The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-29
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The alumni chapter of Phi Delta
Theta will meet at the Chamber of
Commerce for luncheon Friday.
The Stationary Engineers club will
meet this evening at the Moose club
rooms. +. freshments will be served
and an interesting program has been
arranged.
Topeka lodge No. 3, A. o. Y. w.
held a social meeting at the Moose
club rooms Wednesday night A
luncheon was served. The evening
was devoted to daEcing.
The Y M. c. A will hold it's first
social event of the season at S:1J
O'Clock Friday evening. Chalk talks.
cartoons sleight-of perform
anceS and community singing will be
on the program.
MEMS hearts ought not to be set
against one another, but set with one
another. and all against evil only"
The Unitarian porch pulpit, at 914
Topeka boulevard, carries this mes
sage for the week.
According to r. D. Holland. presI.
dent the Twentieth Kansas Volunteer
infantry will hold it's annual reunion
in Topeka October 10. Moose hall
will be used as headquarters a we'll
planned program has been made for
the reunion.
Peter Golden, secretary Of the
American Association for the Recogni-
ton of the Irish Republis. spoke Wed
nesday night at meeting of the In
dustrial council at Labor hall. Plans
for Armistice Day will be made at the
meeting October 8.
A large sign has been placed on the
lawn of the Trinity Methodist church
announcing the gospel meetings now
in progress. They are being con-
Quoted by DIR. John F. Harmon. In
terest is increasing in the meetings,
according to reports.
The public utilities commission has
granted a reduction in fire ght rates on
gram products affecting points on the
| Sallna Northwestern railroad. The
order will become effective i'm
mediately. Under the state commits
s1on's decree, the Salina Northern will
apply Missouri RIVER basic rates to car
lot shipments on it's line.
Miss Grace Sharp reported to the
ponce late Wednesday afternoon that
during the day thieves had entered
| her home at los West Twelfth street
and had stolen a black plush coat, a
dark blue georgette waist. dark blue
Jacket and a travelling bag Miss
Marjorie Garrett also reported to the
| police Wednesday that a dress be-
longing to her and valued at $50 had
been stolen from room SIS Mills
building.
Harry Endlich, widely known To-
peka merchant and leader in women's
apparel, has inaugurated a unique
method of advertising. The fall style
| book issued by Safunt, Inc, of Paris,
France. of which Endlich is local rep
| resentative. was mailed at Paris, Au-
/ gust 20, and was received by local
customers recently. Upon seeing The
style book, the French postage stamp
at once attracts attention. and the re-
| ceiver looks over the book.
Lester Posvar. assistant city editor
of the Capital. was held up and robbed
| by two young men shortly after mid
! night at the corner of Eighth avenue
and Van Buren, street. They took a
gold watch. a sum of money and a
package of clothing from him. Posvar
! told the police he was forced at the
point of a revolver to step behind a
row of billboards and after his pockets
were searched was told to walk away
| or he would be shot full of holes. The
police failed to find a trace of the
| two bandits
The twenty ninth biennial confer
ence of the Unitarian churches of the
United States and Canada will con-
Yene at Detroit next week, from
Tuesday to Friday, October to 7.
| This is expected to be an exceptionally
important gathering. The program
| which includes speakers of wide repu-
tat:on, will deal primarily with the
| campaign for church extension made
possible by the successful raising of
100000 within the denomination
during the past year, which is to be
devoted to this work.
Oscar Riley has made coal mining
| at the state penitentiary pay. Riley,
who is serving a third term in the
state penitentiary. is sending his saw
ings to an aged mother and expects
/ to accumulate enough wealth when
his term expires to buy a home. Riley
Is a negro. He is serving time for
| burglary. By working in the prison
| mines he receives $3.50 for each ton
of coal produced in excess of the
prison task of nine tons a week Riley
has made application for a parole, but
even thru executive clemency has
| showing of a considerable saving dur
! ing his prison term.