The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-30


concerning her husband. Mrs. Hatcher
stated he left home several weeks ago
to work in the Kansas harvest flelds
and that she has heard nothing from
him since.
More than fifty of the office
workers at the city hall went to
Camp Dalesford at 2 O'Clock today to
spend the remainder of the day. the
picnic is the first of the kind ever
held. but probably will be an annual
secretary to Mayor Corwine. SWIM
ming, boating, baseball, and dancing
will be on the program Tor the picnic
P. P. womer, president of WASH
burn college, will fill the pulpit at the
First Congregational church Sunday
in the absence of the, pastor, the Rev.
A. E. Gregory The subject of DR..
womer's sermon is Religious Uses
of Memory" The Misses Bertha and
Edna Gish will sing a duet. II Heard
the Voice of Jesus Calling, by Rath-
bun.-The services will be held at IL
o'clock.
A piece of the large flag belonging
to the Rainbow Division veterans or
Chanute will be placed In the
Memorial building here. with other
World war relics from Kansas. When
the flag arrived in Chanute recently.
ii was found to be In tattered and
worn condition. The Women'S Aux
iliary of the American Legion re-
paired the flag by replacing all the =
white stripes.
The Topeka Cubs of the colored
Western League will play the kaw
Valley team of Lawrence at the Santa
Fe ball park at the corner OF Seward
avenue and Branner street Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock Botn are col.
ored teams. They have met twice be-
fore at Lawrence and the Cubs have
been victors in both games This Is
the first game that the Cubs have
played at homo since their entrance
into the Western League.
Miss Margaret H. Goodrich. Topeka
agent for the Curtis Publishing COM
pany, entertained at the Y. NJ. G. A.
Friday night, for the boys who sell the
Ladies' Home journal. the Country
Gentleman and the Saturday Evening
Post and their friends. who are inter-
ested in becoming statesmen for these
magazines. Allen Nash OF Kansas
City, field agent for the Curtis Pub
fishing company in Kansas, missouri
| and Arkansas, made a talk to the
boys. -
Another suit which was originally
| filed in the district court of Wyan-
dotte county was transferred Friday
| to the United States district court 1t
| is a suit for compensation of $4,000
! for the death of William G. Farrell in
the Rock Island yards. at Kansas City.
February %. Pearl Nichols, admin
| istratrix of the Farrell estate, is plain
| tiff in the action. The transfer to the
| federal court was made on applica-
| ton of the Rock Island company, de-
| PENDANT.
Frank r. Stayton. colored, was ar
| rested by the police Friday night on
a charge of stealing suit OF clothing
and two razors from as Kansas ave-
nue.. and today was formally charged
with grand larceny. The police say
| that Stayton has served time in the
] IT, kNrn-H
| and that he he is wanted at different
| places. including Newton. Kan, where
he is charged with issuing bad checks.
It is understood that Stayton has Of
| fered to plead guilty to the grand lar
| ceny charge.
Alleging that the laundry had made
a mistake and was charging her too
avenue. called the police Friday after
noon and asked them to assist her in
! getting her laundry from the City
Hand laundry. The woman told the
police she had been sending her week.
ly wash to the laundry to be done
rough dry and that she thought her
bill this week would be S1.05. When
she found that the laundry had ironed
her washing and was asking her to
pay $4.2s. she objected and called the
police. The police had no jurisdiction
in the matter but it is understood that
the matter was adjusted.
Blanch Price brought suit in the
Shawnee county district court, Friday,
asking for a divorce from Charles
Price, whom she charges with extreme
cruelty and non-support- According
to the plaintiffs petition she and the
defendant were married April 10, 1910.
in Tennessee, and lived in that state
until May, 1918, when she alleges that
the plaintiff beat her with the butt
end of a buggy whip, and that bruised
and bleeding as result of the assault.
she managed to make her way to the
home of her brother five miles away.
Because of the alleged assault and
various other alleged cruelties on the
part of her husband, who she says or
j dered her to leave or he would kill her
| Mrs. Price states she came to Topeka
and has been living here since that
time.
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