The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-17
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The Square Circle club will meet at
6 o'clock this evening at the Elks'
club.
The regular meeting of the Co
Operative club will be held at the Elks'
club Tuesday evening at 6:15 O'Clock.
This will be Christian Endeavor''
night at the First United Brethren re-
vival. DR.. J. H. Patterson will speak
on the topic Safety First"
The Mems Brotherhood of the First
Baptist church will meet at 1880
! O. clock Tuesday evening at the
| church. A program has been ar
ranged.
The new $4,000 locker house at
the Country club is nearing compile
ton. The building will contain ESQ
lockers, several shower baths, club
room and repair shop.
n. L. James of Denver, Colo, has
been engaged by the Central Y. NJ. c.
A. as assistant physical director. He
will devote his full time to the work.
He was formerly a leader in the gym
classes at Denver Y. NJ. G. A.
The first meeting of the Basketry
class will be held at the Y. w. e. A
this evening, Z to o'clock. MRS
Cleveland Lopez of Washburn is IN
Il TruCIOT-
Monday night for the next ten weeks.
There will be a joint meeting this
evening Of social committees of the Y.
NJ. C. A and Y. W. c. A. at the Y W.
| c. A. building. Plans will be COM
pleted for a joint Halloween party
which will be held at the Y. NJ. C. A
on October IS.
"The Field of Journalism and Its
Future" will be the subject of n A.
Crawford. dean of the school of in
dustrial Journalism at the Kansas
State Agricultural college, who wall
address the Kiwanis club at the
| Chamber of Commerce this evening ut
$50 o'clock.
After patching up their quarrels
three times, Mrs. Lucille Merritt today
sought the divorce court. She filed
petition asking a divorce from Elmer
Merritt, who, she charges, has failed
to provide for her and has associated
with other women, frequently staying
out all night.
Topeka lodge No. 254, L. o. O. NJ, will
| meet this evening at the lodge club rooms.
Plans will be completed for the fall mem
bership drive. A special meeting will be
| held Friday evening for the members and
their wives. A special program will be
| furnished by students from the Kansas
Industrial and Educational Institute
Complaint tat he had been robbed
of $22 by unknown parties was made
to the police by W. M. Shepard, 525
( California avenue He said he missed
the money after leaving house on
| jackson street. He had been drinking
and his stories were incoherent, ac-
cording to the report by officers who
| investigated the matter.
! A partial eclipse of the moon was
| visible in Topeka and practically every
! part of the United States from 8
| o'clock until 8 o'clock Sunday night
! This was the second eclipse of the
! moon this year, according to Prof.
John A Aldrich of the astronomy de-
partment of Washburn college. There
will not be another for nearly a year,
he said.
| Just a week after their marriage
| July z, 1921, her husband came home
! drunk and beat her up, Mrs. Nellie ].
| Roger declared in a petition filed to-
| day in the district court asking a di
vorce from Ollie Roger. Another
beating October 1 and third October
Is are related by Mrs. Roger. All &C.
CURED in their home at 2134 Quincy
! street, according to the petition.
Rev. P. c. Nelson, of Detroit, Mich, who
! is conducting the evangelistic and healing
meetings at the city auditorium, addressed
! the Topeka Ministerial union at the semi
monthly meeting at the Central Y. NJ. C. A.
/ this morning. p. f. Schilling presented
| the plans of the boy scout drive 1t is
planned for every minister in the city to
| talk Of the boy scout work in the city from
their pulpits on Sunday. November I.
Irwin PribbIe, Topeka engineer, was
/ elected president of the recently form
ed Topeka Engineering corporation at
| a meeting held Saturday afternoon
| Judge Ralph Cav was elected vice
president, and J. c. Marlett, secretary
and treasurer. The company will do
a general engineering business includ-
ing the installation of plumbing plants
ventilation, heating, power and NUM-
I cipal water and sewer systems
Mrs H B. Durkee, who has been