The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-14
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AT HOME NEWS

All Issues OF Liberty Bends bought
and sad. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 5s4 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
Mrs. B. NJ. Webb. police matron,
will return tonight from Great Bend,
Kan, where she has spent ten days.
The county commissioners today di-
rected county officers to close their
offices Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday afternoon for the fair
George S. Knapp, state irrigation
commissioner. and J. c. Mohler, secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture,
VIII attend the state irrigation con-
gress to be held in Dodge City Thurs
/ day and Friday of this week.
The Albert T. Reid home. 1902 Fill
more street. last most of a brick CHM
ney when it was struck by lightning
burned out and the house was filled
with smoke.
The annual meeting of the First
District Nurses association will be
held this afternoon from to 5 o'clock.
when officers will be elected. After
the meeting the nurses will go to Gar
field park for picnic supper.
The police, Monday, arrested Pat
Crow White, in front of Seymour
packing house at Crane street and
Kansas avenue. An hour later they
arrested John McCrow. a negro. at
Seventeenth street and Kansas avenue.
Both were charged with drunkenness.
The report which is being circulated
to the effect that 1 have sold out my
undertaking Business is absolutely
false. 1 am still at 900 North Kansas
avenue and 201 East Eighth street.
where my friends can all find me-
FRANK r. CONWELL.-(Adv.)
A first lesson was not enough for
James Kirkpatrick, a negro. who was
sentenced to state prison Friday for
burglarizing the Mutual Cash grocery
and meat market at Huntoon and
Clay streets. Court records show that
Kirkpatrick served time in state
prison a few years ago for scientifically
the same offense against the same
store.
The Lowman Hill Memorial Meth
odist church has over-subscribed its
fund for the support of retired and
disabled ministers The quota for the
church was $4,000, but the total raised
gift of $4,000 is expected within a
few days. This will be divided be-
tween the fund for retired ministers
and an addition>to the Methodist home
for the aged in Topeka.
Miss Georgia Hoffman, of Perry.
Kan, has been appointed teacher OF
music and English at Sumner school
to succeed Miss Roxie Phillips, who
resigned to teach music in Bartlesville,
Okla Miss Hoffman was graduated
from Baker University and has taken
special training in music and had sew
eral years teaching experience. Other
teachers elected at the board of edu-
cation meeting Monday were Miss
Lula Fritz and Miss Beatrice Swenson
in the grade schools.
All livestock exhibitors at the Kan
sas Free Fair will be guests of the
Chamber of Commerce and the fair
management at a dinner this evening.
Speakers for the evening include DR..
Henry J. Waters. editor of the Kan
sas City Weekly Star and w. NJ. Jar
dine, president of the Kansas State
Agricultural college. Short talks Will
be made by representatives of variour
breeders associations. Henry VINO
Afee is in charge of arrangements for
the dinner. Charles L. Mitchell VIII
act as postmaster. The usual live
stock parade in front of the grand
stand will not be held tonight to per-
NIT all of the exhibitors to attend the
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