The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-26
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Novelty club will have an an-dny
meeting wednesday with Mrs. William
The Golden Rule club will meet Friday
afternoon with Mrs. William Archer. 2O1
Fillmore street. Mrs. A Beine will be
assisting hostess.
Mrs. Myrtle Callahan. secretary of TIE
Provident association, has returned from
Kansas City, where she yisited t rnIapa M, end
The Rev. John waldron, formerly of To-
peka, who has been doing Y. NJ. C. A. work
in France, has been appointed to take the
rector of the Y. NJ. c. A. with the Thirty
fifth division.
Percy Atkins. head of the personnel
making making a a trip m into Missouri M to assist in
recruiting in that state. He will return
Friday. after making addresses at kansas
City, Clinton. and Aurora.
Margarito Martinez. Mexican,and who is
not a woman, in spite of his name. was
arrested Monday night on the charge OF
! morning he pleaded guilty and was fined
500 and sentenced to thirty days in jail by
Police Judge Paul Heinz.
Oak GRANGE will celebrate its forty fifth
! anniversary on Thanksgiving day with a
| special program at Oak Grange hall. Mis-
sion Center. An all day meeting will he
| noon. I. d. Graham and ]. c. Mohler will
| be the principal speakers.
Laura B. Howard today filed petition
district court, asking a divorce from Thon-
! as s. Howard, who she charges. has
failed to provide. for her sinese their mar; :;
| her about two years ago and has been liv-
ing apart from her since, she says.
| Gross neglect and extreme cruelty are
| the alleged grounds on which Rose Wycoff
asks divorce from c. B. Wycoff In petit
| ton filed in the office Of the district court
She wants restrais4ng order asr preventing
| and asks that she be given ahe1nony and the
custody of the two minor eAildren, Mary
and Charles.
| The invitations which are being sent out
| by the executive committee of the County
| Clerks association, which is to meet in
Topeka December 10, ii and II, as n part
! of the seventh -one county officers conven-
| ton, are in the form of induction notices
| such as are used by the draft boards in
the operation of the selective service pro-
gram. The program is being worked Ont
| by the executive committees and will be
| in readiness in a short time, 1t is said.
: Hostilities have been declared by George
Denton, city food inspector, against all
butchers selling fowls that do not meet
the requirements of the pure food and
| they have been decapitated, drawn and
! the feet removed, which are the necessary
steps to comply with r. the regulations which
| inedible portions. On account of shrink
| age dealers are allowed to let the birds
| retain their heads and feet until they art
| sold, when they must be removed
! The Juries for the January term of both
| divisions OF the Shawnee county distrit
| court were drawn MOnGay AFTERNOON Dy
| Kenneth Raub, county clerk. There will
be thirtysix jurors for each division, max
ing total of seventy two men in all. Rauh
said that unusual difficulty was encounter
| ed in drawing the jury on this occasion, rs
a number of men chosen were In the mill
/ tary or naval service. In case the men are
| not in the county at the time court con
| venes, which will probably be about jan
| uary 13, others will be chosen.
| Soldiers visiting in Topeka on Thanks
| giving Day, may register at the Y. NJ. &
| A, and will be assigned to homes fol
| Thanksgiving dinner and entertainmep
| for the day. The hospitality OF the Minis
| terial Union and the y. NJ. c. A. which JOLT
| in looking up hosts for the visiting soldiers
| every Sunday, will carry out the same ar
| rangement for Thursday. The Y. NJ. c. "A
| cafeteria will be open from IL in the morn
| ing to = in the afternoon and In the even
| ing the association will have socia
| hour. with music and refreshments. Th,
| bowling alley will be open in the evening
| to women.
| Turkeys, turkeys everywhere-with apol-
| Ogies to the Ancient Mariner---were In ev.-
| dence on lower Kansas avenue Monday
| when about twenty Of the birSs escaped
| from n coop In which they had been brought
| into town by George Lutts, a farmer. Whii(
| Lutts was negotiating for sale. his team
| became frightened and dragged the wagor
| into an electric light pole near Third streer
| permitting the Thanksgiving fowls to MAKE
| dash for liberty. After considerable eff
| fort they were all recaptured and, the sale
| having been closed, were confined in tht
| cellar of a local grocery store where only
| the popular price can obtain their release