The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-21

sap-head boy comes breezing in, and
flops down on a stool, you couldn't
pry him loose, with first class burglar
tools. They are working on prescrip-
tions, working with all their might,
a boob blows in, they rush to him, he
only wants a light. "A snippy girl,
wants twelve cents worth of rouge,
called BLUSH of Dawn" he wraps it
plasters for her corn. They tell a
man his prescription will be done at
half past two, at one the dub is in the
store, says Il thought it might be
thru Some woman wants a real
good soap to wash her baby with, they
tell her this is the best on EARTH"
she says it's all myth, that they
l~don't know what they're talking bout
| much wisdom she'll unfold, then
tells the clerk, it's her first baby.
wants disinfectant to put bedbugs on
the blink, back he comes in four days
more for ten cents worth of ink, he
tells the clerk the bugs are there, but
his dog. has Joined the fairies. and
wants to write, to his dog, a fitting
obituary. And so it goes from morn
till night, increasingly they ponder
curing stomach aches, and ear aches,
and even yellow jaundice. A drug
clerk has hard old job, now I'm right
here to crack, if I were one of them,
I'd quit, and hire out to drive a hack.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Donaldson
left today for San Antonio and Corpus
Christi, Tex, to spend the holidays.
Miss Jane Shepard, of Dewey, Okla,
who has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Williams for week, has
left for her home.
Miss Katherine Albaugk returned
yesterday from Pittsburg, Kan, where
she has been teaching mathematics
in the high school, Miss Albaugh will
| remain in Topeka with her mother,
| Mrs. Morton Albaugh, for the re-
| mainder of the winter.
Mr.. Howell Jones. of Cedar Point.
Kansas, has recovered from an attack
of influenza.
Miss Elizabeth Culver and Miss
Winifred Greene, who are teaching at
Berryton. are spending the week end
at their homes
Miss Mildred Quinton left today for
| st. Louis to spend a week with her
| aunt, Mrs. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Frizell, of
Los Angeles. who are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. John Frizell will leave Monday
for Fort Worth. Tex, to spend Christ
mas with another brother and his
| family.
DR.. and Mrs. George Port Ashton
| left last evening for Warrensburg, Mo,
| sister, Mrs. Charles Sollars, of indie
pendence, Mo. Mrs. Sollars contract
ed the disease nursing her daughter
| and son in law, Mr.. and Mrs. Eldred
| Colvin James. of Warrensburg. Mr..
James also died of the disease.
Mr.. Harold Cone, who has recently
| returned from the officers aviation
training school. was the guest of his
mother, Mrs. Permelia Cone, in Col
lege avenue yesterday. He left last
night to join his wife and young baby
at the home of Mrs. Cones parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson, in Eureka
Miss Ethel Joss and Mr.. Clifford
Joss have returned from school to
spend the holidays with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Joss in Lane street
Miss JOSS has been attending North
Western university at Evanston, ILL.,,
and Mr.. joss the University of Illinois
at Champaign.
Mr.. Paul Moneypenny is recovering
from the influenza in France.
Little Katherine Dawson, the T.
year-oid daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
A. NJ. Dawson, who has been very ill
with the influenza, is improving.
Miss Ida Ump!eby. who was serious
. Iy injured by a fall a week ago, is
slowly improving.
Miss Genevieve Mcmillan has re-
turned from Baker, Kan, where she
las been the guest of Miss Flora Har-
rington.
Miss Rhea Robertson has entirely
recovered from the influenza and win