The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

s2.563. 4s6.55. as against s3,6s7. eO3. 80,
for last week. and $2.739, 5S3.45 for
the same week last year.
! A radio receiving set with loud
speaking attachment, has been in
stalled for demonstration purposes in
the Clarence l. Scott restaurant OPP
posite the postoffice.
The Rev. William Rice. pastor of
Redden chapel, will preach at the
! Third Presbyterian church, corner
| Fourth and Branner streets, Sunday
morning at IL o'clock.
/ The Rev. y. H Leyburn. office ex-
| ecutive in the Kansas Baptist conven-
I ton. will have charge of the Sunday
I morning services in the Quinton
/ Heights Baptist church.
Real happiness is not costly. but
what fearful prices men pay for its
/ limitations" This is the message to-
/ day of the Unitarian ''Wayside Pull
/ pit" at 914 Topeka. boulevard.
The Rev. William Rice, pastor of
Redden cha pei, will give a humorous
4 lecture, Some Funny Things" at the
Methodist church at Paxico. Kan, on
Monday evening at Sis o'clock.
Games scheduled for today in the
evening volley ball league at the T.
NJ. c. A. are: Guy Steve's team VS.. A.
| H. Moser's team, and c. L. Daughters
team VS.. G. w. ShimmeaTs team.
The Unique Loan & Investment
company, with H. E. Barnes as agent.
will commence business in the rooms
over the Sheetz grocery at S2S North
Kansas avenue, Monday morning.
The Alpha Beta Theta class of the
First Baptist church will hold a
monthly business meeting Monday
evening at the home of Miss Alice
Carson and Mrs. Mae Stratton at 1887
Garfield avenue.
The meeting of Rebekah chapter
No. s, o. z. S, which was scheduled
for Tuesday. August %, has been post
poned until Tuesday. September -,
due to the absence from the city of
several officers of the lodge.
Election of officers will be held by
the international Women's Union
Labor league at meeting tonight at
Labor hall. The charter for the or
SANITATION has arrived and the mem
bership has passed the 200 mark.
The Ministerial union and the To-
peka Federation of Clubs have placed
Miss Annetta James in charge of the
welfare work among the colored fami-
lies of the city. She will work in con-
nection with the Provident associa-
ton.
To rid trees of web worms persons
must remove branches early in the
morning on which the worms were
seen the night before, according to
parks. The heat of the sun makes the
worms move to other parts of the
trees.
The Rev. ]. H. Carlson of. Essex,
Ia, who is visiting relatives here, wi
speak at the Sunday morning and eve
ming services of the Swedish Bethel
church, Sixth avenue and Harrison
street. The morning services will be
in Swedish and the evening services
in English.
Members of the Square Circle club
will hold their second picnic of the
SUNDAY afternoon at Camp
Daylesford Members will furnish
their own lunch. They will meet at
the residence of DR.. Galen J. Crook,
1434 Western avenue, and transporta-
ton will be provided for all.
The new Penwell school on Boswell
avenue will undoubtedly be ready for
use when tho second semester or
school opens in January, A j. Stout
superintendent OF city SchooIs. an
nounced this morning All OF the ma
terials are on the grounds and the
work is going forward rapidly.
The application of the Kansas Nat
ural and Empire Natural Gas COM
panies for an increase of cents
charged local distributing companies
will be heard in Topeka October II,
according to an announcement MADE
today by the public utilities commits
sion.
At the mass meeting of striking
Santa Fe shopmen and their families
at Ripley park Sunday, the speakers
will be W. H Graves, Kansas CITY,
Mo. district representative of the ma
chinists union. and J. S. Kepler, sec
rotary and treasurer of the carmen's
federation. The meeting will COM
mence at o'clock as usual
Employees OF the Kansas Reserve
State bank, the Kansas Reserve In
vestment company and the Kansas Ike
serve Building and Loan association
are picnicking this afternoon at Camp
Daylesford. near Topeka, as the guests
of the officers of the various COM
panies. Eats. games, sports and other
entertainments are scheduled for the
afternoon, with dancing for this even
ing.
With coal mines thru the country
opening up and putting in use large
number of open railroad cars, KAN
sas state highway officials are Begin
ming to fear that cars will not be
available for the shipment of road
building materials NJ. w. Watson,
state highway engineer, asserts he has
from the Santa Fe that cars Will be
available for road material shipments.
The VaIlandingham Dry Goods com
pany, 633 Kansas avenue, kansas CITY
Kan, this morning filed petition in
voluntary bankruptcy in the off1ce or
the clerk of the United States district
court in Topeka. L. X. Nallanding-
ham Is president of the concern and
Ed L. Mason is secretary. The debts
of the company are chiefly owing to
wholesalers and jobbers in Kansas
City and total Ss.S35.23. according to
the petition of the firm. Their assets
total $6.15O.
Having failed to get the Kansas
public utilities commission to approve
its reorganization plans without
making guarantees that its main Of
fees would not be moved from Par
sons. Kan, to st. Louis. Mo. the NJ.
X. & T. railroad has appealed to the
Interstate commerce commission for
approval of its reorganization pans
The l. C. c. has sent the application |
OF the railroad to the Kansas commits |
sion for a recommendation, which |