The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-08
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee investment;
Co. 534 Kansas avenue ADV
Members of the colored American
in the Colored Y. NJ. c. A. rooms at
119 West Fifth street.
Supt. A. j. Stout has returned from
meeting of supervisors OF the Ma
tional Education association in At
lantic City and will have charge of
his class in psychology at the COM
munity school for religious training to-
night at the First Methodist church.
The regular meeting of the Topeka
Rotary club, with discussion on the
manufacture of steel office furniture
by John Moore, manager of the Steel
Fixture Manufacturing company, as
the piece de resistance of the program,
is to be held Thursday at noon at the
Chamber of Commerce.
The taxicab business in Topeka last
night was the most rushing in months.
After the theaters and concerts the
motor boats" were seen kicking up
the water in the streetssin all parts
of the city. At the National hotel per-
sons waited in long lines to take their
turns at going home safely thru the
storm.
Elwood Snoddy, of Valencia, filed
an amended petition in the district
court today in his suit against the
Farmers Cooperative association of
Valencia, claiming the association
owes him $406 for work he performed
in the store. He says Frank Fritz,
one of the directors, gave him check
for $3.50, and then stopped payment
on it.
A $500 bunk house will be built by
Topeka high school boys at Camp
Wood, Elmdale, Kan, the state Y. NJ.
c.. A. boys camp. The boys have
raised 1888 of the fund and will COM
plete the amount soon. The house
will be large enough to accommodate
seven boys and their leader. Tents
have been used heretofore by the boys
in camp.
The city commission rejected the
bids on white way globe protectors
presented by the Topeka Foundry &
Iron Works, Holstrum & Behler, Per-
rine Pillow Works and W. F. Boettcher
today because all the bids were higher
than the estimate of City Engineer w.
E. Baldry. The engineers estimate
for the two sizes of globe protectors
was $1.25 and $1.35.
In his petition for divorce filed Mon
day in the district court, William
Weatherly, negro, route 3, North To-
peka, claims that his wife. Villa
Weatherly. abused him. refused to
prepare his meals, struck him in the
mouth, threatened his life, threatened
to burn their house and set fire to
his hay stack. Otherwise he does not
say but what she was good wife.
Miss Helen Bigham, S13 Monroe
street, barred her leg to a jury in Judge
James McClure's division of the dis
trict court Monday afternoon as evil
dence of the injury she received when
she fell thru the floor in the store of
Gersh and Simon Galitski, S13. North
Kansas avenue. She was in the en-
ploy Of the Galitskis at the time
She brought suit against them to COL
lect $4,000 damages.
An examination for postoffice clerks
and carriers will be held at the To-
peka postoffice March 26. The ex-
animation will be for men only. APP
plicants must be physically sound, not
less than five feet, four inches in
height in bare feet and not less than
125 pounds in weight. Persons wish
ing to obtain application blanks and
full information should address Leroy
Powell. secretary, board of civil service
examiners, at the Topeka postoffice.
A remonstrance against paving La
fayette street from Tenth to Fourth
street was presented to the city COM
mission today, signed by residents of
that district. The residents stated
that they were opposed to the paving
of the street unless a storm sewer was
built in that district, which is not
connected with city sewers. Commits
sioner Hancock of the street depart
ment, had advised them that he could
not construct the storm sewer but
would provide a smaller sewer of the
regulation city kind.