The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
a PRISONER AN I.

A PRISONER AM +
I A prisoner am l,
Self made;
Timidity the bars thru which gaze,
And watch the world go by:
J long to join the eager throng.
Their merriment in me
An echo. finds.
, In solitude. l see myself,
As one of them,
I laugh. 1 love, l live
AS others live. in dreams,
And all the while,
Ny face a mask of cold Indifference seem,
Behind the bars.
At Warnick's our floor manager will
see that you enjoy yourself.-Adv.
All issues Of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee Investment
Co. 5S4 Kansas avenue Adv.
The Topeka Alumni club of Phi
Delta Theta will meet in weekly
luncheon at the Chamber of Com
merce Friday.
the Topeka police during the month
of November. The fines collected
amounted to $1,010.
Excavation work on the new annex
to the Euclid Avenue NJ. E. church is
well underway, and the annex will be
finished in about six weeks.
A marriage license was issued in the
John W. Netherton, SO. and Lydia
Price, 80, both of Kansas City, Mo.
The Shawnee County Medical society
will hold a dinner Monday evening at
the Elks' cub. Following the dinne-
the annual election of officers will be
held
Three hundred persons attended the
Modern Woodmen ministries show. 1t
was given for the benefit of disa bled
Woodman. The proceeds amounted to
about $50.
Topeka lodge No. 524, L. o. o. NJ.
VIII hold its regular meeting Monday
evening at the lodge club rooms A
number Of boys from the Boys Indus
trial school viii furnish the entertain
ment
Fred c. Fox. general manager of
the eastern lines of the Santa Fe. is
expected to return to Topeka late this
afternoon from a two weeks trip into
Texas. The trip has been one of both
business and pleasure.
Lester Titus has accepted the posi-
ton of assistant boys work secretary
of the Central Y. NJ. c. A.. to succeed
Ralph Ayrault, who resigned his posi-
ton to become boys work secretary of
the Ellis Y. NJ. c. A.
George Vigneron. 1911 East Sixth
avnue, reported to the police Wednes-
day that his Buick car, a 1919 model,
was stolen Tuesday night from in
front of 423 Locust street. The car
carried Kansas license tag No. 105475.
A contract has been awarded to F.
L. Swanson. contractor. for repairing
and replanking the Viaduct across the
Santa F'e and Missouri Pacific tracks
on East Sixth avenue. The work is
being done at the expense of the rail-
way companies.
The members of the Berean class of
ri ct Oh no
pleted the articles to be offered for
sale at the bazaar, to be given at the
church, Tuesday evening, December
g. chicken pie supper will be
following the bazaar.
All new members who have Joined
Capitol post No. 1 of the American
Legion since October 3 and who have
not taken the oath of obligation, are
urged to attend meeting of the post
at 8 O'Clock this evening at the post
hail. 210 West Sixth avenue.
A. A. Remington, general secretary
of the state Y. M. c. A, will leave Fri |
day for Wichita, where he will talk at
a meeting of a number of men of
Sedgwick county. who are interested
in forming county Y. M. c. A. or
ganization.
Building permits to a total sum of
S81,6 were issued from the office |
of the city fire marshal during the |
permits
numbered seventy-six, and totaled |
$4,000 more than the permits for the !
Same month of 1920.
The basketball season is in the pri- |
mary state at Washburn. The pre-
hminaries are being held in the form |
of inter-class games. The freshmen |
defeated the seniors Wednesday by a !
score of 80 to 9. The sophomores and |
juniors played this afternoon.
The Rev. Clifton NJ. Gray, minister |
of the First Unitarian church, will |
talk at II o'clock Friday morning TO
the students of the School of Teleg- |
raphy in the New England building.
During the noon hour on Friday he |
will speak to the Santa Fe shop men. |
The state insurance department now |
has on deposit approximately $4,000 |
900 in securities to guarantee the pay
ment of claims on policies written III I
Kansas. A deposit must be made to
cover every premium collected on a |
policy by company operating in the
state.
The Kansas City Mo, Light & |
Power company is planning to extend |
its light and power service to towns |
Kansas City. The state |
public utilities commission has APP |
proved a 100000 gold bond issue to |
raise money for making the extern |
sions.
The Victoria hotel, Sixth avenue
and Jackson street, has been remod- |
eIed turnout and will soon be for
malIy opened The lower floor of |
the building is occupied by office
and the other floors will be |
used as a hotel H. E. Pendry is the |
proprietor.
Billiard room proprietors from all |
over Kansas are meeting this, after |
noon al the Chamber of Commerce for |
the purpose of organizing a state bill !
lard association. The meeting of |
billiard hall men was scheduled to be
held this morning. but on account of
the non-arrival of some of the men |
expected, was postponed until this
afternoon.
Ray Beers and Fred Whitehead, |
both OF them with experience as sales |
men in mems furnishings, will open
new store-the Fashion Shop" at
72S Kansas avenue. The Fashion