The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
SNAP SHOTS
Appendix and Things.
AT HOME NEWS

Appendix and Things.
The wise old doctor looked at him and
! gravely shook his head:
] IF you would but collect yourself, you'd
| be all right he said.
That's it, The sick one did reply, then
voiced a vain regret,
| I've had so much cut out of me-the pieces
Walt Drummond.
t-Flowers.-Adv.
Dance tonight-Yeomen and Court
! of Honor. Moose hall.-Adv.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
The choir of the First Baptist
church will sing on Sunday evening
the cantata by Mendelssohn, Come.
Let Us Sing" This is one of the best
works of Mendelssohn and it will be
well rendered by the choir, which
consists of eight voices. under the
leadership of Mrs. ARA Clark.
The Kansas Anti-Saloon league will
hold a field day at Marion Sunday.
Four addresses in as many churches
will be F. L. Crabbe, state superin-
tendent of the league, and H. S. Con-
dit, assistant state superintendent.
Each official will speak twice during
the day. once in the morning and once
in the evening.
One to five years in the Hutchinson
reformatory was the sentence given
Ledford. who pleaded guilty to the
theft of a suit of clothing from the
Mutual Laundry, in the district court
Friday afternoon. His brother, Pres
ton, was taken to the Boys Industrial
school. He was charged with being
incorrigible and staying out of school.
The j. C. Battery Exchange, 219
Kansas avenue, has started a novel
feature in the opening of its exchange.
The plan is to take in any battery, re-
gardless of the size or condition, and
for a fee of SIS for a tWelve-volt or
toner a rebuilt battery, on which
there is a guarantee of eight months
service. Charles Jaeschke is the pro-
prietor of the exchange.
The committee from the Railroad
Y. NJ c. A. to arrange for the annual
New Years open house at the associa-
ton building, will meet Tuesday to
complete plans for the affair. Four
thousand persons are expected to at
tend the open house, the twentyfirst
observance of the custom, according to
the secretary. Thomas E. Prout. The
ModocS will furnish music for the af
fair.
The Topeka high school debating
squad has accepted an invitation from
the Oklahoma City high school to a
joint debate which will be held some
time this winter. The debating class
is already working out the selection
Of a team. A debate was held Friday
on the question, Resolved, That
sweaters should be issued to football
players" The affirmative. represent
ed by Tom Thomas and Henry Ben
ming. won from the negative, repre-
scented by John Dillon and Russell
Howard.
Ernest E. Zirkle. member of the
First United Brethren church of To-
peka, has been appointed leader of
group of student evangelsts from the
Moody Bible institute of Chicago, in
which he is a student. This group
conducts weekly services in one of the
large factories of Chicago. These
meetings are we'll attended and con-
versions are frequent. More than
1900 PROGRESSED conversions resulted
last year from the efforts of the in
stitute body. Zirkle is preparing for
the evangelistic field.
William Green, North Taylor street.
was tried in the court of Topeka Fri
day afternoon on a charge of cutting
down tree belonging to Mrs. Laura
Eisermann. Evidence showed that
Mrs. EiSermann was about to cut
down the tree when Green took an
axe and cut it down himself and kept
the wood. Green claims the tree was
on his property, Mrs. Eisermann
claims it was on hers. Judge Rad Lee
continued the case until January to
give the couple time to settle the
boundary line dispute.
Mother Norris, who has been
with the Topeka Salvation Army can
wasting the streets for the past fifteen
years, will celebrate her birthday
week" next week. Mother Morris has
been strictly on the job for the past
fifteen years in Topeka, Salvation
Army officials state, and many of the
people of the town have come to re-
member her birthday week. She will
be stationed in the booth at the corner
of Sixth and Kansas avenues during
the afternoons of her birthday week
and will sell the Christmas edition of
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