The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-09
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

reQuisition request to the governor OF
California for the rSturn of c B.
Sto6pe. wanted in Geary county on
grand larceny charge
The women OF the First English
Lutheran church will entertain the
members of the Brotherhood of the
church at gao O'Clock Friday night.
A supper will be served.
A joint meeting Of the members of
Troops 2 and Z. Boy Scouts, was held
Wednesday night at the First Chris
tan church. The mothers Of the
scouts acted as hostesses-
Nomina lions for the Royalty con-
test which is being conducted by the
managers Of the Washburn Review,
the college annual. began Wednesday
and will close Saturday.
A new grading scale has been in
stituted in all the English classes IN
the Topeka public schools The new
scale shows what written and oral
work is expected of pupils
I'VE do not demand that you accept
a creed. but we do ask that YOU live
a life" The Unitarian ''Wayside
Pulpit" announces this message today
at 914 Topeka boulevard
". Z. C"BilT) Anderson. cIerl. of
the district court, was back on the Job
today after a severe illness of two
weeks. Anderson had a bad attack of
grippe and narrowly avoided pneU-
monia.
Past rulers night was held Wednes-
day evening by the local Elks' lodge
at the EIks' cub. The past exalted
rulers are: W. O. Anderson. Robert
Pierce, W. R. FaIkiner, A. D. Birch,
and DR.. H. B. Hogeboom
Joseph +E- HanIon. son of Fire Mar
shall Joseph Hanlen. will leave to-
night with his wife for Los Angeles,
Calf. where he hopes to recover his
health after q severe operation re-
Gently undergone in Topeka
J. P. Noble of Oberlin. kan one of
the prominent attorneys OF Decatur
county. was in Topeka today. He pre-
scented a case before the supreme
court He states that the wheat in
Decatur county is in good CONDITION.
The Salvation Army Sunday school
will hold its annual meeting at the
Salvation Army hall at O'Clock to-
night. Prizes consisting of books and
Bible viii be given to students who
have made good attendance records
during the last year.
The third case of diphtheria for the
month of February was reported to
The city health department this
pneumonia reported is declining
steadily, according to Dr. Earle G.
Brown, city health officer
Princess Watahwaso. mezzo- soprano
of the Penobscot Indian tribe, in
terpreter of Indian songs, dances and
folklore, viii give a program at the
Topeka high school auditorium Febr1-4
airy Il under the auspices of the
organizations Of the school.
George Shukers Of Independence
has been appointed by the state su-
prerne court as commissioner to take
testimony in the case Of the state
against G. W. station of Baxter
Springs. in which disbarment pro-
ceedings have been brought against
station
Vice Chancellor William L. Burdiclz
of the Kansas university law school
will speak to Washburu students on
the subject Lincoln as d Lawyer"
Monday morning. Music will be fur
nished by the music department and
the entire chapel service will be given
over to mmeTnorate Lincoln.
A group meeting OF the Topeka dis
trict Of the Woman's Foreign Mission
ary society of the Methodist church
will be held at the Kansas Avenue
Methodist church in North Topeka to-
morrow. The meeting. will begin a.
1890 o'clock and will continue during
the entire day. Miss Ada B. Morrow.
4 returned missionary from Egypt,
will be the chief speaker.
The Wash burn college debate team
viii meet Nebraska Wesleyan univer-
sity in a debate at MacVicar chapel.
college. February p. The
Wash burn debaters will take the mega
tive side on the question. which will
be: Resolved. That the principle of
the closed shop is justifia bic" The
N en- bers of the team are Charles
Quick, Stephen Humphrey and Harry
Crane.
Robert PendIeton, deputy sheriff.
Wednesday afternoon arrested Claude
F'inan in connection with the theft
last July of a Ford car belonging to
vas convicted of the theft by Il jury
in the district court Tuesday. Finan
pleaded not guilty when arraig1ed n
the court of Topeka and his prelirai
nary hearing was set for February , ;.
He was released on $500 bond.
A brigade headquarters company of
the Kansas National Guard is to be
recruited in Topeka by Lieutenant o.
A. RidIon. The outfit viii be made
I'D of experts in the line of mechanics. /
cooks. wireless operators, auto repair
men, map makers and intelligence
workers Enlistment in the headQuar-
ters unit means extra pay aon-com-
missioned rank and many privileges
not granted to the soldier of the line,
il is claimed.
A new scale OF prices for the rental
of FoTd-earS has been announced by !
the .Rent-A-Ford" company. 204
West Sixth avenue. Trucks and tour /
ing cars now may be secured from
the company at the rate OF twelve
cents q mile plus ten cents an hour
up to 6 o'clock in the evening. twenty !
cents an hour after S o'clock on week |
days. and thirty cents an hour on Sun |
days and holidays. The rate for |
sedans and coupes viii be seventeen |
cents a mile. with additional charges |
by the hour. The charge for the /
Fords was form erIy based entirely on |
the time it was driven.
Dr. Samuel A. Eliot. Of Boston. who /
has been for twenty-five years presi- [
dent Of the American Unitarian asso-
citation. and who is considered one OF |
the strongest preachers in the Uni |
tartan denomination. will be the guest
OF the First Unitarian church Of To-
peka Sunday and Monday, February
19 and 20. Doctor Eliot, who is the /
son Of Charles w Eliot. ex-president
Of Harvard university is visiting the |
c nitarian churches Of the west, and
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