The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-23
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AT HOME NEWS

Get your Did" Bank free, Shawnee
Building & Loan as -Oc alton, 115 West
Sixth street.-Adv.
All issues Of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenfIa.-Adv
The membership of the Central Y.
NJ c. A. is now 1916. This is an in
crease of 167 over the membership
at this time one year ago.
Round Table chapter, De Molay.
will give a party for its members and
their parents at s o'clock this even
ing at the Chamber of Commerce.
Two chimney fire, one at 526 West
tern avenue and the other at 1902
Huntoon, resulted in fire alarms this
morning. There was no serious dam
age in either case.
Frank Sneed, All Cedar street, re-
ported to the police that his Ranger
bicycle was stolen from in front of
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. about l o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
f. L. Hendrix. an instructor in the
commercial department of Topeka
high school, has been selected to act
as business adviser to the staff of the
h h school annual.
Christmas" Oh, hush the noise,
We men of strife, and hear the angels
sing" This is the Christmas messag &c
GA Topeka boulevard.
Keep the pot boiling" by dropping
in a few coins occasionally The fund
to provide a Christmas dinner to the
needy of Topeka, is $500 short. ac
cording to Adjutant J. Piercy. of the
Salvation Army.
"Au in Shreds" and the Making
OF Linoleum" are the films which will
be shown at 1880 O'Clock this evening
in the boys department of tht Central
Y. NJ. c. A. Films for boys are shown
every Friday evening.
Lester Titus, a student at Washburn
college, and assistant boys work sec
rotary of the Central Y. NJ. C. A. will
address the Hi-Y club of Topeka high
school at its meeting at 1880 o'clock
Tuesday evening at the, Central Y. NJ.
c. A.
State officials and state house en-
plOyes will lose none of their holidays
by virtue of Christmas and New Y ears
occupying Sunday dates on the calen-
dar. The state house will be closed
Monday, December &c and Monday.
January 2.
Sunday evening the choir of. the
First Presbyterian church will give
cantata. Saturday night the children
of the Sunday school will give a cos
tune cantata and this evening there
will be a Christmas party at the
church for the children under 8 years
OF age.
Twenty bids have been received by
the state for installation of the new
power plant at the state penitentiary
An appropriation of S250,00O for the
new plan was made available by the
recent legislature. 1t is probable that
contract for the new power plant will
be let December %
The birthdays of the students at To
peka high school are being published
from week to week in the high school
paper, THE World" AS a result a
number of boys who had birthdays
recently have received much attention
from the paddles, sticks and similar
articles of their friends.
Mrs Alice Haynes. 3O5 The Drive.
today filed a petition in the district
court asking a divorce from o. F.
Haynes. whom she charges with fail
ure to support her. She has been
compelled to take in roomers to make
money enough to live on, she alleges
They were married in December, 1887.
Seth l. Cox, J. NJ AveriI. z. c.
Gunter, J. M Quail, r. c. Fuller, Mrs.
L. F. nay and Mrs. ]. D. Gossett were
selected members of the board of
trustees of the Central Congregation
al church at the annual election of
officers. NJ. H. Mexican was elected
superintendent of the Sunday school.
Among the war taxes which are TO
be removed on January I is the war
tax on coal. But the war tax saved
on couple of tons OF coal Won [ put