The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

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Dance tonight-Kellan1 Ha11.-Adv.
Roy ReveIy. colored. of r219 West
ern avenue, was sent to Camp Fun
ston from local board No. today.
There will be no meeting of the
Highland Park Red Cross Auxiliary,
Friday afternoon because Of the lack
of materials with which to work
The Norden Benefit association will
dedicate a service flag with twelve
stars at a meeting and concert to be
held Tuesday evening at the hall. CAT
Kansas avenue.
George w. Wharton. of 1922 West
Fifth street, went to Fort Riley today
where he will enter the army. Whar-
ton was employed by the Hall Litho-
graphing Co. Several years ago
Wharton served for about five years
in the navy.
Here is chance to save ice. When
you order a drink from the soda
fountain ask the squirt to use little
ice. A large amount of the precious
frozen luxury is wasted every day in
Topeka because the fountain clerks
scoop UP a half a glass for every
drink.
Subscribers to the Red Cross war
fund at Silver Lake. may pay their
pledges to Charles D. Williams, or mail
checks TO the Second Red Cross war
fund, room 227 New England build
He makes the statement in response to
! questions sent in from Silver Lake re-
garding methods of payment.
! A certain Topeka theater in its eff
! forts to advertise a moving picture
coming to the city has pasted
''stickers'' on the sides and tenders
| and hoods of moter cars. Many auto
mobile owners have complained Bit
| terly. 1t has necessitated them
scratching and mutilating their cars
in orderto remove the posters.
| The work of the county superin-
tendent for Shawnee county probably
will be taken by Fred A. Seaman, at
| present principal of Shorey school
| during the absence of Miss NJ Edna
Corbet, who has a years leave of alb
sence and will leave early in Septem-
Der to engage in hospital and hut
service for the Red Cross in France
Miss Irene Taylor. county emerg-
| ency home demonstration agent, gave
a sugarless demonstration today at the
home of Mrs. R. C. O'Brecht. at Sea-
brook, for the women of that com
nunity. She will visit the Glover Hill
Poultry club meeting Friday at the
home of Miss Norabell ~Tevis, neal
Berryten. She gave a corn and nea
| canning demonstration at Elmont
| w S0A0Sudy.
The full casualty list from the wal
| department may be read every day or
one of the State Journals Kansas ave.
nue. bulletin windows. The list al
printed in the paper includes only the
| Kansans in killed and all degrees OF
| wounded and the killed from over the
country; The printed list unless it i.
short, does not include the wounded
from over the country. The com
plete list, however. may be seen Oh
the Safe Journal window.
The farmers of Shawnee county ar
becoming enthusiastic over Kanore,
seed wheat. about 200 bushels o
which was offered to farmers here b.
w. w Wright, assistant county agen
Of Greenwood county. who was in To
peka recently. The seed was free from
smut This variety is said to be es
pecially hardy and according to ex
periments, will yield more bushels t
the acre than the ordinary varietie
that have been planted in this vicinity
The Topeka Street Railway com
pany filed in the office of the Shaw
nee county district court Wednesda
! afternoon an answer to the petition
filed last April by Anna Smith. VIII
asked judgment of $500 and cost
against the company for injurie
which she claims she Sustained Will
riding on West Sixth street car 4
November, 1915. The Street Railwa
company, in its answer, denied eac
! and all of the material allegations i
Mrs. Smiths petition.
That enlistments of men betwee
3 the ages of IS and Sc may be receive
is the purport of a new order receive
! at the local United States army re
oruiting office. Four non-com bata r
departments are open to men of TIL
} age. They are quartermasters, ord
: nance. medical and sigRal corp
/ Skilled and unskilled workmen wi
h also be taken for work in cantonment
land shipyards. Immediately afte
2 the physical examination. men enlis
= ing now will be placed in the servic
A plan has been suggested by Al
thur Hodgins, a travelling salesfia
I for the Central Topeka Paper con
pany. by which Elks may eentribut
: 81 each and get their names signed I
: a letter to the boys in the America
Stars and Stripes" The contribute
is to pay for space in which to prir
> the letter. Topeka Elks will be til
I | first to take advantage of the pla1
: which will be presented to otfs
: branches of the order in the state I
r Hodgins, as he travels about I'll
: ! country.
4 The city is having considerab
trouoie IN obtaining paper drinkir
: cups TO place in containers near IL
d water coolers in the city buildin
: During the hot weather the consrfo
!, tion OF these cups goes up into a thoi
sand or more per week. Evident
Q the manufacture Of paper cups is n
considered as necessary as thev Al
y now very hard to obtain and prie
!. nave more than doubled. Fastidioi
!. people must provide their own stefl
Z When drinking in the city hail mi
sueh time as orders for paper c1j