The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-15
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Square Circle Club will meet Mon
day night, September Is, at Pelletier's.
There will be a speaker.-Adv.
Hose company No. s was called at
5:22 o'clock Thursday afternoon to
extinguish trash fire at 542 Wilson
avenue. No damage was reported.
Miss Madonna Jordan has been
Business college. She is a graduate
of ChillicOthe Business college. Chilli
cothe. Mo.
Find your purpose and fling your
life into it, and you will make your
life richer thereby" This is the mes
sage today of the Unitarian "Wayside
Pulpit" at GA Topeka boulevard.
School children will begin making
their savings deposits next Tuesday,
according to A. J. Stout, superinten-
dent of schools. The officials of the
Kansas Reserve State bank are in
charge of the plan.
A proposed winter exposition
was under discussion at meeting OF
the trade extension committee of the
Topeka Merchants association at
meeting Thursday. The association
plans to assist in the ticket sale.
The bank clearings this week,
$2,869,242.35, show a slight decrease
as compared with last week when they
amounted to $2.903, 006.3O. They also
show a decided decrease as compared
with a year ago when they reached
S3,262, S11.54.
In an account of the music contest
at the Kansas Free Fair it was stated
in The State Journal that Miss Frances
Eberley, of Elmont, won second prize
in the voice contest. This was an
error, as the name should have been
Miss Florence Oberle of Burlingame.
There is an attractive display in
Crosby Brothers store this week dem
onstrating the use of the telephone in
serving rural customers. 1t shows a
telephone exchange, with wax-girl
operator. Lines from the exchange
run from Crosby Brothers store to a
farm house.
The condition of Sam SWEEPER of
Lawrence, who was seriously injured
when the automobile in which he was
riding turned over on the East Sixth
avenue road, Thursday, was reported
today to be about the same as when
he was taken to the hospital. He has
good chances for recovery, his attend
ing physician reports.
The work of issuing bonds by the
city of Topeka is nearly completed for
this year, according to Frank L.,
Stevens, commissioner of finance. A
small issue under $4,000 will be is
sued in the next six or eight weeks
to make up the sewer deficit from
unpaid taxes. The interest rate on
the bonds will probably be 4A per
cent.
The Rev, J. F. Pressnall, pastor of
the Wesleyan Methodist church, at
Third and Jefferson streets, was APP
pointed general evangelist for Kansas
at recent convention OF the Kansas
Evangelistic conference in Miltonvale.
The Rev. p. A. Miller and the Rev.
Fred Young, both of Nationwide. were
elected president and vice president of
the conference.
Completing the after convention
business was the principal business be-
fore the meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Kiwanis club at meet
ing this noon at the Chamber of Com
merce. Letters were received from
delegates of the district clubs in at
tendance at the convention thanking
the club and Topekans for their hos
pitality.
The Mitway hotel at Emporia has
been purchased by e. H. IoWery and
John G. Clemens, owners and mana
gers of the Throop hotel in Topeka.
The Emporia hotel was taken over to-
day by Lowery, who is in Emporia.
He will manage the new hotel and
Clemens will remain in charge of the
Throop at Topeka. o. L. James, of
Topeka, was the former owner of the
Mitway. The new hotel is to be re-
m OdeleQ ana reOecOraIeQ InruouI
The World Wide guild of the First
Baptist church will present a mission
ary drama, entitled 1.-The Two Mas
ters," at 1880 o'clock Sunday evening
in the church auditorium. The guild
won first prize in the dramatization
contest at the Ottawa Baptist assem-
bly, this summer. Members of the
cast are: Miss Ruth Palmer, Miss
Grace Lohrer, Miss Jessie Highly, Miss
Grace Holcomb, Miss Evelyn Miller,
Miss Eva Smoot, Miss Martha Chit
wood and Miss Henrietta Price.
The Topeka Audubon society. the
bird students association of Topeka,
will hold its annual election of Off
GERS at a meeting at s o'clock Sat
urday evening at the Central Y MICA.
The present officers are: Miss Ruth
Mary Price, president; Mrs. Henry ".
Stearns, first vice president; Mrs.
Robert H. Kingman, second vice pres
ident; Sidney Hyde. secretary and
Glenwood Jones, treasurer. The So
ciety conducted a bird house contest
last spring and has held a number
of hikes during the year.