The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-12
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AT HOME NEWS


Co.. b34 Kansas avenns.-Adv.
A new steel safe and filing cabinet
has been installed in the office of c.
c. Knowlton, city auditor, at the city
hall.
The usual weekly luncheon of the
Topeka Life Underwriters association
was held at the Chamber of Com
merce this noon.
Ralph Ayrault, of the Central Y.
M. G. A, will address the Hi-Y club
of Topeka high school at its regular
meeting Monday evening.
Could you use $500? Buy a SO
compound interest Installment Savings
Certificate at the State Savings Bank.
In 60 months you get $500 cash.-Adv.
H. f. Ray, general storekeeper for
the Santa Fe, left Friday for New
York. where he will spend about two
weeks. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Ray.
William Kerr. of Colorado. was ar
rested by deputy sheriffs this morn
ing on a charge of passing a worth
less check on the Lux Mercantile COM
pany.
n. W. Benning and f. B. Breithaupt
OF the Central Y. NJ. c. A. will go to
RossvllIe Sunday and will address the
Rossville district Sunday school con-
vention.
A two-room portable building will
be erected on the Quincy school
grounds at the first of the spring
term according to A. J. Stout, superin-
tendent of schools.
A. A. Remington, general secretary
of the state Y. NJ. G. A, will leave
Sunday fro Fort Scott where he will
aid in the campaign for the Fort scott
Y. NJ. c. A. to pay off its $4,000
mortgage.
The cashier of the city water de-
partment is occupied at the present
time with the checks for october wa
ter bills which have reached the office
in the past Few days, and have been
laid aside while the rush at the win
dow has been taken care of.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society district convention closed Fri
day evening with a banquet at the
Trinity Methodist church. Two hun
bred persons attended. Miss Elizabeth
Curtis, OF Usage City. won the story
telling contest given by the Standard
Bearers club.
The Santa Fe railway has an
nounced the purchase of $500 new
refrigerator cars at cost of approx
imately 100000. Fifty locomotives
recently bought will be put into serv-
ice Immediately. They have been as
signed to various division points on
the system lines
An automobile belonging to Holmes
Meade, $40 Lincoln street. was badly
damaged about 1880 o'clock Friday
night. it was reported, when it was
struck by another car going south as
it stood i'm front of the Meade resi-
dence The damage is said to have
approximated $3.50.
Four of the eight teams in the bust
ness mems evening volleyball league
have played games. The teams cap
tanned by c. NJ. Case and c. e. Car
penter have won one and lost none
mtg
Barton and DR.. c. II. Morrison have
won none and lost one.
Topeka lodge No. 524, L. o. o. M,
gave special entertainment Friday ,
evening at the lodge club rooms for
its members and their families and
prospective candidates. Approx
mately $50 persons attended. Miss
Hazel Swogger and Miss Helen Scott
furnished the entertainment
The Girls Missionary circle of the
West Side Christian church will have
charge of a missionary service at the
church next Sunday evening at 1880
o'clock. They will have as the speak
ers of the evening. Mr.. Paul Fung and
Mr. David New. of China. These
young men are students at Washburn
college.
the first open forum meeting of the
Unitarian Laymen's league of Topeka
will be held in the First Unitarian
church, 914 Topeka boulevard. at 1880
tomorrow evening Samuel T. Howe
is president of the organization, and
Col. John S. Dean will be chairman
and in charge of the Sunday evening
meetings.
The sale of peoples on the streets
of Topeka Friday to secure funds for
the establishment of a National Me
mortal university. netted some $3.50.
The sale was in charge of the w. r. c.
The money will be used in the creation
Of in
which the children of disabled ex-
service men will be educated.
The association of national guard
adjutants win hold it's annual meet
ing in Washington, December 1918.
Brig. Gen. Charles ]. Martin Kansas
adjutant general, and president of the
national association, announced here
today. Problems of national guard
administration and equipment will be
discussed. General Martin said.
The report cards of the pupils of
Topeka high school will be issued
Tuesday. The cards will contain the
grades of the students for the first
half of the present semester. The
grading system has been changed. The
new grade marks are: A, excellent; B.
good; c, medium D, inferior. barely
passing, and n. P, not passing.
The rabbits and squirrels must have
had a bad day, Friday. total of 103
hunting hcenses-the greatest number
issued during any one day this year
were issued Thursday in the office of
Douglas Graham. county clerk. The
most of them are sold in the after
noon. This brings the total of hunt
ing licenses Issued this season up to
more than 2,200, it was stated.
The Hi-Y club of Topeka high
school held a banquet at $3.50 o'clock
Friday evening at the high school
cafeteria for the members of the
Wichita and Topeka high school foot
ball teams Jack Brewster, president
of the club. gave the address of well
come Talks were made by o. w
HascaH. of the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
and r. r. Cook, principal of the high
school
The annual meeting of the Topeka
district of the Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary society of the Methodist
church closed Friday evening with a