The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-02
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AT HOME NEWS

For Rent-3-room apartment, $40
East Fifth. first floor. Phone 610--l
Adv
Remington Portable Typewriter
Agency. JOS. c. Wilson & Co., SIS
Kansas Ave.-Adv.
The offices of the Chamber of Com
merce. and the dining room. will be
closed Monday, Labor Day.
An unfinished room with Edison
heat, electric lights, bath, etc, for
rent at S12 Kansas Ave.-Adv.
Miss Myra Clarke has been ap-
pointed manager of the Stronge and
Warner Millinery shop, SIT Kansas
avenue.
Bank clearings for this week totaled
for last week, and $2.170,021-55 for
the same week of last year.
For Rent-Kansas Ave, 919-for
lease November 1. If you are look
ing for choise business location on
the avenue. call Owner, phone 610.=
Adv.
Kenneth Calhoun, secretary of the
Fort Scott Y. M. c. A, was in Topeka
Friday visiting the state offices of the
association. Louis A. Black, secre-
tary of the Wichita association, visited
the offices today.
Dean James P. Deb. Kaye of Grace
cathedral, who has been spending his
vacation in Wisconsin, returned to To-
peka Friday. Mrs. Kaye and Miss
Margaret Kaye will remain in the
north for short time.
E. H. Anderson told of the progress
on the new Masonic temple. being
erected at Tenth avenue and Van Blu
rem streets, at meeting of the men,
bers of the Scottish Rite bodies of the
Valley of Topeka, Friday.
Kansans registered 10000 new cars
| during August, according to state
ment by E. A. Cornell, in charge of
the automobile department in the sec
censes in Kansas now total 316,299.
Scores of persons are attending the
| annual Jefferson county picnic which
is being held this afternoon at Gar
field park. The program opened at 8
| O'Clock and consists of old-time games
basket lunch will be served this even
ing.
George w. Stansfield, president of
the Victory Highway association, the
| Chamber of Commerce and the CO.
operative club, besides being candi-
date for state representative from the
!Thirty-fourth district, returned to To-
peka today after vacation spent in
Colorado.
Judge w. R. Smith, of the legal de-
partment of the Santa Fe, has re-
turned to Topeka after vacation
spent in California. He attended the
annual meeting of the American Bar
association at San Francisco, and
spent the remainder of the time at
Coronado.
Fhe Benton dormitory, Washburn's
new building for housing out of town
girls, will be completed by Christmas,
according to C. B. Jackson, general
foreman. in charge of construction for
the Rand Construction company. The
building will be completed a month
ahead of schedule.
J. J. Archer of Kansas City, Mo.
regional secretary of the Loyal Order
of Moose, was in Topeka today help
ing to plan preliminary arrangements
Tor the regional convention in Topeka,
next May. The members of Topeka
lodge No. 524 are holding their an
nual picnic at Ripley park this after
noon.
Miss Mary Hillyer has been ap.
pointed office secretary of the Y. w
. G. A., to succeed Miss Helen Hollar
who resigned tbs week. Miss Bess
Wilson has been appointed secretary
of the annex to succeed Mrs. Dan Var
Laer. who resigned to become house
. mother of Washburn sorority this
winter.
Sergeant G. w. Winston. formerl,
of the twenty-fourth United States in.
, fantry and who served in the army fol-
twenty-nine years, will be in charge OF
the military training course at the
Kansas Industrial and Educational in
! stitute. this year. Equipment valued
at $4,000 has been given to the schoo
! by the government.
, Mrs. ]. c. Reiser, in a suit filed
this afternoon in the United States
district court, asks $20,500 damages
) from the Rock Island railroad for al
legged injuries received when the
l motor car in which she was riding or
: lOecRn1hRr STR 1axr 4,
: Rock Island train and her husband
and two other occupants, Mr.. and
, Mrs. jeff Yknne, killed.
Semi-monthly meetings of the Civ
1tan club will be held during the fal
and winter months, it was decided Al
a business meeting of the club held
at Pelletier's tea room Friday eve
ming. The meetings for the club arr
to be held every two weeks, begin
ming September is. Business meetings
will be held the first Friday in each
month and social meetings the tIlirt
= Friday.
The state board of administration
! has let contracts for the new super.
= intendent's residence at Larned state
I hospital. Contracts total S53,075
The main contract went to Bulger 6
i, Carlett. of Hutchinson, for s46, 800
. The Salina Plumbing company re
q ceived the heating and plumbing con
: tract on a bid of $4,000. The Lanl
a Electric company of Lyndon received
the wiring contract on a bid of $475.
E Sixteen Topekans will attend tn,
= annual district convention of tn
4 Walther League of the Lutheran
church at Winfield Sunday and Mon
n day. They are: Paul Shaffer, Alfret
e Kieninger, Elmer Kieninger, Clemen
: Wolfe, Hugo Mueller, Walter Schmidt