The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-19

The busiest place in North Topeka
is the corner of Kansas avenue and
Gordon street, where work on the new
postoffice building is under way. The
excavation is almost completed and
material for the building is being I'M
loaded daily. Material sheds are be-
ing erected on the rear of the lot.
The funeral services for Walter j.
Petit. IS. who died February IA, at
! Twin Falls. Idaho. will be held to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock at
| in Rochester cemetery. Mr.. Petit is
\ survived by his wife his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Petit, a brother. Bert
Petit of Kansas City. and six sisters,
Dolly letter. of Arkansas; Mrs. Mabel
| Hoberg. Mrs Nora Nauman. Miss
Rose Petit and Miss Bessie Petit,
all of North Topeka.
| Mr.. Pettits death followed an at
| tack of pneumonia. He was taken
| sick while returning to Twin Falls
| after he and Mrs. Petit had made an
| extended visit to relatives in North
| Topeka. Mr.. Petit was taken from
| the train to a hospital where he died
several days later Mrs. Petit was
| una BILE to accompany the body of her
husband to Topeka, as she is COM
pletely Frustrated.
| Mr. Petit was a member of Secur-
| ity Benefit association No. 4.
Notes and Personals.
| Ed. Gresser returned yesterday from
an outing at Excelsior Springs.
| Miss Bertha Owens. bookkeeper- at
Morns & Myers, is sick with influenza.
| Silas Rogers. of Kiro, was in North
| Topeka on business today.
| Z. S. McClintock. an old resident of
North Topeka, died this morning at
1880 o'clock at his home in Central
avenue. Mr.. McClintock had been in
| poor health for over a year and his
death was not unexpected. He is sur
| vived by a son. DR.. Clarence McClin-
took of Kansas City.
! Robert S. Priddy of Elmont, who
has been in Stormont hospital for the
| past ten days, suffering from an at
| tack of hial-pneumonia, has
been taken to his home. While very
much improved, Mr.. Priddy is still very
weak.
S. r. Dexter. undertaken. Lady as
sistant. S23 Kansas ave.-Adv.
Arthur Small. of Trenton. Mo, for
merly of North Topeka, is recovering
from a serious attack of influenza. Mr..
Small had a light attack but went
| back to work too soon and suffered
relapse Mrs. Small and daughter,
Louise, have not contracted the mall
ady.
Mr.. James Priddy and daughter.
Mrs. Clifford Priddy. and her sons, all
of the Menoken neighborhood, and
Mrs. Goodnow. of Jackson street, re-
turned yesterday from month S
visit to relatives and friends in Cali
! fornia.
A. NJ. Petro & Son, Druggists. ADV
The home of Roy Marker. miles
northwest of the Boys Industrial
| School was destroyed by fire about 8
o'clock Sunday morning. The loss is
estimated at about $4,000. The insur-
ie
While the origin of the fire is not
! known it is thought it may have start
| ed from an overheated stove pipe, as
| a pipe went thru the floor of the bed
/ room in which the fire was discovered.
| 1t had gained such Roadway that
| within thirty minutes from the time it
was discovered, the home was COM
pletely destroyed. The piano and
few other articles of furniture were al
! that were saved. Mr.. Marker and his
| daughter were absent at the home
| of a. neighbor who was sick with the
( flu. They started home at once in
their car, when told by a neighbor
| that their house was on fire, but altho
the distance was only two miles, the
| house was almost gone when they
| reached there Mr.. Marker was Sc
verely burned on the back when he
tried to save some of the contents of
| the house. Miss Louise Buechner,
who was staying at the Marken home,
| lost all of her clothing and also suf-
| fered slight burns A shift of the
wind saved the outbuildings and large
| barn.