The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

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/ ports frozen water pipes this morning.
Frozen ears and frozen noses and
| frozen toes are plentiful in Topeka
and on Topekans-today. 1t didn't
pay to save street car fare.
! Charles H. Trapp was to receive the
first 1918 building permit some time
( today. The permit is for an addition
I, to the building at 916 Kansas avenue.
| The city's retail coal bins are well
supplied for this cold snap, but it is
almost impossible to procure men and
teams to haul the coal to the con-
/ sumers.
! Lieut. Eli Dorsey, former recruiting
officer in charge of the Topeka sta
ton, has been assigned to the head
| quarters company of the 18th infan-
! try at Camp Doniphan.
| THE Book of Revelation-the Last
| Chapter" will be the subject of DR..
Arthur S. Hendersons lecture to his
/ Bible class Sunday at 10 a. m. at the
First Congregational church. corner of
! Seventh and Harrison streets.
The Woman's society of the First
! Congregational church will meet
Wednesday at 2:3O O'Clock with Mrs.
Paul Pinkham and Mrs. L. H. Green
wood, 1921 Western avenue All are
urged to attend and bring 1917 year
| books.
/
! lent association held meeting at As
sumption hall this afternoon for the
i lem bers- of the organization and their
! friends. Miss Katherine Becker, state
! deputy OF the association, delivered an
| address.
The Jayhawker club will hold it's
| first meeting since the holidays at the
| Throop Monday evening. The talk of
| the evening will be made by Arthur
Carruth, managing editor of the State
Journal who speaks on L See by the
Paper That
Three fire alarms We're answered by
the fire department Friday night. Two
of the calls were for flues burning out,
and the other was a call to 129 Mon
roe street, where joists imbedded in
| the chimney had caught fire. AT this
| last place about $40 damage was
done.
The third victim of sickness in the
sanitary inspection force of the city
health department is George B. Den
| ton of PIP East Ninth street. Denton
has the mumps. and while he has
| them his territory for inspection is be-
ing covered by Harry Anderson of
North Topeka.
Several complaints have come to
the State journal today from persons
who claim that, the city railway com
pany is looping" so many Santa Fe
cars uptown that service to the sta
ton is badly crippled. The railway
| company seems to have plenty of cars
in service, but the operation is
faulty.
"Camouflage in War and in Life
| is the subject of DR.. Stephen S. Estey's
Sunday evening address at the First
| Presbyterian church. The church
| quartet will furnish special music as
| follows: Thy Way Not Mine, o Lord
(Marks); Il Lay My Sins on Jesus
| m
this service.
The discussion of the minimum
wage for women in mercantile estab-
| 1iShmentS has been postponed until
| Wednesday of next week by the state
welfare commission. The postpone
train service that prevented all but a
very few of the interested merchants
from reaching the city.
According to the orders received to-
day by Sergeant Kohn, local army re-
cruiting officer, the ranks of the avi-
alton section of the signal corps of the
regular army are short 1000 gas en-
CINE men, machinists, cooks, cabinet
makers, wheelwrights, and men of
| other like experience. All men must
be under 40 years old and not in the
draft classes.
The board of directors of the In
dustrial and Educational Institute to-
Nd
| Carney and Sadie Maca1lister, dis
charged teachers, to leave the school
Judge Whitcomb, in deciding against
the teachers who weer charged with
| intimated that a prohibitory order
might be made to keep the two teach
ers away from the school
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip 1. Murphy, 917
Quincy street, have received a cable
gram from their son, Lieut. Ralph
| Murphy, announcing his safe arrival
| in France. His is a first lieutenant in
the Coast Artillery reserve corps. He
is a former Topeka high school and
Washburn student, graduate of the
University of Southern California and
spent a year in the graduate school of
| Harvard.
Sergt Frank Parry, who has been
home on a five-day furlough, left Fri
da.- night to rejoin his company at
Camp Doniphan. While in Topeka
Sergeant Parry spent practically all of
his time with his wife, whom he mar
ried not long before mobilization of
the national guard last August. Ser
geant Parry is 'top-cutter" of the
headquarters company of the 139th
infantry. promoted to this rank since
going to Doniphan.
/ The First M E. Young Peoples
circle will meet Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock to discuss the topic, Our
Treasure based upon Matt. 6: 1894
Arthur Saville will be the leader All
young people of high school age are
admitted to this organization. The
Epworth league meets at 6:15 Sun
day evening. 1t will be led by Mrs
Wilbur P. Guild and discuss Matt 4:
Ill under the topic, THE Greatest
| Battle and Victory in the World
An especially interesting evening is
promised for the Monday Triangle
this week at the First NJ. E. church
At the 7:45 Bible study hour there
will begin two months series OF
studies in the book of Job, using fol-
this particular session the first five
chapters. At the $3.50 self-improye-
ment and social period a fine miscel-
| laneous program will be given by
Miss Margaret Ray, reader. All senior