
meeting of the new state board of
administration to be held in Topeka
between June 1920. An exact date
for the meeting will be announced in
a few days.
Two members of the David family.
Emery and James. and Ed Vance, who
were injured by the tornado Tuesday.
were reported as improving rapidly
this morning. The David boys are
staying with DR.. NJ. E. Mccoy, in
Shorey.
B. F. Holtwick, secretary Aerie No.
SIS, Fraternal Order of Eagles. is in
receipt of a letter. from Rex B. Good
cell, grand worthy president. announce
ing that the fraternal order had pur-
chased 100000 of liberty bonds
Every member. financially able. is
urged to purchase a bond.
The printer who has nothing in his
shop but type, ink. paper and presses
can give you no more than you are
getting-but Brains, Ideas and Service
are always interesting. Don't YOU
think so?-Bogle Printing Co., Fifth
and Jackson.-Adv.
The Problem of Suffering in the
Servant of Jehovah Passages =
Isaiah will be the subject of Dr..
Arthur s. Henderson's lecture to his
Bible class Sunday at 10 a. m. at the
First Congregational church, corner
of Seyen.h and Harrison streets.
Paul o. Botkin of Topeka has been
appointed to a first lieutenancy by
Charles l. Martin, adjutant general
Botkin is a son of the Rev. ]. D. Bot
kin, former congressman from the
Third district and warden of the state
prison during tho Hodges administra-
ton.
Topeka property owners not salts
fled with value placed on their prop
]
ments for the summer paving are re-
quested to appear before the city COM
4 missioners at their meeting at 1880
o'clock Tuesday morning at the city
hall.
| The business mems class of the
First Methodist church will study the
l"Crucifixion, Its Causes and Results"
The Rev j. w. Johnston and Mr.. b.
NJ. Weaver will lead the discussion.
The largest attendance of the year was
present last Sunday. Next Sunday
Flag day will be observed
| Mrs. E. T. Hearick has been elected
state representative for Kansas to the
supreme lodge of the Fraternal Broth
erhood which will be held at Los An
geles, Calf, the latter part of June.
Mr.. and Mrs Hearick will leave about
June s to attend the melting, also to
visit other points in California.
Mayor j. E. House Horace Hall,
Frank P. MacLennan and ]. F. Dillon,
! chairman of the local council of the
Red Cross society. went to Wichita
Friday to attend a meeting of the Red
Cross workers. Representatives from
Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Ar
kansas were to meet there today and
formulate plans for carrying on the
work of the society when actual fight
ing starts.
Two young Mexicans living at Belle
Vile were arrested by deputies from
the office of the United States mar
shall, charged with failure to
register. The counties of the state
are being checked over one by one
and any failure of men of the proper
age to register will be followed by ar
rest. Ellis and Wyandotte counties,
in both of which there is a large for
eign population, did not show a single
failure registration.
Bill Kercher. the how-do-you
man on the happy Kansas and Mis-
souri, circuit of the Southwestern Bell
Telephone company. is a resident of
Topeka but he doesn't find much time
to spend at home. He blew into town
today. the same old radiant bill -
and in his enthusiasm of the enjoy
ment of life he made a discovery.
What do you think / saw" he ex-
ploded to one of his $4,000 friends.
Il saw, right here in Topeka a Bevo
sign on a water wagon. Isn't that
Topeka and Kansas for you?''