The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-21
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AT HOME NEWS

The place to eat-Cremerie Cafe
terra, 726 Kansas (upstairs) ADV.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co., 534 Kansas avenne.-Adv.
An Overland car, belonging to ]. NJ.
Brier, of the Brier-Rice Insurance
company, was stolen near the Null
vane building Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
Tinkham Vea1e has sold the lot and
building at 100 Kansas avenue, ana
occupied by the L. c. Rain shirt fac
tory, to John A. Crabb, it was an
nounced Wednesday.
The boys of the De Molay degree
team will meet tonight at the Egyp-
tan hall of the Masonic temple at 1880
D. m. for rehearsal. Ali members in
terested will be admitted.
The East Side W. C. T. U. will have
an all day business meeting and picnic
next Friday at the home of Mrs. L.
H. Mears, 502 Chandler street. All
members are requested to be present
and bring their lunch.
The concert given by Marshalrs
band at Edgewood park Wednesday
night was attended by a large crowd
and the program was highly enjoyed
by all. The concert is considered as
one of the most successful given this
season.
A children's party will be given Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Security Benefit hall, 521 Quincy
street, for all children and their
mothers. Miss Mamie Robinette, a
pupil of Miss Ceora Lanham will give
a series of readings.
When Bert Larimer, traffic patrol
man. undertook to arrest him We'd
nesday night, Albert Warren, colored,
resisted and as a result he is now fac
ing a charge of assaulting an officer.
Warren first attracted attention by
begging money and tobacco on the
street and persons who thought he
was intoxicated called the officer.
Mrs. Loualma Armstrong was
granted a divorce from Lester Arm
strong Wednesday afternoon by Judge
George H. Whitcomb in the second
division Of the Shawnee county dis
| trict court. Mrs. Armstrong said the
| marriage took place in February,
1920, after her husband told her he
| had a $45 per week job, money. in
the bank and a furnished house.
After the marriage she said she found
| the financial holdings did not exist.
| AS a result of the notices sent two
| days ago to property owners of their
| obligations for street paving, the
amount paid to date is $731.02. The
| amount of expense of the paving pro-
| gram to be borne by property owners
is more than $1S9,000. Am ng those
who paid their share of the expense
| Wednesday was Fate Farrow, colored,
| of 1929 Lane street. He paid his as
sessment OF $354.S7 from a sum of
money tied in a. handk
Topeka girls should feel compli-
mented after having read the follow
| ing: ITO find a good looking woman
in New York is like hunting for an
| honest man." writes Maurice Fried
/ haFey yv11A Sz in aT nrIr c.
| sistant buyer for the Partisan stores.
1 The letter was written to the sales
ladies of the store here. Friedberg
states that in order to appreciate the
latest New York styles he will have
to see them on Topeka girls.
Kansas ranks sixth among the
states in percentage of potential
American Legion membership, ac-
cording to a report received here from
national headquarters of the legion.
The membership in this state was
slightly less than 10000 on June 80,
membership. South Dakota leads all
other states with a percentage of
37.S5, followed by Vermont, Iowa,
New Hampshire and Nebraska in the
order named.
Extensive repairs have been
planned for the Columbian building,
which IS one of the Oldest office build
| AABS HI 1Opehd. "A contract was let
Wednesday to Lungren & Carlson
calling for improvements which will
include new front and other changes
in the offices of the Columbian Title
and Trust company, and q new en-
trance to the building. The only en-
trance to the building is going to be
on the ground floor. The improve
ments will cost about s3O.50O, it is
said.
The Midwest Tire company IS
planning to combine its Topeka and
tEmporia stock and August / will be
alocated at 113-115 West Tenth avenue
where it will occupy much larger
quarters than it has at the present
Pine at Ill East Seventh street. The
tcompany has two stores at Emporia
which are going to be discontinued
. and has another store at Denver.