The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-05
North Side News

Items for this column may be left at
Petro,s Drug Store or phoned 81
r after p. NJ; other hotrs phone Ssto
A farmer living near Mayetta
bought 4S-pound sack of flour in
the town and the same amount OF
substitutes. He paid for the flour but
asked credit for the other agticles
Upon his return to his home he teie-
phoned the grocer that he could come
and get the substitutes, he would not
pay for them. Before leaving town
the man went around showing his
money and telling how he had put one
over on the grocer.
A large automobile, driven by a man
whose name was not learned. ran into
a smaller car that was parked on
Laurent street by Morns & Myers
grocery this morning. The driver was
evidently trying to park his car but
lost control for moment While the
smaller car was not badly damaged,
the front axle and one mud guard
were bent, and repairs will be neces-
sary before it can be used. The dam
aged car belongs to H. Haen, VINO
lives five miles north of Granville
G. M. Tincher, for sixteen years
rural mail carrier out of EImont, but
who now lives in Topeka, has recently
returned from a visit to his childhood
home in Putnam county, Indiana. Th1s
was his first visit to his old home since
lea, ing it fifty years ago. Upon his
return TO Topeka Mr.. Tincher wrote
to mis- sister, Mrs B. T. Bruner of In
diana, his impressions of the changes
the years had brought, and his letter
was published in the Daily Banner,
Greencastle, Ind. The following ex-
tracts are of interest:
After my visit to our old home
7 .-iIl eyix 0h9al-U4 fiOnS
as found them, compared with fifty
years ago. The old homestead is
changed and the orchard where we ate
the apple, the peach, the plum and
the cherries, is gone The old mil al
the foot of the hill has long since
gone to earth and dust. But the spring
rat the foot of the hill still gurgles
forth that clear. cold water as it did
over a hundred years ago when fathef
opened it.
Fifty years ago man cut his nay
with a scythe and gathered 1T with a
wooden fork; now he moves it with
an electric motor, gathers it with ma
chinery and stacks it with stackers.
+ Fifty years ago farmers drove their
hogs and cattle to market, but now
they take them in automobiles. Per-
haps fifty years hence they will take
them in flying machines.
The old mud roads and the clay
Nils are d lHlnS VI Tic past -hcNe~N
amized roads have taken their places
The forests have been almost entire
ly consumed. The old rail fences are
almost extinct. Farmers are nov
making reinforced cement posts and
wire fencing is common. Fifty years
ago pine lumber was very scarce IL
the lumber yards of Greencastle, but
now native lumber (poplar) is equal,
scarce.
fin Graonea SftQ mark af
change in the streets and lights
Fifty years ago q person had to carry
a lantern at night to insure his get
ting thru the city and over the mud
| holes without mishap- Once in {
while a wealthy person would pu
down a sidewalk made of boards, il
front of his mansion. Today 1 fint
the city well paved and well lighted
DePauw university. with its beautiful
campus and fine buildings, is an OBJ
ject of pride and satisfaction.
AS l stood on the south corner O
| the square on December 1, 1a17, 1 be
held a sight which filled me with 10,
and pride, sorrow and gladneSs.
heard the tramp of soldiers going t
war, not as fifty years ago, but in
stead to fight a foreign foe. The son!
and grandsons, both of hte Blue ant
heNGray. marching shoulder to shoul
der, Mo defend their country. The!
marched away to their country'S call
those boys of ours, the purest blood
nation, a father or mother can give
With an old soldiers farewell, l coulC
but wish them Godspeed and protec
ton and a safe return.
GEORGE TINCHER.
Late of Co. A, 9th Ind. Vol.
Notes and Personals.
Jake Allendorf, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Allendorf, of $40 Topeka avenue is il
quarantine for two weeks at Cam
Doniphan. Allendorf's tent mate ha.
been in hospital suffering from menin.
gifts.
Mrs. Harry Anderson and children
Eileen and Leora Marie. of Princeton
Kan, are visiting Mrs. Anderson's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Marlette, OF
| 1905 Quincy street.
The Ladies' Aid of the North To-
peka Baptist church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. D. L. Button, s19 Van Buren,
street.
A. NJ. Petro, the Druggist.-Adv,
Sammy Falley. who has been visit
ing relatives west of town for the past
week, has returned to Des Moines
Iowa.
L. D. Scott, clerk in the Campbell
The prayer meeting of the North
topeka Baptist church will be held al
the parsonage. 316 West Laurent
Street Thursday evening at 7.3f