The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-31
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Moose moonlight SNOWFALL dance
tonight Oppermann Orchestra. Pub
lie invited.-Adv.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue--Adv.
E. H Hogueland. commerce counsel
for the Topeka Traffic association, is
in Kansas City today attending a con-
ference as representative of the Traf-
fic association.
O. F. Whitney. a member of the
board of state fair managers, returned
Wednesday night from Hutchinson,
where he attended a three-day meet
ing of the managers.
All candidates, elected or defeated.
must present a statement of their
campaign expenses to the city clerk
before April z. or ten days after the
city primary. The statement must be
itemized. and is required by law.
: The state charter board held a ses-
sion this morning and considered a
number of charter applications that
have been pending for several months.
However. it was decided to allow them
to remain over until the next session,
which will be held after the new bank
commissioner takes charge of his Of
flee.
At a party given by the Pioneer
club at the Central Y M. C. A. We'd
nesday night twenty-five members
and twenty parents were present. The
chief entertainment for the evening
was a motion picture, THE Half
Back Lester Titus. assistant boys
work secretary, was in charge of the
program.
The Passion Play of Oberammergau
will be shown with lantern slides to-
night at Washburn college. accom-
panied by a lecture by Dean Susan B.
Do ~so
Play several years ago at Oberammer
gau and has given her illustrated lee
ture concerning it in a number of
Kansas towns.
The board of directors of the Cham
Der Of Commerce met today noon with
ship campaign being conducted by the
Chamber of Commerce. Price out
lined the method of work which will
| be done by himself and assistants and
made clear the various methods by
which the campaign is being car
ried on.
| Mr.. and Mrs. I. c. johnson, 916
Monroe street, today filed petition in
the district court asking $4,000 dam
ages from the Topeka Railway COM
pany for death of their 16-year-old
daughter, Elsie Johnson, who was
fatally injured when a street car
istruck the motor car in which she was
AIlulnS ana OOlleSe avenues
the evening of June Is, 1920.
Il A scholarship in the history depart
Iment of the Kansas university has
,Iibeen awarded to Miss Iva Hardin OF
'ilTopeka. Miss Hardin completed the
Iifull course at Washburn college in two
Hand half years, and is now teaching
in the high school at Eskridge, Kan
She will return to Topeka in June tc
receive her degree of A. B. from
a. hl1r /,
with 1t cash endowment of $3.50.
Alleging that she was Careless, reck
less and scandalous in her association
with other men, Walter R. Wood to-
day filed a petition in the distric
court asking a divorce from Hattie
L. Wood. He declares that two week.
before last Christmas she who'll,
abandoned his bed and board, 1T the
time affirming that she never Intended
to return" He does not now know
her whereabouts. he says. The Wood!
were married in May, 1915.
A suit to collect 5000 damage.
from the Roy Payne Taxicab & Bag
gage company for injuries she claims
to have sustained when she was strucl
by a Payne taxicab on East Sixth
street, between Chandler and LAX
streets, November 6, 1920, was FLEE
in the district court Wednesday after
| noon by Mrs. Sarah J. Hasting, 10:
East Sixth street. Mrs. Hastings as
serts she was riding in a buggy whel
the taxi struck her. She will be per
manently lame as a result, of her in
juries, she says.
After the installation of the nev
Y. w. G. A. cabinet at Washburn col
lege Wednesday, Miss Isabel Whit
comb, new president. announce,
chairmen of Y. w. c. A. committee
as follows: Miss Helen Steele, Bibl
committee; Miss Mabel Shirk, finance
Miss Neva Shoemaker, program; Mis-
| Katherine Wheeler, missions; Mis-
| Elizabeth Green, publicity; Miss Ma
bel Claire Steele. big sister; Mis-
Ruth Marsh. social service; Miss Lii
liam Hughes, freshman commission
land Miss Sylvia Silyerthorne socia