The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-31

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ton, at the First Presbyterian church.
| The ladies of the First Methodist
| church will act as hostesses. Topeka
| people may make reservations with
! Miss Bessie Boughton, at the Topeka
| high school library. Out of town peo
| pie should make reservations with
Miss Lillian Scott at Baldwin City,
Kan. Reservations must be made not
| later than November 1.
| The Santa Fe magazine for Novem-
| Der was distributed to Topeka en-
ployes of the road today. The current
| issue contains several instructive aru-
| cIes on present day railroad problems,
| including one illustrated with map
showing how the consolidation of the
railways of the United States into ten
| systems will affect the Santa Fe sys-
| tenn if the Ripley plan is adopted. One
| of the feature articles of the Issue IS
| one on European railroads illustrated
with Photographic views of dePots,
| shops and trains abroad. 1t is written
! by "our London correspondent"
Three nurses. members of the To-
peka Public Health Nursing associa-
| ton, are planning to attend the ma
| tional convention of the American Le-
| gion at Kansas City Tuesday The
| three nurses, Mrs. Sarah Zeller, Miss
| Charlotte Harkins and Miss Margaret
Kitchener, were all in the United
! States service during the war, and are
members of the American Legion.
| Miss Mary Alexander, superintendent
! of the ssociation, who was in France
with American hospital units during
| the war, may not be able to attend the
convention on account Of heavy work
| to be done in Topeka.
President Pr Womer and his as
sistant, Asa Crawford, took the road
again this morning for a several
| weeks trip soliciting subscriptions to
| the 100000 addition to the college
| endowment. Their first stop will be
| Wamego. They will work west and
south of that point separating at Nc
Pherson. There can be no question
of the success of the campaign if To-
| peka supports US as well as the small
| towns are doing" said President WO-
mer-- There is a growing interest in
! the college all over the state If the
policy of cultivating our constituency
! in the small towns is continued for
| twenty years. the perpetual support Of
the college will be assured"
Mr. and Mrs Tom Brown, 107
North Adams street and John Glover,
negro, were arrested Sunday by Sher-
! if Robert Miller and his men in liquor
raids on their homes Sunday. The
door of the Brown home was slammed
shut as the officers approached. Miller
! kicked it in. Brown was haZily fun
| bling for a pistol but was not given
time to use it. He was taken to the
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ficers returned and found Mrs. Brown
| transporting some home brew to
vacaht house. She also was arrested.
| Glover, known as Duck Butter" was
the possessor of a gallon of rye and
thirty-seven quarts of home brew until
| the officers arrived at his place.
| The Victory Highway will be
marked from the California line into
| Topeka within the next week or ten
/ days, if the progress of the marking
crew which is now working at Solo
| mon continues to be unhampered by
weather conditions. At every turn and
cross roads, signs directing the trav-
eler to Topeka are being erected.
| Road improvement effort in Missouri
! is to be concentrated along the line of
the Victory Highway. The aim of the
| Victory Highway association is the
| New York to San Francisco, and the
state of Missouri is the only state
which has not some improved road
along the line of the highway.
| The Sunday school temple of the
First Methodist church which was
| only partially destroyed in the recent
fire. which destroyed the main struc-
| ture, will be enclosed the latter part
| of November and the interior fixtures
and decorations will be finished by
| January 1, according to DR.. E. J. kulp,
! pastor. The contract for the new
I =
| been let to the Jacoby Art Glass COM
pany of St Louis Each department
| in the Sunday school temple will have
a separate room of its own. The con-
tract for the execution and construc-
! ton of the new main structure has
been let and the building is expected
to be completed by November, 1922.
Cheers greeted the announcement of
Dean P. $ Zampiere this morning at
| Washburn chapel that the college Ii
brary will be open until 9:45 every
might 1t has been closing at 9 O'Clock
The enthusiasm Of the students is due
to the fact that those who wish to
study may do so until a later hour,
and that the change furnishes an alibi
| for those who go strolling in the eve
ming The number of bona fide stu
| dents has been SO great that they
/ could hardly be accommodated IN the
| library at night. To further alleviate
| the over-orowdiRg, Dean Zampiere
asked freshmen to do their library
work in the afternoons leaving the
library for the research studies of the
| upper classrnen at night
The Modoc club will furnish the
musical program at the dinner at the
Chamber Of Commerce, Friday evening