The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-10

Miss Adelaide Bo1mar. an assistant
to the city librarian, will return this
week from her vacation.
w. r. c. No. 81 will meet Tuesday
morning at Pelletier's Red Cross
rooms. The meeting will last all
day.
Lincoln Circle No. 1. Literary and
Sewing society, will hold an all day
meeting tomorrow at Lincoln Post
hall. Lunch will be served at noon
Mr.. and Mrs A. P. Dutton, formerly
of Topeka. now of Beaumont, Tex,
have motored thru and are visiting
the Theodore Sabtn family on their
ranch near Pauline.
| Mary's coll :ge, ST. Marys. Kan, spent
Sunday in Topeka visiting friends. He
| is a former resident of Topeka, but
| now lives at Perry. Kan.
Ralph H. Cav. Shawnee county
probate judge. will speak before the
annual convention of the Kansas pro-
bate judges to be held at Salina. June
Is and 10. His topic will be Needed
Legislation"
Topeka Central W. c. T. U. will OBJ
serve Foreign Mission day with an all
day meeting tomorrow at the home OF
Mrs Lutte Turpin, 30S West Sixth
street. Members are urged to bring
their lunch ana flowers
The police Sunday night viewed
with considerable apprehension the
number of "spooners" along Soldier
creek in Garfield park. Joe Wonderly.
patrolman, was assigned to the job
of keeplrg a weather. eye on the
I frequenters.
The regular meeting of the Co
operative club which was to have been
held Tuesday night has been cancelled
I <f
Wake Up. America" film at the audi
torium. The picture will be shown
Under the auspices of the club
The thirty-first annual convention
of the Kansas Christian Endeavor
union will be held at Mcpherson
Thursday and Friday. this week. One
of the features of the convention will
be the dedication of service flag of
5000 stars. A number of delegates
are expected to attend the convention
| from Topeka.
Rev. C. E. Rash told his congregd-
[ ton Sunday that if our prayers for
bread are to be answered it is nee
essary for US to get out in the harvest
and work for it. DR.. Rash said that
he would sanction the able-bodied men
of his congregation working Sundays
| to sort of gather in the sheaves' in
stead OF just singing about doing it.
Mary Burkhardt, who filed a petit
| ton for divorce from Michael Burk-
| hardt in the Shawnee county district
court Friday, alleging extreme cruelty,
| appeared Saturday morning with her
| husband and asked that the case be
| dropped. Upon payment of costs by
| Burkhardt. the petition was thrown
! out of court.
| Night examinations for stenograph-
! ers and typists who desire to enter
! government service will be held in
| the future. 1t was said by Leroy Pow
| ell. secretary of the civil service com
/ mission in this city. The next exam
nation of this character will be held
July 9. Entrance salaries for these
positions range from 5000 to $1,000 a
year.
Shawnee county contributed 1921
4s1 to the second Red Cross war fund
| according to the final report of Secre-
tsry T. D. Hammatt. Twenty-thou-
sand pledges are included in the re-
port. The Shawnee county quota was
| S7S,000 which sum, and more was
raised in Topeka alone. The final re.
top with s49,4S1 to spare. The final
! figures show that Shawnee county
subscribed more than $50 per cent OF
its quota.
Joe Sage, zig Topeka avenue, has
been called for service and will be
sent to Camp Cody. n. NJ. with the
ment by local board No. 2 this morn
ing. Sage was included in one of the
early drafts but on account of the sick
ness of his brother was granted an ex-
tension CT time. He reported to the
board about a week ago that hi: