The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT. HOME NEWS

! Best Ever.
All. why this beaming countenance.
| This look of sweet content?
/ Have you just heard your stock in oil
Has gone up 10 per cent?
Or just had word some ancient aunt
Has discontinued life
And left a neat or sumptuous sum
To your good self wife:
Not that. Then plainly state to me
The case upon the docket
Great Scott You say you've bought a bond
And have it in your pocket?
-Nels Yingle
Albert T. Reid will give chalk
talk on thrift stamps to the pupils of
Lincoln school this afternoon.
Company b. Kansas State Guard,
will meet for drill this evening on the
north steps of the state house at 1880
o'clock.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the First Congregational church will
meet on Wednesday afternoon at 900
O'Clock, with Mrs. George Mccoy, 1113
w. Eighth street.
The bets were two to one Sunday
that Ice Water Stevens, a member of
the Ninety-second division glee club,
was bell hop before he became
soldier.
Miss Margaret Trautman 1901 West
| Tenth street, has been appointed pri-
Vate secretary to Postmaster w. o.
Rigby to succeed Leland Post who re-
signed to go back to the farm.
The social at the Seabrook church
which was postponed on account of
bad weather will be held Wednesday
night. There will be an interesting
program as well as the social feature
The annual convention of the Kan
saS Funeral Directors association will
be held in Topeka June Is, 10, 90, ac-
cording to an announcement by H. w.
Bomgardner, chairman of the eXecu-
tive committee of the association.
Corp. Kenneth P. Thatcher has re-
turned to Camp Doniphan after
spending a week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs S. ]. Thatcher, at Bur-
lingame, and his grandmother, Mrs.
w. Minard, 21O1 Van Buren, street.
Bertha Reveille, a negress. is being
tried in Judge George H. Whitcomb's
division of the district court on a
charge of attempted forgery. The
prosecution claims she attempted to
pass worthless check on the Pei
letter store.
Joe Holman. colored deputy sher-
iff, is back or the job today after a
forced vacation of two weeks, occa-
stoned by being shot at an early
morning hour by an unidentified
couple lettering near a vacant build
ing. A bullet went thru the heel of
Joe's foot
America First patriotic operetta
designed to inculcate the principles of
the ideal character, will be given
Wednesday evening at Assumption
hall by the students of the Assumption
grade school. In addition to the
operetta a miscellaneous program
will be given.
Frank B. White, of Chicago, marag-
ing director of the Agricultural Pub
fishers association will be speaker of
the day at the Chamber of Commerce
tomorrow noon. White will speak on
Community Building" dealing espe-
cially with the phase bearing on trade
extension in local territory.
While w. H Sawyer, butcher
was delivering supplies to the Y. w.
c. A. Saturday, someone took fifteen
livers, twenty pounds of beefsteak
eighteen pounds of spare-ribs. twenty
pounds of pork tenderloins, eight
pounds of leaf lard and $3.50 worth
OF pork chops from his wagon.
Adlar Evans, who claims Chica go
as. his home, is being held at police
headquarters until it is aScertained
whether he has registered. The
United States marshaPs office is con-
Quoting the investigation. Evans was
picked up near the Santa Fe station
by the police this morning. He claims
he registered at TuscoIa, Ill.
The regular meeting of the CO.
operative club will be held at Pelle-
tiers Tea room tomorrow evening at
$50 o'clock. The meeting is the
regular ladies night meeting and will
alos serve a farewell dinner for
Coop Stanley J. Shook. who is to
leave in about two weeks to enter the
military service of the United States.
Miss Ruth Greider underwent an
operation for appendicitis at ST. Fran
els hospital. Saturday. Miss Greider
of the high school faculty. She has
been in Chicago for two years. as
student in the Academy of Fine Arts.
For the last six months she has been
doing work as a commercial artist in
Mande1 Bros. Art studio.
The equipment of the Masonic unit
of the Red Cross was enlarged by the
presentation to the unit of an electric
sewing machine by Sloan lodge, No.
225. The sewing machine motors were
also given to the unit by the lodge.
W. A. S. Bird, president of the Topeka
Shrine club lodge, presented the unit
with $40. the gift of the Shriners
who attended the reunion last week.
The minute James A. Troutman re-
turns to Topeka the hearing on the
West Tenth street road injunction will
be held. Troutman is out in the state
working in the interest of his nomi-
nation for governor at the August
primaries The application for an
injunction. if permitted, would tie up
the letting of a contract for the i'm
provement at meeting of the county
commissioners next Friday morning.
Taking away money from the milk
man is crime to which Leroy Hol1a-
way. 15-year-old colored boy, has
confessed to the police. He told Of
ficers his favorite stunt was to knock
at door and apply for work. if any
one answered If not, he'd look I'M
der the milk bottles on West side
porches for stray dimes and quarters!
He has been turned over to Judge
Ralph H. Cav of the juvenile court.
There will be shortage of doctors
in the country next winter because of
the large number of physicians who
have entered military service, accord
ing to DR.. H. L. Clark, city physician,
who Sunday nlorQing addressed the