The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-31
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 5S4 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
J. U Nichols, who has been collection
manager for the Chamber of Commerce for
the last two years. has resigned and will
enter college this fall.
Thru error an advertisement Of David J.
August, in the Monday State Journal read,
$3.50 Buys Mems $500 Wei Shoes" The
sale price should have been $1.50.-Adv.
| J. E. Spaulding, a we'll known Topeka
risk hlG' insurance worS since the War has re-
turned to Topeka as general agent or the
Penn Mutual.
The Topeka Poultry Dealers association
W Work mee t96sh5 at tonight
Plans for the poultry exhibits at the state
fair will be discussed, Watermelon is
promised as refreshment for the meeting.
All members of the association and their
friends are invited.
Health lectures are being given before
the Shaw vince county home makers clubs
this week by Miss Pearl Martin. president
of the Kansas Nurses association. The
clubs she is addressing are those organ
lied by Miss Irene Taylor, county home
demonstration agent Today she will speak
! at Elmont. and will include Auburn. Wa
karusa and Tecumseh in her lectures the
rest Of the week. Monday she spoke at
Indian Creek.
The Topeka Builders club will give its
annual picnic and watermelon feast at
Senne's grove, September l. Cars will leave
the city hall at II 80 p M, and dinner will
be served at 1 o'clock. then supper at six
Watermelon eating will be one form of
amusement turnout the afternoon, and
baseball games, fishing and other amuse-
ments will complete the program Fred r.
Cooper. secretary of the club. has mailed
out the invitations, and acceptances are
coming in TO him by every mail The
for several years and meetings are full Of
pep and entertainment.
After going thru various channels in an
attempt to force the Rock Island railroad
to SIDE nm renair shed at Goodland.
Kan, the Rock Island repair men have
finally won the victory, and without much
shed at GoodIand, $4,000 feet, but did not
put any siding to the building. The car
repairmen had to work there in the winter
with no protection from the weather except
a roof. They appealed to the Rock Island
for relief without avail, then to Senator
Capper, who reported that he had secured
railroad administration at Washington. but
the company aid not heed the order Final
" the employees appealed to the Industrial rial
action. the Rock Island announced that
they would build the shed.
"Oh Sweet Daddy" paused but did not ap-
pear in Topeka Monday evening. the lure of
apparently greener pastures of a county
fair at lola being too strong for the man
ngement of the company. When the bag
gage wagons sent by the Grand manage
ment to the Union Pacific station in the
afternoon arrived, the baggageman was told
that the company had arrived on an earlier
train and the impedimenta had already
been hauled to the Santa Fe station. At
the latter place Manager Crawford was
informed that the thirty members Of the
troupe had purchased tickets or lola
and departed on an early traii4. More than
500 had been taken in on advance sales
Of tickets for the performance that was
to have been given at the Grand last night
and a large crowd that appeared to pur-
chase tickets was turned away. Manager
Crawford has filed attachments on the
show and its Management in its new loca-
cation to reimburse himself for the money
spent in advertising and for the extra
help employed at the theater to handle the
show. The Bowersock theater at Lawrence
! will find Itself in the same predieament to-
night as the company had billed that town
for performance following its appearance
here.