The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-18

a teachers job went up in smoke"
| Walt Drummond.
All issues OF Liberty Bends bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
| Co.. 534 Kansas avenue Adv.
Maude Mclean. GA Golden avenue,
today filed a petition for a divorce
( from James Mclean. Non-support was
/ charged. They were married in 1914.
a. w. Lacey>a druggist for "a years
! at 931 North Kansas avenue, has sold
his business to John H. Sage. Sage
was formerly with the T. V. Campbell
! Drug company.
We have for sale some attractive
! School Bonds. also a few Nemaha
County Bonds to net go. See Miss
Malone. 4O1-3 New England Bldg
Phone 3346.-Adv.
W. J. Whalan of Tipperary, Ireland,
will address the Friends of Irish Free
dom at Klngaman hall, No. 116 East
Sixth avenue. Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock. The public is invited.
George Knauer, owner of a drug
store at 619 North Kansas avenue has
purchased the building at 613 North
Kansas avenue from Senator Charles
Curtis, and will move his business into
the new building Immediately. The
site now occupied by Knauer will be
used for new Sinclair Oil filling sta
ton.
Fishing in the public park lakes
will be allowed only on Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons until October
l. Robert D. McGiffert, commissioner,
announces Friday 1t was announced
that fishing would be allowed until
October l, but omission was made of
the certain days on which fishing
would be allowed.
A car driven by Fred Thomas of
teen other persons, was struck by a
Santa F'e switch engine at the crossing
on Kansas avenue. No one was in
Jured except a small boy who had his
lip cut. The car was knocked sixty
feet by the force of the collision, ac-
cOrding to Chief of Police Hannah.
Jack N. Pearson, s13 East Eighth
avenue, suffered a broken leg and a
serious scalp wound Friday evening
about O'Clock on West Tenth avenue.
Pearson was riding q motorcycle and
lost control, skidding into an approach
ing car. His leg was broken and a
scalp wound four inches long was in
C Lul and taken to st. Francis hos
pitaI.
The Speed F. Hughes farm Of Alb
acres. one of the most highly culti-
waited in Shawnee county. was sold Fri
day to Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Nc
Grath. it is announced by the White
Land company. Walter A. Smith
proprietor of the Lilac dairy, has oc-
cupied the farm for two years. The
six sons of McGrath are all at home
and will help with the farm work, and
two daughters will also help on the
farm. They will move on the farm
March l of next year.
The funeral of Mrs. Bertha Logan,
"a. wife of Charles D. Logan. who
died Wednesday, will be held at four
o'clock this afternoon from the home
Of Mrs D. E Logan. on Rochester
road. Mrs. Logan formerly was Miss
Bertha Francis of Dresden. Kan. She
years. Her husband was. a former
captain of the Washburn football
team. He is now an instructor in the
Salina high school. An infant daugh-
ter also survives. Burial will be in
Rochester cemetery.
Announcement has been received at
the local office of the Union Pacific
that, effective Immediately, to con-
tinue until further notice, Union Pa
cific trains No 1913 and 104 will be
made up in two sections, the first to
consist of baggage, storage mail cars
sleepers and dining cars and the sec
ond, mail cars, express cars and day
passenger coaches The second sec
ton will stop here 20 minutes for
lunch. The two sections will be con-
solidated at Ellis for the rest Of the
trip to Denver.
Mrs. Charles c. Bailey. head of the
Topeka Public Health Nursing asso-
citation, was elected president of the
Kansas State Nurses association at
the second annual meeting held at
Garfield park Other officers elected
were: Miss Florence Bair first vice
president; Miss Edith White. second
vice president; Miss Esther Sullivan,
secretary; Mrs. Damaris A. Payton,
treasurer; and Miss Anna st. Connect
Miss Margaret Kitchener and Miss
Anna Henry, members of the board
of directors. Twenty-Five nurses at
tended the meeting and represented
Nemaha, Brown, Doniphan. Shawnee,
Jefferson, Atchison, Jackson, Wabaun-
see and Pottawatomie counties.