The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-21

ordering the laying Of sidewalks is IL
legal and that the notice given is too
short
Only five cases OF dIphtheria and
scarlet fever were reported in the
public schools Thursday according to
the report Of the city board Of health
State Street and Lincoln school each
reported two cases CT diphtheria and
Quincy reported one case Of scarlet
fever.
Phil Eastman. secretary OF the
Kansas Free Fair. has Just returned
from E trip thru Oklahoma and Mis-
souri, during which time he attended
the Oklahoma Free Fair at Muskogee-
The Oklahoma and Kansas free fairs
are now the largest in the United
States
An error in the name was made in
The State Journal Wednesday in the
story concerning the escape Of Frank
The mans name is Frank Neeley-
There is q Frank McNeeIey in Topeka
but he is no relation TO the escaped
prisoner
An automatic cylinder press, a high
speed folder with 4 capacity Of 5000
an hour, an automatic paper cutter,
and two OF the latest model Mergsn-
thaler linotype machines have been
added to the equipment Of the Kelley
Publishing company More than ST.
coo worth OF machinery has been
added to the plant recently.
The team captained by L. r Man
ley in the Business Mems Noon VOlley
Ball league at the Central Y. N c. A
continues to lead the league having
won games and lost . The Standing
Of the remaining three teams is as fol-
lows: c. H. Lerrigo, Won five and
lost four; r. d Palmer, Won four and
lost five, and w P Snyder, won tive
and lost seven.
Topeka chapter No 5. Royal Arch
Masons, VIII initiate q class OF thirty
members Saturday. Work viii begin
at S:45 o'clock in the morning Din
ner viii be served at Il o'clock and
supper at $50 o clock for all COM
pauIons. This is the second class OF
thirty TO be initiated this month A
third class of thirty members will be
initiated October 81.
The regularly established truck lines
from Topeka to St Marys. Manhat-
tan, Wamego, Usage City and Dover
have been doing considerable busin ess
in the past few months. The princi-
pal commodity carried is wholesale
groceries. There is 4 large volume OF
trucking business out OF Topeka. but
outside Of the established routes these
lines do not operate regularly
( Mrs 0. A Gilbert entertained the
ladies' of Progressive Review No. 26,
Woman's Benefit Association o. the
Maccabees, this afternoon at her crur-
try home west OF the Country club
Mrs OIedia Strarup OF Kansas CITY,
district deputy OF the lodge, was the
guest Of honor. Mrs. Strarup was also
the guest Of honor at the meeting OF
+ tie association. Review NO. 4, at the
hall On Thursday.
Frank I. Pfuet, OF the Kansas State
( Teachers association: a J. Stout. su-
perintendent of schools r r Cook.
B principal Of Topeka high school. and
/ D. D. Grindeu VIII motor this after
I noon to Manhattan where they VIII
attend a meeting of the Kansas
/ SchooIuasters' club The members or
I the club will be guests Of W NJ Jar
dine, president of the Kansas State
Agricultural college.
/ Fritz Luenberger and Harry klOp-
4 fer, proprietors OF the Gem grocery,
are going TO attempt to reduce the
price Of beef to the consumer On
their 320-acre farm they have 12o
/ yearIfngs and 2-year-old steers which
could not be sold on the Kansas City
Z market for what II cost to raise them
d The proprietors Of the Gem intend to
I butcher the stock themselves and sell
I it to their own customers
| The state board of agricuIture's ex-
/ hibit which attrac ted much attention
/ at the Kansas free fair in Topeka. the
state fair at Hutchinson. wheat show
4 in Wichita and great southwest fair
at Dodge City. is now going to Chi
! cago for the International grain and
hay show November Is 20 December 3.
/ Request for the exhibit has been re-
( ceived by J. c. MohIer, secretary of
1 agriculture, and will be sent to the
f. big International grain and hay ex-
hibit.
Driving his Ford car around a fire
truck which was travelling thirty miles
an hour resulted in arrest for Maley