The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-07
Local Mention

Plans for the construction of
sanitary sewer in the district bounded
by Huntoon and High streets, Wash
| burn avenue and the south line Of
the Tfcehurst addition We're presented
| to the city commission this morning
by City Engineer w. E. BaIdry, and
were tentatively approved by the com
mission. Action on the plan will be
| delayed until the petition for the
| esta blishment of the benefit district,
is Investigated and complete specified
lions. for the sewer are prepared
! The Women's Missionary society of
the Westminster Presbyterian church
will hold ANAL day meeting, Wednes-
day Luncheon will be served at
1880 o'clock, followed by the regular
meeting.
Tickets for old Fiddlers contest on
! sale at Tully-McFarland drug store,
| S35 Kansas ave. Also Central Y. M.
! C. A, 25 cents.-Adv.
| sabetha Jones today filed suit in
the Shawnee county district court
{ asking for divorce from William L.
| Jones whom she charges with extreme
| July %, 1912, the plaintiffs petition
states.
1t is a young wife that Jack Var
! nado, of Ala Smith street, Odessa,
| Missouri. wants to take care of ac-
J cording to letter he has written here
to G.. A Swallow, chief of police. Var
| nado says he doesn't care who the girl
| IS, what her walk in life has been
or what she looks like just so she is
| somewhere between the ages of 5
and 10 years. Varnado says he is an
ex-soldier and not having anybody to
! care for he thinks it is his duty to
! take some girl as his wife and give her
/ a home. An orphan girl will do, he
says.
The first case of diphtheria reported
to the city health departm during
THE month of February was reported
this morning. That makes seven
days clear of it. anyway" DR.. Earle
| G. Brown, city health officer, said to-
day. The number of cases of in
fiuenza and of contagious diseases
generally, continues to decrease.
Raymond Ch:-opodist, orpheum Blds.-Adv
Only one fire alarm was answered
| by the Topeka department before
noon today. in contrast to the six
which were received Monday morn
| ing. The alarm this morning was
caused by flue burning out at 1716
Kansas avenue at 1884 o'clock this
m orning.
Art Lamp Shop, 500 Kansas Ave-
Adv.
NJ E. Cooley. dean of the engineer
| ing school of the University of Michi-
gan, will speak at the Chamber of
| Commerce at 8 O'Clock tonight, under
! the auspices of the Kansas Engineer
| ing society and the Topeka Engineers
club. His talk will be of general in
terest. Dean Cooley is president Of
the Federated American Engineering
societies.
| The Utica. Telephone company to-
day asked the public utilities commits
sion for an increase in rates of 20
| cents a month. The Pretty Prairie
Telephone company, on the other
| hand, petitioned for a decrease of rs
| cents.
The Social Service club .flsnenabers
served lunch today at thes FIST Pres
| byterian church to the members of the
Stockmen's association who are con-
vening here.
Only business of a routine. nature
came before the directors of the To-
| peka Rotary club, at thsir regular
| meeting at the Chamber of COM.
merce at noon today. Discussion of
| the attendance at the next district
convention, to be held at Muskogee,
Okla, took up much of the time Of
| the meeting.
| Sheriff Bob Miller and special Off
| Ter left this morning for Lansing in
custody of five prisoners who are to
| be confined in the state penitentiary.
| Two of the prisoners were George
| Cole and Willie Reed, recently con-
| victed of charges of robbery. The
| others were prisoners who had been
| brought here from the penitentiary
as witnesses. Miller and his guests
made the trip to Lansing by motor
! car.
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