The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-27
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Noon lunch. cremerie cafcteria.--Adv.
A Topeka man and wife haven't
received their coal yet SO they are
spending their evenings at the
theaters- ~. ~
The Jayhawker club will meet at
the Elks club at $50 o'clock this eve
ming. Otis Allen will conduct a dis
cussion on the labor problem.
The leaves are clinging to the. trees
in the last brave stand against the Heae-
n1ents of winter. The woods are beau-
tiful, motor car owners say.
One year ago this week the city was
in the midst of the flu epidemic The
absence of the disease this season is a
source of thankfulness to Topekans.
The Topeka. Railway company,s
sand cars are ont for the first fan runs
of the year. It is aipositive sign of
fall when the tracks are santfed against
the ravages of slippery leaves. ~
Topeka's own Jay House af5pears
in his first full page layout m the
Ladies Home. Journal in the Novem-
Der issue which will appear on Topeka
news stands Friday of this week.
A Topeka 3-year-o1d was holding a
penny to her ear the other evening
What are you doing?" her father IN
quired. 100 told muvver datsnoney
talks" the little girl replied. .aIld is
listenin'.' r
The state Blue sky board denied
stock selling permits in Kansas to the
Shawnee -Elbing Co, Topeka; the
Texas Wonder Pools Co.. Wichita,
Casket Co, Muskogee, Okla
There were a Few old "a shioned To-.
pekans who came TO work an, hanr
early this morning because they neg
lected to turn their watches or clocks
back. But they promise to make up
for it before the week is over.
The 640-acre F. A. Kfene farm;
three miles from Valencia on Mission
creek, has been sold to j. Oberhelman,
been in the Kiene family for thirty
eight years Mr.zKiene and mis- wife
intend to move to Topeka. 4fw
The boys are wearing their army
overcoats again-and it is the easiest
way to save $50. Besides the saving,
there is always a feeling of respect for
the man who earned the drab coat
no matter how long he Sees fit to
wear it.
Possibilities for American enterprise
IN the Orient will be explained at the
Chamber of Commerce tomorrow
noon by c. S. Bishop. Kansas City, Mo.
Bishop recently returned from a six
months tour of China as special
representative of the International
Y. M. c. A. -F 81 :
Topeka could use five hundred new
houses today w. A. Neiswanger, a
well known real estate man said to-
day. With homes. at "a prefnipm lit
cannot oe understood why AY1i Gre
homes were not built this summer
The high cost Sof material and labor
is gladly taken up by the bhyeF,
DR.. Glen Millice, former Washburn
football star and the most sensational
punter who ever booted a pigskirf' in
the Missouri valley, was a Topeka vis-
itor Saturday. Doctor Millice is prac-
ucing medicine in Iowa and is most
successful in his work. His parents in
Lawrence are critically i'll. 5ss. .sT7Gfj
Group meetings announced tod the
Kansas bankers by w. w. Bowman,
secretary, include: : November S IL,
Great Bend; November IL, Dodge
City; November 13, Arkansas City:
November Il. Emporia November
lS, lola; November 10, Hiawatha;
Colby.
The fourth annual convention of
the Kansas Automobile Trade ASSOC
citation will be held in wichita, De-
decided. A special carload of dele
gates from Topeka will attend, it was
SAID today. Speakers from New York.
Denver, Detroit and other cities will
be ON the program. W. H, lines, To-
peka is president Of the association.
Robert Stephenson, 61s Hancock
street, was badly bruised and cut sat
urday night when his motorcycle COL
lided with an automobile. driven by J.
l.. Mayo, 1852 Kansas avenue. The
accident occurred at Sixth and To-
peka avenues Stephenson was riding
west on Sixth avenue while Mayo was
driving south on Topeka avenue.
Stephenson's head was cut in several
places and an ankle was dislocated.
If newspapers printed items as they
are sometimes read, 1t would be
cold, cruel world. Several persons
have inquired of The State journal
of the death of Tom McNeal," They
insist that they saw a story of his
death in The State Journal. including
his picture. AS a matter OF fact the
story concerned his election as presi-
Dent of the state historical society and
the headline read, ct. A. McNeal At
Head" Without a second look it was
read by many, ''T. A. McNeal Is
Dead"