The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-13
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Mr.. E. V. sayers. of Ottawa, is
visiting with his daughter, DR.. NJ. S.
De Land, of the Topeka state hospital
medical staff, this week.
DIR. Homer G. Collins, who won the
duck pin tournament at the Y. M. c.
A. last month, has been awarded a
gold medal as the first prize
E. L. Moon, who has recently been
elected secretary of Topeka lodge No.
524 of the L. o. o. M, will devote his
full time to his lodge work beginning
next week.
Owing to a typographical error in
Mondays issue of The State Journal.
cocoanut was listed among the bulk
goods by mistake.
Dictator E. A. Wall, of Topeka lodge
No. 524 of the L. o. Q. M, resigned
his office at the regular meeting of
the lodge Monday night. His success
sor will be chosen at the next meeting.
Mrs. Isaac Sewen of the Kansas
Sunday School association left today
for Downs, where she will attend the
meeting of the children's division of
the Osborne County Sunday School
association.
Donald Basseau, of Kansas City,
Mo, has enrolled as a freshman at
Washburn college and intends TO
specialize in journalism. He will
make his home with his aunt. Mrs.
A. H. Dillon. at 627 Topeka avenue.
According to a report made to the
police Monday afternoon the home of
H. A. Hafner, sos Branner street, was
entered by a burglar who stole gold
watch, diamond ring, woman's
coat, revolver. pair of trousers and
$40 in cash.
| At a meeting held last night at
Klingaman's hall on East Sixth avenue
| by the Association for the Recognition
| of the Irish Republic, short addresses
were made by Capt. Patrick Coney.
Frank Thomas, A. D. Bauer and Paul
Montgomery.
DR.. Earle G. Brown, city health Of
ficer, who has been fighting night
and day to hold the number of cases
| of diphtheria and scarlet fever down
to the minimum, is sick at his home,
1920 Garfield, with tonsilitis. He ex-
poets to be at work IN a lew DAYS.
An ordinance providing a. license
fee of from $40 to 500 was passed
| by the city commission today. apply
ing to fortune tellers, phrenologists,
palm readers, and other wielders of
mystic power. The fine attached for
violation Of license was from So TO
$1,000.
The bodies of forty Kansas soldier
dead were shipped from Hoboken
Sunday for burial in this state, accord
ing to a. list received today by Gov
ernor Allen from the Rocky Mountain
club of New York. This Is one OF the
largest consignments so far made to
| Kansas.
John Imrie, a Scotch baritone, will
give a musicale at $50 o'clock this
evening at the Quinton Heights Bap-
/ fist church. He will tell of his trip
| from Scotland to America and the diff
| ferences he found. He will be assisted
I served with the Canadians in the;
World war.
The Kansas public utilities commits
| sion today approved an issue OF $z5O,-
| 900 worth of per cent preferred
stock by the United Telephone com
sold at par and Is to reimburse the
company for additions and better
ments paid out of earnings from 1916
to 1920. inclusive.
Ida Bailey today filed suit in the
Shawnee county district court against
Wyatt Bailey asking for a decree OF
divorce and care and custody OF their
14-year-old daughter, Bertha. Mrs.
Bailey charges that her husband has
failed to support them They were
married in Oklahoma in 1906, the
plaintiffs petition states.
George Crawford and Tom Craw-
| ford returned Monday from summer
tour of the Redpath-Vawter chautau-
qua circuit, in which they covered six
| states. George Crawford. better
known as Sandy" has enrolled in
| Washburn college and will try for a
place on the football team. He Won
his letter at end in 1918 and 1919, but
was out of the college last year.
! M. Warlen, of Lincolnville, and J.
w. Barley, of Smith county, both
farmers, brought voluntary bank
Iruptcy proceedings in federal court
here Monday. Warlen listed his Sc
cured claims at $1,940, his unsecured
claims at s1,O35.25, and his total as
sets at s2,667. Barley states he has
Isecured claims of $3.50 and unse-
toured claims of $3,46S.98 against as
sets of only s1,525.
Mrs. C. A. Long, her daughter.
Alice, and her son, Charles, of Free
donia, have moved to Topeka and Will
i make their home at 607 Clay street,
while the two young people attend
Washburn college. Kenneth Davis,
captain of the Fredonia high school
football team last year, will live with
the Long family. He has enrolled in
Washburn college and will try Tor q
place on the team.
/ Topekans, drag out your old and
discarded clothing. September Is to
"a is "Old Clothes week." designated
as such by Gov. Henry ]. Allen, in
| order to give aid to the Armenian
sufferers. Sunday school teachers and
Isuperintendents are urged to cooper
ate in +he campaign. Bundle stations
will be established in down town
stores and collections will be made
regularly. Roscoe E. Ellis is in charge
of the drive for Topeka and Shawnee
county.
/ A complete fire fighting system has
| been Installed at the Kansas Free
| Fair A phone and an alarm system.
! No. 333, is now located underneath
the grandstand on the. north side of
! the structure and two shifts of fire
men have been provided to care for
| the grounds. Captain Little, John
| Darling, E. T. Hanna, Frank Nibar-
| ser and John Peters are in charge of
the day shift, and Lieut.. Charles
lClaire, Archie Kaufman, Lester Higgs
and Jack Blankenship are working on
the night shift