The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-17
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nee Investment Co, 534 Kansas Ave
Phone 5050.-Adv.
A marriage license was issued al
Columbus, Kan, early this week tC
L. L. Horton, of Topeka, and Mat
Reid, of Mt Vernon, Mo.
About two hundred seats have beer
reserved at the Central Congregational
church for the De Molays who attend
the Sunday morning service.
Donald H. NacIvor. of Great Bend.
has taken up his work as assistant to
Frank z. Samuel, department adjutant
of the American Legion, at Memorial
hall.
Fast. compact, and simple in opera
tion''-that's what every user says
about his Sundstrand Adding Machine
Jos. G. Wilson & Co., 525 Kansas ave.
ADV.
An adjourned meeting of the city
commission is to be held Saturday
morning. The payroll for the first
half of the month of March. is to be
passed.
The Queen Esthers of the city will
give a reception in the parlor of the
Y. W. c. A Saturday evening from
to 9 o'clock in honor of Mrs G. Helen
Harrel.
A red winged blackbird is the lat
est spring arrival to register at Gage
park for the summer, z. F. A. Rein
isch, superintendent of the city parks.
said this morning.
The office quarters of the city
waterworks departm ent are being re-
modelled. A reception room is being
built and more space provided for the
storage of books and records.
c. A. Stafford, retail grocer of Neo-
desha, Kan, today filed suit in the
district court to collect $2.407.29
which. he says, Frank H. Bechtel-
heimer, of Topeka, owes him for sew
eral shipments of groceries.
George Neal, formerly assistant
bookkeeper for the Kansas Reserve
State bank has been made bookkeeper
left by the resignation of Douglas Bow
man, now cashier of the Ossuhwhatomi
State bank.
The members of the Loyal Berean
Bible class of the First Christian
church will hold their annual banquet
O'Clock tonight. Following the ban
Duet and program officers for the en-
suing year will be elected.
The public utilities commission to-
day granted a special railroad rate
from Kansas towns to Emporia and
test to be- held April 1915. A rate of
one and one-half the one way fare will
be charged for the round trip.
The Rev. E. ]. Gardner. formerly
pastor of the Trinity church in To-
peka, but now of Eskridge, is attend
ing the Methodist conference here.
Besides preaching, the Rev. Mr.. Gard
ner devotes a portion of his time to
chautauqua and lecture course work.
E. B. Black. of the firm of Black
and Veatch, Kansas City, Mo, gen.
eral contractors on the new city water
works project, was in Topeka today
and made a short inspection of the
progress of the work. He expressed
himself as well satisfied with the job
thus far.
Installation of the filter system at
the Topeka city waterworkS west of
town has been commenced. Three
weeks will be required to install all the
E. c. Boyle, representative
of the Roberts Filter company of
Davy, Pa, is in Topeka in charge of
the work of putting in the filter.
''Since my reputation as a marble
shooter has been firmly established
in Topeka, I'm going to be too busy,
permanently, to go downstairs and let
any of the other fellows have shot
at the championship of the depart
ment, which I claim" Assistant Fire