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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
He points to the Lamb of God

The next day John saw Jesus
coming towards him andNexclaimed,
Look, that is the Lamb of God
who is to take away the sin of the
world! This is He about whom said,
After me is to come One who has
been put before me, because He was
before me- I did not yet know Him;
but that He may be openly shown
to Israel is the reason why I have
come baptizinG in water"
John also gave testimony by stating:
Il have seen the Spirit coming
down like a dove out of Heaven; and
it remained upon Him. I did not yet
know Him, but He who sent me to
baptize in water said to me,
The One on whom you see the
He it is who baptizes in the Holy
Spirit
'This I have seen, and I have
become a witness that He is the Son
of Cod
Two of Johns Disciples become
Disciples of Jesus
Again the next day John was stand
ing with two of his disciples, when
he saw Jesus passing by, and said,
Look! that is the Lamb of GodW
The two disciples heard his
exclamation. and they followed Jesus.
Then Jesus turned round, and seeing
them following He asked them,
Rabbi" they replied-'Rabbi'
means Teacher'-'where are you
staying?"
"Come and you shall see," He said.
So they went and saw where He
was staying, and they remained and
spent that day with Him. 1t was then
about ten o'clock in the morning.
Andrew, Simon Peters brother, was
, one of the two who heard Johns
| exclamation and followed Jesus. He
first found his own brother Simon,
and said to him,
1--WE. have found the Messfah!"-
| that is to say, the Amounted One.
He brought him to Jesus, Jesus
looked at him and said,
you are Simon, son of John: you
shall be called Cephas"-that is to say,
Peter Cor Rocky.
Philip and Nathaniel also
follow Christ
leave Bethany and go into Galilee,
Jesus found Philip, and invited him to
follow Him. (Now Philip came from
Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew
and Peter) Them Philip found
Nathaniel, and said to him,
I'VE have found him about whom
Moses in the Law wrote, as well as
the Prophets-Jesus, the son of
Joseph, a man of Nazareth"
Can anything good come out of
Nazareth replied Nathaniel
Come and see" said Philip.
Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching,
and said of him,
/ Look here is a true Israelite, In
whom there is no deceitfulness!"
How do you know me?" Nathaniel
asked.
Before Philip called you" said
Jesus, when you were under the fig
| tree 1 saw you"
Rabbi" cried Nathaniel. "you are
the Son of God. you are IsraePs King!'
Because said to you, L saw you
under the fig-tree,'" replied Jesus
do you believe? You shall see great
er things than that"
Il tell you all in most solemn
| truth" He added, ''that you shall see
Heaven opened wide, and Gods angels
going up. and coming down to the Son
of Man"
/, Christ's first Miracle
/ Two days later there was a wedding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
FIRE LOSS LESS
Total of 265 Fires Reported in
Kansas During August.
Property Loss Much Smaller
Than June or July.
AUGUST DAMAGE $780, 24
BIazes of Unknown Origin Took
First Place in List.
Lightning Given as Cause for
Thirty-FOur Fires.

Two hundred and sixty-five fires in
Kansas during August caused damage
amounting to $SO1.724, says the
monthly report issued by State Fire
Marshal L. T. Hussey. This report
compares favorably with that of July
which showed 252 fires caused a total
loss of property valued at $55s.974,
and with the June report which
showed damage aggregating $537,S0o
caused by 295 fires.
Seventy-two blazes of unknown orl-
gin during August caused the greatest
loss under any heading of "classifica-
tioa of sol. The next
largest item was for thirty-four fires
caused by lightning. not rodded"-
$56.158. Under the classification Of
property destroyed, the report shows,
as usual, that dwellings took the lead,
eighty-one of these being burned with
a total loss of $90,806, while barns
and stables burned numbered seventy
eight with loss of $12S,S00. The
third largest item under this classifi-
cation was a loss of S2S,5S3 caused
by the burning of fifteen stores.
The August Report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
AMERICAN
X y
\LEG1ON)

According to reports given out by
state headquarters of the Kansas
compensation committee at Topeka,
much enthusiastic support is being
pensation measure which is to be
voted on at the November election.
Not only are all American Legion
members working for a favorable
vote on this bill but other organiza-
tons are assisting. Resolutions en-
dorsing the bill have been received
from the state organizations of the
United Spanish War Veterans, the L.
o. o. F., the Rebekahs and the State
Federation of W-omens' clubs. Several
locals of the Farmers Union have also
endorsed the measure.
Straw votes have been taken by Lee
gion men in Goff and Axtell, both ru-
raj communities. At Golf forty votes
were taken. Thirty-six were for the
measure and four against. At Axtell,
out of twenty five, twenty lone favored
the measure. Both polls were solicited
among business men.
Two posts have written and pro-
duced plays dealing with the merits
of the proposed soldier legislation.
At McCracken a three act production
is being presented in all the towns in
Rush county. Hays Legion men have
produced 9 playlet called THE Flop
per-" a single act which tells of how
a man who was against the compensa-
ton law Hoped"
Headquarters for the various state
department, American Legion Aux
iliary and the American Legion at
New Orleans during the national con-
vention, October 1920, have been Sc
lected according to an announcement
received at Kansas state headquarters
from convention headquarters in New
Orleans.
American Legion national head
quarters will be at the Grunewald
hotel. which will also accommodate
the distinguished guests and the fol-
lowing state departments: Alabama
Arkansas, California. Canada, Florida,
Indiana. Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan,
Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon.
Washington, Texas and Wyoming.
The st. Charles hotel will be depart
mental headquarters for the following
delegations: Alaska. Arizona, Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, District of Column
bia, Delaware. Georgia, Illinois, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Massachusetts,, Mime
sofa, New Hampshire. New Jersey
| North and South Carolina, North and
South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, West Virginia, Virginia, Yer
| mont and Wisconsin.
| The Monteleone hotel will house the
delegations and be departmental head
quarters for Idaho, Maine, Maryland
Mexico, Montana. Nebraska. Nevada
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Panama
Philippine Islands and Utah.
| The delegation from Tennessee and
a number of crack military organ
| izations will be cared for at the Plan.
| ters hotel.
! American Legion Auxiliary nationa
| headquarters will be at the Bienvilis
| hotel, which Will also house the dis
tinguished guests of that organize
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
The Divine Word

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was in the be-
ginning with God. All things came
into being through Him, and apart
from Him nothing that exists came
into being. In Him was Life, and that
Life was the Light of men. The Light
shines in the darkness, and the dark
ness has not overpowered it.
There was man sent from God,
whose name was John. He came as
u witness, in order that he might give
testimony concerning the Light-so
that all might believe through him.
He was not the Light, but he existed
that he might give testimony con-
corning the Light. The true Light was
that which iilumines every man by its
coming into the world. He was in the
world, and the world came into
existence through Him, and the world
did not recognize Him. He came to
the things that were His own, and His
own people gave Him no welcome. But
all who have received Him, to them
that is, to those who trust in His
name-He has given the privilege OF
becoming children of God; who were
begotten as such not by human
descent, nor through an impulse OF
their own nature, nor through the will
of human father, but from God.
And the Word came in the flesh.
that we saw His, glory-the glory as
of the Fathers only Son, sent from
His presence. He was full of grace
and truth.
The Testimony of John
the Baptist
John gave testimony concerning
Him and cried aloud, saying,
This is He of whom said, He
who is coming after me has been
put before me- for He was before
me-"
For He it is from whose fulness we
have all received, and grace upon
grace. For the Law was given through
Moses; grace and truth came through
Jesus Christ No human eye has ever
seen God: the only Son, who is in the
Fathers bosom-He has made Him
known.
He predicts the Appearing and
Work of Jesus
This also is Johns testimony, when
the Jews sent to him a deputation OF
Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to
ask him who he was. He ayowed-
he did not conceal the truth, but
avowed.
IT am not the Christ"
"What them" they inquired; "are
you Elijah? ?"
st am not" he said.
Are you the Prophet"
NO" he answered.
So they pressed the question.
WHO are you? they safd-''thai
we may take an answer to those who
sent US. What account do you give
of yourself?"
81 am the voice" he replied, "of ons
crying aloud, Make straight the
Lords way in the Desert fulfilling
| the words of the Prophet Isaiah" lisa
xl. 81.
They were Phasisees who had beer
sent. Again tLey questioned him
| why then do you baptize," they
said, 'if you are neither the Chris
nor Elijah nor the Prophet"
81 baptize il water only" Johr
answered. but in your midst stand:
One whom you<do not know-He WHIT
is to come after me, and whose
sandal-strap I am not worthy II
! unfasten."
This conversation took place a
Bethany beyond the Jordan, wher'
John was baptizing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
BIG |. 0. 0. F. MEET ADD MUCH WEALT
Annual Session of Kansas Bonus Measure Wou
Grand Lodge Place 100000 in Shawnee CO
October TO- IL and IL Dates ExSeryice Men Would Spen
Set for Meeting. Little for Personal Pleasure.
MANY TOPEKANS WILL ATTEND BUSINESS WOULD BEkEF
Grand Sire L. j. EasOn of St Average Amount to Each
Joe, viii Speak. Would Be About $500.
Rebekah State Assembly Measure Provides Payme
Hold School of Instruction. of 81 for Each Day.
Kansas Bonus Measure Would
Place 100000 in Shawnee Co.
Ex-Seryice Men Would Spend
Little for Personal Pleasure.
BUSINESS WOULD BENEFIT
Average Amount to Each Vet
eran Would Be About $500.
Measure Provides for Payment
of 81 for Each Day.

More than 100000 will be placed
in Shawnee county If the Kansas adj
justed compensation measure is placed
on the statute books, according to
Donald H. MacIvor. executive secre-
tary of the Kansas compensation COM
mittee of the American Legion. This
would tend to start q new era of
prosperity. Shawnee county men.
would spend less than 1 per cent OF
this sum for personal pleasure, he
says.
Approximately sS.s per cent OF the
compensation money would be used in
making savings deposits and purchas-
ing stocks and bonds. Business would
benefits generally as 5 per cent, or
100000 of the sum would be used
solely for the payment of debts Mac
Iyor says.
Merchants Would Be Benefited.
Clothing merchants and furniture
dealers would be materially benefited.
says MacIvor. Another is per cent
would be spent for clothing for self
and family and per cent, or $4,000.
would be spent for furniture.
Each ex-service man would receive
on an average about 500, as the
compensation measure provides for
the payment of 81 for each day in
the service. The average length of
service is about ten months
Amount To Be Spent.
The per cent and amount of the
sum to be spent for various purposes
is shown in the following table:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23

Deliberate before you begin, then exc
cute with yigor.-Sailust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
SEVEN sENTENcE SERMONS.

If your religion does not change you,
then you had better change your religion.
David Gregg.
Deliberate before you begin, then exc
cute with yigor.-Sailust
Lift your glad voice in triumph on high,
For Jesus has risen, and man shall not die.
Henry Ware.
II anger is not restrained it is frequent
ly more hurtful to us than the injury that
provoked is.-ADon-
God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble--Psaimist.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
/ only know ] cannot drift
Beyond his love and care.
whittier.
II a man is unhappy, remember thai
his unhappiness is his own fault for Coo
made all men to be happy--Epictetus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
MOTOR CARS LOCK WHEELS
One Person Dead and Three Others
Injured in Accident Near Pittsburg.


Injured In Accident Near Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Kan, Sept. fisherman
Yanko. II, OF Frontenac, was killed,
and three men were injured. one of
them seriously, in a motor car acct
dent yesterday. five miles northeast
OF Pittsburg. A small car in which
Yanko and four others. all miners,
were riding, locked wheels with a
larger car while attempting to pass,
and overturned, hurting its occupants
into a barlRd wire renee. Yanko's
neck was broken and he died en- route
to n hospital.
The injured are: William Pike. jr.,
Julius La Forte, jr., and Charles Null
ligan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23

God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.-Psalmist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
MONDAY.

OF Barn
Of hay detroye
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23

FolloYing is the report for August
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S new by local
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
rhe coaI strLke sltuatlon.

Coal strike leaders are claiming
steady gains in thes-,autdown OF non.
union bituminou5 mines. Their est.
mates OF the number Of nou-union
men that have been induced TO 80 ont
by the union organizers run all the
way from $4,000 to $4,000. On the
other hand, the operators are conf
dent that quite as many new men
have gone to work since April | in
the non-union mines of some districts
as old non-mion men have quit work
in other districts, so that the net re-
suit of the gains and losses Is about
q standofi
Whatever the exact mathematical
balance Of this shift Of more workers
going into some non.union mines
While fewer remain in other non
union mines. two interesting facts
have developed in the situation One
Is that the drive to get non.union coal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15

miners out was very largely conferred
on mines Of the United States Steel
Corporation and It's subsidiaries in a
patent attempt to close up the cor.
portation's steel mills by cutting Of.
their fuel supply The steel com
panies are so strongly inUenched in
their open shop system that they are
likely to overcome their strike trou'
b'es soon
The other interesting fact is that,
even before the strike, union miners
were slipping into non-union btu
minous communities under assumed
names and taking work there at non
union wages. Since the strike began
the numbers Of such union men
secretly working in non-union mines
have been augmented in places made
for them through the increase Of non
union output
The strikingly significant thing
about such q situation as this, if the
operators accurately describe 1t, is il
shows that the union miners them
selves realize the wage scales their
leaders insist upon maintaining are
too high to permit the union mines
to operate in competition with the
non.union mines. In sCme instances
the scales o. the non.union mines are
net mucA more than half what the
union scale Is. But six days Of work
week In the non union nine, put
more money into the pockets of the
work a week in the union mines put
nonunion workers than two days of
into the pockets of the union worker
even before the strike.
II that was a strong enough appeal
to draw men cut of union bituminous
mines into nen-union mines even be.
fora the strike. because they knew
the union mines could not operate
under tho lohoy costs of getting out
their coal, those men must equally
realize chat IL there we're any chance
Of the unions winning the strike
IL would do the men no good to win
&C. since the paying jobs would still
be in the non.union mines and only
the union wage scale but no paying
Jobs at the union mines.
IL tho rank and file do not count
on getting anything out of the strike,
the leaders can scarcely expect the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15

In two districts in the state OF
Illinois Republican primaries have
recently been held and in both cases
the Congressman representing the
district was defeated for renomina
ton apparently because he had voted
for the solder bonus It is probable
that a majority of the people Of the
United States are earnestly in favor
Of a soldier bonus I. the money can
be raised without injury to the ma.
ton and distributed in form to do
good, but many congressman who
voted for the act now pending vii
Haye something to explain to their
constituents II is opposed by u con
siderable proportion of the level
headed members Of the American
Legion and by practically everybody
else. It is calculated to prove ter,
rife blow to business and employment
in the United states and will do the
veterans OF the war more harm than
good because it will reduce tteir
earning capacity in the next ten years
more than the amount Of the bonus
The soldiers who fought in the recent
war should receive a bonus, but not
at the expense o. a staggering blow
on a business structure already over.
burdened A bonus can be paid by
reducing the amount Of patenalistie
humbug in whic1 the federal govern.
meut is engaged ard at the same time
removing from the payroll a vast
army Of unemployed who have got.
ten onto the salary list and still hang
on there though there is little work
for them to do. Two men to do the
work of one is the regular thing in
government service
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15

strike to succeed on the demands they
now put forth If they know the
scale must come down before there
can be competitive operation of the
union mines, why don't they say so
and try to negotiate a settlement OF
the strike on that basis? 1t looks
like the reasonable and it may be
the only way out--New York Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
How's This?

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
do what we claim for it--cure Catarrh or
Deafness caused by C0tarrh. We do not
claim to cure any other disease.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is q
LIQUID, taken internally, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces OF
the system, thus reducing the inflamma-
ton and restoring normal conditions.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
Il. j. Cheney q &C., Toledo. Ohio.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-15
sunscnlpr1oN nArEs

uGnnEn OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tho Associated Press - exclusively
entitled 70 the ueo for publication of
10 news lrRppt2hes credited 10 Il or
not otherwise credited in that paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-22
THE PAGEANT OF PRoGREss.

For many yeal5 the business men
OF Topeka have been talking about a
spring event that would form a sort
OF balance for the Kansas Free Fair.
the biggest drawing card in Topeka
business circles. Until the Merchants
association members decided to make
this dream a reality, the plans were
vague and never carried out. They
have now eliminated in the Pageant
oc Progress to be held in this city the
last four days OF next week.
Topekas Pageant OF Progress is be-
iioved TO mark the beginning of the
predicted prosperity for 1922. Local
merchants. manufacturers and bus
ness men generally say they are going
into this big trade show with the in
tention of showing the trade territory
that prices are again back to pre-war
levels and that merchandise must be
moved If times are to be prosperous
The widespread interest already
shown in the exhibition it issreported
assures its success, both financially
and in bringing trade to Topeka. 1t
is expected TO instiIl a confidence in
the buying public and what is still
more important, in the merchants and
manufacturers themselves.
With the most productive trade ter
ritory OF any city OF its size in the
country, Topeka should be twice as
large as it is and do three times the
business it now enjoys. No city in
the country can boast OF the wealth,
per capita that Topeka has come to
accept as a fact The rural popula-
ton OF the counties Immediately sur
rounding Topeka owns more automo-
biies. per capita. than any like num-
Der OF persons in the world. There
are approximately 5000 automobiles
and trucks in Shawnee county. The
sixteen counties that make up To-
peka's direct trade territory have an
other $4,000 cars and trucks. Scarce
" q farmer in the sixteen counties is
without at least one motor vehicle.
Every family in these sixteen counties
IS within q two hour drive of Topeka
These figures are obtained from sta
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-22

tistfcs I'm the hands of the secretary OF
the Merchants association.
The municipal limits do not mark
the dividing line between city and
country any more. Every person who
can drive to town is now a part of the
city. He enjc--s the same privileges
and conveniences that are accessible
to his city cousin. I
The Pageant of Progress it is
thought will do more to cement the
friendship of city and country folk
than any other big event of it's kind.
With the interest already shown in
the Pageant of Progress as a criterion
next years show promises to be twice
as big. It is intended to make it an
annual event, looked forward to in
much the same manner that the peo-
pie now look forward to the Kansas
Free Fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-22
JUST FOLKS
A GOOD OLD WORLD.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

"A GOOD OLD WORLD.
It's a fine old world when the sun is high,
A fine old world with a summer sky,
It's a good old world when the roses
And the breeze is sweet with faint per-
With health in tAe house and joy outside,
We all forget that we've ever cried.
But let it rain on our picnic day
And our mouths droop down in a dismal
Let trouble come for little while
And we lose our pluck and we lose our
We are blind to beauty and deaf to song.
And we sit and sigh that the worlds all
wrong
It's a fine old world when our hearts are
It's good old world when our days are
But we're quick to frown when the skies
And we've little faith for the darkened
We are all too weak when we should be
And We sit and sigh that the worlds all
wrong.
There's never a door that care goes by,
There's never heart but must some
The rain must fail and the winds must
blow
And pleasure fade at the touch of woe:
And in spite of the way that our hopes are
We must Keep our faith in this good old
Copyright. 1922, by Edgar a. Guest1