The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
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Round Table chapter, De Molay, will
celebrate its first anniversary, June 4,
by initiating q class of 500 members.
The motion picture Teeth and How
to Care for Them was presented at
Hoyt Wednesday by DR.. Warren E.
Jeffrey.
DR.. NJ. L. Perry, superintendent of
the Topeka State hospital, has re-
turned to his office, following an ill
ness of three weeks.
The Shawnee County Duroc Jersey
association will hold sale of pure
bred hogs at the state free fair
grounds Thursday afternoon, May f.
A sum of $3.50 has been raised by
the Colored Y. NJ. C. A. in its cam
paign for funds. A dinner for workers
the association rooms, 42o Kansas
avenue.
Harry Williams. salesman for a
wholesale candy company, reported to
the police today the theft of a sample
case from in front of 1913 Quincy
street. The case and samples were
valued at $35.
The annual election of the COM
mittee of managers of the Railroad
Y. M c. A. will be held Friday. The
ballot boxes will be open from
o'clock in the morning until % o'clock
in the evening.
Commencement exercises for the
1922 graduating class of the Topeka
state hospital will be held Friday eve
ming, May 5, in the hospital chapel.
The graduates are: Miss Frances Bur-
roughs, Miss Beulah Hinton Wood
ward and Miss O'Lena Bradley.
Mrs. Mary Bicksel today filed
petition in the district court asking a
divorce from John Arnold Bicksel'
charging him with cruelty and nom
decent names. They were married at
Grangeville, Idaho, in october, 1915
The lecture by Prof. H. P. Cady
head of the department of physical
chemistry of Kansas university, which
was to have been delivered Friday
night before the members of the
chemistry club of Washburn college,
has been postponed Indefinitely, due
to the unsettled weather.
In a contest held Wednesday night
at the Pageant of Progress, Miss Ada
NJ. Cole, AIS Scotland avenue, won a
ham offered as a prize. If Miss Cole
will present the winning number, No
1856, at the wholesale market of the
Wolff Packing company, the ham will
be turned over to her. A ham is to be
given away by the Wolff company
each day during the pageant.
George H. Sutton, the handless bill
lard expert, arrived in Topeka today.
He Will appear in two exhibitions at
Tromp & Coles parlors. The first will
be held at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
and the second will be held at
o'clock this evening. At the evening
exhibition he will attempt to beat his
own record of scoring a hundred bill
lizards in less than one minute.
The motion of ]. J. King, local at |
torney, for new trial in the 100000 |
damage suit brought against him by |
Dewey Wrage, 621 Jefferson street, |
was taken under Amusement by Judge |
Wednesday afternoon after the argu- |
ments had closed. Wrage obtained a |
verdict for S10.s50 against King for |
injuries he sustained when he was
struck by Kings car on the Melan |
bridge year ago.
Detroit, Mich, today filed a petition |
in the federal court here asking /
writ of habeas corpus to obtain their |
release from the federal penitentiary !
fenced for counterfeitipg Canadian I
excise stamps. They ask the writ on
the ground that their sentence was
illegal because in counterfeiting
Canadian stamps they were commit
ting no offense against the laws of |
the United States.
Alleging that he abandoned her
twelve days after their marriage at
Concordia in April 1921, Mrs. Frank
Ign Mendenhan today filed a petition
in the Shawnee county district court
asking a divorce from Francis Men
denhall and the restoration of her
maiden name, FRANKLIN Curtis. She
charges that during the brief period /
Of their married life Mendenhall
cursed and kicked her and otherwise
abused her, and that he used her
money to pay his bills.
Alleging that the film, Frivolous
was misrepresented to her,
Miss Ruth Wright, manager of the
-ozy theater. has filed suit in the dis
-rict court to collect $3.50 from the
Richards & LYNN Film company. of
Kansas City. Mo. She alleges that the
company represented the film to be
one of Rudolph Valentines latest pro-
iucticns. but that in fact it was made
before he became a star, and that the
elm was in a worn and broken con-
iition and unfit to be used. Irene
Castle in French Heels" was substi-
.uted for Frivolous Wives" at the
Coy this week.