The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-19
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AT HOME NEWS

Shawnee Cycle Co, III East seventh.-Ady.
Ten per cent saved on wall paper at
c. NJ. Hill & Sons, s26 Kansas Ave.-AdT.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv. s.
The Square Circle club will hold les
regular meeting at $50 o'clock tonight at
the Elks' club rooms
Manual Garcia. the Mexican lad, who
stabbed Juan Medinax viii be tried in
For limited time we are making a re
duction of 10 per cent on wall paper {.
NJ. Hill & Sons, S26 Kansas Ave.-Adv.
Sam c. Carroll has been elected super
intendent of the Lowman Memorial boys
department. The department has a MEM
bership Of 100
Contracts for the erection of the Sacred
Heart church and school 6, Ti be I e 5aT IN
s ssS ,oo S50f-sS anu '''
Members of the Topeka Shrine club who
made the Portland strip will give de-
tailed report of the happenings in Port
land at meeting tonight at the Ma
sonic temple.
Amelia NJ. Huyett today filed a petition
for a divorce from Arthur Huyett. They
were married in 1902 at Burlington. She
says that her husband persisted in staying
away from home.
The Boy Scout Trail is a new bi-weekIy
one-page paper published by the Topeka
Boy Scouts: 1t made its first appearance
July 10. with circulation Of LOO; The
Rev. John H. Fazel, scout executive, is
editor.
The s. E. Lux Mercantile company, one
of the largest wholesale firms in the city,
will handle all the cigars made by George
Burghart, according to the terms of con.
tract just closed. From $1,000 to 10000
cigars will be handled monthly.
A warrant charging Joe Donaldson,
| janitor at the Provident association, with
having liquor in his possession was issued
| today by Hugh 7. Fisher, county attorney:
arrested he had the liquor inside Of him
as well as in his hip pocket.
The state committee of the Y. NJ. C. a
discussed plans for the coming fiscal year
at meeting at the Central \. NJ e A
Sunday. No successor to Clifford Pierce,
New York to enter business for himself
in September, has been chosen
Swimmers and picnickers were numerous
at Gage park Sunday the largest a aff5c,a
opening of the pool was held Sunday. altho
the pool has been open for more than a
week. The Security BenefA band of forty
pieces gave a concert and Karl Hummell
gave vocal solo at the park Sunday
afternoon.
Vernon seybold, 10, of 121 Monroe street,
was arrested by detectives Sunday night
| because he carried carpenters level which
| struck the officers as unusual for sun
broke into a barn in the rear of 40 Mon
roe street and took the level from the barn,
| officers said. He was placed in the de-
| tention home, awaiting. a hearing in ju-
venile court
PatroIman Victor Plants found George
! Stewart age IL, at the Crystal theater
| Saturday night. The boy disappeared from
his home. 2O4 Chester avenue, Wednesday
noon. He told officers he had been digging
potatoes on the less Willard farm He
/ was with another boy when found by Of
ficers. He garfield a frying pan and an
| other boy carried n canteen. They planned
/ to camp out for a while, young Stewart
| told officers.
| The United States Filter company Is
moving into the old Swedish hall at 21S
West First street, in order to get more room
| for an increased production of cistern FL
tiers made by the company and also for
/ the manufacture of a jack, invented by the
| owner of the company. L. W. French. $50
| Lane street. The building now occupied
by the United States Filter company at
make room for the new addition Of the
| Warren NJ. Crosby company.
Legislative and county commissioner
candidates were put on the grill Saturday
| afternoon at the Farmers Union meeting
| at the Y. W. c. A. 1t took five hours for
| the various candidates to explain their
| positions on various subjects of state and
| local interest The four candidates for
| county commissioner explained their stand
| on hard surfaced roads and then asked
| each other rather pointed questions on
| taxation and other matters Of county in
| terest. The legislative candidates explained
I their position on cooperative banking laws
| classified taxation, farm tenantry. hard
/ bargain collectively and various other sub
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