The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-11
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Dance tonight: six piece jazz band"
Steinberg's, Ill Quincy.-Adr.
Ladies are always admitted free kellam
Hall dances. Real music--Adv.
"A Z. Richardson has gone to Wichita.
Kan. to join his family in a permanent
residence
The brotherhood class of Potwin church
will be in charge of {. A. Vancn tomor
row morning at 10 O'Clock.
DR. f. J. Kulp will be the speaker at the
afternoon at 10 O'Clock. The public is
invited.
1.-The Tragedy of armenia" will be the
subject of a lecture sermon Sunday even
Presbyterian church
The postponed annual fellowship supper
of the Lowman NJ. L; church will be held
Friday. January II. Supper will be served
at & 80 at the church.
The Girls Reserve club of the Y. w c. A.
of the grade schools had a party this
afternoon at the Central y. W. c. A. SIM
liar parties for the girls will be arranged
each month.
The Ladies of Review No. II surprised
afternoon. it being her birthd; Y. As pres
ents she received electric reading lamp
and set of cups and saucers.
THE Historical Background of Prophecy"
will be the subject of Prof Roy TONNES
lecture to the Bible class Sunday at u
a. m. at the First Congregational church.
corner Seventh and Harrison street.
Twenty-Five new cases of influenza in
Shawnee county outside the city were re-
ported Friday to DIR. w. Il. Steward, coun-
ty physician. This is bad at any time
during the worst of the recent epiuemic.
A suit to quiet the title to two lots in
Rossville filed this morning in the
office of the district court by X. ID. James,
against nine persons who he says claim
some interest in or title to the property.
Two deaths occurring this week, that of
and Levi Schlegel. of 620 West Third street.
were due to Influenza which later developed
into double pneumonia causing death
in the city Friday.
A memorial service for Theodore Roose
welt will be held at the First Congrega-
O'Clock. Fred s. Jackson. former congress-
man, will give an address of appreciation.
On the musical program will be Roose
velt's favorite hymn and The Dead March
from Saul
Frank Campbell, clerk of the federal
court and {. Il. White, United States COM
missioner, will leave tomorrow to attend
the term of the United States district
court at hansas olty: me docket TINS
October and November terms having been
postponed on account of the influenza cpl
demic.
DIR. S. s. Estey will make an address
Sunday night at the evening service of
the. First Presbyterian church. of which
The lecture will be given on behalf of the
drive for the Armenian relief fund, and
VIII correspond to previous address
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A letter was received this morning by
Chief of Police Harbaugh from Mrs. Matte
Benford, asking for information concern
ing her son, John Henry Benford, from
whom says she has not heard for seven
months. When last heard FROM the mother
stated. Benford was in Topeka with the
Barnum and Bailey circus. Mrs. Benford
lives at 9461 North Third avenue, Nash
vile, Tenn.
dents will receive January II. will be
simply passing or failing grades and
will not indicate the exact standing Of the
student. The disarranging of the school
work during the influenza vacations,
makes an exact grading at this time Inc, i'm NJ
graded in the usual way at tie time of
promotion, February II.
There will be special service in connec-
ton With the M IL s 9foek service Sunday
18th and Buchanan streets. Brief adj
dresses on the late Colonel Roosevelt will
N. Stonestreet. w. l. Jamison, Prof. II. II.
Wade II. l. Monroe. Hon. Nick Childs s.
w. Pasker and Elisha Scott. The pastor
preach.
The house of J. W. Judkins, at Ill Tyler
street. caught fire Friday afternoon from
sparks flying from the chimney. The judi
kins family was preparing to move and
had sold the furniture to a furniture dealer
who was on his way to get his property
at the time the fire companies were making
their run in response to a call from the
residence. The furniture was uninjured.
their posts during that time. Scrivner, at
$500
Some one put on an odd celebration in
Topeka Friday night. This morning a
large chemical fire eXtinguished was found
in the street in front of the Fifth Avenue
hotel and guests at the hotel discovered
PdSy nght eene fro the fr
extinguisher. There was fire in the
locality and it is thought some prank
a business house and curious to learn
how it worked.
Five girls have been picked up by the
ton, which is a slight departure from the
usual routine. Until Friday night the
of Mrs. Delnore MacGrath police matron,
had been vacant for several days. Bessie
Canadian. Josephine Carnahan. Hattie
rested Friday. Nell Turner picked
up this morning at the request of DR..
Robert A. Maxwell, formerly of Topeka
and now an officer in the army, today
filed a petition in the office of the district
court asking n divorce from Mary f. Max
Okla. in December. 1910 Maxwell SAYS
they lived at FL Reno, Okla, and at Rudy.
household goods with her Not knowing
obtain service on her by publication.
First Lieut. Alfred G. Hill. well known
Topeka newspaper man and Kansas foot
ball player. has just returned from
southern army camp. having been given his
discharge. Hill was formerly a star foot
ball player at the EmpOria Normal school
and was student at the school of journal
ism at Kansas university before the United
States entered the war. After entering the
service he was sent to officers training
camp and graduated with the rank
of second lieutenant. Only few months
afterwGrd he was promoted to first lieu
tenancy.
Artemus Stripping. colored, 1G years old.
today filed Il petition in the office Of the
district court asking judgment of S1.410
Sf Tfn n
pany. The action WAS brought by the
father aud next of kin STRIPPING claims
that he employed at the packing
house on August II. 1918. and that he
working pulling cases thru
SHINING machine His arm was caught
I'm the machine. he says. crushing and
MASKING it in such 4 manner that il had
TO be amputated just above the elbow
The packing company filed an answer de-
nrinc- all the nIaintiff-s ALIEN tinns