The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-22
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AT HOME NEWS

The place to eat-Cremerie Cafe
terra, 726 Kansas tupstairs).-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co., 534 Kansas avenus.-Adv.
The Shawnee County Pig club will
hold its monthly meeting at Alpha
Dell farm, the home of Francis ana
Paul Scherman. Saturday, July %.
A defective water heater caused
fire at the home of G. c. Lang, HOS
North Monroe street this morning at
1880 o'clock. No damage resulted.
Miss Vera Simpson, of Kansas City.
Mo. is visiting her sister, Mrs J. ID.
Zimmerman. 1T Topeka avenue. Miss
simpson will remain in Topeka for
several days.
velvet rug was stolen from the
front porch at $40 Monroe street some
time Thursday night. according to
report which Mrs. Jones. the owner,
made to the police this morning.
The cornerstone of the new Central
Park Christian church will be laid
Sunday night, July 81, instead OF next
sunday. The postponement of the
ceremony is due to the delay In build
ing caused by rain.
A bay horse and an old buggy. be-
longing to z. w. Oldham. living three
miles west of Topeka, were stolen
from in front of the Austin & Sned-
iker store sometime Thursday. Po-
lice investigated but report no clues.
!. D. zimmerman, director OF reli-
qious education for the Christian
Churches of Kansas, is expected to re-
turn to Topeka Saturday night from
lake Geneva, Wis, where he attended
the international Sunday>school con-
ference last week.
Dan Cupid has evidently gone on
vacation. Only one marriage license
has been issued by the probate court
during the past forty-eight hours. 1t
was issued to Merrill Gleason of Alta
Vista. age 81, and Nina Wolgas, also
of Alta Vista, age Is.
Mrs. A. c. Patch, 1900 jackson
street, reported to the police today
Thursday night, and had taken a
number of articles, including an ivory
clock, vanity case, string OF beads,
Jewel box and seven handkerchtefs.
Another night blooming cereus was
in bloom Thursday night at gil Mon
roe street, attracting visitors as late
at II o'clock. This is one of the rare
Towering plants, and It is saio tn a.
persons who have never seen them IN
full bloom have missed an unusual
treat.
Twelve bottles of Lung Germise.'
a lung remedy, shipped recently by a
Detroit house to the Snowden, Mize
Drug company, at Atchison, are
charged with being misbranded, in a
petition filed in the United States
district court here Wednesday after
noon.
Some person or persons who gained
entrance by unlatching screen door
with a buttonhook or some other such
instrument, ransacked the home of
George Stoneking, 1929 Quincy street,
Thursday night, but nothing was
taken, according to the report maze
to the police.
Hugh Berry. 607 Harrison street,
lineman in the employ of the city
electric light plant, fell q distance of
twenty feet from a pole at the cor
ner of Third and Harrison street
Thursday afternoon, and was taken
to Christ's hospital suffering from a
broken ankle.
Orders for school supplies amount
ing to 5000 were placed by A. j.
Stout, superintendent of schools, on
Thursday. The Hall Stationery COM
pany, the Zercher Book & Stationery
company, Crane & Co., and the Central
Topeka Paper company will furnish
the bulk of the supplies.
Twenty-Five babies were examined
Thursday afternoon at the free baby
clinic at the city hall. The clinic is
held every Thursday afternoon from
2 to 4 o'clock under the direction of
DR.. Paul Belknap, and the examfna-
ton and advice given are absolutely
free. All mothers are invited to bring
their babies to the clinic.
Oscar Carlson, deputy sheriff, Is
back at work today after a two weeks
vacation, which he and Mrs. Carlson
spent in Colorado. They visited Den
yer. Colorado Springs and Manitou,
and also passed thru Pueblo, where
they saw some of the damage inflict-
ed by the recent flood. Carlson says
that Colorado weather is about like
the present Kansas variety.
Judge George H. Whitcomb, Of the
second division of the district court, is
serving notice on the various attorneys
that he is going to start on his annual
vacation next Wednesday and to ar
range their matters with him accord
ingly The judge says he has been
trying to break away for some time
but that court business has been too
rushing and he still has several impor-
tant matters to pass upon before he