The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-14

day. She is en- route to Kansas City.
Mo- where she will spend several
weeks.
The Shawnee Investment Co. has
west of. Columbian Bldg Building
formerly occupied Thy Topeka Mtg. &
Investment Co.-Adv. -
The Y. W. c. A cafeteria served the
first meal this noen since 1T closed for
lremodeling. The eafeter-a- win serve
the remainder OF the summer.
Mrs. Martha Kitfel, sprIncipaI of
ivan Buren, school, and Miss Ellen
faeartburg, q teacher at Lincoln
lFchool, are attending the Y W. C. A
famp near Maple EiH this week.
Rock Island train No. s. the west
bound Golden, State Limited" was
| nearly two hours late in reaching To-
peka today as the result Of high water
between Chicago and Kansas City.
Miss Reth Motter. office secretary
Of the Kansas Sunday School associa-
| in Abilene, where she will spend two
weeks Her place Will be taken by
Miss Tava Elliott. associate office sec
rotary.
r The annual picnic of the sFraternal
Aid Union, Topeka Council No. 2, is
EbeinE held this afternoon ard evening
at Ripley park. There will be a min
Istrel show and dancing in the park
pavilion following the picnic supper
this evening.
There is nothing glorious which
war has brought forth in human ma
ture which peace may not produce
| more richly" This Statement of Phil
Hips Brooks is the thought offered to-
| day by the Unitarian ''Wayside Pull
| pit" at s14 Topeka boulevard.
The East Side. Improvement asso-
| citation Is considering the cementing
Of Biddle creek on the east side, to act
| as a sewer. The proposition will be
considered at meeting Of the asso-
citation. which is TO be held tonight
| at 1880 o'clock at the East Side Meth
| odist church.
? a branch office of the Western
Union. in the wholesale district, was
| opened for business = this morning
The office IS located at lis East
| Crane street In order TO secure the
| branch, q small brick building was
erected by. W. o. Anderson. commits
| sion merchant
H l. Reed, general manager of the
second district, Rock Island Lines.
| passed thru Topeka today on train
FL Reno, Okla Since--tne recent
| walkout among the shop crafts, Mr..
Reed has been spending most of his
time at Kansas City.
Notion for rehearing OF the Nixon
murder case has been filed in the
HSOP EAAiSCOuEl LII A w. Nixon, Qe-
Afendant in the case. was convicted by
iEhe Barton county district court and
HIS ease recently affirmed by the su-
RLeme court Doctor Nixon is now
serving life sentence in the state
Penitentiary at Lansing.
! The official route to the National
As r. encampment at Des Moines
beginning September "a. announced
Rg- Col. We W sDenison. department
dpnfI1ander Of the Grand Army of the
Republic Will be Topeka to Kansas
City via the Santa Fe and Kansas City
TO Des Moines via the Rock Island.
AF official car will be attached to the
train at Topeka. Es-...-
If Topekans wish TO retain the pres
eEtc Nigh rating with fire insurance
underwriters the fire department:
mkt have incfeassd equipme emit, &C
cordfng to. Joe Ha,nlon.s. chief of the
fire department. HapIon estimates
that about. $z5. 600 should be expended
for 4eedsd repairs He .Eecommefr
th1S a triple combination hose pun per
lan6yEhemfeaI- car and a city service
ladder truck be- purchased.