The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-10
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
acknowledgements.


Dance tonight-Yeomen and Court
of Honor. Moose halL-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bends bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
Clothes that boiled dry and caught
fire caused the fire department run
to $50 Lincoln street at O'Clock
Thursday night.
Exhibits of the products of the Cur
tbs. Towle & Paine company and OF
the Rose Trunk company are occupy
ing the booths at the Chamber of Com
merce this week.
r. j. Parker. general manager for
the Santa Fe at Amarillo, Tex, left To
peka Thursday for Amarillo. after a.
conference with general officers of the
company in Topeka.
A suit to collect 10000 from J.
Becht elheiner for goods it is claimed
he purchased a year ago, was filed in
the district court Thursday by the
Derby Grain company.
Passing a worthless check<for $40
cost p r. Quaney a 500 fine in the
court of Topeka Thursday afternoon.
He was also compelled to pay court
costs amounting to $25-
A storeroom on the second floor of
the city building is being made into an
addition to the office of Commissions
w. S. Hancock. and the floor of the
second floor han is being renewed
The second meeting of the city plan
ming board will be held on Friday, De-
cember -. at the Chamber of Com
merce at noon, at the call of Robert
Pierce, president of the board.
| Mrs. E. p. Ripley, wife of the late
president of the Santa Fe railway,
passed thru Topeka today enroute
from her summer home in Chicago to
| her winter home in Santa Barbara,
Calf
| Rev. L. NJ. Birkhead, pastor of All
Souls Unitarian church of Kansas City,
Mo-, will deliver. by special request,
an address Sunday night on What Is
Unitarianism ?" at the First Unitarian
church, GA Topeka avenue.
. Beulah Chapter. No. "a, o. z. s..
will hold special meeting tomorrow
at 2 p. M. for the purpose of ballotine
on candidates on initiation. Work
continued afternoon and evening
W. NJ Mrs. Nora Tandy Cora
WEIGH, Sec'y.
| opened by the Roehr Music company
$50 Kansas avenue. Thursday night
the rooms were thrown open to the
public. The Victrola demonstration
rooms are on the main floor. are
sound proof and nicely furnished.
Topeka will lose it's high standing
in low infant mortality if deaths of in
fants continue as rapidly as they have
in the past few months, according tc
DIR. Earle G. Brown, city health officer
There have been ninety eight deaths
of infants under one year in 1920 be-
fore December 1, Doctor Brown said.
| When F. B. johnson, negro. was
arrested by Detective L. w. Jackson
Thursday at the request of the WITCH
| tia police, the officers had consider
able trouble in separating him and his
wife when they locked him in the
bull pen" Mrs. johnson insisted or
being locked up with her husband
She finally left the Jail, weeping.
The special initiation fee of $40 fol-
the Moose Lodge has been extended
until December 20, by special dispen-
sation. The. Moose have added 125
new members to their organization
during the campaign which they have
been carrying on, and secured the low
rate with the intention of adding still
more members. tho the campaign has
officially closed.
| A class of fifteen was initiated at a
recent meeting of Capital Assembly
No. 81, Equitable Fraternal Union
and officers were elected; includine
George /. Brown, president; Miss
Mary c. Croker. vice president: Miss
Ella Sipes, secretary and treasurer
Mrs. Florence Ruffner. adviser; Will
liam C. Lindaburg. warder; Laura
Brown, inside guard; Ellis E. Palmer
outside guard; A. B. Crooker. R. H
Davis and Clara Brown, trustees;
DR.. L. B. Bushong and DR.. E. L. War
riner. physicians. An oyster supper
will be given for the new officers al
the installation next week.