The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
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1 Tax exempt Kansas bonds. Shaw
nee Investment Co.. 534 Kansas Ave.
Phone b050.-Adv.
The Rev. William Rice of New York
City, will deliver sermon at the
morning service in the Central Bap-
tist church Sunday.
History of the Birds of Kansas with
52s illustrations. $1.00 per copy.
Crane & Company. S12 Kan. Ave
Adv.
Milton Tabor. secretary of the To-
| peka Merchants association, is at
| tending the state convention of retail
secretaries at Emporia.
| The regular meeting and luncheon
of the Topeka Life Underwriters as
fsociation was held at the Chamber of
Commerce at noon today.
The principals OF the Topeka ward
schools will. hold meeting at 4:3O
O'Clock Monday evening to discuss
plans for the closing of school.
Money to loan on improved real es-
Unreasonable rates-and no red
ltape-Telephone 1896. The Topeka
Mortgage & Investment Co.-Adv.
| Bank clearings this week amounted
! to $2,128, 32O.16, as compared with
$243S, S63.61. for last week, and 81,
253,165.5s for the same week last
year.
S. ]. Shook, business manager of
Strickler's Topeka Business college. is
attending a convention of the Central
Commercial Teachers association in
Omaha, Nebr He will return Mon
day.
Remember you can get fine Sun
day dinner at Warren NJ. Croshby's
new Tea Room for Use plate.-Adv.
The Warren NJ. Crosby Tea Room
will be closed all day Memorial Day
Adv.
Charles F. Flick. a Hoyt merchant
whose building and stock were de-
stroyed by fire this week. reopened
for business in a temporary building
for the w. o. Anderson commission
firm of Topeka
A new Esperanto class will be or
ganized at a meeting at O'Clock this
evening at the Central M e A
Two other Esperanto classes have al
ready been organized by the Rev. J.
H. Hazel and are holding meetings at
regular intervals.
A 26O-page catalogue is in course of
preparation by Crane & Company
The catalogue will be the latest thing
in that line The last general cata-
logue issued by the company was sent
out two years ago.
Olin Buck was elected president of
the Washburn college chapter of the
ri Kappa Delta. national forensic fra
ternity, at a meeting held Friday.
Other officers elected were: Miss
Mabel Taylor, vice president; Charles
Carpenter secretary, and Melvin
Booth. forensic manager.
Eight senior members at the Gam
ma Sigma literary society of Wash |
burn college were in charge of the
program at a meeting Friday night.
McCaig. Gerald w. Tasker. Robert
Hale, Robert LOOMS, Eugene Roose, |
John Tevis and Burton G. Wasser.
Walter H. White. chaplain, will be |
in charge of the memorial services
of Jordan Patterson post. American |
Legion. which will be held at 2:30 |
o'clock Sunday afternoon at st. Johns /
A. NJ. E. church. Among the speakers |
will be: B. F. Payne. Mrs. Leila |
.Oglesvie. Prof. S. G. Watkins and Fes-
tus Duke.
Walter Winter was elected noble |
grand of Excelsior lodge No. $40, 1. |
o. o. F., at a meeting at Odd Fellows
hail, 117 West Sixth avenue. Friday /
night. Other officers elected were:
Smith Tarter. vice grand; F. A. Wag- |
ner, recording secretary; J. NJ. Shella-
barger. treasurer, and w. J. Dixon,
deputy grand master.
Miss Gladys Rabb. a senior in the
Washburn college school of music,
will present her graduating violin re-
cital at S;15 o'clock Monday evening
at MacVicar chapel. She will play on
a Amati violin made by Shrveitzer at
Pestini, Italy. in 1922. She is the
la Grange, Texas.
George E. Wiegand, employed by
the Santa Fe as an inspector in the
special service department. was taken
seriously Ill at his office Friday after
noon and had to be removed to his
home, 1925 Boswell avenue. His con-
dition was somewhat improved. today. |
it was said. He is suffering from
heart failure following an attack of
tition in the district court asking a di-
vorce from John c. James. now living
in Longton, Elk county. She charges
that he has struck. beat, cursed and
abused her and failed to provide for
her. She says he owns valuable prop
erty. including a radio plant, in Long,
ton and that he Is manager of the
electric light plant there.
One hundred and fifty teachers in
the Topeka public schools enjoyed
their annual picnic at Edgewater
beach, Tecumseh, this afternoon. The
teachers lost their dignity and dis
played much enthusiasm in participant
ng in sports. The program included
croQuet, baseball swimming and vol
eyball. The program will close this
evening with picnic supper.
Kenneth Spurlock won the annual
)ratorical contest of Assumption high
school Friday night. He will be pre-
sented with a gold medal on Juno .. $
other contestants were: Francis
John Rossiter. Thomas
Kelley. William Downing, John Dona-
1ue, Paul Cannon and Walter Ken
1edy. The judges were: Col A NJ /
Fuller. George P. Morehouse and the {
Rev. George Eckart. '
DR.. and Mrs F. l. Bartlett, of Den
-er. Colorado, and their driver passed /
hru Topeka today en- route over the i
Victory Highway to New York city. I
DR.. Bartlett is honorary adviser and I
rice president of the Victory Highway I
association, for Colorado. They left y
Denver Sunday, and have encountered
lad roads thruout the state of Kansas =
They will inspect the route east of {
Kansas City, as they continue their Z