The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-20
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The dental examination cards of
the pupils in the Topeka public schools
who recently took the examination,
will be returned to the pupils in the
near future.
The members of the "oh. You wild
cat Company" playing at the Or
pheum theater this week, have pur-
chased four Buick cars from the
Wood Motor Co.
The summer schools of the city will
open on June IL. Only ward school
pupils, who have failed to make pass
ing grades in subjects will be permitted
to make up back work.
The Rev. J. T. Crawford, executive
secretary of rhe Kansas Baptist con-
ventiSn, left today for Ottawa, where
he will attend a meeting of the board
of trustees of Ottawa university,
Topeka stores will not be closed on
any afternoon during the Pageant of
Progress next week, it has been de-
cided by the board of directors of the
Topeka Merchants association.
P. B. Peabody, of Blue Rapids,
of the Topeka Audubon society at
meeting at o'clock Friday evening
at the Y. w. c. A. He will speak on
the topic. The Homing Instinct"
C. f. Eberle & Co., an Oklahoma
firm, today filed suit in the Shawnee
from J. +. William Renker and the
Red Star Oil company for merchandise
the company claims to have delivered.
One-half of the teachers in the To-
peka public schools have been re-
elected to serve in their positions next
year. according to A. j. Stout, super
intendent of schools. There will be a
number of notifications in'the teach
er's contracts.
The volleyball team of the Central
NJ q A will ClnGa Fri
day evening with a game at 5 o'clock
on the local court with the Central
association of Y. NJ. c. A. The local
team defeated in Kansas City in a
previous game this season.
Miss Bonita Ferguson, superinten-
dent of the young peoples division of
the Kansas Sunday School association,
left today for Columbus. Ohio, where
she will attend a meeting of the edu-
cational committee of the 1nterna-
tional Sunday School association.
The Rev. J. Quincy Biggs, pastor of
the Central Park Christian church,
will conduct special services Sunday
for the sixty-two new members of the
membership since February 1, when !
the Rev. Biggs began his passionate.
A number of dead trees on the
grounds of the ward schools will be
replaced with new ones this summer.
according to A. J. Stout, Superinten-
dent of schools. Grades school prin-
cipals have been asked to make a list
of things needed in the schools for
next year.
The Alstead Electric company We'd
nesday night gave a radio concert.
audible for nearly a block. The con-
cert was caught" by the radio set in
stalled on top OF the building at 203
West Sixth avenue. The artists were
in Detroit. A crowd gathered on the
corner to listen to the concert.
W. H. Brewer, of Los Angeles. who
was called to Topeka by the death of
his brother-in-law, Arthur r. Linga-
felt, was visitor at the Santa Fe
general offices. today. Mr.. Brewer
began working for the Santa Fe here
and is now assistant to I. L. Hubbard,
general manager of the coast lines.
H. B. Fink. cashier of the Santa Fe.
left Wednesday night for Philadelphia |
where Saturday he will represent the |
SantaF'e at a meeting of the treasurers |
of all the important railroads of the |
United States. The meeting will be
held at the Racket club in Philadel- |
phia ard will close with a dinner Sat !
urday night.
Miss Grace Parrish, director of the |
teachers placement bureau of the
Kansas State Teachers association, re- |
ports that 800 applications for en-
rollment have been received and over
twenty-five teachers have been placed |
in schools for the fall term The bu- |
reau expects to receive $500 enroll |
ments by June 1.
Governor Allen has appointed the |
vention of the Academy of Political |
and Social Science in Philadelphia, |
May 1913: Miss Alice K. Mcfarland, |
director welfare division industrial |
corut; Selba Eldridge, Lawrence; Rev |
w. A. Powell. Ottawa; Prof. Walter |
Burr. Manhattan, and Prof. F. B. Ross, |
Winfield.
A libel of information for the seiz- |
ure of e.ghty-two cases of canned |
oysters in the possession of thei
peka was filed in the federal court |
Wednesday afternoon by AL F. Will |
lams. United States district attorney |
for Kansas. The information charges |
that the oysters are adulterated and /
misbranded.
H. c. Pribble, general claim agent |
for the Santa Fe system, returned /
Wednesday afternoon after a three |
weeks absence during which time he
covered all of the company's main |
lines in the southwest with important |
stops at Galveston, Albuquerque, Ell /
Paso, Denver and Los Angeles. He !
also visited the Grand Canyon and |
spent Easter at Santa Fe. N. NJ.
Walter E. Bryant. who shot and
killed his wife. Mrs. Georgia Bryant, |
at 215 East Seventh street Monday |
noon, pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned in the court OF Topeka late |
" euntsudy dAteFnOOH On a charge OL
first degree murder. He was COM |
mitted to the county Jail without bond |
and his preliminary hearing in the /
city court set for Tuesday morning.
The Topeka railroads evidently do |
not use the same spring harbinger. |
Anyway they seem at variance on the /
question of whether or not spring is /
really here. A force of men was busy
today placing awnings on the west
side of the Santa Fe office building. /
The storm doors have disappeared at /
the Union Pacific depot, where /
screens have also been installed on
the windows, but the Rock Island |
Wednesday laid in another car of coal. |