The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-15
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Miss Helen T. Capps has gone to Maine
for the rest of the summer, where she VIII
visit relatives.
Complete automobile protecion-The
Clarence B. Jordan Insurance Service
Phone 3T.-Adv.
W. F. Day, 1884 Guthrie, has been called
to Bethel, Mo. account of the death
Of his brother, Warren Day.
There are thirty-eight vacancies among
Shawnee county teachers, according to an
nouncement by the county superintendent
An inquest into the negro murder on
East Tenth street scheduled for today has
been postponed until o'clock tomorrow
morning.
visiting her aunt, Mrs r.; L. PinKertons; on
and her sister. Miss Emily Welter, 1Oo
Buchanan street.
Horace Grovener, an employe of the
American District Telegraph company, ar
rested upon complaint of women living near
the fairgrounds was released shortly after
his arrest by the police.
Royal Gerbrick, an A. F. man, returned
home today. He spent year overseas; eorns
Gerbrick, at 323 Clay street. Before enter
ing the army he was a Santa Fe employe.
Members of the state public utilities COM
mission are spending the early portion1, OF OF
the week in the Seventh district They
are holding bearings in Dodge City, Hutch
inson, Burton. Buhler and Kiowa.
The Kaw Investment company in a suit
filed today in the district court asks 1udg-
ment for 80 69750 against otto huehne.
! The suit is based on note for that amount
claimed by the investment company to be
| past due.
A. ]. Stout, superintendent Of the To-
peka public schools, Will deliver i've ad-
| dresses at the Shawnee County Normal In
stitute TO be held at the manual training
building at the high school, five days be-
! ginning August %
bee demonstration was held Monday
at the Henry Kanarr farm, five miles
northeast Of Topeka. o. A. Keene and Roy
! Pratt. county bee Inspector. demonstrated
on the treatment of -four brood"
Permission was refused r. f. Ferguson,
! local manager of the Standard OIL COM
| pany. by the city commissioners this morn
| ing. to erect electric signs in the parkings
| in front of the service stations at Sixth and
| Topeka avenue and at Tenth and Quincy
! streets.
Records compiled by D. A. Valentine,
clerk of the supreme court. show that 45d
year ending June 30 and that 545 actions
| were disposed of. There are now 312
| cases pending before the court-about five
months court work.
! avenue have petitioned the city to extend
/ sewer facilities to accommodate their resi-
| dence. The petition was placed before the
city commissioners this morning. 1t was
| signed by nine residents. The petition was
referred to Commissioner Hancock.
| DIR. r. S. Plummer driving Hup car
| 16 years of age Monday night at the
| south end of the Melan bridge. The BIZ
cycle was badly damaged but the boy was
! only slightly bruised. Doctor Plummel
said the lad cut in front of his car and
an accident couldn't be averted.
| The Y. NJ c. A. camp in Marshall coun-
| ty, serving the boys of Marshall and Wash
ington counties, is ono of the best in the
| state. Clifford Pierce, state "Y" secretary
and H. H. Merriam, associate secretary for
| county work, have returned from western
| Kansas. They hope to enlarge the Mar
| shall county camp that its area will
! embrace half a dozen adjacent counties.