The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08

Daring. doing. dying
Conquering common foe,
Sons of the mother in rearest lace,
And the mother in calico.
Side by side a nation
Honors each bestow-
Sons of the mother in rarest lace,
And the mother in calico
Longing watching. waiting,
For news that they fear to know
The mother in gown of rarest lace,
! And the mother in calico.
Sisters in kindred sorrow.
| Democracy wi11ed it so,
And casped the hands of the mother in
With the mother in calico.
Lincoln Circle No. Literary and
Sewing society will have an all-day
meeting Tuesday at Lincoln Post hall.
| A meeting of the Poultry Breeders
association will be held tonight at the
/ Chamber of Commerce. Special fea-
| lures of spring work will be dis
cussed by the members.
| The Dougherty Success club will
have social Tuesday evening, April
/ g. at the school The party is the BIZ
weekly entertainment of the club.
! Former and present students are GIN
vited.
( The city water department contin-
ues the sinking of test wells Just north
! of the river. The most recent of these
wells has now reached a depth of
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still going on.
! A meeting of the grand chapter of
( the Eastern Star. will be held in To-
/ peka May Is, 16 and z The commit
/ tee on arrangements is trying to pro-
/ cure rooms for the delegates A large
| delegation is expected from over the
state.
4 f. ]. Rahberg. son of Mrs. a. Rah-
berg, 40 Evans street, is home on a
tthirty-day re-enlistment furlo. Rah-
berg was honorably discharged from
( the navy March 20 as a. first class
petty officer He Immediately re-
enlisted and came home on his furlo.
A meeting of the city commission
was held this afternoon at 2 O'Clock
for the approval of the paving bonds.
| The work of the new paving on To-
peka avenue. Lawrence street. and two
alleys will be begun soon. The APP
/ praisers will begin their work Tues
day.
NJ A. Moore. 116 East Thirteenth
street. has invented an attachment for
Z a gas stove which he claims will cut
the monthly gas bill in half. A num-
Der of the universal gas savers have
already been introduced in Topeka
homes. The savers are being manu-
featured here.
W. T. Luce was elected vice presi-
dent of the Topeka Typographical
union to fill the place of George
Holmgren at a meeting of the union
Sunday afternoon. Holmgren was
elected president at a recent meet
| ing. Luce is employed at the state
printing plant
Word has been received in Topeka
( that c. L. Eastberg, formerly of the
Bank of Topeka, who enlisted as a
private in the marines last December,
! has been made coach on the rifle
! range at Paris Island c. s, as a re-
of is of ,Ior-
work on the range.
The official muster of the Shawnee
County state guard company will be
! held tonight a o'clock at 30S Kan
. sas avenue. Capt. w. w. Russell of
the guard, wishes to increase the
membership. A number OF the former
members, who are now stationed at
Camp Funston. will be present to-
night.
Shoes and other articles taken from
the general store of ]. F. O'Eara, Sew
ard avenue and Cedar streets were
dropped Saturday night in an alley
near the store. Some articles, how
ever, have not been recovered by the
police. O'Hara. who has been the
victim of several like burg1aries, esti-
mates the Saturday night loss at $50.
Assignments of four-minute men
for tonight the third liberty loan
are as follows: Orpheum, w A.
Billy; Novelty, Charles Dillon: Ma
jestic. Justice r. A. Burch: Iris, JUS
tice Henry F. Mason; Cory. Justice J. S.
West; Gem. Judge r. H. Cav: Crystal,
| Justice John Marshall; Best. J. Will
Kelley; Apex, Justice John S. Dawson
Princess, Harry c. Green.
Local draft board for Division 2
! classified Joe Dwiggins in Division A
of class /. Paul Z. Faulkner passed
the physical examination given by To-
cal board No. 1. and was qualified for
general military service. The same
board indicted Harold W. McGibbons
into the ordnance department of the
regular army. He was sent to Fort
Sill under special ruling.
Members of the Cooperative club
will begin their drive in behalf of the
third liberty loan, April Is, instead OF
April s, as had been planned. Final
details of the beginning and conduct
of the Coop drive will be arranged
at the meeting of the club at the
Elks club tomorrow night at 6:15
o'clock. James "A. Troutman will
speak on the quickest way. to victory
John T. CLANCY, vice chairman OF
the Shawnee county Republican COM
mittee, has been elected chairman tC
: succeed Charles H Sessions. who was
obliged to tender his resignation fol
{ lowing his appointment on the public
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