The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-20
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
What-In Topeka.

What-In Topeka.
There's cat-less colony In our state,
And thereby hangs tale
But we still have females of the species
That are "deadlier than the MALE
Mr. and Mrs. George Holmgren, sos West
Third street. are the parents Of boy born
March 10.
dence of Robert Shirk. 1910 Tyler street.
at 80 O'Clock this morning. SCOT was
burning in tn, valley of the roof. No
Governor Allen has gone to Hutchinson
to address meeting oecasioned by the
consolidation of the two commercial or
CARNATIONS of that city. He will speak at
st. John on Friday at reception in that
place for returned soldiers.
The basketball team of the Y. W. c. A.
will go to Emporia Saturday to play the
team of the College of Emporia. The To-
last week. The girls will be chaperoned
by Miss Gertrude Loudenback and Miss
Nell Thorpe.
taker of Mt. Hope cemetery. He has
served pastor of Methodist churches
for twenty years. and has been granted a
years leave of absence to take this position
in order to give his children the advantage
of attending Washburn college.
Four new elevators are to be built in
Barton county by the newly organized
United Elevators company of Topeka. The
new company is capitalized for S5O,OOO. The
elevators are already in course of con,
Susuank. all stations on the Hollywood ex-
tension of the Santa Fee
w. A Biby will be host at hot dog
supper Friday night at the Elk's club for
the Boy Scouts of Topeka. After the ma
terial and mental food furnished the boys
they will be given propaganda for the
whole town with the literature. W. A. Biby,
W. l.. Porter and DIR. H. L. Clark will be
the speakers for the occasion.
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Mulvane Hughes, have arrived from San
Diego. Cal, where Hughes has been sta
Hughes has been staying with relatives in
New York while her husband was in the
service. He will leave after a few days
| for Newark. n. J.. to resume his position
| with the Westinghouse company.
The national council of the X. and L. OF
s. has brought suit in the district court t6
| which 1t claims was made to them few
years ago by Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Mauney
| The plaintiff says the defendants gave II
a mortgage on two lots Polk street to
this mortgage. be foreclosed. A receiver
| is also asked in the case.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Thompson are ex-
pected in Topeka shortly. Mrs. Thompson
has been doing Red Cross work in vladi-
| in France. They sailed from Yokahoma
February p: landing at Honolulu the 9tl
! of March. They are due in San Francisco
at this time. and will probably stop in To
| peka to visit Mrs. ThomPson's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Marshall, on their way tC
St Joseph.
as commission on six automobiles sold by
| him. J. S. Resinger today filed suit in the
district court to collect S429.75 from f. q
kinley, 1G16 Polk street. Resinger says
kinley was the agent for an automobile
| firm in Shawnee county and that he went
to work for him with the verbal under.
standing that he should receive per cent
of the price of the car as commission. He
claims that Hesinger has not paid him for
the six cars sold.
Lieut.. Severance Burrage has gone tc
Cincinnati TO attend meeting of the ma.
tional officers and state secretaries of the
National Tuberculosis association. Lieu.
| tenant Burrage has been inspecting condi-
tons in Topeka regarding the migratory
and INDECENT consumptive. Commenting OF
said: II sincerely regret the resignation
Of Doctor Sippy, and 1 have tried to in
fiuence the executive committee of the
retained
The Rev. Mackenzie will deliver the ser.
mon at the Oakland Methodist church mex
jubilee thank offering marking fifty year,
sinee the organization of the Women's
Fer Eefeig SI Missionary society of the Metho
served on that day all over the United
States: The service will be In charge a
be made to raise large sum Of money
| 1t is expected that the Topeka branch o.
the society will raise about $4,000.
| IreIty II -year-OlG Jennie Smith has dis
appeared from her home in Dallas, Texas
and her father, ID. K. Smith, has notified
| Sheriff Hugh Larimer and other officer!
| to be the lookout for her Smith ask
that his daughter. who was last seen Feb
| ruary q, be detained by whoever find
her; Any one with her should also b,
held, he advises, and offers a $50 rewar,
| for Information that will lead to her dis
covery. She is described as being five fee
complexion. good looking and well dressed
She sometimes signs her name as Gena V
| Smith, the father states.
The committees have been named for tn
| big community circus which the Rota clul
| is planning for Easter week at the audi
| forum. There will be two hundred people
the affair. which promises TO be one of TIL
! biggest things ever given~n Topeka. Mrs
Alonzo Thomas. president Of the organiza
ton has appointed the following womel
| to work with the circus director: Mrs
Florence Mctiill Wallace: Kansas City; ar
judgements Mrs. L. =: Wolfe, Mrs. Harr.
| Lord. Miss Mabel Adams and Miss Ma
Malone: music, Miss Helen Phipps an,
Malone: publicity. Mrs. Forbes decora
ton. Mrs. X. r. Baer; refreshments Mis-
Marie Witwer and Mrs. L. d. whittemort
The nurses who have completed si
and Problems of Public Health in Kan
! sas." at Bethany college under the super
over which they will have supervis Ion
MISS Pearl Wilson has gone to Atchiso
| to be supervisor of the Atchison visitin
association. Other nurses who took tn
course and their present HEADQUARTERS ar
Durham, Kansas city. Ran: Miss Cor
Gui. Emporia; Miss Mildred Mulets. wei
Iington: Miss Margaret MiskeIl Wichita
Mrs Zula Powell. Wichita: Miss Nav Nc
Namara. Norton: Miss Gene Moore Dodg
city: Miss Edna Flanifan. Hays; Mis-
Nina Wood. Topeka Miss Anna MaiI
Pratt: Miss Della Shocklev, Columbus
Miss Elizabeth bullock. Pittsburg