The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-23
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Tax exempt Kansas bonds Shaw
nee Investment Co., 5S4 Kansas Ave.
Phone 5050.-Adv.
Thirty-two men attended the ban
quet of the Y. NJ c. A. held Wednes-
day night for new members.
A number of piano pupils of Daniel
Muller will render a recital at SIS
O'Clock tonight at the Y. w. c. A.
A. r. Talbot. head consul of the
Modern woodmen of America. will
visit the Sunflower camp of the order
in the near future.
The members of the boys musical
orga nizations of Topeka high school
presented musical program at as
Sembly this morning.
A meeting of the East Side I'M
provement association will be held at
1880 O'Clock this evening at the East
Side Methodist church.
The Rev. J. 8. Gonzales, superin-
tendent of the Kansas Congregational
conference. will speak at 1880 o'clock
this evening at the First Congrega-
tional church.
See for yourself how easy it is to
do figure work by the rapid touch
system on the Sundstrand Adding Ma
chine. Jos. c. Wilson & Co, SIS Kan
sas AVe.-Adv.
There have been issued 52s dog Ii
censes for this year from the office
of the city clerk. This is in excess
ofsthe nurnber-5O7 which had been
issued on the same day last year.
Topeka lodge No. SEA, L. o. o. NJ.
will hold installation services for its
new officers Monday evening at the
club rooms. The dramatic club of the
lodge will present a program follow
ing the service.
J. Glenn McSparran of Cicero. Ill,
will succeed e. L. Hendrix as an in
structor in the commercial depart
ment of Topeka high school. Hen
dirk resigned to accept a position with
the Chicago schools.
The Topeka Industrial Council at its
regular meeting Wednesday night, en-
ment fund for Washburn college. Con-
tributions from the union workers of
the town are to be handled thru the
various locals.
Applications for restoration of tele-
graph service at Strawn White City
and Neosho Rapids by the Katy rail-
road have been made to the public
utilities commission. The service was
recently discontinued on the assertion
that it was not profitable.
George Johnson, negro farmer liv-
ing west of Topeka near the Union
Pacific tracks, was arrested by deputy |
sheriffs Wednesday afternoon on a
warrant charging him with selling
some property upon which F. S. |
Thomas held a mortgage of $3.50.
L. c. Binford, in charge of collec- |
ton work for the Topeka Merchants i
association, has resigned his position. /
In company with Mrs. Binford, whose !
i'll health is responsible for the I
change, he will spend the next few /
months travelling in the southwest.
Mrs. Mildred Marie Davis was |
granted a divorce from Edward Ches-
ter Davis by Judge James Mcclure
n the district court Wednesday after
noon and restored to her maiden
name. Mildred Marie Johnston. She |
was awarded $3.50 permanent alimony.
District No. 4, o. E. S. will meet |
with Mrs F. P. Gilmore, 1903 West
Zenith avenue at 2 o'clock Friday af-
-ernoon. The assisting hostesses win
pc: Mrs. f. G. Wright. Mrs c. L.
Martin. Mrs. W. n. Davis, Mrs. E G.
Allen, Mrs. Mary Deisher and Mrs.
Alice Miner.
The contract for stone which will
De made into cut stone for the walls
IF the new Masonic temple was let
Wednesday thru the Sargent Cut
Stone company. for s75.71o, to the
Consolidated Stone company of Bed
7ord. Ind. Eight carloads of stone
Will be used.
Congressman /. c. Dyer. of Mis- I
souri,, is to come to Topeka April 4.
o speak on the anti-lynching bill
which he has proposed in the national
congress. He will speak under the
auspices of the Topeka branch of the :
National Association for the Advance
nent of Colored people.
A ]. Campbell today filed a petition {
n the district court asking a divorce
rom Lottie NJ. Campbell. whom he
charges with failure to live with him
md make a home for him and their {
minor child. He also alleges that she
las been guilty of improper relations !
With other men. They were married
n March, 1917.
Mrs Myrtle Orendorff today filed
petition in the district court asking
divorce from Robert Orendorff.
whom she charges with neglect and
allure to support her. She also al
eyes that he has beaten her and that
lie once drew a revolver on her. She
SKIS that her maiden name, Myrtle
Williams, be restored to her.
The Y. w G. A. and Y. NJ. C A. will |
old a joint box social Friday evening /
I the Y. w. C. A. The proceeds from / /
he affair will be divided equally |
mong the associations. The boys will /
urnish their club room with their + /
hare Of the proceeds and the girls
TilI use their share to defray the ex- 4
enses of attending the summer
amp at Estes Park Colo. IL
Postmaster W. o. Rigby has re-
cived letter from q young lady n
larksvifIe. Iowa, in which she states l.
ley are getting up a home talent pay |
lere. with the scene laid in Kansas.
nd in which the heroine is q cowgirl
be asks Postmaster Rigby to send her
description OF the typical Kansas
1Egir1 and wants TO know If they |