The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-13
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Dr. Chas W. Bower, Veterinarian.
| Small animal practice a speciality. 1117
] Kansas avenue.-Ady.
/ All, Issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
| Co.. 534 Kansas avenue ADV.
Degrees in Topeka chapter No. 5,
Royal Arch Masons. were conferred On
class of fifteen candidates Monday
! Fifty tablet arm chairs were in
stalled Monday at Quincy school to
replace opera chairs which have been
| in the building for a number of years.
! J. T. Gray, vice president of the
Topeka State bank, addressed the stu
dents of Dougherty's Business college
/ this morning on the subject of bank
| ing.
/ Frank G. Richards. secretary of the
| Kansas Sunday school association, left
today for Chicago, to attend the inter-
national convention of Sunday School
association secretaries.
| Three new cases of diphtheria were
reported to the city health depart
ment today. One new case was re-
ported Monday. Tie number of cases
! is about normal at the present time.
The Rev. John A. McAfee, pastor
| of the Westminster Presbyterian
! church, addressed the Topeka high
school Y. W. c. A. at 3 o'clock this
afternoon at the association building.
| Mrs. Isaac Sewell, of the Kansas
Sunday School association, returned to
| Topeka Monday from Kansas City,
Mo, where she attended the annual
Kansas City Sunday school convention.
The fall term of the city schools
| will close January 81. Altho this will
| leave only nineteen weeks for the
spring semester, it is a fair division.
as the vacations are not so numerous,
it was announced.
Altho the water in the Y. NJ. c. A.
swimming pool has not been heated
| to a very comfortable temperature
kept at a temperature of IS degrees
/ this winter, as a new heater has been
| installed
| N. W. Benning, general secretary of
the Central Y. NJ. c.. A, addressed the
| Square Circle club at a meeting at the
Elks' club Monday night, on the work
of the Y. NJ. c. A. He will talk to
the students of Grant school Wednes-
day morning
Topeka lodge No II, A. F. and A.
NJ, will confer the third degree on a
class of twelve candidates Wednesday.
December 81. Work will begin at
O'Clock in the morning and will be
held turnout the day. Supper will be
served at 6:15 o'clock in the evening"
and will be followed by the annual
election of officers.
The Square Circle club will hold its
| annual Christmas Tree party at the
| Boys Industrial school on Monday
following Christmas day, it was de-
| cided at the regular meeting of the
| club Monday night at the Elks club
| The Square Circle Christmas tree has
been an annual event in the lives of
| the boys at the school for the past
several years.
Trial of a $4,000 damage suit
! brought by Mrs. Ella NJ. Hamilton,
! ms mr. Cal0
Crook. was in progress today before a
! jury in Judge James McClure's divi-
| sion of the district court. Mrs. Ham
ilton contends that she was seriously
! injured by being struck by Doctor
| Crooks automobile at Sixth avenue
and Horne street in December, 1920.
The city commission this morning
authorized the mayor to sign con-
| tract with Mike Duros for the feeding
| of the prisoners in the county Jail. Ac-
cording to the terms of the contract
the county Jail will be no place for
man with healthy appetite, for the
/ next six months. The contracts calls
i for two meals a day for each prisoner
the meals to be served at a cost of
twenty cents each.
| Miss Donzeila Cross, representative
of the Victor Photograph company,
arrived in Topeka Monday, and will
give a series of lectures on musical
appreciation in the city schools. She
will close her lecture series Thursday.
She will give lecture for the teach
ers at the city schools at 4:30 O'Clock
| Wednesday afternoon. At 1920
o'clock Wednesday morning she will
address the high school students.
Jesse Price. living on Golden ave-
nue., was fined 81 and costs by Judge
Paul Heinz in the city court today on
| a charge of assault and battery on
| the persons of Frank T. Dinkle and
| Jesse Morgan, neighbor youths. Price,
it is claimed, shot at them on Hal
| loween night, alleging that they were
| playing Halloween pranks on him. He
| was first charged with assault with in
tent to kill but the complaint was
| amended to charge assault.
NJ. c. Holman was elected president
of the Modoc club at the forty-fifth
! annual election of officers Monday
night. other officers elected were:
| Frank jSquires, vice president; Frank
Stevens, secretary and treasurer: Tom
| C. Powell. manager; Nate Thompson.
| director; NJ. c. Holman, musical direc-
| tor; Paul Thorson, assistant musical
director and pianist; Saul Callner and
| Ruben Tulien, assistant pianists
Pearl Gillespie, librarian, and J. H.
| overly, bouncer.
The city commission this morning
voted to refuse to pay a claim for
s10.225, submitted to the city by H. A.
Woo1m, in September of this year.
Woolm claimed $1O.225 damages for
injuries sustained when he fell over
a pile of brush and trash on Fillmore
street, and skinned his shin. A COM
mittee consisting of W. S. Hancock,
street commissioner, and Ralph O'Neil.
city attorney, recommended that the
claim be not allowed, and the recon-
mendation was approved by the COM
mission.
Howard b McAfee, of Parkville.
No, father of the Rev. John A. Nc
Afee of the Westminster Presbyterian
church of Topeka, recently sailed for
Beirut. Turkey, with a large party,
where he will engage in relief work as
a representative of Near East relief.
Beirut is one of the cities in which
Near East relief is carrying on an eX-
tensive campaign for the relief of
refugee children and adults, many