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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

The funeral services for Joshua
Browning, who died in ST. Augustine,
Fla, Saturday, January 10, were held
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at
the North Topeka Baptist church.
The burial was in Rochester ceme-
terry. The Rev. o. l.. Weir. pastor of
the church, preached the funeral ser
mon, and music was furnished by
choir composed of Mr.. w. M. Van
Mabel Rowe and Mr.. c. c. Nicholson.
The pallbearers, who were old
friends and neighbors of Mr.. Brown
ing, were c. W. Lukens, c. c. Nichol-
son. o. L Niccum, G. F. Slower. A. C.
Merritt and Jerry klienfelter.
On January IL. Mr.. Browning, who
was spending the winter in st. Aug
Justine, Fla, was run over by a street
car. His foot was SO badly crushed
that amputation was necessary. Fol-
lowing the operation, he was stricken
with pneumonia and died in a hospi
tai few days later.
Mr.. Browning came to Shawnee
county in 1877 from Clark county,
north of Topeka. He lived in the
neighborhood of North Topeka for
nearly forty years, and was we'll
known figure on the North side. He
counted his friends by the score, and
his death is deeply regretted. Mr..
Browning was 81 years old at the
time of his death, and had been a
member of the North Topeka Baptist
church for forty years.
He is survived by four children,
Mrs. Andrew McGrew of Chicago,
Mrs. H. Pierce of 1928 South Buch-
anan street, Topeka, Mr. Harvey
Browning of Linwood Kan, and Mr..
Jesse Browning of Route 5. Mrs.
Browning died six years ago. OF late
Mr.. Browning had made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Pierce,
The following pupils will be grad
uated from the Quincy junior high
school Friday, and will enter the To-
peka high school next Monday as sub
sophomores: Theron French, Edwin
Meadows, Telford Owen, William
Sheetz, Hazel Campbell, Wilma Dee-
senberger. Hazel Griffith. Louisa Holt
day, Lucille Maze. Ruby May, Mildred
| Miller, Irene Probasco, Thelma Rob-
inson
The school will give program Fri
| day evening at o'clock. The class
gift to the school will be a set of
James Whitcomb Riley''s poems
Notes and Personals.
Lew Fraser. who is with the Ora
| ham Clothing company, is sick at his
home with the grip.
/ C. NJ. Rose and family of Mitchell
county will move to North Topeka
soon and will live at 1924 Van Buren,
street. Mr.. Rose is employed by the
| Kaw Milling company.
J. Herbert Jones, formerly pastor
of the Central Avenue Christian
church, is supplying at Peat body, Kan
sas, and has received a call to that
| place. but has not as yet accepted it.
| Frank Conwell was able to be down
at his place of business yesterday
! afternoon, for short time. Mr.. Con-
we'll has been confined to his home
! for over amonth. recovering from an
attack of pneumonia
\. NJ. Petro. the Druggist@Adv.
Forrest Henderson has been as
| signed to the U. S. S. Wisconsin and
is now in New York harbor. Mr.. Hen
derson, who has been at the naval
operating base at Norfolk. Va, is the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
The Nervous System Serves The Body
AS The Hair Spring Serves The Watch

tenn in day or week month or may be
a year. The undermining process in the
nervous system is very subtle and stealthy
When you feel weak-queer-lacking in
energy-nO ambition-despondent -ncrvous
and irritable. it's very sure sign that the
delicate hair spring needs attention. your
nerve sells need food, and the only food
needed is Bitro-Phosphate-a product
remarkable for the reason that it is direct
ly assimilable by the nerve tissues which
absorb it as readily as a blotter takes up
ink. aud il will gradually bring back that
life. energy and ambition without which
no person can live in real conteutment.
Every human on earth without the proper
amount OF phosphorous in the nerve and
brain cells is lacking in energy, zest and
ambitions troubled with insomnia. irri-
liability, dependency and is generally I'M
able to keep VI the pace of life with a
joyous heart. -i.f-
NoTE-Bitro- Phosphate is the genuine
organic compound aud should not be con-
fused with the various and permiscuous
corrections said to contain phosphate
which are likely to he stimuants or adul-
terated with cheap ingredients ANA not
recognized as standard. 1t is sold in tablet
form by ly-McFarland Drug Co, Wag-
goner & Goodrfch.-Advertisemen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
Let Me Prove This Free.

My internal method for the treatment and
permanent cure of piles is the correct one.
Thousands upon thousands of cured cases
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method at my expense.
No matter whether your case is of long
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No matter where you live-no matter
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| especially want to send it to those ap-
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ointments, salves, and other local applica-
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l want you to realize that my method of
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This liberal offer of free treatment is too
important for you to neglect single day.
Write now. Send no money Simply mail
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
MEETING is PUT OFF
Central Congregational Church Wants
to Help Save City's Fuel.

The annual meeting of the Central
congregational church that was to
have been held tonight has been post
poned until Sunday morning at $50
on account OF the fuel shortage and
because of the efforts of the church
to do anything within its power to
help relieve the situation.
At the meeting the big feature will
be the address of Doctor Sheldon who
will make his first public talk since
his return from Europe. Also a spe-
>cial feature will be the unfurIing of
the church service flag which shows
that fifty-four members of the con-
gregation are in the war of democ-
racy. Annual reports will be made
and the annual budget made at the
meeting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
IN HIS OLD HOME TOWN
5000 Gather to Banquet War Hero
But Only $50 Plates Available.

Momence. ILL.,, Jan. 24-Three
thousand admirers of Lieut.. Patrick
O'Brien of the Royal Flying Corps
were disappointed yesterday at ban
quet rendered the hero of Kankakee
county on his arrival home. Only $50
plates were provided at the banquet
and offers as high as $40 each were
made forNhe envied tickets. No one,
however, who possessed a ticket to
the banquet would surrender the right
to sit at the same table with the man
whose spectacular escape from his
German captors by, jumping from "a
speeding train and making his. way
thru Germany to safety has been so
widely heralded in newspapers. Mrs.
O'Brien was the first person to greet
Pat" when he arrived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

lief. expressed recently by captured
boche pilot, that America has no air
fleet in France.
Pigeon Squad for Each Battalion.
A number of Sammies were an
nouncec today as graduates of a
French carrier pigeon school and fully
qualified to begin their duties at the
front. They will take care of the
feathered messengers who are an inn
portant auxiliary to the battle plans.
Each battalion of American troops will
hereafter carry a pigeon squad. The
birds will be used in emergency-fo
instance, where telephone wires have
been pu. out of commission and rock
cts exhausted, cutting off cOmmunica-
ton.
The American carrier pigeon spe-
cialists wear silver embroidered
pigeon on their left arm. They will
have no other duties than the care of
their feathered messengers.
THE specialists were all chosen
from among men who qualified by
knowledge of pigeons gained by keep
ing their birds when they were boys.
One native of Sparta3 Wis, was found
to know more about pigeons than the
French instructors except their use
under war time conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

nize them would restore the very
foundation of justice since it would
forever more be established that in in
ternational domains the violations of
right creates a claim for its author
and may become a source of profit.
Huns Haven't Recognized Rights.
Since the royal government year
ago formulated its conditions, it per-
mits itself to recall that the reischstag
voted resolutions called peace resolu-
tons The chancellorS and enemies
foreign affairs have followed each 9TH
err in the German empire, and more
recently in. the central empires and
have published notes replying to the
message of his holiness but never a
word has been pronounced and never
line written clearly recognizing indis-
putab1e rights of Belgium that his hol-
mess has not ceased to recognize and
DrOcla i'm :"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
THAW GOES OVER
First American Pilot To Lead
Raid Over Germany.
Carrier Pigeons Mustered Into
81 L. S. Air Service in France.

BY j. w. PEGLER.


- With the American Army in France,
Ian. 24.-Maj William Thaw, of Pitts
burg, long an honored member of the
French Lafayette escadrille, apparent
~ will have the honor of having been
the fist uniformed American fighting
air pilot to fly over German lines.
- According to a report received here
today, Thaw, lately transferred from
The French to.the American air serv-
Zee. recently donned his new uniform
and carried out numerous aerial
patrols.
So far as known, Thaw is thus the
first fighting American airman to go
aloft under battle conditions. Numer-
Gus American aviators and observers
have flown with French flyers during
recent months for Institutional pur-
POSES.
Other members of Lafayette esca-
d-ille are reported to have been out
fitted with their new American uni
forms at Paris. They are now said to
be ready to resume their air fighting
as an American Lafayette escadrille.
~ Probably they will be the first SOL
diers of the United States to disabuse
sthe minds of the Germans of their be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
GERMAN WAR PRACTICES

An official book of Sc pages has
been issued in Washington under the
title of German WarPracticeS."
A copy of this book will be sent free
to any reader of The State Journal
1t sets forth the details of the sys-
tenn that has made Prussia niSm
word of reproach for generations to
come.
1t describes specific instances, in
dividual cases, as we'll as broad
policies such as that of Belgian de-
portation.
1t is based on official sources: the
archives of the state department, Ger
man official proclamations, reports of
American officials, we'll as the
field diaries of German soldiers
1t contains statements especially
prepared by Herbert Hoover, Fred
eric c. Walcott and Vernon Kellogg.
To get copy of this free book, fill
in the attached coupon and mail with
two-cent stamp for return post
age, to The Topeka State Journal In
formation bureau. Frederic J. Haskin,
Director Washington D c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

other hours. 4751 K-2
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hammil. Wabash
avenue, entertained Wednesday evening for
the boys of Mr.. Hammil's Sunday school
class. Games were played The bows en-
joying the evening were Paul Neiswenper
Robert Spencer, Marshall Smith WiJIiam
Hews. Louis SmeIser. George Wettling and
Elmer Barncord.
NJ T. Kelsey. who recently underwent an
operation at local hospital. is very slowly
improving.
Mrs o. N. Keats will entertain the
Forestry club at their first meeting of the
season Friday afternoon. Mrs. J. n Graft
will have the afternoons paper. A full at
tendance is desired.
Miss NJ. Hrey Dumars III Kellam ave-
nue.. has gone to Alma. Kan. to remain
several weeks on business.
Mrs. Mamie Miller. 40 Thomas avenue
has returned from a visit to friends at
MI and Mrs. b. J. Harris-s little daugh-
ter Lois, who is quarantined with the
measles. is recovering
auarantined with the scarlet fever.
Thursday evening at the Oakland Pres
byterian church.
Mrs George Lawson and children OF
Clay Center. Kan. are visitors ut the home
of Mrs II. f. Van Cleye. Winfield. Kan.
Mrs A. Rodgers and children left
Wednesday for Shreveport. La. to Join
her husband in new home. They were
accompanied far Kansas City by Mrs.
J. r. Spickelmire. Mrs. Rodgers's mother
at whose home she has been staying dur
ing Mr.. Rodgerss absence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

5sTwhcn you're fifty. your body begins to
Sfeak a little at the hinges. Motion is
more slow and deliberate. Not so young
as | used to be" is frequent and unwel-
come thought. Certain bodily functions
HDou which good health and good spirits
30 much depend. are impaired. The weak
gApot is generally the bladder. UnpIeas MT
symptoms show themselves. Painful and
annoying complications in other organs
arise. This is particularly true with cl-
DERBY people: If you only know how. this
trouble can be obviated.
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL
zHaarlem Oil has been relieving the incon-
Nenience and pain due to advancing years
1T is standard, old time home remedy
and needs no Introduction. 1t is now put
up in odorless. tastelcss capsules. These
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
Bitro- phosphate
Is The Life of The Nerves

The Nervous System is the hair spring
eof your whole physical works. organic
sHhosphorous must be present in the nerve
Esells or the body is a nervous. worn out
.yreck Bitro-Phosphate supplies the
nerves with this essential substance
= Is your hair sprirg working properly?
Are you on time in lifes struggle for
health aud happiness? You sure to
sstnow when the mctn spring (your stomach)
gets out of order. You get very definite
su,aruing IF trouble there. but that mystcr-
xtOus and delicate hair spring (the nervous
System) Will hop and skip and jump-go
slow and fns:-and YOU often fai! to recog-
-f,fze the cause of your queer feelings until
Efhe crash. If the hair spring OF your
watch goes to pieces. you 90 to
matchmaker and buy Il new one but you
cant 20 out and buy a new nervous sys-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Henderson
of GOA Van Buren, street
Mrs. Franz Hubert Loosen. who was
called to Topeka last week by the
death of her sister. Mrs. Emma A. AL
len of West street, left yesterday for
Kansas City, where she will be the
guest of a sister for few days. Be
fore returning to her home in Okar-
che, Okla, Mrs. Loosen will visit AN
other sister in Salina, Kan Mrs.
Loosen will be remem bered as Miss
Laura Gum, daughter of the late E.
n. Gum, at one time a we'll known
LAWYER of North Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
MESSENGER UNIFORM GETS
SALUTE BY FRENCH OFFICER

Washington. Jan. PA large
number of old men-fifty to seven
ty years-are employed as messen-
gers in Washington. A French Of
ficer, newly arrived, saluted one
in a very deferential manner and
turning to his more experienced
companion said:
ITO what branch of the service
do these old men belong?"
1.-The Western Union," his fellow
officer replied.
The Frenchman was satisfied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
''CASCARETS" FOR
HEADACHE, COLDS.
LIVER, BOWELS
Enjoy life! Don't stay bilious,
sick, headachy and
cOnstipated.
Get rid of bad breath, sour
stomach, coated tongue.
Indigestion.

Get a lucent box now.
They're fine, Cascarets liven your
liver. clean your thirty feet of bowels
and sweeten your stomach. You eat
one or two, like candy. before going
to bed and in the morning your head
is clear. tongue is clean, stomach
sweet. breath right and cold gone
Get a box from your druggist and
enjoy the incest. gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
Cascarets stop sick headache, bilious
ness, indigestion. bad breath and con-
stipation.
Mothers should give a whole Cas-
caret to cross. bilious sick. feyerish
children any time. They are harm
less and never grippe or sicken.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

headache, dullness, feverishness, sore
throat, sneezing, soreness and stiff
ness.
'Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance, tastes NICE
and causes no inconvenience. Don't
accept d substitute. Insist on "Pape's'
nothing elSe.-Advertisem ent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

Don't stay stuffed-up.
- Quit blowing and snuffling. a dose
of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken ev-
zery two hours until three doses are
taken will end grippe misery and
hreak up a severe cold either in the
head. chest, body or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up ros-
xrils and air passages; stops nasty dis
Scl1arges or nose running; relieves sick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
JAIL RED CROSS MEN
BoIshcviki Take Over Organization in
Russia After Arresting Officers.

Petrograd. Jan. 24.-The Bolsheviki
authorities have taken over the Rus
sian Red Cross, which has been in the
hands of -partisanS. The heads of
the organization, including n. Pok-
robsky, former minister for foreign af-
fairs, have been arrested counter
revolutonaries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
FREE TO
Pile Sufferers

Don't Be Cut-Cntil You Try This New
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out Discomfort Loss of Time. Simply
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of Piles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
AMERICANS FELL HUNS
Two q. S. Lads Shoot Down German
Airplanes on Same Day.

Paris, "Wednesday. Jan. 23.-David
Putnam of Brookline, Mass, and Aus
tin Trehore of Westield, n. j., Amer
lean aviators in the French army,
both shot down German airplanes on
January 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
OAKLAND NOTES

Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones. 211 Grattan stree
Telephone between and 10 a. H.. 1880:
other hours. 4751 K2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24
North Side News

# Items for this column may be left at
Petro's Drug Store or phoned SSSi
after = o. m.. other hours phoue 3,S0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-24

| lief. expressed recently by captured
boche pilot. that America has no air
{ fleet in France
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-25

last Monday, packs quite a reppta,,on
amongst hstic circles In The nor,harr
part Of the state.
Martin is a former resident n, phi
adelphia Together with other mt.
shngers who migrated 10 this sfata on
n al OF the Hurley law. Martin 80
tied In Elizabeth. Unlike 49,
however, Martin has not nrovan
Martins victory over Ex-
ans was an impressive performsne.
since Evans the preceding week bsS
fought o Malone OF New YorL
draw in this city.
Fleming has met the top-notch.-.
OF ms class, including Jack Rr,tton
re haiis rrom stapleton, he home ~
ley. jazz 20
The boxing bin win sort OF take an
an EiiHaoethonian touch since ONE ~
"a slA-round semi-fnals viii have
DeSysoNn representative In one corI
ner, He Is George Ward VIC ms
awey Andy Morrissey the other n,Ssk
az the local club. Ae
was Wards second battle a.
professional. His victory was re
+ore impressive since he Wa suh~1-
2tea ~ the last minute for Frantfs
fSeraion who failed 70 appear. A.
2 H1x-roaHd semI-nnaI ana eva
f~sar-found preiims eomplsts ne bin
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-25
LOCAL INTEREST ISKEEN| CLASH
OFFULTON AND DEMPSEY SATURDAY

Is by no means beyond reason, what
with New York and Jersey City but If
teen and twenty minutes ride away,
Barring interference from the 6fS,
ments, the bout win come of as sched-
uled. Not only is John g. Smith,
chairman of the State Boxing Com
mission in favor of the bout, but he
IL genuinely enthusiastic. and is taking
a personal interest In the preliminary
details. Smith has declared he will
visit the training camps of Dempsey
at Long Branch and Fulton at Rye
Beach to ascertain their physical con-
dition.
And what is more, the town of Har-
rison is in a state of hurrah over the
match. A few residents registered .
feeble protest at a mass-meeting but
not more than two of the seventy-flve
present would take It upon themselves
to protest in person at Trenton. A tell
egram was sent instead-a telegram
to Smith who is pointIblank in favor
Of the bout. J.
The match Is in direct charge of
Jack Curley who has handled big
things pugilistic in the past. The match
Is a big one. the biggest that has been
conceived for this state, and a big
man in experience is necessary 70 see
that things go right Curley has es-
ldD1ihnGa OAACO1 III GGWdIk ITOm
where he is working in conjunction
with the Hudson County Sportsnan's
Club Of Harrison under whose ans
pices the show, the first. was to ia
staged.
For a time It did not seem lta,,.
that the bout could be staged on he
day first selected, owing to the in,rv !.
to Dempsey's ankle. The big feltsd
turned his left foot in training
the bout that he was to have fou.
with Billy Miske at Madison SduF
Garden last week.
But Dempsey has come around
right. In fact, he is working out
though he never had a bout Wi
Miske scheduled. Until Yesterday h
did not do any real fighting becaue
Of lack of opposition. He Is gettInr
number Of husky punching bags line
up now.
Dempsey is a cow puncher by yoc..
ton. and Fulton q plasterer. Ths
bout is styled q worlds championshis
affair and In view OF the fact that Tsss
Willard Is nowhere in sight. and ~.
two contestants are about the moJ
formidable Of the claimants. thu sS.
fair comes mighty near answering i
description.