The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-26
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

EIks' dance Friday, May IS. Supper
served at IL 90 p. M.-Adv.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenue--Adv-
Rev. J. W. Stiverson will speak at 8
O'Clock this evening at the First United
Brethren church on The Religion That
Satisfies"
street Methodist church will meet Thurs
day afternoon at 2 80 o'clock at the home
Of Mrs George Krause, 231 Tyler street
The street departmentN is covering the
Chandler streets bridge fengthwise with
planks. at the request of persons living IN
the vicinity of the bridge, who had COM
planned of the noise
There were 136 active cases of whooping'
cough in the city today and about 50 active
cases of measles according to the city
health department. Twenty five new cases
of measles were reporsed today.
An ordinance has been passed by the
city commission appropriating from the
sinking fund S3S.426.1S to purchase Topeka
municipal improvement bonds bearing u
per cent interest, and to pay the accrued
interest from March 1 until May %, 1920.
The Improvement work on the Burlin-
game road. as far as the Country club. has
been finished. according TO w. ). Hancock.
city commissioner of streets. The road was
resurfaced with cinders and rock dust by
1 t. county and city ana Is IN GOOD shape
Charles s. Ash. of the Ash Lumber com
advertising committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce, according to Elmer +. Strain.
president. The appointment was made to
fill the vacancy left by the resignation
of Charles l. Mitchell>
R. V. Ridley. age 50. negro. who lived
at 400 Reno avenue. dropped dead at II
from bSx eaF at the y electric
light plant. Ridley had worked for the
city for the last six years. He lived at
Of Prof. f. Ridley, principal of Washing
ton school.
James p Irons formerly Of the Shawnee
Engineering company and the Putney Road
pointed county engineer of Anderson
county, according to W. o. Rigby local
postmaster; Irons was a lieutenant In
Mrs A. c. Gurtler, lives at 1922 North
Monroe street.
Declaring that the League of Nations
viii become "a Teslity but that Il WI, DC
r. IL. Barber, lecturing Tuesday night a,
Lincoln Post hall pointed to future
world democracy without sin, sorrow oil
death. The speaker declared the Bible is
an advanced notice" of history and cited
scripture to prove all his arguments.
Seventy -four persons were registered
avenue and Lake street, according to tho
city clerk. The field registration force
under Miss Alice Peyton, will move t,
Buchanan streets, Thursday. where person.
may register between noon and o'clocl
! in the evening for the remaining three days
| Of this week.
| with the object of devising means I,
secure registration of all voters, meet
| ing of the shawnee Country Republican
/ club has been called for Saturday evening
May 2e at Lincoln Post hall, 11s Eas
| Sixth avenue, by w. +. Shoch, presiden
and W. e. Ralston. secretary. Members
| of all county Republican organizations
are required to attend. Miss Eta NJ
Covell. city clerk. will discuss Difficult
| ties Of securing complete registration.
| Heads-the city park comfort station
goes; tails--the crematory scales suffer,
sioner Robt. ID. Mcsiffert says the former
will not be sacrificed; Commissioner w. $
Hancock is equally determined that thu
scales in the alley now serving at Crane
street should not be removed. Hancock
admits, however, that both may have TO. go
The sFcason for the .'argument Is the, in
tention to extend Crane street from the
alley between Kansas avenue and Jacksen
street west to Harrison street The city
attorney has been instructed TO draw vi
an ordinance to this effect. following re-
quests of business interests in that dis
trict A slice will be cut from city park
if the street Is approved. 1t is probable
that both McGiffert's comfort station and
Hancock's scales also will both be moved
The business in the river district is ex-
banding and the need of extending Crane
street is increasing daily, according to own
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