The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-15
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AT HOME NEWS

Have YOU heard Of "Barreled Sum
light ?"-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee Investment
Co., 5S4 Kansas avenue--Ady
Three. special coaches carrying deli
egates to the colored knights or
Pythias convention were attached to
Rock Island train No. 80, Sunday
night, arriving here at o'clock. The
delegates were mostly from Louisiana
and Mississippi.
The Mothers and Daughters meet
ing that was postponed from last
Wednesday night owing to the rain
Presbyterian church Thursday night
at O'Clock. An interesting program
has been arranged, and all women and
girls are invited to attend
Jerry Brown 15-year-old negro
boy. confessed to T. d. Williams, pro-
baton officer, Saturday. that he had
stolen $S5 gold watch from work.
man at Monroe school. He was try
| ing to sell it when the police arrested
! him. He is on parole from the Boys
Industrial school and will be returned
there, 1t was said.
S. T. Wright has sold his grocery
! and meat market, located at S13 West
Sixteenth street, to his brother-fn-
/ law. G. B. Peck, who will take pos
session August %. Peck and Wright
| Gerry business on East Fourth street.
Wright viii move his family to Kan
sas City, where mis- son will enter COLI
lege.
The police Saturday received train
| ing that may help in chasing crooks.
They exhausted themselves chasing
a baseball to far corners of the field
while the court house team dragged
YEARLY around the bases for % runs.
The police made two scores. The
game. was called in the fifth to pre-
vent the players on both sides from
running themselves to death.
| Evangelical meetings will be held at
the Central Avenue Christian church,
beginning, Sunday, October 2. The
| Rev. l. A. Wilson, pastor of the
church, will conduct the meetings. as
| sisted by the Rev. E. w. Harrison OF
the Third Christian church. Later
| the Rev. r. Wilson will aid tha Rev
Mr.. Harrison in similar meetings at
the Third Christian church. F. +.
Dawdy will lead n special song service
at the meetings.
j. J. Corkill. secretary. is sending
out invitations for the reunion of the
| old Twentieth Kansas Infantry of tn
| Spanish-Amerfcan war days which
will be held at Topeka October 10.
About 500 invitations have already
gone out to members. it is said. A
challenge for the largest attendance
has been sent out by members OF Com
| pany E, and it is reported that all of
| the other companies are showing a
willingness to accept, insuring a big
attendance.
| A motor car stolen from NJ r.
! Burge. patrolman, was driven off the
| Seventeenth street crossing by the
| thieves early Sunday morning. evil
| IDENTIFY for the purpose of avoiding a
crash with an approaching freight
| train Neighbors who heard the crash
reported that they saw two men rum
ming away from the scene,i which in
dictated that they were not seriously
/ injured by the fall. The car turned
! completely over and fell on its top.
| It was badly damaged. It was stolen
| from in front of the Burge home at
, Thirteenth and Monroe streets.
Daniel w. NeIlis has sold his inter-,
est in the .Nellis Insurance agency, 100
West Sixth street. to his grandson,
| Edwin S. Nellis and the business will
! continue under the same name. The
Nellis agency is the Oldest insurance
| firm in Topeka. The firm was estab-
| lished by Daniel w. Nellis in 1876 and
was located in a small one-story build
/ ing which in 1885 gave-way TO the
| Stormont building. From 1882 to
| 1895, the firm was known as Nellis
& McCune. but that partnership was
dissolved when John d. McCpne went
to Chicago as branch manger for an
insurance company. In 1889 Carl w.
Neliis became a. partner in the firm.
Nellis, will continue the business with
Edwin S. Nellis. The latter was edu-
Gated in the Topeka high school and
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