The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-13
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AT HOME NEWS

| AT HOME NEWS
Woman's Little Ways.
Why driving ails, one should get hurt,
No woman understands
Because. most carefully, she holds
The hammer in both hands,
-Cir-Cingle
Dance tonight.-KelIam Hall-Adv.
A dozen campfire girls of the Wal
nut Grove church have gone to Wa
karusa for camping trip of ten days.
chaperoned by Mrs. Frank Welton.
marriage license was issued to-
day from the office of Ralph Gaw
probate judge. to Watson D. Ellis,
20 years old, and Hazel Marie Black
Is years old, both of Topeka.
Lieut.. NJ. B. Miller is in Topeka Wis
iting his brother. w. j. Miller. Lieu
tenant Miller practiced medicine in
Topeka, and is now stationed at Camp
Dodge, Des Moines, Ia, as member
OF the medical officers reserve corps.
H. Parry has given notice of ap-
peal from the police court decision
which gave him hundred-doIlar
fine and thirty days in Jail on his con-
viction of a charge of having liquor in
his possession. He is released on
bond.
Rev. S. B. Williams, Kansas City,
Mo, who was in Topeka last summer
will hold another series of revival
meetings at the Nazarene church, 111O
Buchanan street, tomorrow. The SER
vices will be in charge of the Williams
Robinson evangelistic party.
DR.. w. W. Burks. pastor of the
First Christian church, left today for
southeastern Kansas on a speaking
tour for the Men and Millions" move
ment. His pulpit will be occupied
Sunday morning by M. w. Benning,
general secretary of the Central Y.
M. c. A.
Jack Friend was fined $40 in police
court on a charge of reckless driving.
He was charged with ramming an oil
truck with his automobile on account
of driving too fast behind the truck
which stopped at the Union Pacific
railroad crossing on Kansas avenue.
He gave notice that he would appeal
the case.
Clara Stone today in the district
court sued Albert ]. Stone for divorce
and custody of the couples three
minor children, Leonard, Is; Stanley
8, and frederick, 6. The petition says
the couple were married in 1894 and
lived together until 1915, when the
defendant began drinking to excess
and refusing to properly support the
plaintiff.
w. A. Biby left Friday night on a
speaking tour in Colorado in the in
terests of the Knights and Ladies OF
Security home and hospital. Before
he left, Biby said that work has al
ready commenced on the second story
of the $4,000 dormitory building
| which is to be completed by Labor
day, when the home will be dedicated
James ]. Pagan has filed suit
| against the Santa Fe in district court
| for SIS for his son, George, whose
| fingers were mashed in a machine a
| which he was working for the Santa
| Fee. 1t was alleged that the boy was
| pushing a feed belt off from a pulley
when the accident occurred. TIKI
case was settled out of court yester-
| day.
| Charity lodge No. 26, Degree OF
Honor. installed the following Officers
at their regular meeting: Mrs. C. E
| Navarro, past chief of honor; Mrs. w
M. G. Lane, chief of honor: Mrs. Tony
Roth, lady of honor; Mrs. P. Summers
chief of ceremonies; Mrs. ]. r. Keeton
recorder; Mrs. c.. E. Navarro, usher
Laura Morgan, pianist; L. c. Kaser
usher, and Mrs. L. c.. Kaser, financier
A picnic party and program was
given at Chesney park Friday by the
| Topeka union of the Christian wo-
mems board of missions. for members
| of the city union and their families
| About 275 persons attended, and 25C
were served at the supper given by the
women of Central Park Christian
church. The pennant awarded to the
| church having the largest percentage
of membership at the picnic, was Civ
en- the Central park Christian church.
The following Topeka boys have lief
| for Camp Wood, the state Y. NJ. c. A
camp at Elmdale, accompanied by j
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| the Central Y. NJ. C. A: Quentir
Graves. Preston Manly. Orville Sand
| meyer, Frank Lyngar, Leon King
Perry Pitcher, Claude Putnam, Ken
meth Putney, Orson Mclaughlin
James Kearney, Ernest Stanley, Rob
ert McElvain, William Lyman, Henri!
Benning and Howard McDaniels- Boy
from other towns of the state will b.
at the camp also.
| Notice of appeal to the supreme
| court was filed late Friday Afternoon
| in the district court in the case o.
Laura Root against the city, wherein
the plaintiff seeks to enjoin the cit,
| from collecting the assessment
against her for the resurfacing ano
repaving of Topeka avenue. Som,
time ago the case was thrown out o.
| the district court on a demurrer filec
/ by the city. Judge Whitcomb upheld
the demurrer on grounds that the
court, in the absence of fraud, had M
| jurisdiction over paving contracts OF
the letting of paving contracts.
A cookbook, compiled by Miss Mary
| Ward, emergency home demonstration
agent for Topeka, has been placed or
sale by the Home Economics depart
ment of the Woman's club of Topeka
| The book is selling for rs cents ano
may now be bought at Warren NJ
Crosby's. Crosby brothers and Pelle
| tiers. 1t contains hundreds of recipes
based on government experiments
looking toward discovering the mos
efficient methods of preparing variou:
foods. and gives especial attention t
substitutes. In addition the book con
tains much information regardin,
quantities of food necessary. the kinds
that will give the best results. weights
and measures, and other household
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