The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-12
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AT HOME NEWS

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A petition was presented to the city
commission this morning for an ex-
tension of a city water main on Elm
wood avenue from Laurel to Grove
streets.
Nine permits to build garages have
been issued from the city fire mar
shaPs office in the last week. Nc
permits to build dwellings have beer
issued in the Same period.
Mrs. Margaret Bartlett, 800 North
Kansas avenue, filed a petition in the
district court Monday asking divorce
from Will n. Bartlett, who, she claims.
had another wife living at the time she
married him in July. 1920.
The public is invited to Girl Scout
drill in Central park tonight. it was
announced by Mrs. o. w. Hascall
scout leader. Seyenty-five Girl Scouts
will take part in the drill. following a
picnic supper in the park.
The regular weekly free nutrition
clinic will be held at Ripley park
Wednesday morning from 10 to IL
O'Clock. DIR. w. K. Hobart is in charge
of the clinic, with Miss Charlotte
Harkins and Mrs. Damar.s Peyton as
assisting Red Cross nurses.
A baseball game will be played to-
night Ut Os10 CLOCK al w dSl1DuI11
field between the Sunday school team
of the First Baptist church and the
team from the East Side Methodist
church. This game will be one of the
regular Sunday school league games.
The Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Kaplan
left today for Racine, Wis. where
they will make their future home.
During the last three years the Rev.
Mr. Kaplan has been at the head of
Z Io lavish Vvnrlg In TnnoIa n
made splendid success in this work.
H. J. Plumhof general superin-
tendent of the Union Pacific, visited
Topeka Monday. He was making an
inspection of the line between this
place and Kansas City, making the trip
by motor car. P. C. Kinney. train
master, covered the same distance
by motor car.
George Parr and his chum, Paul
Price. were arrested by the police
on Charge of breaking into
PARIS fathers place of business, the
Vancil & Parr Wall Paper company,
and stealing some lead paint. c. w.
earns, a painter. of Oakland, was ar
rested on charge of stealing the
stolen goods.
The city commission was asked to-
day to open an alley twenty feet wide
between Fillmore and Western
avenues north and south from King
to West Twelfth streets in a petition
signed by residents of that district.
1t will be necessary for the city to
create benefit district of the terri
tory needed for the alley.
The new Longren planes will soon
be on exhibition, according to W. D.
secretary of the Longren
corporation. The planes are
complete with the exception of pro-
pellers, which have been ordered for
some time from a factory at Grand
Rapids. Mich. and 1t is expected that
they will arrive within a few days,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Belts are MAX
ing preparations to motor to Portland,
Ore, where they will make their fu-
ture home. They will leave about
July "a. Belts has been manager of
the Capper Engraving company since
1912. He has purchased an interest
in the Beaver Engraving company of
Portland. The management of the
Camper Engraving company passes to
a board of directors.
Charles E. Bremen, 712 West Cor
don street, plead not guilty when ar
ra1gned in the city court Monday on a.
charge of assaulting Oran Ogee with a
deadly weapon. Bremen shot Ogee a
few days ago during a quarrel over a
boat The quarrel took place in a
North Topeka store. The wounded
man is expected to recover. Bremen
was released on $500 bond pending his
preliminary hearing July %.
The city of Newton filed a protest
with the public utilities commission
today against transferral of the New
ton Gas company's franchise to the
Kansas Gas & Electric company of
Wichita. The objection is that the
city would lose its regulatory powers
now held because the company is a
one-city utility. The Newton gas dis
tributing company has been one of
few in the state not under control of
the public utilities commission.
When J. B. Banta lighted a gas wa
ter heater in the basement of his
home, gil Brooks street, Monday
night about 8 o'clock he thought the
match he used was extinguished when
he threw it away. But the match was
still lighted and it had landed in a
kindling pile. When the family was
having dinner, smoke poured from
the basement and it was only the
quick work of Banta and his neigh
bors with the garden hose that pre-
vented a serious fire. Little damage
was done. The fire was almost extin-
guished when the fire department ar
rived.
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