The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-24
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AT HOME NEWS
acknowledgements.

Holcraft-FloweTs.-
If it's electrical. see Overton. 522
Jackson. Phone 922.-Adv.
The Topeka Retail credit men &C.
cupied a table today noon at the
Chamber of Commerce.
Let me make you Royal Tailored
suit from $500 to $50. Chas. F1gg
with the New Toggery.-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee Investment
Co. 554 Kansas avenue--Adv.
Hanging baskets. ported plants and
boxes of flowers, the prettiest of the
season are at Mrs. Lords flower room.
ADV.
The dinner and program of the San
ia F'e Dinner club will be held at $3.50
o'clock tonight at the Chamber of
Commerce.
The board of the directors of the
Topeka Rotary club held a business
meeting today noon at the Chamber of
Commerce.
A tennis tournament open to all will
be held by the Y. W. c. A. early IN
June. The exact date will be an
nounced later.
Miss Lorraine E. Wooster state
superintendent of instruction, and
thirty county superintendent of
schools, took luncheon this noon at the
Topeka Chamber of Commerce.
A wagon belonging to Mrs. A. w
Newell, 512 Taylor street, was badly
damaged when it was struck by mo-
tor car driven by Clarence Gleason.
Monday night. No one was injured.
Send us your bills and bad checks
if you want your money. We collect
and investigate anywhere on earth
Globe Detective Agency. 220 New Eng
land Building. G. G. Hannah, general
manager.-Adv.
The members of the Live Wire club
was. called together this noon by RIOS
coe c. Ellis, president, for a business
meeting at the Chamber of Commerce.
Plans for an entertainment in the near
future were discussed.
A meeting of the members of Jor-
dan Patterson Post of the American
Legion will be held at o'clock to-
night att he post hall, 42O Kansas
avenue. Frank E. Samuels, state ad-
jutant of the American Legion, will
be the chief speaker.
The work of relaying the brick
sidewalk on both sides of Buchanan
street, from King street to Huntoon
street, is in progress, and will prob
ably occupy the greater part of this
week. ]. E. Snyder, street superin-
tendent, stated today. The walk is
being relaid and also raised.
A carload of eggs left Topeka today
for Havana. Cuba. by way of the Rock
Island. In the past four days there
have been shipped six cars of flour
from this point, five of them going to
Export freight business is standing up
better than domestic traffic at the
present time.
Mrs. Hattie Bell today filed a petit
ton in the district court asking a di
vorce from Henry Bell. who she
charges has frequently struck, beat
and cruelty assaulted her and threat
to provide her with a home or with
proper food or clothing, she says.
They were married in June, 1909.
At the regular meeting of the city
commission this morning the city
clerk was authorized to advertise for
bids for one 4-inch steam flow meter,
one 3-inch steam flow meter, two s.
inch steam flow meters. and two C. o.
2 recording meters. The bids are to
be submitted on or before June 1, and
accompanied by certified checks for
$500.
Bids for the hard surfacing of the
upper Silver Lake road from the
Topeka city limits to Kiro, q distance
of eight miles, will be opened by the
county commissioners at IL o'clock
Tuesday morning. It is expected that
a large number of construction firm
representatives will be on hand. 1t is
not decided yet what material will be
used.
A reception In honor of the new
pastor of the Mount Olive Methodist
Episcopal church, DR.. ]. N. Johnston.
will be given by the officers and mem
bers of the congregation Thursday
evening at o'clock. The reception
gram of music and addresses of well
come by other pastors of the city has
been arranged.
A lively interest is being shown in
the vocal contest between the Wash
burn girls and the mems glee clubs,
which are under the direction of Prof.
Harlowe F. Dean. The contest will be
held at the city auditorium Saturday
evening. 1t is the first time in the
history of the college that the two
glee clubs have given a free enter
tainment at the auditorium.
An appeal has been sent out by Mrs
Arthur Springer, president of the To-
more flowers to be displayed at the
show which will be held in the city
auditorium Wednesday. The plants
must be in place by 10 o'clock We'd
nesday morning, and the show will
open at noon. There will be no ad-
mission charge.
The Highland Park grange will hold
an open meeting Tuesday night at
1870 o'clock at the Highland Park
school house.~ The marketing plan of
the United States Grain Growers, Inc,
will be the topic of discussion. A
musical program will be furnished by
the band from the Boys Industrial
school, The meeting will be in charge
of George Pratt.
The charter of Topeka Chapter No
64, Women of the Mooseheart Legion,
will be draped in mourning for the