The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-04
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY z. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledgef.l
The News of Shaw and Vicinity.

Ed Pavey has traded his home on
North Fourth street for a Ford car.
Ed says, what with improved high
ways and the Gilt Edged Picture Pal
ace giving show every night, nobody
| is ever at home nowadays and it is
useless to maintain an establishment.
Everett Splain is visiting his father
and mother and other relatives in
| Shaw. As becomes a man who has a
| job in st. Louis and who hasn't writ
ten home for money for nearly a year,
Everett is talking big.
| Elmer Stribbie has a plan to amort-
ize the war debt. If he canfind a
good, trustworthy man to look after
his peanut and popcorn emporium
while he is away, he may go to Wash
ington and lay the plan before Presi-
dent Harding.
Prof. Evan Hardcastle, who came
to Shaw couple of months ago to
lecture on phrenology, has gone to
work in Wesley Harris, meat market
| They say the girl Tom WiIborn mar
ried shortly after he went to Roches-
| ter, N. Y, to live is leading him a
| dogs life. She makes him put on his
| coat when he sits down to meals
Lawyer Preston says he has seen his
son Lester twice since the latter came
home from college the first of June
once when he asked for the keys to
| the car and once at the Gilt Edged
Picture Palace.
Tud Jolliver has a new recipe which
was sent to him by his buddy" in
the Spanish-American war, who now
lives in Indiana. Tud made up a
batch of it last week and has prom
| ised to let everybody know how it
turns out. tubs friend claims it runs
about 20 per cent.
The party given by Mr.. and Mrs.
| Hamilton Ellick Tuesday evening in
honor of Susie clicks girl friend from
st. Joe, who has been visiting here,
was only a moderate success. Ham
got to the talking machine early in
the evening and never left it until the
guests were saying goodnight"
Ham Ellick is a good business man
and fine citizen, but he virtually has
ruined Harry Lauder in this town.
| Stevie Ebenhack, who is home from
scnool Tor the summer holidays, claims
he can make gin in ten minutes, but
is showing no signs of industry.
Abner Poston has announced his
| candidacy for congress, but what Alb
| postmaster in Shaw. If he can put a
| big enough lump in Congressman
| Necessary's thorax, he may be ap-
| pointed.
| of "Cytheria" has travelled 16S miles
in the two months he has had it. The
| Ira Pelter family is reading it today.
| The Tom Broadbents- are next in line.
| Having had his car repainted again,
l Pip Doolittle is ready to start back
to the Canadian border for another
| load. Pip says the officers who
chased him thru Iowa the last time
won't know the old boat.
Nose Hardy and Sam Nearman
| had a big argument in front of the
filling station yesterday afternoon.
| Nose wanted Sam to put ten gallons
of gas on next months bill, but lost
| the decision.
| Lake Peagle is talking about going
| to New York some time this summer.
1t seems like Lake does nothing but
| run around. He was in Indianapolis
| in 1903 and spent two days in Tulsa
| a year ago last fall.
Linnfe Eaton has given up and gone
| to work in the Bon Ton department
store. Linnie gave a fine street pa
I rade, but, somehow, never could sell
| ticket to the evening performance.
| Shaw will observe Linoleum Week
July 10 to IT. inclusive. The reason
the committee picked linoleum is that
| it was the onlyfhing left. Everything
| else had been celebrated.
| Bud Pitts may go to work If moth
| ing else turns up. but will give luck
| one more chance.
| Dake Boles says he can remember
| when the town site of Shaw was a
| wilderness. = The town site of Shaw
| is a wilderness yet as far as Dake
| Boles is concerned.
The plans for Mortimer Gideon's
new home are on display at the Clio
yer Leaf Department Store and the
people of Shaw and vicinity are in
vited to call and look them over and
make such suggestions and changes as
| they deem advisable and necessary.
I Mortimer says he is putting a good
! deal of money into the new place and
wants everybody satisfied before he
| begins to spend it. The Gideons have
been very careful about flouting pub
! lie sentiment since they painted their
old home a cream color with brown
| trimmings.
| Sarvis Berry had a hard day We'd
nesday He undertook to tell every
body who came to town that day
about the Herrin tragedy, and it