The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-07
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All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co, 634 Kansas avenua--Adv.
DR.. ]. H. Patterson will speak on
Spiritual Progress" this evening at
1880 O'Clock at the First United Breth-
rem church.
The members of the First Congre-
eatfonal church will send a thank Of
fering of $225 to the Sofia schools, of
Bulgaria, according to DR.. A. E. Gre
CORY.
The first fall meeting of the Wash
burn Engineers club was held Thurs
day evening at the home OF Prof. 9.
S. Lober, 400 Boswell avenue. A
chicken dinner was served.
DR.. S. ]. Crumbine, secretary of the
State Board of Health, will talk to
the life underwriters at their regular
meeting Saturday noon at the Cham
Der of Commerce.
A silent reading test will be con-
Quoted in all wards of the schools OF
the city during the week. of October
no. The test will include all pupils
from the third to eighth grades.
The first all school party of the year
will be held in Washburn college gym
nasium tonight at $3.50 o'clock. This
first affair will be a varsity dance.
All students are urged to attend.
Burglars, who entered a room oc-
cupied by Otto Gaines at sol Kansas
avenue Thursday night, stole suit of
clothes, an overcoat, cap, watch and
ring, according to a report to the po-
lice
Capt. w. P MacLean, superintend-
ent of the Boys Industrial school,
who has been suffering with diph-
iberia, is considerably improved, &C.
cording to reports this afternoon from
the boys school.
The West Motor Car company,
Thursday confessed judgment OF $19,-
79O.0s on promissory note executed
to the Merchants National bank. The
note was executed July 80 and was to
mature in thirty-three days.
A. J. Stout, superintendent of
schools, has called a meeting of the
principals of the ward schools of the
city, which will be held Monday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock. Various plans
for the fall term will be discussed.
Permits for four new dwelling
houses in Topeka were issued Thurs
day at the city hall. Three of them
will be erected by L. F. Clearinghouse
and will cost $4,000 each. The other
will be built by John Gertie and is to
cost $4,000.
A football game between Seamon
and Hoyt high schools will be the
feature of the athletic program today
q
the pupils of schools in the Indian
Greek district will receive a half holt
day today in order to attend the fair.
Voluntary bankruptcy petitions were
filed in the federal court by two Kan
sas farmers Thursday. Louis Dupius,
of Brown county, listed his Liabilities
at $11,755 and his assets at $500. Jo-
seph A. Link, living near Hartford,
placed his liabilities at $4,760 and his
assets at 81, 900.
A drill team was organized by mem
bers of the Round Table chapter No.
9, De Molay Thursday evening on the
north steps Of the state house. There
will be sixty members. The officers
chosen were: Ray Briztndine, cap
tain: Robert Kissler and Kenneth
Gleason, lieutenants.
The Ichabod First Aiders, an or
ganization of Washburn students who
act as tutors for athletes and prevent
their removal from the teams for
scholastic delinquencies, held a meet
officers were elected: John Tevis,
president; Fred Niehaus, vice presi-
dent; Miss Leah Dryden, secretary and
treasurer.
The Apex Electrical Distributing
company has recently opened its To-
peka office in the Farmers National
Bank building. A banquet for it's
twenty-five local statesmen was given
Thursday evening. Harry Kaga, mana
ger of the Topeka office, presided. G.
A. Buckley, general sales manager of
the company for Kansas and Missouri,
made a talk.
John Elliott, of Kansas City, suf-
fered the double misfortune of a
broken arm and a Jail sentence Thurs
day night. His arm was broken while
he was attempting to crank a Chevro-
let car on the Golden Belt road ten
miles west of Topeka. He was ar
rested by deputy .sheriffs for being
drunk. He is also alleged to have
brought liquor to Topeka from Kan
sas City. Mo, it was stated.