The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-11
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AT HOME NEWS

All summer hats reduced to $500 and
$500. Pickens Millinery.-Adv.
Hearts of Men" at the Apex theater,
one night only, Thur, Aug. 12.-Adv.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 554 Kansas avenue--Adv-
Mr.. and Nrs. A. S, Blair and daughter,
Frances, have gone to Excelsior Springs,
No, 70 spend several weeks.
The meeting of ". r. c., No. 81, which
was to have been held at the home of Mrs.
r. A. RRndlett. Thursday, has been post
poned on account of the Old Settlers pic
mic.
The girls Of the Theodore Poehler Mer-
camille company, had picnic Tuesday eve
home i Of Mss Mar Painter. I5o5 Kansas
avenue.
]. NJ. Best and W. H. Stanley, owners of
the Topeka Publishing company have
added another paper to their list, the Hoyt
Reporter. They publish the Shawnee
Chief the Meriden Ledger. Della News. and
own the mailing list of the defunct Silver
Lake Mirror
H. A Marley, of Crane & Company's
typewriter department, has succeeded ".
Of the Remington Typewriter company
Alfred McNiurtrie has been promoted TO the
of Crane & Company.
E J. Buckles, head Of the department of
education of the Topeka high school, has
returned from Denver, where he inspected
the vocational ScnOOl conducted III tue
same manner as is planned for the new
vocational school in Topeka, to be opened
this fall.
Miss Geneva SeyboId, Miss Mildred Owen,
Miss Margaret Seaton, of Waterville. Kan,
will be representatives Of Washburn col
lege at the conference of college assocta-
lions at Estes Park. August II to 81
Miss Mary Higgins has gone to Emporia
to Join a group Of girls from the College
Of Emporia who are going to the confer
ence.
Thirty-three cases of contagious diseases
were reported to the city health depart
ment in the week ended August q. ac-
cording to the weekly report OF DR.. Earle
deaths, one resulting from whooping
cough. The diseases reported were: Tu-
cough, z; scarlet fever, 5; smallpox, 2;
measles, 8; gonorrhea, 13-
The doors of the Victory Lunch viii
close at midnight Sunday night and re
open for business in two weeks with $40
900 worth of equipment added, according to
Pete Ladenes, one of the proprietors. A
bakery will be installed in the basement
and the interior win be remodeled- Theo-
dore Vontes and Tom Ladenes are con-
structing another Victory Lunch at SOB
G. C. McNitt & Company, Racine, Wis
consin. wish TO locate a food factory in
Topeka. using milk ana milk products.
The industrial committee of the Chamber
of Commerce ascertained that the city
would have to put up about $4,000 to
float the proposition. and therefore, q let
ter was sent to McNitt, explaining the sit
uation, and stating that the scheme could
not have the sanction Of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Lieut. John Seybold, Jr., who has been
spending the summer in Topeka with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John SeybOld. HOS
Polk street, has received orders to report
to Fortress Monroe. Va. September 3. He
was one of the thirty-two expert cavalry
men picked from his class of 80. He was
graduated from the Topeka high school
and attended the Kansas university three
years before going to West Point where he
also spent three years.
Four negro women jumped to their feet
and shook the shimmy, they wrung the
hands of the first colored jury in the his
tory Of Topeka, Tuesday afternoon. after
the jury had returned a verdict of not
guilty" for the women, who were arrested
on a charge of vagraney. The negreSses
were Lee Marshall Mary Robinson, Susie
Carter and Bessie Redd. The court room in
the court of Topeka was wen filled with
the representation which cheered wildly
Scott. defending attorney. The case was
looked upon as important due to the test of
the newly adopted policy of charging
diseased women Of known character with
vagrancy in order to rid the town Of them
for extra six months in case Of convic-
ton. One white woman, Francis Rftchey,
was sentenced and committed by Judge
Rad NJ Lee on such a charge last week.
After her cure is completed she must serve
six months. One solitary white man sat
on the jury, because. according to Paul
juryman took sick at the last minute and
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