The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-18
North Side Mews

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PetrO's drug store or telephone Eleanor
himball. 1891 after 0. m. Other hours
1890
The prospective jurors for the Sep
TENDER term of court include c. o.
Shultice, route s.; John Parr, route 8;
NJ. Bailey. Silver Lake; Robert Rich
ardson, 1920 North Taylor; J. w.
Central avenue; F. f. Newell. route
g.. Charles Small. $50 North Kansas
avenue; H. Van Fleet, 1912 North Van
Buren,.
Fourth Annual Picnic.
Mr.. Nicholson of the Kaw Milling
company will give his annual picnic
tomorrow evening for the children of
the neighborhood surrounding the
mill at the home Of Mrs. Frank Hoff-
man, 500 Monroe street.
This is the fourth picnic of this kind
to be given by Mr.. Nicholson and they
are greatly appreciated by the chill
dren, who look forward to them from
year to year.
Mrs. George Sisk of Gas jackson
street was annoyed yesterday morn
ing. when she returned from a few
minutes absence. to find a strange
woman in her dining room. Mrs. Sisk
while sitting on her back porch had
noticed an elderly woman knocking
at HGI ItlEAlbOI uOOT anu the
same woman came to her, inquiring if
she wished to buy an Oriental face
cream. On being told by Mrs. Sislk
that she did not want any, the wo-
man left, and Mrs. Sisk took her chill
dren about half a block distance from
their home on the way to visit some
neighbor children. This only took a
few moments~and at no time was Mrs
Sisk out of sight of her home. AS
she started to return she saw a wo-
mans skirt disappear thru a screen
door on the front porch, which was
unlocked. She hurried up the walk
and found the woman standing inside
the room by the sewing machine
When asked by Mrs. Sisk what she
was doing in the house, she asked
again IL Mrs. Sisk' wanted to buy the
face cream. She said she did not
know she had been there before. but
did not explain why she entered the
house.
Notes and Personals.
Mrs. Clara Graft and daughter.
Irene, of 1919 Jackson street, are
spending the weekend with Mrs. r.
G. Miller. of Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Wells and children
Earl and Maude. of sos Paramore
street, have gone to Fort Collins. Colo.
to visit Mrs. Lawrence Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Klussman, of
oV1 west GOrdOn street, have returned
from weeks vacation trip. Chicago
and Detroit were among the larger
cities visited.
George Smith. aged. % years, son of
Mr.. and Mrs A. e. Smith, Of 1919
Polk street. died last night at a local
hospital. The funeral services will be
held Monday afternoon. Burial in
Rochester cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Bleier, of Route
s, have returned from Townline, N. Y,
where they were called by the death
Of Mr. Bleier's father, David Bleier,
which occurred over a week ago.
David Bleier was returning to his
home in New York after a visit to his
son, and was killed by a freight train
near Dunkirk, N. Y. Why he had
left his train is not known, nor just
the manner in which he met his death
Mr.. Bleier states that the freight train
dragged his fathers body a distance of
200 feet. IL ~. 80
Wanted-Boy with bicycle to carry State
Journal route in Shorey. For information
call $3.50 circulation department.-Adv.