The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-04


CHI. CuIp OF 1901 West Sixth street
is recovering from an illness of few
weeks.
The Military Sisterhood will hold its
regular monthly meeting Tuesday art
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock in its room IN
Memorial building.
The Current Topic club will have
it's regular meeting tonight at the Cen
trail Y. NJ. C. A.. and S. NJ. Brewster,
attorney general, will make an address
on THE States Law Department
The Woman's Missionary thank Of
fering meeting of the First Congre-
gational church will meet Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock, at the home of
Miss Martha Valentine, 625 Polk
street.
| Word has been received from NJ. e.
Palmer of the Palmer Auto Supply
company that his mother, who is crit
| ically i'll at her home in Meyersville,
| o., is not expected to recover. Palmer
was called TO her. bedside last week.
| At a meeting of the Topeka Central
w. c. T. L. this afternoon, a service
| flag was presented to the union. The
flag has twenty stars, representing
| members sons in the army. An adj
dress was made by DR.. Charles NJ.
| Sheldon.
number of Kansas lawyers are in
Topeka today to attend the opening
| of the March term of the state SUI
preme court. Cases assigned for hear
ing this month will be presented this
| week. Saturday the court will hanf
| down opinions in cases submitted in
February.
The Loyal Woman's class of the
Sunday school of the First Christian
| church has been in a contest for the
last three months for bringing in new
members and the winning side will be
| entertained by the losing side Tuesday
evening at 8 O'Clock. at the home of
Mrs. William L. Havens, 2o7 Van
Buren, street
The fourth of the series of garden
ing lectures will be held at the high
school tonight. The meetings are I'M
der the direction of o. F. Whitney,
Commissioner W. L. Porter, and 9TH
+. ers Interested in fostering home gar
dening The discussion tonight will
be led b.: F. P. Rude, a prominent
gardener of Topeka.
Alfred Won Langen, of the 660th
aero squadron, has \Sent word home
that he is to leave camp at San An
tonic, Thursday. on what he believes
is the first lap of his trip to France
His father, Leo Won Langen, has
gone to San Antonio to visit his son
before he leaves. He will visit other
points in the south before he returns
Thieves entered the apartments OF
G. 3. Frazer. at the r. c. Harris resi-
dence, 213 East Eleventh street, Sun
day night and took two $50 liberty
) bonds, an opal ring and a silk dress
The house was entered by means of g
skeleton key, and no one in the house
was disturbed by the intruders. The
) theft was reported to the, police late
Sunday night. d.
The ten minute recreation period is
to be enforced in a number of state
: departments. The recreation period
was inaugurated by Charles s. H uff
man, adjutant general. and applied tt
. all employees in the state war depart
ment. Now number of departing MT:
are allowing employees the ten minutt
! rest ct 10 o'clock in the morning ane
. at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
: - Hanging in front of the altar in the
. Unitarian church in Topeka is a serv
+ ice flag. already dedicated to thu
} memory of the nine boys from tina
! church with the colors. The nin'
stars in the flag represent: Arthur
Conklin, Lieut.. Angelus Burch, Corp
: Frank Fable, Sergt. Tom Whitaker
!, Sergt. Jim Whitaker, Lieut.. Georg'
Chandler, Lieut.. Chester Thomas
Sergt CORTLAND Shepard and Dali
| Burdjck.
At a meeting Of the Shawnee Col
club, arrangements were made for
G. tournament to be played on the clu
" links The golf experts of the club vii
divide themselves into teams the
II playing mate someone who know
, none of the intricacies of the game
The matches will be Scotch foursome.
. The grounds will be kept in-good con
5 dition, by the use of a large stear
s roller on the golf course. E. F. A
n Reinisch, superintendent of city park:
is planting 1,400 young trees on tn
= club grounds.
s Col. w. w. Smith, G. A. r. ma
s of Topeka, has been named by Lincol
e Post, G. A. R., candidate, for tn
8 position of department commando
/, for Kansas. The next department en-
n campment. will be held at Chanute
t. when the commander will be chosen
e Lincoln Post No. L promises to stan
e united in its support of Col. Smith
n He is well known in the department
V and national encampments. He serve
# in the Civil war four years from cap
d tain to colonel of the Seventeent
o Ma ssa chusetts. In civil life he ha
n had his distinctions and honors, an
& he has served as state senator, an
n has served in an official capacity i
Washington, D. G.