The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-16
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Sweet Cider, wholesale and retail.
Bottling Works, 22O1 Lincoln st.
Phone 317S.-Adv.
Frank Nelson received a permit to-
! day from the city fire marshal to build
an addition to a sleeping porch at 1909
Harrison Street.
The bowling teams of the Pelle-
tiers Stores company and the Perfec-
ton Metal Product company will meet
| in a game at 1880 o'clock Friday eve
ming at the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
Miss Nellie Olson, who has been
employed in the Y. NJ. c. A. cafeteria
during the last two years, has been
appointed manager to succeed Mrs. E.
A. Firth, who resigned.
E. B. Breithaupt. will be in charge
of the meeting of the Young Men S
Bible class of the Central Y. NJ c. A,
at 1880 o'clock this evening in the as
sociation building. Old Testament
history viii be studied.
J. c. Mohler. secretary of the state
board of agriculture, will attend the
National Grange convention at Wich-
tia Friday. He will receive the sew
enth and highest degree of the farm
organization during the convention.
One hundred blankets are needed
this winter for the unfortunate fam
lilies of Topeka, according to Miss N1r-
ginia Campbell, secretary of the Provi-
dent association. Underwear for chill
dren is also needed. Six blankets were
contributed to the association We'd
nesday.
an application for rehearing of the
August Dorchy case. A writ of error
has been allowed in the case of the
mine union official and appeal will be
taken to the United States supreme
court. The writ of error was granted
several weeks ago.
Teachers in Topeka high school are
finding that by organizing their
classes into clubs, more interest is
taken in the work by the students.
This is especially true of the English
classes. Many of these have been or
ganiZed into classes with Greek names.
In addition to the clubs with Greek
names, there are the Polyhymnia club
and the Ink Spot.
The Topeka Civilian club will hold.
it's regular ladies' night dinner and
meeting at the Heron Coffee shop at
$3.50 o'clock Friday evening. Guy
Lands. of Chattanooga, Tenn, ma
tional organizer for the Civilian club,
will be the guest of the club Friday
night. An invitation has been received
by the Topeka club to attend the first
meeting of the newly organized Civil
tan club in Kansas City. Mo.
Men who are courageous in prayer
are the greatest neeG in the world"
said J. B. Gonzales. superintendent of
the Kansas Congregational conference,
in a speech before Washburn students
this morning in chapel. 'Too often
we are afraid to pray because of the
custom or our immediate circle in
which we move" he said, land when
we know the stands we ought to take
we often hesitate, because we fear rid
icule-''
Mrs. Lila Day Monroe was re-
elected president of the Shawnee
County Women's Republican club at
IL
She will serve in that office for two
years. Mrs. Monroe will select Off
GERS and precinct and ward chairman.
The club voted to continue the or
ganization perfected during the cam
paign and will hold meetings the sec
ond Thursday of each month. The
December meeting will be held at the
residence of Mrs J. d. McFarlan-
100 Harrison street
The annual celebration of the
held by the American College Quill
club, will be observed by the Wash
burn college chapter of the club at
a dinner and program to be held at
the college cafeteria in the basement
of Rice Hall at $3.50 o'clock tonight.
The American College Quill club is
made up of students and faculty mem
bers of American colleges and uni
versities who have interested them
selves in the art of writing, and have
merit.
After-two days consideration of the
five bids submitted for the construc-
ton of their proposed new office build
ing at the northeast corner of Sixth
and Kansas avenues, the directors of
the Capitol Building & Loan associa-
ton will meet again this afternoon.
and will undoubtedly let the contract
to a Topeka contractor. c. Z. Elliott,
president of the association, said to-
day. The building is going to prove
more costly than the company had
expected, on account of the unique de.
sign and the special features of con-
struction which are to be incorporated
in it. No approximate figure of the
cost of the structure has been given
out.
More than 5000 loads of leaves have
been removed from the streets of To-
peka, w. S. Hancock, commissioner of
streets, declared today. The work of
going over the city the second time
IN order to get rid of all the leaves
no he no