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ing further attention to her words |
went on:
Consider the situation sanely! If
you drag the family name into a court
room, daddy will have another brain
lesion-and die. Tell me the rest
of your story, That is, as much as you
wish me to know"
'I'm telling you the truth, Jane.
Just as it happened. l ran away from
Claude Ives this afternoon. | hated
him and his flattering tongue, | hated
myself, and | didn't wonder you and
Chrys have always hated me. | saw
myself as I thought you must see
me. | kept telling myself that if
could get home without being found
out, I'd never get trapped by a phi
landerer-never again"
"How did you leave the bath
house?"
cat the regular exit, opposite
where I went III. left with a crowd
of girls, hurried up the hill from the
beach with them, hoping Ives would
not notice me in the bunch. But he
did l couldn't help looking back from
the platform half way UP the bank.
saw Ives on the board walk. He was
looking straight at me. He was start
ing to motion to me l thought, as if
to let me know he was waiting. saw
him stagger-I heard the sound of a
shot. I stood still and saw him turn
half around Then he went down"
"You poor childw / murmured.
"The whole world seemed awfully
still after that single shot. | couldn't
take my eyes from the figures
stretched on the walk. Then people
crowded around it and hid it from
me. All the people ON earth seemed to
come from the water and from behind
trees, and out of autos, and from
under the umbrellas on the sand. l
discovered that was standing quite
alone on the hillside. And | was
afraid. Because I was the only person
in the crowd who had an appointment
with Ives I was afraid. 1t seemed to
me everybody knew / hadn't kept the
They seemed to be say
ing that if had Ives wouldn't have
been killedw
This idea proved too much for Ann.
She collapsed and I had to hunt up
the smelling salts again.
ITO Be Continued)
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ALIVE TO-DAY BECAUSE HE
TOOK PLANK'S BLOOD
MEDICINE
The Tropical Cooperative Co.,
Jacksonville, Florida

The Tropical Cooperative Co.,
Jacksonville, Florida
Gentlemen:
That l am. a living man today is
due to Plank's Blood Medicine.
had what was thought to be an
incurable case of kidney disease
and. my blood, of course, was bad.
P'ank's Blood Medicine has
thoroughly relieved my trouble and
l am able to do mans work now,
where l was hardly able 10 lift my
hard d before.
hope this word reaches all who
are suffering as l did or who have
any form of kidney trouble, bad
blood, stomach or liver trouble,
constipation, etc. | not only
recommend Plank's B ood Medicine
(The Wonder Medicine', but
r,ead with you, who ma be a suf-
ferer to try one bottle and be con-
vinced rs | was.
Yours truly,
tSigned) A. W. TIENCKEN,
Jacksonville, Fla.
&c L. Fifteenth strear.
December 81, 1919
$I.20 at Nathan Murray's Drug
Store and ell drug stores.
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LAST OF HONOR
ROLLS ARE OUT
Another Name Added to
Years Honor Diploma
Winners

In connection with the announce
ment yesterday of the final monthly
honor rolls of the year for the Fur
low grammar school and Brooklyn
Heights, it was stated that by error
the name of John Carruthers, of the
sixth grade, section one, had been
omitted from the list of winners of
honor diplomas for the year. The
monthly honor rolls follow, that from
the East Americus school having al
ready been published:
Furlow School.
First Grade-Section l, Sue Dud-
ley Gladys Gatewood, Ruth Howell
Bette Wagnon, Addison Deavours,
Fred Liggin, Malcolm McMath, John
Newton Parker, C. C. Robertson, H.
w. Smith, Joe Witt; Section 2 Her
bert Banks, Marvin Kenmore, Will
liam kirkpatrick, Dorothy Bryan,
Elizabeth English, Lena McMath,
Frances Passmore, Elizabeth Poole
Sarah Shipp, Elizabeth Vorus, Mary
Evelyn Tetens; Section 3, Monteen
Pierce.
Second Grade-Section /, Percy
Hudson, James Dupree, Jane Will
liams, Alice Thomas, Catherine Per-
kins, Marie Gaines, Hazel Council
Section 2, Charles Bostwick, Eugene
Boswell, Hollis Fort, Jack Hall, Tom
Harris, James Mcdowell, Derry Kirk
Oliver, John Wagnon, Elizabeth AL
len, Christine Baker, Fannie Lee Bar
field, Elizabeth Broadhurst, Nancy
Hooks, Ann Johnson, Vivian Jones,
Edith MacCarey, Eva Claire Shiver,
Pearly Sirmons, Clara Mae Suggs.
Third Grade-Section l, Clarence
Ames, William Bell, Edward Heys,
Charles Howard, Emory Witt, Yona
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EVEN INTESTINAL INDIGESTION
RESPONDS TO THIS MINERAL WATER

Another who had suffered from in
testinal indigestion for 10 years,
tried Sul-Ferro-Sol and swore: ''It
helped me wonderfully-more than
anything else have ever taken"
Sul-Ferro-Sol causes the stomach
to produce its own pepsin.
Booklet giving details mailed on
request. Liberal bottle one dollar
&c for So, at all drug stores OF
postpaid upon receipt of price. The
Sul-Ferro-Sol Co., Desk B, Mont
gomery, Ala. Sold by Howell's Phar-
macy, Americus. adv
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THE BOOK OF ANN
Ann Is Wrought Up Over the Murder
of Claude Ives

Here's the key to the bathhouse
compartment"
Ann drew from chr bag a huge iron
key attached to a numbered tag. 1t
was the same as the ordinary hotel
combination of kay and tag, made of
size which no one would willingly
carry around.
You take it, Jane" Ann dropped
1t onto the lovely pink satin sofa pill
low where it looked shockingly out of
place and conspicuous.
Oh, Ann! Ann! How could you
bring that awful thing herep I cried
as | picked up another pillow and
flung it on top of the key.
81 don't knowW Ann answered. 81
was worried, l guess, and in such a
hurry to get away from the beach.
Jane, | was perfectly frantic, think.
| wanted to hide where Ives couldn't t
find me. And I'm not accustomed to
such places anyway. | just locked the
0cCr of the little room and crammed
the key into my bag without thinking
at alp
Maybe you'd better think a little
row. What--WHAT are we going to
do with it? The detectives will miss
it-you may be sure. How are we 60
ing to get rid of it?"
"You-you hide it somewhere,
Jane. II wouldn't know howl"
"You cant hide it anywherer' l
exclaimed. 'Tt's worse than razor
blade to dispose OFF
81 guess l knoww This from Ann.
Once l had book mother forbade
me to read: l finished it,, and then
tried to lose it. couldn't. | left II or
a street car and an obliging man
got off and ran a block to return it
20 me. | crossed the river and tried
% toss it over the bridge but I didn't
lare, for fifty persons seemed to be
me. Jane! Couldn't we bury
the key-tonight-in the Lorimer
,ark?"
"And have all the servants wonder
ng why we had gone out there in the
ark? should say we cannot. Having
he thing around makes me feel like
riminal myself. But I'm not going to
isk having it connected by any chance
With the Lorimer name"
At this Ann whimpered.
81 know you hate me! You've hated
ne from the firstp
"Stop your crying! Don't let your
yes get red," l said and without pay
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'.These figures speak for them
The color yellow is said to have a
very beneficial effect on the health.
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FARM AND CITY LOANS-5 IL
per cent. Terms easy. Quick serv.
ice. W. W. DYKES. 4-20-tf
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Wonderful Results From Sui
Ferro-Sol Proven

At a government investigation as
to the merits of Sul-Ferro-Sol as a
remedy for indigestion, it was con-
clusively proven that this remedy
had been of benefit to all of the SIS
witnesses examined.
One of these witnesses swore that
he had suffered from indigestion for
% years and that he had been cured
permanently by taking Sul-Ferro-
Sol.
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Bell. Thelma Guy. Sue Hightower,
Mildred LeMaster, Elizabeth Mayes,
Ruth Schneider, Allene Smith, Doro-
thy Witt, Lilfoy Wallis, Fannie Alex
ander, Emma Kate Hyatt. Yoland
Pierce; Section 2, Mildred Cowart,
Agnes Gapmagh. Vivian Jones, Vir-
ginia Legg, Harriet Moore, Evelyn
Gilmore, Mike Smith.
Fourth Grade-Section /, Charles
NJ. Council, Darby Dudley, Aubrey
Easterlin, Mary Ansley, Louisa Cole,
Annie Turpin, Eugenia Johnson,
Mary Lucille House, Ruth Hightow-
er, Florence Fort; Section 2, Caroline
Mathis, Luellen Crow, Cordeha Fea-
gin, Virginia Moreland, Daniel Man
ry, Barclay Allison; Section 3, Mar
tha Duncan, Furlow Guerry, Frances
Reeves, Mamie Claire Speer, Ardelle
Stanley, Mildred Wells, Charles
Laney.
Fifth Grade-Section l, John Alli-
son, Lula Caratsole, Elizabeth Clark,
Jean Curtis, Mary Harris, Ella Phil
lips, Nell Schneider, Mary viii Stew
ems, Gladys Tye; Section 2, Heller
Witt, Elizabeth Andrews, Lizzie May
Gammage, Fannie Little, Annie
Hyatt, Janette Slappey
Sixth Grade-Section l, John Car
ruthers, Robert Culpepper, Lionel
Stukes, Harriet Rylander, Ruth Tea
gin; Section 2, Lucille Williams, Mas
sic Lane, Henry Mayes Coleman.
Seventh Grade-Section l, Dora
Riley, Villa Sanborn, Catherine
Goodman, Theoditus Stukes; Section
z. Alice Harold. Martha Johnson.
Frances Shiver, Florence Stevens,
Charlotte Turner.
Prospects Heights School.
First Grade-Edna Adams, Maude
Holiday, Robert Majors.
Second Grade-V Verna Parker.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

BY order Of the Mayor and City
Council the tax books for the return
of assessments will be kept open un-
til July /. After that date all prop
erty not returned by the owners will
be subject to double taxation. I will
be in my office daily hereafter to
receive these returns, and all tax.
payers are asked to be governed
thereby.
z. J. ELDRIDGE,
City Clerk and Treasurer.
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THESTANDARD
MONDAY AND TUESDAY VALUES
IN SILK DRESSES ARE UN.
EOUALED.

This claim is justified, and we have
the goods to prove it. Our state
ments of values are fair, in many in
stances less than the real worth of
the garment, and very much below
price asked elsewhere. But our mot
to is: "It is better to surprise agree
ably than to disappoint," and our aim
is to establish fair standard of val
uation as a guide for the public, who
are beset on all sides by reductions
elsewhere, many of which are, to
say the least, somewhat exaggerated.
These dresses were sold at wholesale
to merchants at $25.00 to $27.50;
we closed several large lots, to-
tai of III dresses and offer your
choice of the lot at .---.-.----- $500
Ten styles are displayed in our
window-come and see for yourself.
Other Monday and
Tuesday Bargains
Another shipment of the famous Bus
ter Brown silk stockings (these
are exactly the same grade that we
sold so many of two weeks ago at
$3.50 every pair in the lot are
either the $3.50 or $500 grade in
white, black and brown; Monday
and Tuesday, pair -------------- $1.25
800 yards, all silk ribbons in most all
colors, some up to 6 inches wide
and worth all the way up to soc,
here Monday and Tuesday, at
yard 15c
All silk poplins, SO inches wide, have
been selling at $3.50, black and
colors, Monday and Tuesday, at
yard 9Sc
36-inch curtain scrim, white and ecru
good quality, worth on today's
market about SOC, here Monday
and Tuesday, yard ....:....,....-. 29c
Genuine Blue Bell cheviots, none bet
ter made, limit 20 yards to one
buyer, regularly now 50r, here
Monday and Tuesday, yard - 29c
Pacific galatea 80 inches wide, every
piece and color guaranteed, regu-
larly CSC, here Monday and Tues
day 4Sc
Mixed lot of boys knee trousers of
Palm Beach cloth and cheviots,
sizes 6 to 16 years, values up to-
$1.75; choice Monday and Tues
day, pair 60c
Little Sister Sealpax undersuits, none
better made, sizes to 10 years,
here Monday and Tuesday, at
suit $1.25
Genuine Palm Olive complexion soap
"a sale without strings tied to it)
Monday and Tuesday, at per-
dozen -.-....--...-- 9Oc; cake z lie
Best quality table oil cloth, white and
fancies,. one and one-quarter yards
wide, Monday and Tuesday, at !
yard ------------.-------.--..---.-.-- 5Sc
STANDARD |
DRY GOODS co.
FoTspth Sc. Next Bank of Commsres
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vice president; Oscar Chappelle, 117th
ammunition train, secretary and treas
urer; Joe Nickel. 151st infantry. his
torian; w. E. Bunday, 117th ammuni-
ton train. master-at-arms A dinner
for the former members of the Rain
bow division now in Topeka and
Shawnee county, is to be give at the
Elks' club Thursday evening, Decem-
Der 16.
Miss Mary Alexander, county school
nurse who will succeed Mrs. c. c. Bal
ley as head of the Public Health Nurs-
ing association. is taking a weeks va
cation. She is spending part of the
home demonstration agents at Chap
man, Kan. Miss Alexander will as
sumo her new duties December 10.
A temporary restraining order to
prevent the state charter board from
reyoking tina charter of the Merchants
State bank, of Kansas City, Kan, has
been issued by Judge James Mcclure
in the district court. The order pro-
vides that no action can be taken until
December Z, when the hearing for a
temporary injunction will be heard.
Urging that more Boy Scouts study
Esperanto, a postal card written in
that language is making a journey
around the world. The card has been
received by the Rev. J. H Fazel, chief
scout executive. 1t originated in
| CZecho-Slovakia, and has visited
Switzerland, South America and the
Transvaal From here the card will
go to China, FazeI said.
= Topeka Shriners will hold business
meeting at the Scottish Rite library
Monday evening. when plans will be
made for the annual Shriners' pill
grimage to Leavenworth December q
Special cars loaded with Emporia
Shriners will come to Topeka and join
a Shriners' special train from Topeka
to Leavenworth, according to present
plans. Topeka Shriners expect 500 OF
their members to make the trip.
The first of what is to become an
| Important series of Shorthorn sales
will be held at the fair grounds in
Topeka December 1 5, under the direc-
| ton of F. o. Blecha, county farm
agent. Shorthorns will be entered fol
the December sale by John Tomson
| former president of the American
| Shorthorn Breeders association
| Harry Forbes, Harry Holman. George
A Appleman & Son, and H E. Huber
Raking leaves was one of the prin-
| cipal pastimes of Thanksgiving day
| from the number of piles of leave:
| standing in the city cutters. according
to ]. F. Snyder, superintendent o.
| streets. ct raked the leaves in my
yard" Snyder said, land 1 burned
| them. The neighbors said I wa
breaking a city ordinance, but I told
them they were just as liable to a fins
by the city by leaving the leaves il
| the gutter to clog the drainage"
Capt. Edward L. Stafford of Albu.
querque, n. NJ. formerly of Topeka
was elected state auditor of New Mex
lea. leading the Republican state
| ticket Captain Stafford is the Broth.
er of Mrs. P. C. Chamberlain and Mrs
D w. Nellis of Topeka, and the sor
of Charles V. Stafford. one ofstfe old
est residents of Topeka Captain SAT
ford is the grandson of Jacob Stafford
for many years justice of the Kan
sas supreme court and one of ths
founders of the Santa Fe railroad.
Search of the records OF the ma
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TWO ARE INJURED.
Auto Driven by George Shirley
Runs Down Children.
Thea and Jesse Gordon Are
Severely Bruised.

Cries of fright frequently escape the
lips of little Thea Gordon, 12-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Cor
don, 1901 Grand avenue, as she lies in
her bed at home, badly bruised as the
result of being struck by Stutz road
ster being driven at high speed Thurs
day afternoon by George Shirley, of
GrantvilleA At Christs hospital Jesse
Gordon, Theas 1S-year-old brother, is
suffering with a badly fractured hip,
the result of the same accident.
After striking the children. who were
riding a bicycle, Shirley sped away
without stopping to seet how badly
they were injured. Later in the even
ing he relented and called up Sheriff
Hugh Larimer. This morning he came
10 the sheriffs office and gave himself
IT was so scared when the accident
happened" Shirley declared. that I
didn't know what to do. So 1 just went
on. I realize it was the wrong thing
to do"
The accident occurred shortly after
o'clock Thursday afternoon near
Eleventh and West streets. Jesse
Gordon was riding his bicycle west on
Eleventh street Thea was sitting on
the crossbar. Shirley, with two other
young men, was coming from the foot
ball game at Washburn field in his
roadster. Rounding the Jog" at
Eleventh and West streets at high
speed he noticed the children ahead of
him and applied his brakes. The left
rear wheel dragged. throwing the year
end of the car to the left. The front
of the left rear fender struck the BIZ
cycle to which the great dent in the
fender bears mute testimony.
one of the occupants of the car lost
mis- hat Witnesses say the car
stopped. backed up a short distance to
where the hat was lying and then sped
away again when the headgear was
recovered.
Sheriff Larimer took Shirley to the
Gordon home this morning. The
father of the children is confined to
his home with illness. They said they
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had not decided just what action
they wanted to take in prosecuting the
Granville man. Shirley was not
placed under arrest, pending develop
ments as to the condition of the chill
dren. 1t is not believed either of them
is in grave danger. The little girl suf-
fered bad cash on the head and Sc
we're bruises. whileN Jesse sustained a
fractured hip, cuts and bruises. Thea
is now recovering from the shock of
the accident and frequently cries out
in fear and mumbles something about
"the big carr which struck her and
her brother.
"How fast were you going when the
accident occurred?' Shirley was asked.
Il expect about thirty-five miles an
hour" he replied. Much faster than
should have been, 1 know" he ad-
mitted.
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ficers. measuring his powerful frame
with their eyes and knowing il
couldn't be done without some one
getting hurt, decided to place him in a
cell for a time and let it go at that.
A call to the federal penitentiary al
Leavenworth this morning resulted in
the information that Martin had been
pardoned after serving a three year
sentence. He was released by the 10.
cal officers. Martin told the police, il
was said, that he was sent to prison
following his conviction of killing ar
army officer in France and numbering
two persons in Colorado.
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ARMY OFFICER Is SUED.
1t Is, Claimed That Col. L. C. Brown
of Leavenworth Was Overpaid S72.

+ A suit to collect $72 from Col Lau-
renee c. Brown, stationed at Leaven-
worth, was filed in the federal court
here today on behalf of the United
States. It is declared that in 1910
Colonel Brown collected the amount
from the government as part of the
expenses Aof operating his office and
that a year later the item was disa1-
lowed by the auditor of the war de-
partment. 1t is alleged that the army
officer refuses to refund the money.
This bout will be the first time that the
champion has defended his title in de-
cision affair with a capable opponent since
he the title
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26
WOMEN MAY BE STRONG

and enjoy life whether in the home
or business world If they can keep at
bay those ailments peculiar to their
sex. If every woman realized how
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. that simple remedy made from
roots and herbs, goes to the root of
the trouble and overcomes such symp-
toms as backache. headache. nervous
ness. and iTritability. they would be
healthier, happier and stronger. If
you suffer from any form of female
ills why don't you try it? 1t will pay
YOU to do Advertisement
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Hope Hampton giving glimpse pettboc buttonng
= slippers \
Eensble
beauty thing they
being imnnodes~' "
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tional guard has shown that Peter D.
Treadway, alias Norman Williams,
who is being held in Wheeling, W. Va,
charged with having murdered, a
Philadelphia millionaire, was at one
time member of Company A, Second
Kansas Infantry, having enlisted at
Wichita in 1915, and having been dis
honorab bly, discharged in 1917, after
having been convicted of crime in
the civil courts of Wichita. He served
with sthe company on the Mexican
b0rd az
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JOHN PARKER. 63, died Thursday
morning at his residence, 1121 Lopez street
The funeral will be in charge of Exodus
lodge No. 2034, Grand United Order OF
odd Fellows. The time of the funeral
will be announced later.
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The funeral of Mrs. Jane Price. 9s, VIII
died at her residence, 1900 Quincy stree
November "a, will be held Saturday morn
ing at $50 o'clock. Burial will be in Read
ing, Kan.
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SULPHUR RELIEVES
DISTRESS OF PILES
Almost Instant , Relief and at Very
Small Cost.

The moment you apply little Men
tho-Sulphur the itching, irritation and
bleeding stops, Don't continue to suf-
fer because quick relief awaits you.
Any druggist will supply you with
a small Jar of Mentho- Sulphur. This
seems to soothe. heal and dry up the
trouble quicker than anything else
Advt.
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ADMITS HE is .BAD MAN"
Negro, Impresses on Minds of Officers
That He's Hard to Handle.

That he is bad man" was the i'm
preston J. J. Martin, a negro, seemed
Inclined to create in the minds of the
Aolice when he was picked up Thurs
day at the Santa Fe depot by Dan
1uncan, patrolman. After telling the
officers that he had been pardoned
after serving three years in prison for
three murders, Martin fatty refused to
have his finger. prints taken. The Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26
BOYS School SCHOOL WANTS BAND
Various Organizations Donate Funds
for This Purpose.

1OF HIS PuFpOSG.
The officials of the Boys Industrial
school want a band for the benefit of
the boys at the institution. There is
no way in which state funds for the
support of the school can be. used for
the purchase of instruments and music
for the band, and various organiza-
tions OF Topeka are donating funds
which will be used for the purposes.
In addition, SIS which will be paid
by the Chamber of Commerce to the
boys of the school for entertainment
which they have provided at various
affairs of the Chamber in the past,
! will be turned to the benefit of this
fund.
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Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. s27.-
ADV.
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COMPLETE AUTOMOBILE
PROTECTION
THE CLARENCE B. JORDAN
SERVICE. Phone 81
Adv
CLOSE KANSAS STATIONS.


The Katy railroad company today
filed application with the court of in
dustrial relations asking permission to
close four stations. The stations to
be closed are: Gas, Bangor, Downing,
and Bayard insufficient business, the
road asserts justify suspension of sta
ton operations.
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VITREECE BLANKENSHIP, Is, of 124
West Gordon street, died Wednesday night
in a local hospital. The funeral will be
held Saturday afternoon at 80 o'clock in
Conwell's North Topeka chapel. Burial in
Topeka cemetery.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

]. NJ. JOHNSON, 81, died Thursday af-
ternoon at his home, 412 Van Buren, street,
at 4 40 o'clock. Arrangements for the
fuueral will be made later. The Euclid
lodge, A. +. and A. NJ. will have charge
of the services Johnson had lived in To-
peka for fifteen years.