The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
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Alpha F. Maddox today brought suit
in district court asking for a divorce
from Virgil w. Maddox, on the grounds
of alleged extreme cruelty and gross
neglect of duty, also for the restora-
| ton of her maiden name. Alpha F.
| SINNERS.
j A number of the members of the
Rotary club of Topeka are making
| preparations to attend a joint picnic
which the Rotary clubs of Kansas
| City, Kan, and Kansas City, MO, are
J going to hold next Thursday July 49,
| All Rotarians within driving distance
! of the two Kansas Cities have re-
! ceived invitations to attend and 1t is
| expected that from twenty to twenty
/ five Topeka Rotarians will make the
| trip.
! Alleging that Friday he drew a re-
volver and threatened to shoot her
and is guilty of extreme cruelty toward
| her thru other offenSes, NeVa Ander-
son today brought suit in district
| court asking for a divorce from Nor
man Anderson and sor an order re-
straining him from molesting her in
any way. She also asks for posses
| sion of their home in Oakland, and
permanent alimony. They were mar
ried May "a. 1913. the plaintiffs Pc
| tition states.
| E. G. Sheperd. who has been the
! principal of the Junior high school at
Kansas City. Kan. ahas been elected
| principal OF the Lincoln, Nebr., junior
| high school. The contract is for three
! years and specifies a salary of $4,000
! the first year, an increase to $4,750 the
I second year, and final increase to
/ 5000 the third year. Sheperd is the
son of Mrs. Emily Sheperd of lila
Garfield avenue, Topeka, and has
many friends and acquaintance in
/ Topeka.
| Henry C. Equals today filed suit in
the Shawnee county district court
asking for a divorce from Grace
Equals. The plaintiff says they were
married September 2. 1919, while he
/ was a recruiting agent for the United
| States army here and at Kansas City.
! He alleges that his wife has been
guilty of gross neglect of duty and
with associating with other men. He
says for several months she has been
receiving an allotment of SIS as the
wife of a soldier which he seeks to
! have discontinued.
| Bell Keller today brought suit in
| the Shawnee county district court for
a divorce from A. Keller, charging
gross neglect of duty and extreme
! cruelty. The plaintiff alleges that the
defendant soon after their marriage.
| May Is, 1921, forced her to leave home
and has failed to provide for her. She
also names the State Bank at Nicker-
. son, Kan, as defendant in the action,
claiming that her husband has money
on deposit there, and seeks a restrain
ing order preventing him from draw
| ing it out pending trial of the suit.
| A reunion of uncle and niece after
a separation of nearly fifty years is
an interesting event at the home of
Mrs W. T. Nou. 500 Fillmore street.
| She saw her uncle, John Kelly, rs,
/ Wednesday for the first time in forty
| two years. The last time she saw him
was in Steubenville, o. Kelly re-
manned in Steubenville after Mrs.
| NolI had gone. and she soon was out of
communication with him. When Mrs.
! NolPs parents Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
M. Dunn, celebrated their fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary. they wrote to Kelly,
| but heard nothing from him. When
Dunn died on May Is of this year.
| Kelly learned of the death and wrote
| to Mrs. Noll.
F. L. Pinet, secretary of the Kansas
| Teachers association, returned Fri
! day night from Erie, Kan, where he
/ attended the Neosho County Teachers
Professional institute. Pinet says the
| institute was very successful. The at
| tendance was good and the program
was of a high order. The institute was
under the direction of Miss Susie Berry,
! county superintendent of Neosho
| county. The members of the faculty
| for the weeks session were: F. L.
! Pinet. secretary the Kansas Teachers
association, Topeka; Prof. ]. B.
Tucker, instructor in the Pittsburg
! high school, Pittsburg, Kan; Len B.
| Herod, principal of the Erie high
school. Erie, Kan; Mrs. Grace Norton
Roseberry, Erie. Kan; Mrs. William
Henderson, Erie, Kan, and Miss Susie
Berry, Erie. Kan.
According to the evidence submitted
| in police court Friday afternoon, it
was bet that got William Cherry
and A. Hanson, Chicago soap ped
dlers, in trouble Tuesday night, when
they made advances toward a young
| woman at the corner of Fifth street
and Kansas avenue. The young woman
| hailed a passing policeman and the
| two men were taken to Jail where
| they were forced to put up bond for
their appearance in police court.
They told Judge Rad NJ. Lee that when
they saw the young woman, Edwin
McCarty. of New York, who was with
met her at a dance. Cherry covered
| the bet and went to talk to the girl.
Hanson, holding the stakes, had to
take a look at her, too, and just then
the copper came along. 1t wasn't the
girl McCarty had met so Cherry won
the bet, but paid a fine Of SIS to the
city for ''mashing."
More than 200 young women at
tended the informal reception and
banquet Friday evening at Lowman
Memorial church given by the Topeka
Woman's Home Missionary societies
for the Queen Esther and Standard
Bearer girls of the Methodist churches
of the city. Miss Frances Ka1lstedt of
Oakland, Cal, national field secretary
of the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety. was guest of honor. The infor-
NAL reception was at o'clock. An
unusually interesting program was
rendered by girls from the various So
cieties and after a few get-acquainted
games the guests marched in groups
to the banquet room. Miss Kallstedt
was introduced and instead of toasts
at the conclusion of the banquet, the