The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-04
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Gift Suggestion to Hubby.
If you would learn a little of your neigh
What ali the Women talk about and most
Or if you'd know what wiley thinks, at
| times, when left alone
Just buy the little chap at home a tin-toy
Walt Drummond.
Enthusiastically.
City of Topeka Bonds for sale. The
Shawnee Inv. Co. Phone 5050.-Adv.
Moose dance Monday night, Deem
Der 6. at Moose hall, 62S jackson
Street.-Adv.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue-Adv.
The regular luncheon, and meeting
of the Topeka Life Underwriters as
ISOLATION was held at the Chamber of
| Commerce at noon today
High school boys who are members
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
| will solicit high school students for
! the near east relief fund on Monday
and Wednesday mornings next week.
The rummage sale which is being
conducted by the Military Sisterhood
| at 500 North Kansas avenue, is to be
! continued until Wednesday of next
| week, it was announced this afternoon
| The regular Boy Scout court of
honor will be held this afternoon at
| the Central Y. NJ. c. A. at o'clock.
Monday afternoon a new Boy Scout
! troop will be organized at Quinton
Heights by the Rev. John H. Fazel,
chief scout executive.
Because dairying, and not stock
raising is growing in favor with farm
ers DR. G.. w. Hill. chief city food
inspector, believes that the price of
milk will be lower. Production OF
milk is costing less than in the past,
with alfalfa and corn much reduced
in price, Doctor Hill said.
| A suit to collect $3.50 from the
United States railroad administration
was filed in the district court today
by F. ]. Levenberger for his son, Fritz,
who claims to have sustained injuries
at work as an apprentice mechanic in
the Santa Fe shops. 1t is asserted that
his hand had to be amputated.
Warm coats and underwear for
children of school age are scarce at
| the Provident association, and not SUI
ficient for meeting the shivering little
applicants who ask for the clothes.
Children of working mothers are the
ones who usually apply for the cloth
ing, according to Miss Virginia Camp
bell, secretary of the association.
The meeting of citizens to be held
| Sunday afternoon, December IL, called
| by the anti-cigaret workers, will be
! addressed by DIR. D. w. KurtZ. presi-
| dent of Mcpherson college, McPher-
! son, Kan. among other speakers. The
place of the meeting will be announced
later. The purpose of the demonstra-
tionaI meeting will be to arouse public
sentiment against cigaret using.
Twenty-Five new members were mi
tiated into the Moose lodge Thursday
night, as result of the membership
campaign of the local lodge which will
close Monday night. with q dance.
| The final class of the campaign will be
initiated Monday night. c. c. Math-
ews has the record for the number of
membership applications received dur
ing the campaign. He has brought in
eleven new men.
A suit to collect $500 from w. R.
Colvin was filed in the district court
today by C. J. Rouse for his 4-year-old
son, Charles Rouse, who was injured
in an accident while riding on a motor
cycle with Forrest Blalock November
10. The motorcycle skidded, throw
ing Blalock and the boy to the pave
ment. 1t is alleged that Colvin ran
into them with a motor car and that
the boy sustained a broken leg.
The annual Firemen's ball. staged
Friday night in the Steinberg's hall,
dance in the history of the series.
Music was furnished by Steinberg's
ten piece orchestra, and the decora-
tions were by Pelletier's. G.. L. Hoop
er, of the Orpheum. supplied electric
equipment. Members Firemen's COM
mittee who were in charge of the ar
rangements for the dance were: Paul
Little, Charles Glare, Guy Hilton, Stew
art Henry and George Housh.
A course of training in Christian
leadership will be offered by the Shay
nee County Sunday School associa-
ton, as result of plans made at a
meeting of the Shawnee County Sum
day School association Friday after
noon at the Central Y. M. c. A. The
course will be SO thoro that it will re-
quire three years for completion. The
plans of the county association are to
elect a. board of fifteen directors from
various Topeka religious organizations
to choose the faculty and outline the
study. The motive for esta blishing the
course is to improve the training
given in the Sunday schools.
Dr. r. S. Young, former pastor of
the First Baptist church of Topeka,
will preach in that church Sunday eve
ming at 1880 o'clock Doctor Young
is here as a member of the faculty for
the Christian Workers institute, which
will be held in the First Baptist church
beginning Sunday and continuing until
next Friday. The members of the
faculty for the institute are from
New York City and Philadelphia and
pulpits of the city. Every afternoon
next week from $3.50 until 9 o'clock
classes will be conducted. Luncheon
will be served at $50 each evening
About 200 have already registered to
attend these classes. The public is in