The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-18
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

light ADV.
AL issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 5S4 Kansas avenue.-Adv. [
Miss Grace johnson. stenographer
| in the city fire department, is spend
ing her vacation in Elmwood, Okla.
| Mrs. Jennie NJ. Fegert today filed a
petition in the district court asking
divorce from Carl o. Fegert, whom
she charges with striking her.
| The Cottonwood Falls and Strong
ICity Gas company has applied to the
public utilities commission for permits
sion to suspend operations. A short
age of gas is responsible.
The attorney generals office has
rendered an opinion that a person may
pick feathers from ducks whether the
jducks@are dead or alive. A man in
western Kansas wrote to the attorney
generals office for the opinion.
| Rev. E. ]. Craft. rector of st. George
church, Kansas City, Mo-, will conduct
the services and preach at Grace
Cathedral Sunday morning at IL
| o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Craft is one of the
most widely known Episcopalian rec
! tors in the middle west.
The public utilities commission has
lgranted a round trip fare concession of
fone and one-half the one way fare for
Shriners attending the ceremonial at
Clay Center September Is. A special
order permits the Santa Fe to apply
the. rate on it's lines.
-Four persons were examined at the
| clinic conducted by DR.. Karl Menning-
ger for nervous and mental diseases at
| the city board of health Wednesday
| afternoon. The clinic is free and is
held on Wednesday afternoon of each
week from 8 to 5 o'clock.
| Work on the city water filtration
plant was delayed four or five hours
| on Wednesday while water was
/ pumped from the excavation. The
| entire excavation. making it hold a
| large amount of water whenever it
| rains.
The annual picnic of the Topeka
| odd Fellows and Rebekahs will be
held this afternoon and evening The
| afternoon program includes a baseball
game, horse shoe pitching contests
and other stunts. Supper will be
served at o'clock. The evening will
be devoted to dancing.
| ]. A. Devlin. of Effingham, Kan,
| has resigned his position as principal
of the Atchison county high school at
that place to take the position of man
! ager of the Fisk Teachers Employ
ment agency at Kansas City Mo. Dew
lin is well known thruout the north
western part of the state.
! A garage and three lots located On
the corner of Fourth and Jackson
streets, have been traded by S. Stan
county. near Buffalo. belonging to c..
C. Dick. 1t was an even trade on a
consideration of $4,000. The deal
was made by c. H. Bowman & Co.
Mrs. Hazel F. Ables today filed a
petition in the district court asking a
divorce from Morgan Ablesy who, She
says. has deserted her. They were
m Cd af
Iber.A1917. Since that time, she says
she has been compelled to work and
support herself practically all the
time.
Because. of heavy destruction of
property during recent storm IN
Scott county, the Garden City Power &
Development company has asked per-
mission to quiz business. The petition
was filed with the public utilities COM
omission. Three miles of line in Scott
county was destroyed during the
storm.
! A $4,000 damage suit brought
against the Kansas City Railways COM
lpany by J. E. Harwith, of Kansas City
was transferred from the Wyandotte
lcounty district court to- the federal
court here today. Harwith claims to
have been injured when his horse and
wagon were struck by street car
June Z.
intendent, is thoroly Disguised with the
weatherman. Twice this week he and
his family have been ready to start on
a motor car trip to Lincoln, Neb., but
they are still in town, due to the mud
dy condition of the roads However,
Hale says they are going to try it again
and may get away Friday.
The ways and means committee of
the state Y. NJ. C. A. will meet Friday
morning at 10 O'Clock at the state
headquarters of the organization at
91S KANSAS avenue. This meeting was
to have been held last Tuesday, but
on account of the inability of several
members of the committee to attend
the meeting it was postponed until
Friday morning
| F. L. Pinet, secretary of the Kansas
! State Teachers association. will leave
Sunday for Westmoreland, Kan, where
he will attend the fifth. professional
institute of Pottawatomie county,
which will be held in the Westmore-
land court house from August % to
August %. Pinet will deliver a course
OF ten lectures on English literature
during the institute.
| A directory of all administrative
school officers in Kansas, including
county superintendent, city superin-
tenCents. superintendent of CONSOLE
| dated schools, high school principals,
| principals of rural high schools and
| all physical directors ana SUPERVISORS
| of music. is being compiled by the
KaEsas State Teachers association.
The directory will he issued October
!. according to F. L. Pinet, secretary
| of the association.
c. H. Bowman has traded the build
ling located at 1212-1218 West Eighth
avenue. occupied by the Independent
garage. to S. F. Boyles for 521s acres
| OF land one-half mile west of Wash
burn college The total consideration
was $4,000. Bowman paying a diff
ference of 5000 for the farm. or ap-
proximately $500 per acre. 1t is re-
ported that the garage will also change
ownership and be operated under an
other name.
- The Christian Endeavor society of
| the Central Avenue Christian church
gave a backwards party in the church
basement Tuesday evening, in place