The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
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The Topeka Orphans Home has a
4-months-old baby boy that is in need
of a home. He is a candidate for
adoption.
Life saving classes at the Y. W. c.
A. swimming pool are taught every
Thursday afternoon for Girl Reserves
by Miss Virginia Kitchen
A Red Cross baby clinic will be
held at Tecumseh Wednesday after
noon between 2 and o'clock, with
DR.. Harold T. Morris in charge, as
sisted by Miss Frances Hoy and Mrs.
Edna L. Trickett.
The regular. free nutrition clinic at
Ripley park community house will be
held "Wednesday morning from 10 un-
til 1 O'clock. Many children are be-
ing improved in health by regular at
tendance at the clinic.
J. R. Reynolds, who has completed
supervision of the excavation work at
the city water filtration plant has
gone to Lawrence to begin excavation
work on the new stadium at Kansas
plant of the university.
Ground was broken at the corner of
Tenth avenue and Tyler street today
for a new automobile cleaning and
greasing establishment which is going
to be conducted there by Major NJ.
Anderson and Harmon p. Drum. The
new concern will be known as Motor
Inn.
]. r. Koontz, assistant freight traf-
fic manager for the Santa Fe, is in
Denver attending a bi-monthly meet
ing of the Southwest Freight bureau.
The. sessions of the bureau are gen
orally held in St. Louis, but the ex-
cessive heat there drove the railroad
men to cooler regions.
Building permits that represent the
plans to construct $4,000 worth of
buildings were issued by the city fire
marshal in June. The largest and
most valuable piece of constru ction,
now under way. is the 100000 apart
ment house being erected by Edward
J. Hurley. at Eleventh and Harrison
streets
Evert G. Boyd and wife are wanted
by the Red Cross local chapter, ac
cording to Mrs. c. w. Seeley. secre-
tary. Nothing is known of the where
abouts of Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd. Mrs.
Boyd, before her marriage, was Miss
Clara Jones. Information should be
sent to Mrs. Seeley, 231 New England
building.
c. w. Renshaw and Earl Nonken,
who have been connected with the
furniture and upholstering business in
gone into business for themselves by
opening up new furniture factory at
S19-21-23 Adams street. The factory
is equipped with new machinery and is
already in operation.
The circus in Topeka last week
brought the city $165, paid for the
privilege of showing in Topeka. The
city tax for circuses is IS per car
used in transporting the circus. Dam
ages to Topeka pavements doner by
the heavy vehicles of the circus will
cause much of the $165 fund to be
used for repairs, according to ]. F.
Snyder, superintendent of streets f.a
The application of the railroads for
an injunction against the state utili=
ties commission to prevent the latter
interfering in any way with the new
freight rates recently ordered by the
interstate commerce commission will
be heard Wednesday in the. United
States district court at Kansas City
Kan, before Judge John H. Cottrell
of Oklahoma City, who is substituting
for Judge Pollock, who Is on a vaca-
ton. 1t is anticipated that a tenn
porary injunction Will be granted and
that the hearing will not last longer
than thirty minutes. Several Topeka
attorneys will attend the hearing
While putting down a window at
the Vancil & Parr wall paper ware
house, Tenth and Monroe streets, Mon
DAY, c. A. Parr, a brother of a member
of the firm, met with an injury
which resulted in considerable excite
mentor a time. Glass fell from the
window striking Parr and severing an
artery. The wound bled profuseIy and
Parr hurried out to seek medical aid.
c. A. Vancil, one of the proprietors,
went to the warehouse shortly after
wards and seeing blood called the po-
lice. An investigation was started and
Parr was soon found in the office of
DIR. H. L. Clark.
r,i+7t Gaudn,, ~ - iroIii JunGtion
took a motor car from a young taxi
driver and were headed in this direc-
ton in their attempt to escape. Police
reported today that no trace of the two
soldiers had been found here, and 1t is
believed they did not pass thru To-
peka. The soldiers hired Claude Wal