The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
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and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co., 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
The Rev G. G. Horne and Mrs.
Horne Will motor to ChanOte Wednes-
day to spend several days visiting rela-
tives.
Work on the remodeling of the
Third Christian church which has been
under way all summer at a cost OF
$1,000, has been completed.
Chief and Mrs. Joseph Waidelich
cation trip to Denver. Colorado
Springs and Estes Park, Colo.
The Rev. z. w. Harrison of the
Third Christian church and family will
spend the next two weeks camping on
the Kansas river. They left Tor camp
today.
A concert by Mnrshalrs band will
be given at O'Clock tonight at Gage
park. r. L. Stevenson will sing.
Sousa's famous Semper Fidelis march
will open the program.
Everybody is going to the Rebekah
social at Garfield park-Friday, Aug.
5, 500 to 1880 p. m. Plenty OF ice
cream and cake. Dandy entertain
ment, after which, dancing.
A gasoline stove explosion was
cause for an alarm to the fire depart
ment today from the home of r. B.
Aichinger. 10S North Taylor street.
at o'clock this morning. No damage
resulted.
Contagious diseases reported in To-
peka in the week ending today includ-
ed: tuberculosis, three cases; diph-
iberia, four; scarlet fever, two; pneu-
monia, one; chickenpox. one; typhoid
fever one and malaria. one,
Marshalrs band has been engaged
to play at the St. MarEs races. The
members of Topeka's popular musical
organization will leave Topeka at 1880
o'clock tomorrow morning and will
make the trip in automobiles.
Miss Mary Alexander, supervisor of
the Public Health Nursing association,
and Miss Henrietta Alexander of the
state library have gone to Snow Is
lands, Mich, to spend a month as the
guests of Miss Mary Mac Lehman.
Violations of the one-hour parking
ordinance were the principal cause of
police fines during the month of July
being the largest in twelve years The
police collected total of 1859, near
ly three times the amount of the pre-
vious month.
More than 500 persons attended the
union church service on the east steps
of the state house Sunday night. The
Rev. r. r. Schneider delivered the
sermon. The male quartet of the
First Evangelical church gave several
special numbers.
club, colored, will hold a picnic on
Emancipation Day. August 4. at Gar
field park. 1t will be an all day at
fair. Games will be played and a
basket dinner will be served at noon.
Dancing will be the feature of the
evening program.
Miss M. L. Doering, local ticket
agent for the Union Pacific, leaves to-
night on a months vacation which she
will spend at Chicago, Milwaukee, and
at several points in Pennsylvania, in
Guiding Philadelphia and Middleton.
Her work here will be in charge of
w. E. Hockensmith, of Kansas City,
relief agent.
The Rev. H Edward Mills, of the
Chamber of Commerce of Portland.
Ore, addressed the members of the
Topeka Chamber of Commerce at the
noon luncheon today, and told them
of some of the attractions of his city.
He issued a blanket invitation to at
tend the international exposition
which is to be held at Portland in
June, 1925.
The Y. NJ. c. A. will hold a boys
and parents meeting at Central park
Tuesday night. All boys and their
parents are invited. Each party is re-
quested to bring a basket of lunch.
Bernard Rosebrough. a young Topeka
bugler, will give the. army mess call
and taps. Josiah Jordan, county SUI
perintendent of public instruction, will
talk of the early days in Topeka.
The Racket Tennis club finals will
be played tonight between A. w. Weiss
kirch and w. B. Frantz. In the semi
finals Saturday night Weiskirch de-
feated r. A. Finney by a score of Us
and 6-2, and won from J. H. Holiday
by a score of ga and S-6. The trophy
for the tournament is silver loving
cup given by the w. E. Culver Hard
ware company.
Girls, here's your chance! A man
from Breckenridge, Tex, has written
to Postmaster w. o. Rigby asking that
he find him wife. She must be
healthy. have black hair and blue eyes,
weigh between 10 and 200 pounds
and be a good cook and housekeeper.
The man says he is six feet, nine
inches tall and weighs 169 pounds. He
failed to sign his name. but Rigby says
he will try to find him If he receives
any answers to the application. Step
lively, but don't crowd.
The cornerstone OF the Central Park
Christian church was laid Sunday
night, in the presence of several hun
urea persons. mayor herbert Js COR
wine delivered the address. Mrs.
Richard Wilson, chairman OF the
building plans committee, laid the cor
nerstone. A box placed under the
stone contained the names of the char
ter membership, the present member
ship, the entire church roll, a copy of
the program of the cornerstone service
and the Bible used at the service.
Spreading the idea OF Identifying
ugly spots with hollyhocks is being
carried out thru the Chamber of
Commerce, which suggests that while
the hollyhock seeds are now maturing
Topeka citizens gather them to send
to friends anywhere and tell them of
Topeka's identifying custom. Letters
have been sent from the Chamber of
Commerce by V. E. Bundy, assistant
secretary, asking that surplus holly
hook seeds be sent to the Chamber of
Commerce to supply the demands
made upon the Chamber of Com