The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-17
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
! Co., 534 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
| The installation of the branch fur
niture store of Emahizer G. Spielman.
| in North Topeka, has been postponed
until September 1.
| An ordinance allowing pool halls to
be located on the second floors of
mission today. Previously pool halls
could locate only on the ground floor.
! Every Saturday afternoon this sum-
| mer at 2:15 o'clock the Girl Reserves
of the city will have the privilege of a
| free swim in the Y. w. c. A pool, it
was announced today by Miss Sallie
Glass, girls work secretary.
] Special work in the Y. w. c. A.
training school in New York city will
be taken this summer by Miss Wini-
fred Turner, cafeteria director of the
| local association, and Miss Nell String
| fellow, physical culture director. They
| expect to go to New York June %.
Alleging that he has refused to work
or provide her with clothes, food or a
home. Mrs. Blanche Beard today filed
a petition in the district court asking
a divorce from Lyle Beard. 81 JEFF
ferson street. The Beards were mar
ried in st. Louis in June, 1920.
| The Payne Taxicab company has
| been granted a contract with the
Santa. Fe, by which the Payne people
will have the exclusive right of park
ing on the right of way at the Santa
Fe station, while soliciting business.
The contract is to become effective
July 1.
| Witnesses were present and every
thing was in readiness to begin hear
ing in the probate court to decide the
sanity of Mrs. Cora Moore, negro,
received that Mrs. Moore had died in
the state hospital at 1 o'clock that
afternoon.
Elmer C. Van C1eave, charged with
deserving and failing to support his
two small children, was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary by Judge
James Mcclure in the district court
today, but paroled on condition that
he pay SIS a month into court for
their support.
Kansas pioneers who will celebrate
the sixty-third anniversary of their
marriage Sunday, June 10. are Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew j. Huffman, Wau-
in May, 1857. For many years they
lived in Miami county, going to Okla
homa recently. Huffman is a brother
of G. M. Huffman, 1906 Western ave
; nue..
An agency for the Walby, Nom
!: Vibrating battery, combined with a
battery service station, is being in
|: stalled at 40S jackson street by Geo.
T. Ragsdale of Topeka and L. L.
Stansberg, formerly of Kansas City.
: The plant will be known as the Shaw
: nee Battery Service. The proprietors
were formerly employed in the Kansas
City factory, where the Walby battery
is made, and have the agency for the
entire county.
: Caroline Hoggett filed a petition in
the district court today asking the
court to decide the ownership of
: $1,000 deposited in the Bank of To-
peka by J. w. Stille prior to his death.
!: Stille died without leaving a will and
the plaintiff claims he told her that
he would deposit money in the bank
as gift to her. She says the bank
and administrators have refused to let
her have the money.
Charging that the site for the new
high school building in district No. 6,
west of Topeka, was located on their
property without a vote>of the district,
Georgia E. Wagner, of Rossville, and
Eleanor May smith, of Silver Lake,
: brought suit in the district court
:: Thursday to have the property APP
praised and condemned by the school
district C. C. French, F. A. Barney
and H. B. Cochran, directors of the
school district, were named as de-
PENDANTS.
: The first task which will be set for
the joint committee of civic organiza-
. lions which is working on the project
of new jail for Topeka. will be the
!. circulation of petitions for the holding
of special election to vote the bonds
. for the structure. Each civic organi-
zation in the city has representatives
on the joint committee. The commit
: tee will be asked. when it first meets,
to circulate petitions with the OBJ
: ject of securing the necessary 5000
names.
The first group Of Santa Fe en-
ployes to agree with the management
on working rules and conditions will
probably be the signalmen. Only two
: important points remain to be dis
!. cussed between the employers COM
: mittee and the management before the
tentative agreement is sent to the
!: United States labor board for approval.
|. The committees representing the other
!. groups of employees are still in CONSUL
: plished before their task is completed.
. The final meeting of the Round
Table club for this year was held al
: the home of Mrs. John Rhodes, Ala
Lime street, Wednesday evening. The
members of the club entertained theil
husbands at a three-course luncheon
after which readings from Longfellow
. whose works have been the objects Of
: the clubs study course during the pas
winter, were given. Souvenir programs
in the club colors-pink and white
were distributed. The rooms were dec.
GRATED with the club colors and motto
8 Thirteen guests were present.
1t is probable that there is still a
4 considerable number of Liberty bonds
in temporary form in the hands OF
& investors who have so far failed to
4 turn them in for exchange for perma-
4 nent bonds. These temporary bonds
now have no interest coupons at
tached, or those that are attached are
! long past due. In any event there Is
Il accumulated interest due the holders
and the bonds should at once be
turned in to the banks for exchange
The banks in Topeka have handled
4 the exchange of millions of dollars
worth of Liberty bonds without ex-
pense to the holders thereof, are tax
Z ing any that are now offered. and II
is only fair to these Institutions that