The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-27
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AYR HOME NEWS

Noon lunch. ATeIueElc
S. L. Courtney has returned home after
a two weeks illness at st. Francis hospital.
Mrs Ilif Felix is improving slowly, after
undergoing a serious operation Wednesday
at Stormont hospital
L. c. Rain has gone to Chicago and New
York where he will spend about three
weeks buying stock for his shop.
Paul Huycke is in Kansas City today at
tending the directors meeting of the
Southwestern Lumbermen's association.
Larry Huey of the Hudson Essex
Motor Co. is now located at 52S To-
pel1a Ave. Phone 215.-rAdv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co., 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
Don't forget to make your weekly pay
ment your coal savings club at the Pru-
dental Trust company. Topeka Coal Com
pany.-AdV.
Miss Helen Shirk. state director of Y.
W C.. A. work will go to Denver tomor-
row to represent Kansas in meeting OF
the West Central Field committee. The
West Central Field is composed Of Kan
sas, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
The new Industrial court law will be
explained by w. L. higgins. chairman OF
the new court. at the farmers institute at
Watson. Thursday night, January 20 Rep
resentatiyes of the X. s A. c: VIII speak
The meeting viii close Friday.
Mildred Sloconde today filed a petition
in the district court asking a divorce from
Kirk ]. Sloconde, charging him with gross
neglect of duty, failure to provide for her
and with inability TO discharge his duties
as a husband Altho he was able to do so,
he failed to furnish her with necessities OF
life and she has been compelled to earn
her own living, she says. The action was
brought against him and John ". Sloconde,
his guardian. Her husband is minor
Miss Irene Taylor, home demonstration
for the Shawnee County Farm Bureau, has
arranged to start sewing schools in Te-
cumseh and willard. The instructor will
| to N1zf nf In Tan ctfaE1
department of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college, who will spend Wednesday
and Friday at TeeTmseh and d., Thu nsna3y
have been organized by Mrs. Nick Schaefer
at Tecumseh and Mrs. 1. s.. Lauck at
Willard.
Father and Son banquetS will be held in
many Topeka churches Friday evening,
February 2OI The next day is set aside to
! attempt to increase the interest of fathers
| in the recreations and activities of their
sons. Plans ire being made for big union
meeting Sunday, February -. when the
film Fit to Fight" viii tIoi be shown nic The
at meeting held Monday at the Central
Y. NJ. C. A. as follows: Rev. John A. Nc
Afeee, Rev; E. NJ; Umbach: 6; Z; wheeler.
man. Rev. Il. H. Hobbs. l.. c. Thorpe, and
Rev. f. G. Gardner.
With the announcement Of Ralph H.
marshal of court of Topeka, an Interesting
political race is on with Tom Hurley, presi-
dent of the First Ward Republican club.
| Tom Hurley is the elevator man at the
court house. He lost a leg several years
ago while working for the county when
| dynamite stick. While in hospital re.
covering from the amputation Hurley 6
| friends announced his candidacy for mar
| shall of the court Of Topeka. Without being
able to solicit votes personally, Hurley was
| second in the race.
| DIR. John Emory Hollingsworth, of Ack-
worth, Ia, has been chosen as instructor
| nf ut XIoc hhUr oerc
| to succeed Prof. Roy Towne, who leaves
In few days to begin teaching at Kan.
| seven years teaching experience and holds
three degrees: He is graduate of Penn
college, OsEaloosa, Ia, and obtained his
| The Square Circle club voted Monday
evening to send a memorandum to Gov
ernor Allen pledging its support to tbs
industrial court bill The action followed
talk by Granville Jones, of Little Rock
ARK. who pointed out the real meaning o.
Americanism.
Refusal of his sweetheart Katharin,
Jaco, to make living for him led jos
Collins, negro. to carve her artisticall,
this morning, she reported to the police
| Detectives Augustin Alba and Ed Nedeal
started after Collins and found him a
the Rock Island depot. When he discov
i cred they were after him. the negro tool
into consideration a departing freight trail
to which he chung with tenacitY that de
Il
When last SEEM Collins was eastbound ant
appeared not to hesitate. The girl toll
the officers that Joe thought great dea
of her, but disliked to work. Several times
she said he had asked her to earn a livinj
for them, but she had refused. His las
request, made this morning, ended in tn
cutting scrape, she declared
Woodrow Wilson" may be seen on tn
streets of Topeka almost any time now
He has been licensed to be there Wood
row. is a poodle dog, belonging to Mr.,
O. P. Price, 721 Horne street The mex
dog licensed happened to be name
freddy bull terrier, too-Aand he be
longs to j. II. Rhodes, 1919 Kansas avenue
The film, Our Children will be show
at the Orpheum theater Sunday afternoe
at o'clock under the auspices of tn
PUBLIC Health Nursing association. Their
viii be no admission charged The pic
ture is for the benefit of Topeka mother
and children and others interested i
= healthy children and is sent out by tn
United States department of labor. d.
, Florence Brown Sherbon. chief of the chill
: hygiene division of the state board &
health, will make a short talk.
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