The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Dance today. s:so-tonight 81
Steinberg' s.-Adv-
All offices at the county court house 1
and in the federal building are closed |
today. |
Moonlight masquerade dance at
Moose Hall. sos Jackson street, Thurs |
day night Nov. 25.-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. .534 Kansas avenue--Adv
Elnora williams. -colored. says that
Richard Blackwell. negro. killed dog
belonging to her. and Blackwell was
arrested last night by Detective
Augustin Alba.
]. j. Martin. colored. OF Leaven-
worth, was picked up last night by the
police and is being held for invesuga-
ton 1t is thought possible that he is
an escaped prisoner from the peniten-
tiary.
George Travis and Alex. TANNER.
| Pottawatomie Indians, who have been
in Jail, one since Tuesday the other
| since Sunday, this morning provided
security for a bond to the extent of 50
each and were released.
| Application of the Kansas City
| Power and Light company to. issue
| s14977 800 first mortgage and refund
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| visement Wednesday by the Kansas
| court of industrial relations.
December Is has been set by Harper
| Rigby as the date when he will move
his billiard parlor into the Majestic
Itheater building. which has been re-
modelled for that purpose. Twelve
flats in the upper part of the building
will not be ready for occupancy until
tabout January !.
Commissions as notaries public were
issued Wednesday from the office of
Bayloss. Lebo; H. H. Goss. Liberal;
s. D. Huffman, Wichita: Thomas z.
Leonard. Goodland; ]. H. Moore. Ash
| Grove; c. II. Resor, Wichita; q. B.
Roberts. Hutchinson; George Howe,
Beloit.
Suit has been filed in the court OF
Topeka by j. d. Zimm erman. secre-
tary of the Kansas Board of Missions,
charging c. X. Mitchell with having
given a bad check on the Merchants
National bank, as part payment on
property on which the Missionary So
ciety holds a mortgage. The check
was for $42.29.
Kansas farmers who have sold their
hogs to advantage this year-and
| goodness knows there are not many
! of them-may confront the porkers
| which they reared, If they decide to
| use the proceeds in a "trip to California
| Kansas pork is being featured on the
menus of the California eating places,
and at very stiff prices.
Bonds which are being issued by the
Scottish Rite council of administration
for the construction of the Masonic
temple in Topeka are now on sale.
They are being handled by the Cen
trail Trust company, trustee of the
fund. Bonds to the amount of $780,
mil 1Na sold NJ
interest. They mature in ten years.
: The state highway commission
members believe that Calvin J. HUI
Ian. who was convicted Wednesday al
Lawrence of passing bad checks. is a
man who posed for some time last
n summer as highway engineer. and
cashed large and worthless checks In
several Kansas towns, othe great en-
: barrassment of the highway depart
f ment.
e F. b johnson, coIored, was ar
q rested Wednesday night. charged with
y having stolen a suit case containing
= some SIS worth of clothes, from l.. f
= Meimer at the Santa Fe depot
| Meimer claimed to have identified the
} | clothing and shoes which johnson wa:
. wearing when arrested. johnson
: claims to be an insurance agent from
! Wichita.
Application has been made to the
Office of the governor for a requisitior
for bringing back to the state of Kan
e sas for trial M. l.. Wagerman. form erly
| of Wichita, who is charged with hav
y ing secured loan under false repre
sensations to the Union National banl
of Wichita Wagerman is under ar
e rest at Fort Worth, Texas. Thu
Wichita bank claims that he secured
$500 under false pretenses.
A special train carrying live stool
g. valued at s1.500.000, which has beer
shown at the American Royal stool
show in Kansas City, to the 1nterna
I, tional Show at Chicago, was HANDLED
by the Santa Fe special service cspart
" ment. The train left Kansas City Wed
nesday. None of the animals 1t carrie
is valued at less than $500, AM
some of them are valued at $4,000
Special stock cars and one of the big
7. gest engines the road owns. were use'
in carrying the prize winning ly
stock to the Chicago show.
There will be a Thanksgiving re
union and dinner today at the HON
of the Rev f. w. Allen, 1924 Ran
doIph street, at which Mrs. Mary Z
~ Sutton, a cousin of the Rev Mr.. Allen
who had not seen him for many year
until November IA. viii be present
nv The cousins grew up together In wis
- consin, then became separated and los
track of each other. Recently tn
~ Rev Mr.. Allen was a guest at Dime
e at the Methodist Home for the Aged
=. and there met his cousin. Mrs. sutton
~ who had come few weeks before {
ic live there.