The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-01

Maude Muller, on summers day,
| Raked the meadows sweet with hay;
That she might send shredded wheat bis
Nell Scribbler.
F. H. Gustavis, who has been oper-
| ating a shoe repair shop in Topeka for
many years, has moved to Salt Lake
City.
| A wedding license has been issued
in Kansas City. Mo-. to Gunnard OIL
son, "a, and Minnie Smithe, 20, both
| of Topeka.
The residence of ]. w. Fisher. 7o1
| Fillmore. was burglarized Saturday
night. The robber entered thru
| back door and obtained about $4.-
| Tho Woman's Missionary society of
meet Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. M
Fuller. 1900 West Sixth avenue.
The Central Y. NJ. C. A. has pre-
| pared a service flag, on which stars
will be placed for 242 men in active
the lobby of the Central Y. M. C. A.
| building, and another service flag will
| hang in front of the building,
The Topeka boilermakers' union
will invite the blacksmiths' union of
Horton, Kan, to participate in the
Labor day celebration In Topeka as
! the guests of the local organization.
The boilermakers initiated sixteen new
members at the last meeting and other
applications are in prospect.
w. F.. Pratt, 426 Seward avenue,
has filed in the Shawnee county dis
trict court a suit for divorce from
Margaret v. Pratt. 1919 West Tenth.
The plaintiff charges abandonment
and asks the court to compel his wife
to use her maiden name. Margaret V.
Bisseil, after they are divorced.
Edwin Montgomery, former -secre-
tary of the Retail Grocers' association,
has been appointed chairman of the
local fair food price board in the place
of W.. H. Davis, resigned Montgonn-
cry took up the duties Of the office at
1.-THE meeting of the food price board
this noon at the Chamber of Com
! merce. Walter P. Innes of Wichita,
made the appointment
Miss Katherine Ewing, Washburn
| college freshman, who is spending the
summer at he home in Miami, Fla,
has sent to washburn a gift of a live
| alligator. She writes hat the gift is
sent in accordance with President P.
P. Womer's sta cement that gifts or
livestock would be acceptable for the
college farm. The creature has been
J placed in the Gage park animal nurs-
cry. .-..7-.7r
Following the business session of
the Loyal Order of Moose tonight, an
!, open meeting for the families, friends
, and visitors of the members Will be
held. The class for initiation Will be
!, large, and every member Is asked to
. be present and bring candidate.
Governor Arthur Capp IT, member OF
the order and one of the Mooseheart
governor making the laws and regu-
lations, will give an address.
Word of the death of L. o. C'Dick")
Hoffman at the Lansing penitentiary
has been received by county officials
and the police. Hoffman. a well known
police court character here, was taken
;; to the penitentiary June ID by Hugh
!, Larimer, sheriff, to serve a sentence
on a charge of setting fire to-. his
, store. First and Madison streets His
e death was caused by a complication of
: diseases.
!. The place of S. H. Hurst, a feather
renovater, 716 Jefferson street, was
e raided by Robert Miller. undersheriff,
I and ]. ]. Holman, deputy. and Hurst
( arrested following the finding of fifty
bottles of beer. In addition to the
beer, several empties were found, to
say nothing of several abandoned
plants Hurst was charged wi i
maintaining a nuisance and having
contraband in his possession and re-
leased on bond pending hearing.
A. r. Elliot. state Y. NJ. c.. A. secre-
o | d "A.
i Roy Meyers, former Washburn stu
dent end football star. now in Y. NJ.
I c. A. work at Lucknow, India. En-
closed with the letter was a program
: of the work of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Luck
now, showing courses of study in after
war problems English literature, mo-
tor car operation, business subjects
Hindustani, French, lettering and
drawing All teachers in the Y. NJ
c. A at Lucknow are college men with
degrees.
!, The Chamber of Commerce is send
Il ing out notice to the automobile own
ing members that they are needed to-
morrow to make an impression on the
good roads delegation coming from
= Burlington and other cities along the
u proposed line of the Capital city route
:. It is desired that a big delegation OF
, Topeka automobile owners meet the
= visitors at Wakarusa and escort them
Ito the city, Auto owners who Will
take part in the demonstration are
n asked to notify the Chamber of Com
II merce today.
: The Initiation fee of the Topeka
= Retail Clerks union has been reduced
- to $3.50 as a special inducement t.
Z women clerks, which will continu,
= thru July, it was decided at the las
- meeting. The annual election of Off
= GERS resulted as follows: j. U. Mar
;, tin, president; Claude Ault, first VIC
president, CnarleS L lSS, second VIC
: president; George B. Steen, financia
. secretary; r. r. Clements, recording
secretary; W. H. jenkins, guardian
Earl Orr, guide.
~ Mrs. Martha Patterson, wife of Por
!, ter Patterson, who is serving a sen
- tence in the county Jail for violating
>, the liquor laws, was arrested Sunda.
and confined to the city Jail following
" a raid on her place, 1923 King street
~ by Sergeant Hiram Sturm and e
Ransom. plain clothes man. Whel
Mrs. Patterson was "frisked" at TIL
station by Mrs. Delnor McGrath, pc
lice matron, two bottles of whisk
l. were found in her stockings. Severa
l. other "pints'' were found scattered Il
: out of the way places in Mrs. Patter
n sons place at the time of the raid an