The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-18
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AT HOME NEWS

Tax exempt Kansas bonds Shaw
nee Investment Co, 534 Kansas Ave.
Phone b050.-Adv.
The boys and girls glee clubs of
Topeka high school are now holding
Joint rehearsaIs and plan to form
mixed chorus.
The percentage of failures in the
sixth grade of State Street school dur
ing the last term was "a per cent in
stead of "a per cent as previously an
nounced. The public school office
found this error in its report today.
Will party who drove auto which
| knocked down two young ladies on
West Tenth street, one block west of
Washburn avenue, on Sunday evening,
I December II, please call telephone No.
1901 K-2. or if you know of said
party.-Adv.
Ralph c. Lyon, of Topeka, who
states that his occupation is a clerk,
filed a petition in voluntary bankrupt
| cy in the United States district court
today. Lyon claims exemption on his
J assets, amounting to $35, against liza
bilities of S1,5S7.50.
Two hundred persons attended the
annual exhibit of the manual training
| department of the Kansas Industrial
| and Educational Institute, held Fri
day night. Music was furnished by
the band and refreshments were
! served by the girls.
y
| Union Central Life Insurance com
| pany, received a message Friday an
nouncing the death of his mother at
| Gregory, Mich. Mr.. Dutton. who visit
| ed his mother a few days ago during
| her illness, returned to Michigan early
| this Isorning to attend the funeral.
Samuel A. Eliot. of Boston, presi-
dent of the American Unitarian asSo-
! citation, will speak before the students
1 of Topeka high school at special
assembly at $3.50 o'clock Monday
morning. He is the son of president
emeritus Eliot, of Harvard He ad-
dressed the Topeka high school stu
dents a number of years ago.
| Mrs. Lucy Chapman today filed
petition in the district court asking a
divorce from Carl Cecil Chapman, now
an inmate of the state reformatory,
where he was sent from Shawnee
county on a felony charge. Mrs. Chap
/ man alleges that he treated her with
extreme cruelty and failed to provide
/ her with the necessities of hte
| There were 900 students. former
students and friends of students of
Strickler's Topeka Business college at
1.-The third annual reunion and dance
| held Friday night at the Chamber of
/ Commerce building, of which both
| floors were occupied during the even
! ing S. J. Shook, business manager
! of the school, acted as master of
ceremonies. Most of the faculty mem
bers of the school were also present.
| w. A. Billy, director for the Near
East relief in Kansas, will speak be-
fore the members of the Sunday school
of the First Methodist church at 9:3O
! o clock Sunday morning in the Topeka
high school cafeteria. His subject
will be "Salvaging Civilization Where
| Civilization and Religion Had Their
Birth" This will be the same address
as the one delivered before the mem
bers of the Rotary club.
w. H. lines. president of the To-
| peka Merchants association. has ap-
pointed W. E. Brelsford. of the Payne
Shoe company, and Robert B. Austin,
of the Thompson-Baue Austin hard
ware firm, as delegates to attend the
annual convention of the Kansas Re
| tail Dealers association a Wichita.
February % and %. The secretary of
the Topeka association. Milton Tabor,
will also attend the convention.
The Rev. n. F. Johnson. pastor of
( the Mt. Olive Methodist church, will
| deliver an address at 4 o'clock Sun
| day afternoon at the cOlored Y. NJ. c.
| A, on the subject, 1.-The Building of a
Symu etricaI Man" Women and girls
are also in Jited to attend the meet
ing. The Y NJ. c. A. orchestra, led
| by H. G. Brown, will give a musical
| program. A number of selections will
| be given by Dukes Hi-Y orchestra.
When 'Bill' Robertson. alias Ante
! lope, was ready to leave the federal
penitentialy at Leavenworth, Friday
afternoon, where he had served eigh-
| teen months for peddling narcotics in
| Texas. he was arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Tom Armstrong
! on warrant charging him with
similar offense in western Oklahoma.
] Robertson was taken to the Wyan-
dotte county jail at Kansas City, Kan,
! pending trial.
The Emporia Baptist church bas-
ketbal team defeated the quintet of
| the First Baptist church of Topeka
! by a score of 81 to 8 in game played
| Friday night at the Y. NJ. c. A The
Emporians outclassed the locals in
every department of the game. The
! Emporia team is champion of the in
| termediate division of the Emporia
church league. B. Loveless and Fish
starred for Emporia, and Page starred
for the locals.
Six sacks and three barrels of Cori-
ander seed in the possession of Ar
mour & Company at Kansas City,
/, Kan, was arrested Friday aftern DON
by Deputy United States Marshal Tom
| Armstrong. The action was taken in
connection with a suit recently filed
in federal court by Al f. Williams
United States district attorney, charg-
ing that the seed was adultered in
such a way as to be in violation of the
government food and drug act.
The Norden Benefit association OF
Topeka will give a banquet at the
Swedish Bethel church March 8. Prof
! Albert Haberstro, of the music de-
partment of Washburn college; Rev.
A, L. Nystrom and DIR. Q. L. Erickson
/ will respond to toasts. Oscar Carlson
will be POSTMASTER. Arthur Sober
strum will give piano selection ana
pupils of Professor Haberstro will also
furnish music for the occasion. The
program has not been entirely com
pleted.
The annual nomination OF officers
of Topeka Lodge No. 524. L. o. o. M,
preceding the annual election, will be
held at $50 o'clock Monday evening
at the Moose club. The final election
will be held on March 6. The present
officers are: C. c. McCarter. past die
tator; L. o. Sanderson, dictator: n. f.
Ulrieh. vice dictator; G. w. Hin. pre-