The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-28
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AT HOME NEWS

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The place to eat-Cremerie Cafe
terra. 726 Kansas (upstairs) ADV.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
The July estimate on paving COM
pleted in the month is $4,000, ac-
cording to Street Commissioner w. s.
Hancock The amount will be de-
Quoted from the bond issue for paw
ing.
While f. A Adams. cashier of the
Guaranty State bank, was attending
the show at the Orpheum Wednesday
night, his Nash car was stolen from in
front of the theater. The license
number was 77,281.
A trolley car picnic will be given
Friday evening for the young people
of the city park Fairgrounds for the
purpose of raising money to buy
new tennis racquets. Cars will leave
Eighth and jackson streets at Sis
o'clock.
The state board of administration
has awarded contracts for boilers to
be installed in the new power plant at
Kansas university The contract was
awarded to the Walsh-Weidner COM
pany of Chattanooga, Tenn, their bid
being $34,64O.
Topeka Commandery No. will hold
August Is, for its members and their
families. Supper will be served at 6
o'clock by the commandery. An ex-
hibition drill will b. given immediate
ly following the supper.
Repairs in the kitchen have made it
necessary for the nagement of the
National hotel to close the dining
room and it will not be opened again
for about thirty days, it is said. A
new floor is to be laid in the kitchen
and the walls painted and redeco-
rated
A number of Topeka Rotarians are
in Kansas City this afternoon attend
ing a picnic which is ing held by
the Rotary clubs of Kansas City, Mo-,
and Kansas City, Kan, at Fairmount
park. Among those from Topeka at
tending are Robert Cook and wife,
Sam Lux. Frank Britton, Clyde Faris
and Ralph Mcdaniel.
Paul Roberts plead not guilty when
arraigned in the Court of Topeka.
Wednesday afternoon, on a charge of
passing a worthless check for $23.0S
on the Oxford hotel. 1t is said that
there were no funds in the bank on
which the check was drawn Roberts
was released under $500 bond pending
his preliminary hearing which will be
held August 2.
Delinquent taxpayers will suffer the
mental anguish of seeing their names
in print August 4 unless they wish to
avoid the publicity by calling at the
treasurer's office at the court house
and paying up before that time. The
list to be published on that date by
Tom Boyd, county treasurer, will in
clude the names of all those. who
have failed to pay their 1920 tax on
real estate.
Aided materially by the escape of
four prisoners sometime Tuesday
r7io oft 5aiJ hi
morning and the 6oors were standing
wide open. Police say it is the second
time this situation las occurred during
the past year. Following the escape
of the four men, who sawed their
way thru a window, only two prisoners
were left and they were given their lib
erty this morning.
few nights ago. members of the
police force raided the home of E. H.
GRADER, 400 West Curtis street. AMI
seized fifty bottles of home brew.
Wednesday night the police raided the
home of Graders father, ]. J. GRADER,
els North Van Buren, street, and five
quarts of home brew were found.
Both men are out on bond pending
their trials in police court, set for Fri
day afternoon. J. ]. GRADER is "A
years old.
James c. Davis, director general of
railroads, brought suit in the United
against the Colorado Milling & Eleva-
tor company. OF Hays City, for $5S.24,
which it is alleged is due the railroad
administration as the balance of
freight bill on carload of bulk wheat
which the company shipped in July.
1918. The petition states that the
freight on the car should have been
s253.93, but that only $195.69 was paid
by the company.
Mr. and Mrs. w F. Scott of Horton
are in Topeka visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. L. Pugh, 1921 Harrison street.
Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Pugh being sis
tiers. Scott was formerly in the mer-
camille business at Horton. Mrs Mary
WalIingford, mother of the two wom-
en-, who makes her home in Topeka
most of the time but a present is Wis
iting relatives in Kentucky. has writ
ten that she attended a camp meet
ing there a few nights ago and won
a prize that was offered for the Sec
ond oldest person present. She is 81
years old and the prize was $3.50.
Charging that he frequently spends
his night with other women, whom
she says she will name at the trial if
necessary, Mrs. Olive Miller, 1101 Lane
street. Wednesday brought suit in dis
trict court asking for a divorce from
Obed Miller. She also charges that he
has been in the habit of throwing the
furniture around in their home, that
he kicks up the rugs and spends most
of his time tormentfng her in this
manner and otherwise. A temporary
restraining order was issued by Judge
James A. Mcclure preventing Miller
from molesting his wife in any way
pending trial of the suit.
Mrs. Jessie D. Sumner, of Marion,
and Miss Ida Evans, of Coffeyville,
were the only two Kansans to grad
uate from the International Training
school for Sunday school workers,
which closed Saturday, after q ten
day course at Conference Point on
Lake Geneva, at Williams Bay, Wis.
There were more than three hundred
delegates from all parts of the United
States and Canada. Kansas sent TWEEN
ty-two delegates to the summer school,
among whom were Frank G. Richard
and J. D. Zimmerman, both of To-
peka. The school will be continued
again next summer at Williams Bay
and a new school will be opened in