The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-16
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Bailey will leave Sat-
urday for two weeks trip to Florida, Mrs.
Bailey is superintendent OF the Public
Health Nursing association.
A sight worth seeing In Topeka now is
the pear orchard in full bloom on Roosevelt
by L. A. Mcpherson, an employe of the
Santa Fe store department
The .washburn college Psychological
class, in charge of DIR. Edith Twiss.
visited the city .waterworks today for the
purpose of making q study of the opera
ton of water plants.
The city commissioners planned today to
advertise for bids for the job Of feeding
prisoners at the city. jail Dick johnson
has been handling this job for some time.
His work has been found satisfactory, ae-
cording to commissioners. 81
Seventy lively young Stste journal
newsies conducted by Chuck Fresa en-
lIvened the. second show ut the Novelty
street cheering the State Journal aud the
Novelty just before the show.
The city commissioners this morning
granted Commissioner McGhfert authority
to purchase a new truck for the park de-
partment. 1t is understood that McGiffert
will purchase a Dodge truck. An old truck
owned by the department VIII be. turned in
on the deal which will then only cost the
city about 1,400.
At meeting of the Cooperative club
George Stansfield andeA. A. Rodgers were
appointed to meet with committees from
other organizations at the Chamber of
roads meeting to be held Saturday. The
principal speech was made on He'd Cross
overseas work, by I. II, Booth. u was
illustrated with. photographs.
Billy O'Hare, alias Miller, who was ar
the charge Of being deserter from the
morning. to face forgery charge He is
said to nave forged several checks, aggre-
eating about $40 which h.a he passed on To,
the name of w. b. Holdeman, 512 East
Third street and made payable to bearer;
living for some time.
Miss Vera Anderson, who served as
stenographer under Mayor Jay Z. House
signed. Miss Anderson was asked by
Mayor Corwine to remain. With her mother,
Mrs. Mary Anderson, she will go to
make their home in Seattle, where a sis
ter. Mrs. H. o. whitman, lives. The An
twenty eight years. Miss Anderson has
planned to leave Topeka for some time,
but waited until Mayor Corwines admin
istration was we'll under way. s-ss1
Altho the Chamber of Commerce. was
kind enough to designate a group of tables
in one corner of the dining room as a
the press and their guests, the table has
proved so popular that at noon today it
was. necessary to acquire an extra table
following men, representing The Capper
Publications, were present: Charles Dill
lon, Marco Morrow, Harold Chase. Walter
johnson and Milton Tabor. The State
Journal staf was represented by Arthur
Carruth, w. q. Clugston, Harry Caylor
table were w. A. Billy, representing the
g. of c. and Commissioner Wilbur Stan
field. $50
Three Topeka women living In the same
neighbOrhOod are near the breaking point.
One has a dog, another owns a pet hen
and another has recently planted flower
garden. The dog chases the hen every
. time he mas chance and the hen centers
her ambition on getting into the newly
planted flower garden. Last Sunday the
woman who has the hen went to the
country and asked the woman who has
the flower garden to see that the other
wOman's dog did not chase her hen. When
she returned home from church the woma n
with the flower garden found the hem an
1t, having scratching good time. Across
the street she saw the other neighbor's dog
summing himself on the front porch and the
temptation was too great for her.