The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-05

Mr.. H o. Maddox will leave Friday
for New York city, where he will take
q weeks training in Young Mems
Christian association work, after
which he will sail for France. He ex-
poets to be away from Topeka year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maddox moved to To-
peka about eight years ago from KAN
sas City. Mr.. Maddox is special agent
pany. Mr.. and Mrs. Maddox are liv-
ing at 1901 Western avenue.
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Lieut.. Elvenore Ernest has returned
from Garden City. where she has been
working on the influenza epidemic
which a few weeks ago was extremely
bad in that part of the state. Doctor
Ernest says that now Garden City
is a safe place in which to live. 1t had
reached the stage that travelling men
would not stop there because it was
considered dangerous to do so. Doc
tor Ernest is lieutenant in the United
States public health service and has
had seven United States public health
nurses working under her Lieut.. w.
r. Mitchell of the regular army was
also working under Doctor Ernest
at Garden City.
Doctor Ernest says that Garden City
is the most friendly city in the United
States and that eight neighboring
counties were supplied with nurses
from that city, since the epidemic.
The United States public health
nurses are sent only where industry
is threatened and the large beet sugar
mandatory at Garden City was the
cause of Lieutenant ErneStS having
been sent to that town. Two emer-
gency hospitals were Immediately es-
tablfshed, one in the high school build
ing and the other in a private home.
With these hospitals as place to care
for the patients they We're brought
in from miles around. They think
nothing of driving hundred miles
out there" said Doctor Ernest.
Doctor Ernest received her COM
mission on October 10 and since that
time has been working in Marshall
Crawford county, in the packing
house districts of Kansas City. Kan,
and in the sugar manufacturing dis
trict of Finney county. She has done
been praised by those who came in
contact with her management of this
work. -
Doctor Ernest will be at home from
now on as she feels that her patients
need her. She has asked for her re-
lease that she may remain in Topeka
indefinitely.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Cliff Stratton are
the parents of a son born Wednesday
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Monroe
of 900 Harrison street. Lieutenant
Stratton is in France.
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A Topeka boy, Wendell Harris. is
an engineer on the United States ship
Pennsylvania, which is leading the
voyage which the president is max
ing across the Atlantic. The Penn
sylvania is Admiral Mayo's flagship
and is followed by the ship on\which
President and Mrs. Wilson are sailing.
Mr.. Harris is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Harris, 831 Lincoln street
Another son, Paul Harris, is a lieu
tenant lin the marine service, stationed
at Philadelphia. Mr.. and MIS-. Harris
expect to have both sons home with
them for Christmas.
Mrs. Dewitt G. NelliS returned
Tuesday from Seattle, WASH, where
she has been the guest of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Albert Phillips. Mrs.
Nellis will spend some time at her
home. S14 West Fifth street.
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The Elwell Bridge club, which was
to have met this week with Mrs. L. l..
Kiene. has been postponed until after
the Christmas holidays.
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The P. L. o. sisterhood will have
no more meetings until after the in
fuenza epidemic is over.
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Mr.. Earl Trobert of Washington,
d. c., is a guest of his mother Mrs
George Trobert, 1895 Garfield avenue
Mr.. Trobeft is in the adjutant's de-
partments and was recommended for
commission at the time of the sign