The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-21
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Housewives can solve the servant prob
lem by meeting their husbands at the Y. NJ
c. A. Cafeteria for O'Clock dinner-Adv.
L. J. Buckles, supervisor of manual and
industrial arts of the Topeka high school,
Is attending the national vocational council,
in st. Louis this week
The Sunshine society of the Swedish
Lutheran church will be entertained by
Ruth and Edith Nelson ut their home, 400
Polk street. Sunday afternoon.
M Me- head OF tine goef &c q TapneEa
today from Hays, where he has been doing
some work in connection with the Y there.
The new associate seeretary Of the s. Cen
Job Little resigned the place some time ago.
SilwelI will assume the duties of the office
about March 1.
John Elliott, a member of the 10th Engi-
neers with the A. +. F.. has been acting
as special assistant to Fred Voiland. Y. NJ:
c. A. man in France. Elliott is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Elliott of Topeka
The armory Of the Ninth battalion of
| the, Kansas state gnuard Is to be used as
skating TiIt on auedsday I an and
| ment today. The Ninth battalion band Will
furnish music for the skaters. The date for
the opening has not ben set.
| The Shawnee County Republican club
POST Ii ii, lis East Sixth street and ali Re
| publics;:s are invited to be present. Charles
| s. Huffman. lieutenant governor. will be
F., the principal speaker and an address will
also be delivered by Mrs. Minnie Grinstead,
4
| erty seNtet will furnish music The meet
ing viii convene at Z 80 o'clock.
Local organizations to be instituted
/ turnout the state among the 5000 colored
women interested in the project, with a
membership fee of 81, is the plan now on
foot among several representative colored
women of Topeka to raise the money for
| the nurses training school and hospital
| for colored women. This was decided upon
! at a luncheon at the Topeka Industrial
| Institute Thursday afternoon. State Of
ficers to have charge of the organization
| were elected
J. f. Merrick, formerly agent of the
| health and accident departments of the
| Columbian National Life Insurance COM
ritofy with hcadquarters in Topeka. has
l-been promoted to general agent for the life
work also of this company and maintains
headquarters in offices in the Mulvane
building. Merrick's demonstrated ability as
an expert due to the new business he has
written qualified him for the place and he
has been recognized fer the new place by
his company.
Raymond s. Oman, a former empIoye OF
the American Express company, who was
! arrested Wednesday evening on the charge
of stealing money from his employers
plead guilty Thursday afternoon before
deferred. Officials say that detectives OF
the express company obtained a confession
from Oman some time ago that he had
stolen n package of money amounting to
1,500 at one time, but it was recovered. He
says he is native of England, coming here
Jail in default of bond.
A restraining order enjoining August
Larson from paying his brother. Alfred
| Larson, the sum of $1,000 left him in the
will of his late father, Louis Larson, was
issued this morning in the district cOur;
in compliance with the request of Jennie
Larson. who is suing Alfred for divorce
! Attic the money was not to be paid over
| until August l. 1919. Mrs. Larson says she
fore that. in which case It would be beyond
the jurisdiction of the court. Mrs. Larson
says her husband abandoned her about
md hat n h.lc ri rrtaf
nothing toward her support for five years
They were married in 1896. The money
will be held up until the court decide,
what alimony the wife shall have in cast
the court grants her a divorce.