The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
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Tax exempt Kansas bonds. Shaw
NEE Investment Co., 534 Kansas Ave.
Phone 5050.-Adv.
The eyery-member canvass of the
Lowman Memorial church will be
completed next Sunday.
The fourth quarterly conference OF
held Thursday evening. Or. C., B. ZOol<,
district superintendent. will preside.
The oratorio. Queen Esther" was
given Sunday at the Lowman Memorial
| church. Every seat in the church was
occupied at the service,
Miss Mary Sehlatter. So Park ave-
| nue., won first place in the music mem
| CRY contest conducted at Potwin
/ school Her score was SO per cent.
William A. Biby. state director OF
I tho Near East relief. spoke this after
noon before the Monday Tourist club.
This evening he speaks at Seaman
/ high school.
i The annual meeting of the stock
1 holders of the Topeka Country club
will be held at the club home south
of the city Tuesday evening following
dinner at 6:30 O'Clock.
! Topeka post No. H., G.. A. r. and
Women's Relief Corps No. will hold
joint celebration of Washington's
| birthday at the hall Tuesday night. All
| members have been invited to attend.
The State journal Owl club was en-
tertained by Carl Bolmar at his home
on Harrison street Saturday night. z.
D. Kielmann was the guest of honor
with Hurts II. Kellam a close second.
The largest family attending the
services of the Central Avenue Chris
tan church next Sunday will receive
prize Prizes will also be given to
the Oldest and youngest persons in at
tendance.
The young people of the First
Methodist church will present con-
cert at Sis o'clock Friday evening at
the high school auditorium. Thespro-
ceeds will be given to the building fund
of the church.
The Shawnee and Country clsD golf
links looked like a summers day sun
day. More golfers were out than any
other day of the winter. The ground
is dry and powdery but nothing dis
turbs an ardent golfer
Mrs Viola Taylor was granted a di-
vorce from John Taylor in the district
court Saturday afternoon and restored
to her maiden name, Viola Doyle.
She charged Taylor with cruelty, neg
lect and abandonment.
Topeka Rebekah lodge No. $50 has
changed its place of meeting from 521
Quincy street to III West Sixth ave
nue. on the second floor of the new l.
o. o. F. hall A card party will be
held at This place Tuesday.
A sale of purebred Poland China
swine from the herd of W. D. Upde-,
graft & Son, northwest of Topeka, held
at the state free fair grounds Satur-
head. at an average price of $50.
F. J. Shunn Scottsville farmer, to-
day filed a petition in voluntary bank
ruptcy in federal court at Topeka,
placing his liabilities at $s,0S1.62
against assets of only $1.445. Exemp-
tion to the extent of $685. is claimed.
The grand officers of the Order of
the Eastern Star of Kansas visited
Beulah chapter No. "a Saturday. An
Initiation was held in the afternoon
and evening at the Masonic temple
and a. dinner was served in the eve
ming.
At the regular meeting of the Hi
wants club at the Chamber of Com
merce at $40 O'Clock tonight, P. p.
lege. and c. L. Parker Of the Derby
Grain company will be the principal
speakers.
The destruction of a large home by
fire in PotWin this morning brings up
the thought that Potwin fires nearly
always are serious. Several fine houses
have been lost completely by fire in
IndT SeCIlOn OIL inc city AAu 1OJWll
is nearer the water plant than any part
of Topeka
"Do you know Dave August?" one
man asked another at the Chamber of
Commerce today. yes, I believe
do" was the reply. "He is the man who
advertises in connection with bath
ing suits and lingerie and is always
seen walking at an angle across Kan
sas avenue"
The Council of Jewish Women will
hold an open meeting tonight at the
Jewish community center, Fifth and
Harrison streets William Irwin, pro-
fessor of economics of Washburn col
lege, will be the speaker of the even
ing. A musical program will also be
given. The public is invited to at
tend.
Managers of gasoline filling stations
in Topeka reported the record bust
ness of the winter Sunday. 1t was an
ideal day for motorists and the dirt
roads were in excellent condition.
''Weinie fires" Sent their lazy smoke
trails out of the reckoning woods in
hundreds of parts of the country near
the city.
H. P. Demand, boys work secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c. A. for the western
region consisting of Kansas. Colo
RADIO. Nebraska, wyoming, Montana,
Utah. Arizona. New Mexico. Texas and
Oklahoma. will speak before the Hi-Y
club of Topeka high school at $50
o'clock this evening at the Central 7.
NJ. C. A.
Beware OF Russian and German re-
liefs being launched among clabs and
signed only by an organization and not
by the names of persons who can be
trusted. Topeka has been bIed pretty
freely recently with such stuff. Such
organizations as the Near East relief
have authority. backing and recog-
milton but watch out for limitations.
F. w. Scheibel, proprietor of a bak-
cry at 11s East Fourth avenue, was
fined SIS and costs by Judge Paul
Heinz in the city court Saturday, on
charge of failing to keep his bakery
in q sanitary condition. George V.
Denton, city food inspector, testified
he scraped up a bucketful of grease
and dirt from a four foot space on
the floor.
A woman driving a motor car put
out her hand to signal a turn at
Seventh and Kansas avenues this
morning and neatly removed a derby
fr0vV7 10 head of a nfH Tho