The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


All issues Of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 634. Kansas avenue.-Adv.
w. p. White, of Dallas, Texas. is
visiting with her brother, DR.. NJ. L.
Perry, and sister, Miss Loura Dale
Perry.
The Rev. James P. Deb. Kaye, pas
for of Grace cathedral, has returned
from his vacation. He spent his vaca-
ton in northern Wisconsin.
Idsle McElhinney is now employed
by the state Insurance. rating bureau
in the engineering department. he
was chief clerk during the last session
of the legislature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben May 216 West
Eighth street. were slightly injured
and bruised when their car turned
over at Silver Lake Sunday morning.
The car was badly damaged.
w. E. Atchison and j. ]. Schenk.
Topeka attorneys, have returned to
| Topeka after a motor tour to New
York, other eastern points and Cam
ada, which covered $500 miles.
The choir of the Third Christian
church will give a musicale this week
for the benefit of the Topeka Tuber-
| culosis sanatorium porch fund. The
choir is directed by F. F. Dawdy.
L. c. Wagner, chief clerk at the
Topeka State hospital, underwent an
! ing nicely. Frank Corrick. assistant
clerk, has charge of the office during
| his absence.
Plans are being made for the an
nual reunion of the veterans of the
10th engineers who fought in France
as a part of the Thirty-fif division,
| which will be held at Kansas City
three days, commencing october 81.
A civil service examination for rail-
way mail clerks will be held in the
federal building September II. Appli-
| cants must pass a test in spelling,
arithmetic, letter writing. geography,
penmanship and copying from plain
copy.
Milton Tabor, secretary, announces
that Erskine Wyman, of the Wash
burn college law school, has been re-
tanned by the Merchants association
as it's legal representative Wyman
will be/graduated from the law school
this winter.
Mrs. Frances Iawlor Sherman, 1858
Harrison street, has been called TIC
Chicago by the death of her cousin,
Mrs. Florence Lawlor RadenZ, who
died Friday. Mrs. Radenz was en-
pIoyed in the Crosby Brothers store
for two years.
The building at 201 East Eighth
avenue, the home of the Frank R.
ConweIl Undertaking company, is be-
ing remodeled. The roof is being re-
shingled and the interior is being re-
decorated. The work will be finished
some time this week.
G. o. Brophy, superintendent of the
Kansas division, will attend the SAFETY
meeting of Union Pacific employees at
the community house Tuesday night.
Following the meeting. the employees
and members of their families will be
given an entertainment by the Sun
flower Ministries.
Final plans for the charter presen-
tation ceremonies Wednesday will be
made by the Kiwanis club at special
business meeting to be held at the
Chamber of Commerce tonight at
, o'clock. Several hundred out of town
delegates are expected at the meeting
Wednesday.
c. NJ. CottreI returned Sunday from
Shiloh, N. J., where he attended the
Baptist conference at that place. He
renewed acquaintance with classmates
of the Union Academy at Shiloh, who
were in his class forty-five years ago.
He visited at Washington, Atlantic
City, and Alfred, N. Y.
A building permit has been issued
to Walter Bremich of the Topeka
Steam Boiler Works, for the erection
of a new warehouse, on the south
half of lots 129-135 Jefferson street.
The building will be of steel and con-
crete and will cost approximately $780,
600. 1t will be fifty by eighty feet
An argument between James Por-
ter First and Jefferson streets, and
J. H. Kirby, 120 Monroe street, de-
veloped into fist fight early Sunday
morning. Both men showed marks of
heavy barrage fire when Porter was
arrested by the police. A physician
treated Kirby's ailments. Porter is in
the city jail held for investigation. A
charge Will probably be placed against
him Tuesday morning and he will
probably come up for trial Tuesday
afternoon.
W. A. stanfield, water commits
sioner, is trying to work out a plan
which will enable a large number of
water consumers to have their bills
paid each month by the banks in
which they have accounts, thus saving
the department the trouble of sending
out the usual statements the first of
the month. Stanfie1d says such a plan
is being used successfully in a num-
Der of other cities. Under the pro-
posed plan statements would be sent
out only to such patrons as do not
carry a regular banking account.
]. Oberer's Yearlings defeated the
Mission Smoke House team in a ten
/ inning game at the Santa Fe park
Sunday afternoon by a score of 2 to 1.
| The game was featured by spectacu-
lar plays on both sides, and the pitch
| ing of J. Oberer for his team and o.
| Oberer for the Smoke House nine, the
| former striking out ten men and the
| latter twelve. In another game at
the Santa Fe park the Topeka Cubs
defeated the Kansas City Helements
| by a score of to 2. These teams will
play another game there this after
noon at O'Clock.
wenty-one more boys have passed
the y. NJ. c. A. life saving test and
have been awarded the life savers
emblem. The tests were completed
last week. r. D. Palmer, physical
| director Of the Y. NJ. C. A. conducted
the tests and directed the awarding
/ of the emblems. The boys who have
just passed the required tests are:
Fred Watson. Robert Keeler, Kenneth
Ebling, Leland Hascall, Charles San
meyer, walter Rouse, Lester Blank.
Allan French, Charles James, Frank
Lyngar. Delmos Cloud, Ed Wood, Pete
1 Coutrie, Aubrey Busey, Carl McFar-
| land. Stansfield Smith, Robert Nc