The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-18
SNAP SHOTS At HOME NEWS

L ONHT OnuIS HI TUNE NEVN
c. H. Morrison has returned from
his Chicago trip.
Bradshaw's Harness Shop. 325
Kansas Ave.-Adv.
Storm doors and sash. ]. B. Whelan
& Co. Phone 865.-Adv.
The teachers exa,nina tions will be
held at the court house october rs
and q in spite of the influenza cpl
demic, it was said by Fred A. Sea-
man, county superintendent.
BY using a pair of binoculars. a
druggist opposite the State Journal
office keeps track of the latest war
bulletins posted for the advantage of
! down town Topekans, without the nee
essity of leaving his place of business.
The meeting of the Saturday night
club to have been held tomorrow
| night has been postponed for week
on account of the influenza closing
| order, according to an announcement
made, by w E. Connelley this after
noon.
Fred A. Seaman, county superin-
tendent, announced Thursday that th.9
bi-monthly school examinations to
have been held October 81 and No
vember 1 will be postponed until No
vember IA and 5 on account of the
lrlIuenZa ep1Qemlc-
The pay of the teachers will go on
just the same while their schools are
closed during the FLU" epidemic, ac-
cording to Fred A. Seaman, county
superintendent. This, he says. is as
sured by the opinion of the attorney
general given in the session laws of
1917, page 12S.
Mrs. E. J. Clark. who. with her
daughter, Mrs. Barber, of 1916 Clay
eli la live in
Pittsburgh, Pa, fell and broke her
hip recently. She was unable to re-
turn to Topeka with Mrs. Barber, and
! is now with her son, Samuel Clark, of
Pittsburgh.
Alleging that his wife left him two
years ago and is now residing in Cali
fornia, Frank Shaw filed a petition in
the office of the district court Thurs
dy asking a div-oce from Sylvia Shaw.
The petition states that the Shaws
were married in December, 1900, and
that they have two minor children.
A suit was filed in the office of the
district court Thursday by C. B.
Knowles against l.. w. Wilson and
| Mabelle j. Snyder to recover on sew
eral promissory notes which the plain
tiff alleges the defendants gave him
on property in the Martin & Dennis
addition to Topeka. The notes total
1851.
The statement in Wednesdays STATE
Journ3t that Dr. c. P. Lyons and A.
H. Refchley were arrested at 1904
Kansas avenue was an error. The
raid was made on the house at 1910
Kansas avenue. The police gave out
the Information originally, but the
| mistake was corrected today on the
court records.
Postmaster w. o. Rigby started to-
day on his annual inspection of the
ten rural routes out of Topeka. The
duties of the postmaster require that
he make this inspection each year, ex-
aiming the roads and boxes, note
every deep rut and unsafe culvert and
| make a complaint to the county road
overseer of conditions that should be
remedied.
Mrs. r. L. Fulkerson, of 1914 North
Quincy street, has received word from
her son, Norman Fulkerson,i who is in
| the government service as a truck
driver in England. His letter states
| that there is a great deal of rain in
/ England now, and that he had just
made a drive of fifteen miles thru the
mud to rescue an airplane that had
| fallen in field.
The old Garfield school, which was
used last year for the housing of aged
colored women who were dependent
on the county for support, will be re-
| opened for a similar purpose this
year, according to P. w. Griggs, coun-
| ty poor commissioner. The plan of
assembling these people in one place
effects a great saving to the county in
coal and provisions, 1t is stated.
The case of the state against H. L.
Smith and f. E. Brewer former en-
| p1oyes of a local transfer company
charged with collecting overcharges
| on packages delivered, was dismissed
this morning by Judge Rad Lee on
the motion of Hugh Fisher, county at
| torney. The evidence against Brewer
was not sufficient to hold him. 1t was
shown, while the charge against Smith
was dismissed because the defendant
| has entered the army.
An opportunity for 400 Topeka men
| to get into the construction division OF
| the army, which has charge of the
| construction of environments and SINH
| lar work, is found in an order received
here Thursday from John A. McIlhen-
ny, president of the construction COM
mission at Washington, D. c. Nc
competitive examinations are required
but men should make out application
blanks, which can be procured from
LEROY Powell at the postoffice. Sal
aries range from $1,000 to $4,000 9
year.
William Elder, 500 Van Buren,
street, was severely injured late Thurs
| day afternoon when he was struck by
| a Stevens IA" car while riding his
| bicycle east on Sixth avenue at Polk
street. The driver of the car explained
his unlawful speed by saying he was
| rushing an injured man to the hos
pital. When the car struck the BIZ
| cycle, Elder managed to cling to the
radiator and thus escaped being
ground under the wheels. Elder was
| severely bruised and his bicycle COM
pletely wrecked.