The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
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acknowledgements.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
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Co. 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv-
The ladies' night dinner of the Co.
Operative club, scheduled for tonight,
has been postponed on account of the
death of one of the members of the
club, Harry Wardin, Sunday night.
The consignment of garden seeds
from the congressional sources of sup
ply. which is annually received and
distributed by Ike Gilberg, has reached
Topeka, and Gilberg will distribute
them where he thinks they will do the
most good.
An additional class in millinery has
been opened by the Topeka Y. W. c.
A. One class has been under way for
some months, and the number OF ap-
plicants has made 1t necessary to start
another class which will meet TUESDAY
evenings at o'clock.
Six months back pay for Company
F, Newton, and Company d. Emporia,
of the Kansas National Guard, has
been received at the office of the ad-
jutant general from the federal finance
officer Company F will receive
$4.010.18 and Company D s2,43S.
The bicycle thief is busy in Topeka
again. Two wheels were reported
stolen Monday afternoon. One was a
Packard belonging to Fred Wellmarl
1912 Polk street, and was taken from
the United Presbyterian church. The
other was a Savage belonging to Lyn-
don Hummer, and was stolen from in
front of Pe1let:er's store.
Notice of an appeal to the supreme
court from the indeterminate sentence
of five to twenty-one years in the PEN
itentiary imposed upon him by Judge
George Whitcomb in the distric court
was filed Monday by John Stit-, Wa
mego garage man. Stitz was convict
ed by a jury Of committing a statu-
tory offense against Ella Davis, a
North Topeka girl.
Texas planters who last year planted
cotton are replacing a portion of their
cotton acreage with wheat, according
to J. r. Sargent. 1925 Jewell avenue,
who has re turned from months bust
ness trip to the Lone Star state. The
agricultural conditions thus far this
spring, are excellent in Texas, Sargent
says. but there will be only from so
to 20 per cent as much cotton planted
there this year.
A contest in the building of bird
houses has been entered into by the
Boy Scouts of Topeka, with a series of
prizes, ranging from IS for first place
to so cents for sixth, seventh and
eighth places, offered. The prizes are
to be given by the Hall Stationery
company, in whose windows the prize
winning houses are to be exhibited.
The awards will be made by a COM
mittee of judges consisting of Chester
woodward, Thomas W. Williamson
and Earl M. Spencer by May /. The
contest is open to any Boy Scout in
Topeka.
The second troop of colored Boy
Scouts for Topeka has been organized
at the Shiloh Baptist church, with
Alexander Paul Reid, 1870 West
Twelfth street, as scoutmaster. The
assistant scoutmaster is Theodore
Duke, 1901 Buchanan street. The
other troop of colored boys have their
headquarters in North Topeka. Two
new members, M. B. Franklin. of the
Highland Park troop, and Howard
Judkins. of the troop. located at the
First Presbyterian church. have been
added to the Boy Scout band, which
now numbers thirty boys.
Officers of the Topeka Zionist or
ganizatfon were elected at the annual
meeting Of the organization, held Mon
day night, as follows: Chairman, Ike
Gilberg; vice-chairma.n, Mrs. Abe
Scrinopskie; recording secretary, Mrs.
Simon Galitzky; financial secretary,
Mrs. Grace Scrinopskfe: treasurer.
william Levin; members of the execu-
tive committee, Morris Brimman, Har-
ry Shapiro, Abe Pozez. Ed Blacker, the
Rev S. H. Kaplan, Miss Lillian Cohen
and Miss Glickenheuse. Gilberg was
reelected. Applications of sixteen
persons for membership in the asso-
citation were received at the meeting,
which was held at the Jewish COM
munity center, Fifth and Harrison
gtrGef2.