The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Dorcas society of the Swedish Luth-
ern church, Fourth and Tyler streets WAL
church parlors. Refreshments will be
served.
Arthur Hoe and family. of New York
City, visited Topeka yesterday. noe rs
son of Robert Hoe, pioneer press builder
Of this country. They have been spend
ing the winter in California, and are motor
ing home They expect to reach New York
about May Is.
Many curious things happen in traiu- :.
load of soldiers-especially if anything Of
an eatable nature is proeurable. North side
a rushing pie" business after the parade
of the 10th engineers Nearly every man
who could find pie demonstrated his In
dividual ability to cat the whole of II.
A Jury in the probate court Monday sf-
ternoen adjudged Mrs. Polena L. Duck of
Richland, feeble minded and the court will
dren, grandchildren and great grandchil-
dren fought each other in the case, some
wanting the wealthy old lady pronounced
feeble minded, while others desired TO see
a guardian appointed thru some other ave
nue. than thru court proceedings.
One of the curious features of the parade
of the 10th engineers in Topeka Wednes-
day night was the unheard of behavior
of the crowd which lined the streets. Some
times it took visible effort on the part of
thousands of spectators to refrain from
rushing into the street. The effort re-
suited in the parade going off as planned.
The soldiers had lane of width sufficient
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to march.
The Classical association of Kansas and
western Missouri will hold its thirteenth
annual meeting in Topeka Friday aud Sat
urday. The world war, fought on fields
already immortaliZed in history, has re-
animated many subjects 4 interest Mt,,d to
dean of the graduate school of the Universi-
ty of Missouri will deliver an address on
ITALY in Wartimes and Conditions of
When arrangements for mounting the
parade marshals were under way in pre-
pairing for the reception for the 10th en-
gireers X H. i Rher asned ni ehry still ee
tant in its hide" He got it. McAfee fur
nished Baer with horse of skittish
tendency, one which is known to possess
a habit of trying to fall over ON anything
that attempts to ride it. Baer rode the
animal successfully and demands the same
horse for other demonstrations
Walter Smith, an employe of the. Ameri-
can Railway Express company, was placed
under arrest today charged with enbez-
cling money from the corporation while EN-
are said to have amounted to about $40.
The county attorneys office says 1t har in
tried and convicted in Woodson county for
being an accessory to the robbery of the
Santa Fe station at Toronto. Kan, and was
paroled after sentence was pronounced.
number of little girls admired tho
flowers blooming in Willow park, the V
shaped stretch of greensward belonging to
the city at the south end of Potwin place
Admiring the flowers the girls plucked
them, not knowing did Eve that they
were forbidden fruit not meant for pluck
ing purposes. The girls were caught while
picking the blossoms by the caretaker.
They were given a bomily by the care
taker-but some of the little girls were
members of the first families and reported
the act of lies majesty to their mothers.
Now the caretaker of the park answers the
telephone only to o hear an. an irate first
reprove MY daughter"