The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-22


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Social dance Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, Warnick's, 526-28 Quincy.
ADV.
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Co. 534 Kansas avenHe.-Adv
Fourteen candidates will receive The
third degree on December 10 at an ali
day session of Sloan lodge at the
Masonic temple.
The Rev. J. B. Gibson will deliver
the sermon at the Thanksgiving day
service at the Seward Avenue Metho-
dist church at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning.
DR.. H. c. Frankenfield, of the
Washington, D. c., weather bureau,
the local weather bureau office. He
is one of the best known forecasters in
the service.
The New York Candy Kitchen,
which has been at 72S Kansas avenue,
has been removed to 426 Kansas ave
nue.. The building at 728 Kansas
avenue is to be occupied by a third
Ant.septic Barber shop, owned by c.
B. Hypes.
The West Side Christian church will
hold Thanksgiving services on
Wednesday instead of Thursday. Prof.
Humphrey W. Jones will preach the
sermon. The services will start at 1880
o'clock and will take the place of the
regular monthly community service.
The members of the Square Circle
club attended the showing of the XII
wants picture for the benefit of the
PrOvident assoc. alton, Monday even
ing, following their regular meeting
A contest with a turkey as a prize,
was staged by the club at the regular
session held at the Elks club Mrs. J.
L. Bledsoe, 204O Lincoln street, was
the winner.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Kemper left
Monday for Kansas City, Mo. Mrs.
Kemper viii remain in Kansas City
and visit her niece, Mrs. w. D. War
ner. kemper will continue his jour
ney to Warsaw, Mo, where he will
visit an uncle, whom he has not met
for forty years. He will also visit
Cole Camp, where he spent his boy
hood days, and will visit the old home
stead.
Mali boxes must hereafter be placed
back from the pavement on hard sur
faced roads far enough to allow grad
ing and traffic on the earth shoulders,
is the order made by Postmaster Cen
eral VIII Hays, according to word re-
ceived by NJ. w. Watson, state high
way engineer. In the past the rural
carriers have urged that the boxes be
placed closer in order to eliminate the
necessity of driving off the pavement
The approach of Christmas is al
ready having an effect on the express
business, according to E. e. Brayman,
local manager for the American Ex-
press company. The increase in bust
ness, however, is coming from the
merchants who are receiving ship
ments of goods for the holiday trade.
The rush of individual packages is not
Cd To IL. hi Oh,
ing on the express business until about
two weeks. Brayman says.
It would be interesting to know
just what the recording angel puts
down on the books of solicitors. The
popular belief it seems, runs to a lot
Will probably get a few scratches like
those on the fancy embossed post
cards. He approached the home of
w. G. Stephenson, 1105 West Tenth
avenue Monday afternoon just as a
burglar was preparing to leave the
house with a suit case full of loot.
The burglar saw him, dropped the
suit case and bolted. Neighbors de-
scribed him as a well dressed young
man. He was seen at the back door
of the house a short time previous
but no one thought he was trying to
break in. Later he went to the front
door and picked the lock.
Sheriff Robert Miller left Monday
night for Oklahoma City to return E.
E. Farley, a salesman for the Scott
Weighing Machine company, of To-
peka Farley is being held on a
charge of embezzlement growing out
of the alleged "fattening" of his ex-
pense account. 1t is claimed that about
tRree weeks ago the salesman wired
the home office that he was making
a trip from Oklahoma City to Pueblo
on company business. He turned in
an expense account, including hotel
bills, railroad and Pullman fare,
amounting to $S4.30, it is said. The
company sent out another representa-
tive. who is said to have reported that
Farley made a motor trip to the noun
tains on a fishing expedition instead of