The Topeka state journal., 1922-01-28
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

School books for less; Pendry's. 9Th
and Jackson.-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenma-AdV
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Letter
Carriers will meet Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. o. r. Molz, 1107 Hun
toon street.
Bishop James Wise will address the
mems meeting at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Orpheum theater on
The Builders"
The Colored Hi-Y club presented
the program at the monthly entertain
ment of the Y. NJ. c. A. Friday night.
About $50 persons attended.
Sixty members of the Central Con-
gregational church in teams of two will
make a friendly call and visitation on
every family in the parish Sunday
afternoon.
The Trinity Methodist church 7volley
ball team defeated the First Methodist
church team in a game Friday night
on the Trinity court, winning three
matches out of five.
Mrs. Susie Henson today filed pc
tition in the district court asking q
divorce from Lester Henson. who she
says has abandoned her. They were
married in April, 1914.
The executive committee of the
state
the National hotel at IL o'clock We'd
resday morning. Plans for a state
convention will be discussed.
Children's hour was observed at the
Topeka music stores today and at the
high school in connection with the
music memory contest. Selections
used in the contest were played.
Frank C. Strebel of Alton, Kan, a
farmer has filed a petition in volun-
tary bankrutcy in the United States
district court at Topeka. Strebel places I
his liabilities at S12, ,250.90, with assets |
Of only $1.795.
David Banfield, negro, was found
guilty by a jury in Judge James Nc |
Clure's division of the district court
$3.50 from Mrs. Anna Lloyd, a negro |
woman. Sentence was temporarily de-
ferred.
Foreclosure of a mortgage on a
quarter section of land near Silver
Lake is asked in a petition filed in
the district court by Washburn college
against w. M. Forbes, F. E. Forbes
ard w. T. Stewart. The note was ex-
ecuted in 1917, the mortgage states.
There will be a meeting of the
board of directors of the Topeka Hotel
company at noon Monday, in conjunc-
ton with the meeting of the directors
of the Chamber of Commerce. Ar
rangements are to be made for com
pleting the sale of the preferred stock
in the hotel company.
Over IS per cent of the registrations
received for the state Y. NJ. c. A. con-
vention, which will be held January
81 and February l at Wichita, are
from college men, according to M H.
Mexican, student secretary. DR.. John
r. Mott, of New York City, will be
the principal speaker.
Mrs. Josephine Oden was granted
a divorce from William H. Oden by
Judge George Whitcomb in the dis
trict court Friday afternoon. She
charged that he was habitually cross
and sullen, frequently swore at her
and falsely accused her of infidelity.
They were married in Kansas City in
October, 1917.
Mrs. Lillian Ruth Tetherow. To-
peka beauty cuItur:st, Friday after
noon was granted a divorce from Carl
Tetherow, an employe of the Bell
Telephone company, by Judge George
Whitcomb in the district court. Mrs
Tetherow charged her husband with
neglect and cruelty. She was given
the custody of their children.
Six teams have entered the bowling
tournament which will start Monday
at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. The men
who registered are: S. E. Blenkarn,
Karl Abmeyer, Bill Mowrer, B. J. Mil
Ter, Walter w. Stanley, Charles E. Bas-
singer, A. S. Matthews, Fred Steele.
Frank De Almond. L. M Hall, Paul
Halterman and Homer Wright.
s. L. Ellis, charged with obtaining
morey under false pretenses, pleaded
not guilty when arraigned in the city
court Friday and was released on
$500 bond pending a preliminary hear
ing February 3. He is alleged to have
obtained $125 on truck from Frank |
S Thomas by representing that the
frIJcIE was free of incIIu1 braOcP-
The bond of N. E. Marsh and COM
pany, successful bidders on the con-
struction of the new concrete bridge
across the Shunganunga on Lake
street, was this morning approved by
the city commission, and the contract
for the construction of the bridge, the
price agreed on being S29.262, was
signed by Mayor Herbert J. Corwine.
An effort is to be made by the To-
peka Real Estate Board to have the
next convention of the Kansas Real
Estate Board held in Topeka, it was
of the Topeka board Friday night at
the Y. N c. A. Sixteen members of
the board attended the dinner. Henry
BenUett, of Henry Bennett & Sons,
was the chief speaker.
o. T. Cropper, of the Aetna Life IN
surance company, was the chief speak
er before the Topeka Life Underwrit-
ers' association at the Chamber of
Commerce at noon today. Cropper adj
dressed the insurance representatives
on business insurance. policy car
ried on the life of an executive or
firm member. There was no business
meeting of the underwriters.
Polly" Jones, negro. was arrested
this morning by the police and ar
raigned in the court of Topeka on a
warrant charging him with larceny
from a railroad car. He is alleged to
have stolen $15 worth of coal from a
Rock Island car. Polly" pleaded not
guilty and his preliminary hearing was
set for February 5. His name is ia
miliar on the police blotter.
Miss Bonita Ferguson, superintend-
ent of the young peoples division of
the Kansas Sunday School association,