The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-06
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AT HOME NEWS


Have you heard of ''Barreled Sun
light ?''-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenua.-Adv.
Charles Wolff, jr., manager of the
Wolff packing house, returned Mon
day after making a tour of the eastern
states in an automobile.
DR.. P. P. womer, president of
Washburn college, who has been i'll for
expects to be in condition to assume
his college work next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Webb have re-
turned home from a months vacation
which they spent at Glacier and Vel
lowstone parks. Webb is a member
of the firms of Stephenson and Webb.
The members of the Aid association
for Lutherans will hold their annual
watermelon feast for members and
their families at the club rooms,
Fourth and Harrison streets, Wednes-
day evening.
The meeting of the Holiness Union,
which was scheduled for Wednesday
afternoon at the City mission, has
been postponed until some later date,
due to the absence from the city of
several who were to have taken part.
While the members of the force of
the Tully-McFarland drug store, cor
ner Ninth street and Kansas avenue,
viewed the Labor day parade Monday
some person entered the store thru a
rear door and stole about IS worth
of dope"
u. S. Warner has completed his
fourteen individual garages between
Eighth and Ninth on Quincy street,
and announces they are ready for oc-
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will be completed by Warner soon.
All of them have been rented in ad-
vance.
The first meeting of the Shawnee
County Medical society, since the be-
ginning of the summer vacation sea-
son, was held Monday night at the
Elk's club. The feature of the meet
ing was a professional discussion of
diseases of the eye, ear nose and
throat.
The Capper Auto Supply company,
921 Kansas avenue. was purchased
Monday by Golden and Warren
Becker, brothers, who will conduct
the business under the name of the
Becker Brothers Auto Supply COM
pany. The Becker brothers were for
merly in business on West Sixth ave-
nue..
Feeling that there is a sufficient
number of taxicab drivers in Topeka,
the city commission did not grant the
request of J. w. Everett, SIS Monroe
street, for a taxicab license. Commits
sioners w. S. Hancock and Wilbur A.
tee to decide if the license should be
granted.
Financial reports made to the city
commission today include those from
the city food department for $3.50;
the city plumbing inspector for
$175.75; the city weighmaster, $500;
the city license collector, $78O.25;
building permits, $161.35, and the dog
officer, $1,000. The reports were for
the last half Of August.
George Hyde, proprietor of the
Commercial hotel, Fifth and Holiday
streets, complained to the city COM
mission this morning of the annoy
ance caused him by the Independent
Taxicab company, which operates a
taxicab line on his hotel corner. He
asked that the permit of the taxicab
line be revoked by the commission.
The matter was taken under consider
alton by the commission.
Thirteen cases of diphtheria have
been reported to the city board of
health so far in September DR.. Earle
G. Brown, city health officer, is much
concerned over the diphtheria cpl
demic in the city, and is considering
using the Shick test, comparatively
new but successful method of fighting
a diphtheria epidemic. The Shick test
determines whether or not persons are
immune from diphtheria, and if they
are found susceptible to the disease
anti-toxin is used.
The first issue of the Washburn Re-
view will appear September IA, it is
announced by Ralph Burkholder,
editor. Burkholder and John Prawl,
the business manager, already are
working on the first issue 1t is to
contain a resume of the college activi-
ties for the coming year. A campaign
for an increased subscription list will
be conducted this year. particularly
contain a new department that will
follow activities of alumni.
Employees of the Southwestern Bell
Telephone company will hold their
annual picnic Wednesday at Ripley
park. An athletic program has been
planned and swimming will be open to
all. A big basket dinner will be
served in the evening. Every one con-
nected with the telephone company
has been invited to take part and an
attendance of about 500 is expected.
The operators will work in short shifts
in order that all will have an oppor-
tunity to take in part Of the picnic.
Finance Commissioner F. L. Stevens
will sell $152,90O worth of general
improvement bonds this afternoon.
The amount to be sold is the re-
manner of the 100000 in bonds is
sued for paving costs, of which many
thousands already have been sold. The
city water department purcha sed
$4,000 worth of the bonds; the fire