The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
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City Loans; soc Davis Welcome
Mtg. Co.-Adv.
| Elks dance Friday ptght-we'n
meet you there.-Adv.
List your property with the Shaw
nee Investment Company. Phone $3.50.
ADV.
AL issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
| and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co 53+ Kansas avenue ADV.
Thirty students are enrolled in a
new class in valve setting. which has
opened at the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A
Christian Endeavor societies of the
city will. hold a union rally at 1880
o'clock Saturday evening at the Cen
trail Congregational church
Ed Rooney has returned from Con-
cordia where he was called by the
illness of his sister-in-la who was
injured in an automobile accident.
The November edition of The
Earth the Santa Fe magazine. has
becn printed and is ready for distri-
button. 1t is chock full of dope" on
the western territory of the line.
The Republican county central COM
mittee will hold a political meeting at
Silver Lake Saturday evening. One or
two women speakers VII appear on
the program, in addition to the county
candidates
The high school orchestra and glee
club will give a special program in the
high school assembly Wednesday
morning. The glee club will entertain
the school teachers at the state con-
vention next week.
The Republicans of Berryton will
hold a meeting tonight in the Berry
ton Grange hall. Mrs w R. Smith
and Mrs. George NJ. Crawford will
make talks, as will some of the Repup-
Lean county candidates.
Ed Stone, of HoItoII, was brought
to Topeka Thursday night by the Jack
son county sheriff at the request of
Sheriff Hugh Larimer. He is charged
with passing worthless checks for
IS, IS and $40. it was said.
R. E. Baker formerly cashier at To-
peka for the American Railway Ex-
the company's office at Salina, was in
Topeka this morning for a brief visit
with friends here. Baker went on to
Lawrepce to visit his parents there
this afternoon. -.
The Girl Scouts of the Westminster
Presbyterian church have postponed
the hike to the country which was
scheduled for tomorrow. The hike
was. abandoned on account of the I'M
settled weather. The Scouts will meet
at the church at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon for a social time.
Miss Ethel Aldrich. history instruc-
tor in the high school. has returned
from a four months trip to Europe.
Miss Aldrich conducted a group of
persons thru England. France. Italy
and other countries. and remained to
travel individually for several weeks.
She has been to Europe a number of
times.
After having travelled 5000 miles
since leaving his home in Van Neys.
Il In T TDt-f< > ~
Topeka Thursday on his return to his
home. He travels in an Essex and
hos visited Oregon, Washington. Can
ada, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin. Michigan, Niagara Falls. and New
England.
The Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. will open
a series of concerts tonight at the as
ISOLATION building with a program by
the Santa Fe Glee club. The club is
composed of twelve Topeka scolored
men who are excellent entertainers
that has signed a contract to tour the
Santa Fe system. All members of the
Railroad "Y" and their families are
invited to the concert.
Judge Rad Lee, Judge Henry F.
Mason and Dean Charles Carpenter
were the speakers at the annual
smoker by the students of the law
school of Washburn, held Thursday
night at the Chamber of Commerce
SIX boys from the Industrial school
staged a boxing program as a part OIL
the evenings entertainment. More
than 100 s. udents of the law school
and graduates who live IN Topeka, at
tended the smoker.
The elevator in a downtown office
building went on the blink Thursday,
and the colored operator had troubles
of his own. The car answered obedi-
emily to the lever as far as going up
or down was concerned. but refused to
stop. After several round trips from
basement to top floor, the colored man
succeeded in getting the cage halted.
He emerged several shades lighter
than usual, and hung the "out of
order" sign on the door.
They were breaking in a new waiter
at one of the avenue restaurants. He
turned in an order for small steak
to be met with a curt "eighty-six."
The waiter stared at the cook and re-
pcated the order. "Eighty-six told
Cha" roarcd the cook in so belliger-
ent a tone that the waiter wilted. A
brother hash-slingcr broke it gently
to him that in the argot of the res
taurant "Eighty-six' means just what
Thirty" does to a printer-''That's
all. No more to come"
4 street car was halted at the cor
ner of Eighth avenue and Monroe
street Thursday night. when the mo-
torman saw on the track ahead of him
barrel of the tar mixture used in
street repair work He saw the OBJ
stacle just in time to check his car.
While he sweated, tugSed and cursed
to get it off the track. half a dozen
small boys behind some trees a few
yards away alternately giggled at his
efforts and lamented because he had
seen the barrel in time to stop.