The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-16
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| Co. 53s Kansas avenue.-Adv.
/ A musical entertainment in charge
OF Miss Hazel Swogger will be given
at the Railroad Y. NJ c. A Friday
night at O'Clock.
/ The Builders club. composed Of con-
tractors. architects and construction
men. occupied a table at the Cham Der
of Commerce this noon
Miss Jessie Nye. formerly Of To-
peka. but whose home is now in New
( ton. returned last night to Newton
after short visit in Topeka
Cornelio Lomiugo, Mexican grocer,
was fined IS and costs by Judge Rad
! Lee in police court Tuesday afternoon
for violating the Sunday closing law
The P. 5. club. an organization of
! printing statesmen and printing plant
employees. held its regular weekly
meeting and luncheon today noon at
the Chamber of Commerce.
I A Rock Island freight car was de-
rallied in the yards near Topeka avenue
Tuesday, and tied up the right of way
50 that the morning passenger trains
lwere not able to reach the station for
three hours.
John J. Item, president of the item
Biscuit company. died Saturday in Los
Angeles. Cal Funeral will be held IN
Los Angeles Thursday February 4 In
respect to his death, all factories and
agencies of the Item Biscuit com pany,
including the agency in Topeka, will
be closed all day Thursday.
All persons who are interested IN
| Potwfn Sunday school and church are
urged to attend a meeting at the
| church Thursday evening at s O'clock
/ under the auspices OF the Mems
Brotherhood. Matters OF vital inter-
| est will be discussed ny A D. Bolton,
Oran Layton and ". s Wehe-
W. l. Hopkins. wanted here for
passing a forged check on A 5.
Groom. is under arrest at ooerhn'
Kan. according to word received to-
| day by Sheriff Robert Miller. A dep
uty will be sent to bring Hopkins back
| to Topeka. It was said he signed his
! fathers name to the check and that
| his father refused to pay It.
| Infant mortality in Kansas for Sep
/ TENDER, October and November. 1920.
/ was So per thousand births. notice
/ able decrease from the same period of
the previous year when the infant
! death rate was IS Per 1000 births
/ The rate is contained in report Is
/ sued by DR.. Florence Brown Sherbon.
/ of the child hygiene department, state
4 board of health
I Fred Demory. accused OF taking
i Mildred Wood. Topeka girl. to Kan
SaS CITY EOr moral PURPOSES WdS
allowed to plead guilty to a INSIDE
meanor Tuesday afternoon and was
fined 500 and costs by Judge George
! Whitcomb. The plea was made thru
Demory's attorney. Demory is on his
way from California to face the
i charge
! ARRANGEMENTS have been made by
the Railroad Y. VI. C. A for an ad-
dress at the machine shop Of the Sa uta
Fs Thursday noon by the Rev H: O:
Hotter. pastor or the Lovman Itill
Methodist church. Music will be fur
[n.~red by the shop quartet The REV
E W. Harrison. pastor OF the East Side
Methodist church. will speak Friday
noon at the east mill Of the Santa re
4 shops
/ twenty-five cases OF measles led
i the list OF conta gious~ disease on rec
ord in Topeka las. week Seven cases
4 of pneumonia were reported. -Four
cases of diphtheria resulted in one
death from that disease Other con-
tagious diseases reported for the week
were: Smallpox, two chickenpox.
five; humps. three; scarlet fever.
! seven; tuberculosis. three; social dis
eases. three
The boys department OF the Lo "
man Hill VI. E. church viii have a
seMulngan supper" Thursday night al
!, the church. when seventeen pounds OF
+ beef will find a place in the MuIGgal
stew, along with few onions and
II other essentials Buster McAlister will
be POSTMASTER, and speakers will in
I cIude David Swearsngen, Ario Stewart
4 Don Hotter, George Whitloek, Tinx-
ham Veale and the Rev. H o. Holtsr.
4 Miss Hena Bedford, special field
representative of the girls work de-
partraent. West Central Z w C A.,
spoke to high school 7. ". C. A girls
this morning Miss Redford was born
i in England and has lived in that
4 country, in France and Italy before
coming to the United States several
! years ago. She told OF customs ana
\ characteristics Of the girls Of the for
Il efgu countries. She talked TO Y. ". c.
A business girls at club meetings
Tuesday night and will give a sfmiiay-
talk before other business girls to-
night.