The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-25


hold its regular meeting Tuesday
evening at the Community house.
A Champion peach tree belonging
to Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Musson of Park
street, promises to bear full crop
of peaches in spite of the recent
freeze. Investigation has shown the
tiny peaches already forming. The
tree stands at the west of the house
and is sheltered somewhat by large
shade trees. which, in Mr.. Musson s
opinion is the reason the peaches were
saved. With the ripening of the fruit
will come a period of constant watch
fulness, according to Mr.. Musson, who
says that the squirrels are very fond
of the peaches and will cut the peach
from the bough with their sharp teeth,
and then proceed to eat it, holding it
in their paws and turning it about in
the same manner as they do a nut.
With a scarcity of home grown fruit
this season, the peaches will probably
prove a temptation to other tres
passers than the squirrels.
A burning coal shed at Curtis and
Tyler streets and a burning pile of
lumber, both caused from bonfires,
called out the fire company yesterday
morning. A small fire at 424 East
Gordon resulted in still alarm at
1872 a. m.
One of the most interesting of the
early residents of Topeka, Mrs. Eunice
Wise, Sc, died Saturday, night at
| o'clock at her home in Curtis street,
| in North Topeka. Mrs. Wise was an
aunt of Senator Charles Curtis, She
| has lived in North Topeka since 1869,
coming here when the settlement was
known as Eugene, from Eugene, Ind.
Her father, William Curtis, founded
North Topeka.
Four sisters and two brothers sur
vive Mrs Wise. They are Mrs. Sarah
E. Brown and Mrs. Isabel Armstrong,
of Topeka; Mrs. Emma La Tourette,
Grand Junction, Colo; Mrs. Mary
Parks, Oregon; Charles Z. Curtis of
| Lawrence, and Noah E. Curtis of
| Oklahoma City, Okla.
The funeral of Mrs. Wise will be
| held at the Kansas Avenue Methodist
| church at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday Bur
| ial will be in the private burying
ground of the Curtis family in North
| Topeka.
| Notes and Personals.
| Mr. Glenn w. Leach of Chicago, Mr..
! and Mrs. T. Harrison Shannon of Kan
! sas City and James P. Irons of Gar
nett were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Gurtler, 1922 Monroe street.
The w. T. K. club will meet at the
| home of Mrs. John Pratt, 1913 jackson
| street. Tuesday afternoon.
| The Parent-Teachers' association
will hold a business meeting this eve
| ming at Quincy school.
| HemstItching, picoting and buttons.
S33 North Kansas avenue. Marie
| Bobb-Adv.
! Bert Shepherd of Kansas City, who
| has been visiting his mother, Mrs. H.
| A. Shepherd of Quincy street, returned
to his home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stevic, Jr.. and
little son, Billy Maze, escaped serious
| injury if not death yesterday after
noon, when a large limb was broken
/ of nv win
their car. Mr. and Mrs. Stevic had
been visiting Mrs. Stevic's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Maze, 1892 Quincy
street. and with the baby were in their
car preparing to return to their home
in South Tyler street when the limb
| fell on the car completely wrecking
| the top and pushing the iron supports
| thru the car seat. Altho unable to
remember how they got out, the occu-
pants of the car found themselves out
| side the auto before the top was COM
pletely crushed in, esca ping with only
| a fright.
| We guarantee Gold Medal paint, Sab
gal. We will also sell several good pat
| terms wall paper, 10 cents roll. o. A
| Mcclure SIS n. Kansas Ave.-Adv.
The September, October and No
vember division of the Ladies Union
| of Central Avenue Christian church
will give an overall and apron social
| in the church Tuesday evening. April
| &c. All members and friends of the
church 1nVlted.-AdV.
The Seaman high school library has
added many new books to its list. Mr..
Seaman and Miss Culver purchased
one hundred and sixtytwo books last
weeks. Among the books are Charles
Dickenss works. several books on the
life of Washington. Carlyle'sS works.
Bulfinch's mythologies. Morley's Eng
| lish Men of Letters, Green's English
people, the New Library Edition of
knights Pictorial Shakespeare. Con-
quest of Mexico. and about twenty
| five histories and several books of es-
says. besides others on miscellaneous