The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-03
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AT HOME NEWS

Noon lunch Cremerie Cafeteria--Adv.
Accident and Health Insurance. The $.
and Kenneth s. Lewis, New England Bldg
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee investment
Co., 534 Kansas ayenue--Adv.
Don't forget to make your. ysekly pay
ment on your coal savings club az the Pru-
pany.-Adv.
The annual meeting Of the Mems club at
Grace cathedral will be held Mednesday
the principal address,
Miss Hedwfg Woke viii be stenogra-
pher in the office Of Clyde NJ Reed OF
the industrial court Miss Woke has been
employed for several months at the Pier
sen Telegraph Traansmitter company.
Miss Lima Brestte. secretary OF the in
dustrial welfare commission, Is i'll with in
speaking enga gements for this week She
has been seriously III but Is reported to be
improving.
The flu has hit the attorney generals
office hard. j. h Rankin, an assistant
is suffering from the disease. Two chill
dren of Richard J. Hopkins. attorney gen
es c aaEe the Of as fhe
attorney general
A street car caught on fire at Twelfth
and Kansas avenue this morning ,Ih. at :
age Sparks from ehimneys were response
bic for two fires late Monday afternoon
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son street and at the home OF Mrs. L. RolIa,
1909 Jackson street
The members Of the Y W c A. cabinet
OF the high school entertained the high
school faculty at a reception at the Y W.
e. A buiiiiBg this afternoon. There are
twenty members OF the cabinet Miss
Helen Mckee were IN charge of the affair,
which included a musical program
Active work OF SELLING tickets for the
American Legion circus has begun. At I
meeting Monday night members decided TO
assist in every way to see that tickets were
sod and that the circus should receive
publicity requisite to make 1t success
The circus viii open at the city auditorium
February II. and will continue for one
week, every evening and mattnees-
The home service section OF the LOCAL
Red Cross chapter has been requested by
national headquarters to assist in locating
Ira C. Nelly, supposedly OF Topeka Let
been returned unclaimed He has been dis
charged from the army. Because Of dis
ability is entitled to compensation and
vocational training and the Red Cross Is
anxious to notify him OF the fact
To the uninitiated visitor. the meeting of
the city commissioners today would have
appea red to be Il secret meeting. Matching
up some nefErious business Whispering
predominated. Why this mysterious wAis-
pering? Simple very simple Miss Eta
CoveII. city clerk. who, womanlike, does
most Of the talking at commission meet
ings. has recovered from a recent Illness
but has not as yet entirely recovered her
A claim for s., 900 damages was filed with
the city commission today by Tinkham
Veale, attorney for Miss Marie Gilbert,
1922 Locust street, for injuries sustained
by the latter thru the alleged poor condi-
ton Of the alley crossing on the south
side of Tenth street between Lawrence and
Locust streets on December 70, 1912 Miss
GiIbert's claim states that all of the bones
in her left arm were broken by the fall
and that she has not been able to work
since the accident Her arm probably VIII
be permanently disabled, she declared.
The approximate annual expenditures of
the First Methodist church were put into
budget form at a meeting Monday of the
executive committee Of the church at the
Chamber of Commerce The total Of the
budget was s2S, 900. OF that amount S14,-
600 Is needed for current expenses and the
remainder used for benevolent, centenary
and activities Of the various church organ
tzatfons. The church gained one hundred
members during 1919 The Sunday school
has a membership of 100. Two new and
strong organizations of the church are the
Mems club and the high school chapter Of
the Epworth league.