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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1901
Page
6
Special make of underwear called TreateG Cederwear-Wool and Cotton Twisted-two threads Weel. Sold in Woman's Union Suits Part Wool 1.06 to 2.00. Mercerized Cotton suits in blue and flesh tones. Forrest Mill products featured for young ladies and children. Heavy tomorrow, only a few prices quoted.
A humorous account from Treasure Jax Florida recounts Dr George Gates, Washburn College president hopeful, chiding a student about chapel attendance as he attempted to pay another’s tuition. The exchange ends with a light jab about college life and rules.
St John MacDonald of the Western School Journal forwarded dozens of letters from Junction City pupils to a school in Londonderry Ireland. Prof William Heusner, Junction City principal, sent the letters detailing the fort nearby country city and railroads with care and honesty. Some mistakes show they were student work not edited by teachers.
Miss Helen B. Gould received an ovation at the dubitee dinner of the international committee of the YMCA held at the Waldorf Astoria. W Miller praised her as a noble woman whose name is on every tongue for aid to army and navy work.
A busy social afternoon featured Mrs. DeWitte Nellis and daughter hosting callers at their West Firth street home ahead of Ruth Nellis’s return to New York. Separate events included Mrs. Albert Purdy’s unlucky party with thirteen guests, an informal gathering for Ruth Nellis, and a Steinberg’s hall dancing party hosted by the Commisceo club, with numerous local guests and activities noted alongside personal mentions of attendees and travelers.
State town gossip details visits and travels of residents from St Joe Holton Topeka and Burlingame. Emma Peterson formerly of Topeka now in Pueblo wed Harry Canfield of Pueblo November 12. A progressive whist club forms with members Wolf Wolf Carr McVay Hart and Hart. Mona Miller Olathe and Maud Thomson Burlingame visit Anna Marie Nellis. Mr Price to Burlingame later.
Harry and John Croft owners of Stone's Folly road house on West Seventeenth street were convicted on two counts each for selling liquor and for maintaining a nuisance in Judge Disney's Gartland court. Each received 2400 and 30 days in Jal on each count totaling 2400 and 120 days. Evidence on the liquor sale came from a city informant and on the nuisance from neighbors. Bonds were set by local officials with further action pending.
Frank Haley, a young man, appeared in city court after a forgery arrest last Saturday. The charge was lowered to a misdemeanor at the prosecutors and parents' request, with a plea of first offense and good character. He paid a $1 fine plus costs totaling $35 for passing two checks, one under a false name, at a local dry goods store.
A Kansas court in Hiawatha ruled that playing ball on Sunday is not an offense. The decision involved Judge Hook and seating Hookall amid the local dispute among players and blogs about Sunday sports.
Topeka items cover district court resuming Monday, new postmasters and clerks, council street petitions, pension checks, and local events. Mentions include Charles Curtis’s Washington trip, Ulyaes George as Tecumseh postmaster, DeMoss and Penwell’s office refurbish, Mo zat quartet at First Swedish Baptist, Washburn Medic football, and city paving plans on Morris and Clay avenues. Local incidents include a Leavenworth convict escape, a Santa Fe bridge accident, park ground protests, and a Great Whooping Crane sighting near Lake View.
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