The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-24
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Get your did" bank free, Shaw
nee Building & Loan association, rs
West Sixth street.-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. Z The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenma-Adv
Miss MADELEINE Carter. secretary OF
the Kansas Christian Endeavor union.
is spending a few days at her home in
Lawrence.
The First Methodist church volley
ball team will play the Trinity church
team at T:45 o'clock Friday evening
in the Trinity gymnasium.
DR.. Charles M. Sheldon. addressed
the convocation of the Washburn col
| lege students Monday on the benefits
resulting from prohibition.
Joseph Hanlon, city fire marshal, is
moving Wednesday from his home on
North Quincy street to a new home at
213 East Eleventh street
The meeting of the Quincy-Grant
Parent-Teachers' association, which
was to have been held January "a, has
been postponed to January 80.
A basketry class will be started
course will include ten lessons. Mrs
Cleveland Lopez has been secured as
instructor.
The city commission this morning
authorized the mayor to purchase, at
an approximate cost of $4,000, total
of 1000 feet of new hose for the fire
department.
Two teachers have been added to
the staff of the city ward schools.
They are Miss Bernice Fuller and Miss
Edna Clark. They have not yet re-
ceived assignments.
The office space of the state head
quarters of the American Legion in
NJ, -i,,I 1,aI1 ~ To-
the removal of the office of the Span
ish War Veterans to an adjoining
room.
The chicken thief is still at large in
| Topeka Eli S. Shrader. 1892 Law
| renee street, reported to the police that
someone stole seventeen of his Rhode
| Island Red chickens sometime Mon
day night.
The first Right Way meeting of the
employees of the American Express
company for the year 1922 will be
held at the company's office tonight.
About forty employees will attend, it
was said today.
In order to handle them better. w.
o. Rigby, postmaster. announced to-
day that hereafter regular schools"
will be held for newly appointed Kan
sas postmasters. The next school will
be held January 80 and 81.
The postoffice at Lowe, Kan, was
robbed Sunday night. according to a
report which has been made to the
central office at Topeka. Thirty-five
dollars worth of stamps and SIS in cash
were taken, the report stated.
The Association of Thirty third De-
gree Honorary Members of the Valley
of Topeka will hold a meeting at $50
o'clock Thursday evening at the Ma
sonic temple. William Green is presi-
dent, and Evan Davis, secretary.
Troy Roberts. serving a sentence IN
the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth for forging postoffice money
orders, filed a petition in the United
States district court Monday asking for
his release on writ of habeas corps.
Miss Allen Andrews addressed, the
members of the Topeka high schooI
Y. w. c. A. at a meeting at 8 o'clock
ing on the subject pine Mountain
School, A cabinet meeting was held
following the address,
There will be no social affairs for
the students of Washburn college until
February 1 on account of the final
examinations which are being held
this week and which will be continued
until Tuesday. Registrations for the
second sem ester will be received Feb
ruary 1 and 2.
The Third division of the Ladies Aid
society of the First Methodist church
will meet at 2:30 o'clock, Wednesday
afternoon, with Mrs. Frank Thomas,
1921 Topeka boulevard. Mrs. c. E.
Bascom, Mrs. Frank Parker will be
assistant hostesses. There will be an
election of officers.
]. F. William Renker, local hotel
promoter and oil man, was made de-
PENDANT in another lawsuit today when
Crane & Co. filed petition in the dis
trict court asking judgment against
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claimed due for materials purchased
and services performed.
Chas f. Bridge, 1872 Brooks avenue.
was called to the phone at 4:30 o'clock
one morning recently by a call from
a friend in Los Angeles who wished to
talk to Miss Maeanna. Bridge. 1t re-
quired three hours to make connec-
tons but the conversation was as clear
as between phones in Topeka.
AL +. Williams, United States dis
trict attorney, filed suits against the
Rock Island and Frisco railroad COM
panies Monday, charging each with
violation of the safety appliance act.
Six counts are lodged against the Rock
Island and four against the Frisco.
fine of 500 on each count is asked.
Henry Clark. of Rossville. was made
defendant in an action filed in the
federal court Monday by the Bank of
Pueblo. Pueblo, Colo, for the collec-
t4oia u t"o ploIIiAssory Ilotes lor 81, go
and $1,000. Grant McFerson. state
tank commissioner of Colorado, acted
for the Pueblo bank in bringing the
suit.
The Santa Fe Railroad company, in
an action filled in the United States
district court against the l. A. Pribble
Commission company, of Salina. Kan,
seeks judgment for $34.S4. which it
claims is due it as the balance of the
freight charges on a shipment of coal
from Walsenburg. Colo. to Galva.