The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-24
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

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spent Saturday and Sunday in Jewell.
Kan.
Assistant Fire Marshal Joseph
Waidelich is again on duty after
two weeks vacation. spent in and near
Topeka
The Rev. H. L. Nelson, pastor of the
Potwin Presbyterian church, and his
family, will leave Topeka for a vaca-
ton tour this week.
z. S. Rice, assistant engineer of the
Santa Fe, with headquarters at Chi
cago, was visitor at the company
general offices in Topeka, today.
DIR. S. s. Estey. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, will leave today
with his family for Ludington, Mich,
where he will spend a month at Ep
worth Heights.
An office of the Central Life Insur-
ance company OF Iowa will be opened
soon in the New England building by
Andrew z. Hoy. formerly general
agent for the Columbian Life Insur-
ance company of St. Louis.
A concert will be given this evening
at Sis o'clock in the high school audi
torium by the Williams world famous
colored singers. The company arrived
here this morning from three-daS
engagement at Sterling, Kan.
Badges for the delegates to the dis
trict Riwanis- convention to be held in
Topeka September and will be
furnished by the convention commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce, ii
was decided at a meeting of the COM
mittee today.
The CIevenger Motor company OF
Lawrence has opened a branch in To-
peka at 2O5 West Sixth avenue and
will handle the Hupmobile motor car.
The Topeka branch will be in charge
of r. T. Cowgirl, formerly with the
Franklin Motor Car company.
A ]. Stout, superintendent of city
schools. returned Sunday from Shore
ham, VT. where he has been for the
last two weeks. Prior to his visit tc
Shoreham he attended the annual
convention of the National Education
association in Atlantic City, N. ].
Unusual interest is being shown this
year in the Kansas Baptist summer
assembly, the Rev. J. T. Crawford,
general secretary of the Kansas Bap-
east 500 persons will attend The as
sembly will be held in Ottawa. August
1 to 10.
No. hose company answered still
alarm at 1925 o'clock this morning
from the cleaning plant owned and
operated by E. P. Case, at 1925 Kan
sas avenue. A match, thrown at
the floor, had gone thru a small hole
and set fire to trash piled underneath
The damage was slight.
The Rev. John A. Kallman, who re-
signed recently as pastor of the Swed-
ish Baptist church, preached his fare
wei sermon Sunday. He is consider
ing entering the evangelistic field. The
Rev. Adm Holmer of Valley, Neo-'
who has been selected to fill the va
cancy, will arrive in Topeka TINS
week.
Fewer cases of communicable dis
ease were reported to the city health
department during the week which
ended Saturday than were reported
during any other. week since 1920.
There were but ten cases of all sorts
reported; three cases of social dis
ease, eight cases of tuberculosis, one
case of mumps and one case OF diph-
liberia.
The rain early this morning was
general over the Santa Fe lines in
eastern Kansas, but rather light, ac-
cording to reports received at the
company's general offices here The
an inch on the eastern division, Kan
sas City to Emporia, and about a
quarter of an inch fell between En-
poria and Newton.
Pierce and F. A. Hobbee, Jr., re-
turned to their home in Dodge City
this morning, after spending Sunday
with their father, F. A. Hobbee, who
is at the Santa Fe hospital recovering
from an operation performed two
weeks ago for appendicitis. Mr..
the Santa Fe system with headquar-
ters at Dodge City.
Filings in the state supreme court
during July stand a good chance of
exceeding the record for any single
similar period, according to clerks in
the court office. So far this month
more than sixty cases have been filed
and the rush shows no signs of slack
ening, it was said. The month OF
May, 1922, holds the record with q
total of 81 litigations recorded.
The Rev. E. s Hughes, pastor OF the
East Side Methodist church; the Rev.
r. E. Gordon, pastor of the Kansas
Avenue Methodist church, and the
Trinity Methodist church, will go to
Baldwin this week to attend the post
graduate school in Sunday school work
for Methodist ministers. The school
will meeting at Baker university.
Mrs. c. T. Isley, of Mcpherson, will
be the guest of the Rev. and Mrs. j.
T. Crawford, Thursday, at heir home,
1106 Tyler street Mrs. Ilsley, who is
an authority on the living conditions
of Mexican day laborers, is giving a
series of lectures in the railroad CEN
ters of Kansas. She will speak to the
women Of Horton. Friday. Her theme
will be Christian Americanizatfon."
John L. Hersh and P. A Fairbanks
will speak at the meeting of the XII
wants club this evening at the Cham
Der of Commerce. They will tell of
their experiences at the national XII
wants convention held at Toronto.
Canada recently. Further arrange
ments for entertaining delegates to
the district convention. which will be
held in Topeka September and 3,
will be made.
Swanson Brothers of Topeka began
work this morning on the construc-
ton of a new floor in an addition to
the Santa Fe machine shops at Argen-
tine, for which they were awarded a
contract about a month ago. The adj
dition was built last year but the
floor was omitted until certain ma
chinery could be installed. The floor
consists of a concrete base on which
will be laid creosoted blocks, three
inches thick. The building in which
the floor is to be laid is 140 feet long
and 100 feet vida