The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-16
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Il I
A program will be rendered by Mar
| shalls band at the City park at o'clock
| tonight.
A travelling salesman for hotel furniture
| and fixtures declares 1.-The cafeterias are
! rapidly taking the places of dining rooms
| in hotels thruout the country.
Farmers in Shawnee county estimate the
average cost of harvesting their wheat
this year is 20 cents bushel- Threshers
| are charging SO hour now, but this
price includes labor, teams, machines, etc.
W. L: Staples, manager of the Pauline
| Grain Elevator. part of the Derby chain,
sood BUSINESS se ds rs' q Te esgsay Ss
Just been built, and is the only one at
| Pauline.
The Neal Motors company has moved
into ne" Quarters at do26-lO2s Kansas
| located at lib East Seventh street The
| company distributes Nash cars and trucks
Mack.
Topeka mills are now buying 1919 wheat,
according to members OF the Topeka Board
is Oklahoma and southern Kansas grain
| The wheat from the western part of the
state has not yet appeared on the Topeka
Word has been received by Mr.. and Mrs.
| of the arrival of their son. Ray Is. Long
In New York He will be home in few
infantry about two years ago and spent one
year overseas.
w. W Reid. Topeka's motion picture
photographer, has returned to Topeka,
! and Montana filming scenes in the old
haunts of Col. Theodore Roosevelt The
pictures will he used in the campaign to
raise funds for the building of a Roose-
Welt memorial.
The Honor Roll of Shawnee county will
be sent to press within few days ac-
cording to an announcement today by ].
T. Close. manager of the Honor Roll com
pany. The Military Sisterhood which is
acting. as distribution agent for the book
has already placed sufficient orders to
warrant early publication.
Lieutenant Weber made special low
flight for the benefit of the old folks at
the Methodist Home for the Aged Tuesday
evening. 1t was the first time many Of
the inmates had seen an airpIane. The
lieutenant unfurled an American flag as
he passed In front of the building flying
the telephone poles.
An Apperson roadster stepped up over
a curb at Ninth street and Kansas avenue
Tuesday. evening and walked into one of
The car is owned by John Mellinger, an
em a1 at the Santa Fe shops Il stop
and a companion began pushing it. the
machine started going in earnest.
c. A. Wallace of East Hill was acanit-
ted by a jury in the court OF Topeka
his hoHsekeeper, charged Wallace with
| striking her. Wallace claimed he held
her hands while she was in an angry
when Mrs. Well opened a can with a silver
knife instead Of knife OF poorer quality.
| When the annual meeting of the Amer
| lean Bar association is held at Boston this
fall, Judge J. g. Slonecker, of Topeka,
\ will lay before the members the PROPOSE
| ton of sending court summons by regis
| tered mail. Under the present system, Of
I flcPrS
| cherge in ten cents a mile. Judge Sion
ecker believes that in most cases the mails
| could be used, thus effecting a great
| ing.
! John o. slagel, Of the federal bureau Of
animal Industry. and an expert in tuber
Topeka from Kansas City where he was
| formerly employed in meat inspection
work. He probably will be sent to
herds in the dairy district. The work of
the animal bureau in that section is ex-
| tremely heavy and popular with the stock
owners, it is said.
Eli Stammers. negro, was shot and killed
| Friday night by Rasby Orr, negro, accord
| coroner's jury. The jury further recon-
mended that Orr be held for trial The
reason given by the county attorney for
demanding an inquest was to ascertain if
| a jury believed Orr had acted in self de-
Tense Testimony of none of the witnesses
Indicated that Stnmmers had approached
Orr In threatening manner as Orr claim
| ed. Orr did not go on the witness stand.
Approximately 200 persons attended the
public installation of the officers of Shaw
nee lodge No. 1 and Naomi Rebekah lodge
No. 95, 1. o. o. F., at Security hall Mon
day night. Following the ceremony the
May sisters rendered a musical and liter
airy program, after which refreshments
were served in the banquet hall. There
were decorations of palms and cut flowers.
/ The new officers of the two lodges in
stalled are: Past noble grands, Otto
Horacek and Grace Glunt: noble grand G.
c. Way. Lenora Starr; vice grands. Ralph
Perry, Mollie Parker: financial secretaries
Fred Cole. Flora Eakin; recording secre-
| tary, H c. Stevens Elizabeth Cole: treas
urer w. II. Semple, Theda Moranviiie ;
chaplain. NJ. c. Cormick. Gertrude Har-
riett; warden, c. f. Starr, Audrey Snyder ;
conductor, Ida Hinckle John Evans; In
side guardian, Richard Williams, Carrie
| Starr; outside guardian, Homer Wright
o. S. Waggoner; r. S. to n. c., Frank
Elliott, BESSIE Wehe; L. S; to n. G., James
Van Horn. Isabel white: L. s. to V. G.,
!. d. Roderiek, Clara Sills: right scene
supporter. Guy Woods; left scene sup
nnrfer. Glenn McCrackpn