Girl Reserves Fundraiser by Lawrence High Club
The Girl Reserve club of Lawrence High School, one of about 200 in the state and part of a nationwide network, plans a Friday April 16 event. The program features a comedy wedding farce titled by Dean Howton, with some members performing with no boys and others bringing dates.
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Lawrence Hich School
United States
Decanee
Kansas
Cluhr
Bert Pagent
Weatherby
Lovisse Wteay
Elzatil
Velma
Wiante
Jake
Dero Howton
Business Women and Bobbed Hair Trends in Lawrence
In Lawrence, a wave of bobbed hair among eight women surfaces across diverse segments. Some run businesses or work in wholesale houses, while others are wives linked to downtown commerce. A returning traveler recently bobbed and permanently waved her hair, inspiring others to consider the look.
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Lawrence
Heron
Fashion Nis New York Spring Cape Coats And Bathing Fashions
The article notes a fashion season shift toward cape coats and silk lined coats for spring wear. It highlights one piece bathing suits, decorative velvets, printed cretonnes, and tulle effects in cosmier tones with colors like burnt orange and green. It mentions bonnets for the season and evolving fabrics including gabbered material and crushed silks, projecting a lively New York fashion scene.
Simple Lirme-Teams Favored American Homes
The text notes a shift toward simplicity in American homes, favoring colonial origins with plain, quiet design over ornate Victorian excess. It highlights a desire for restraint in a modern, bustling era and suggests a move toward calm, restrained living.
Young Violin Prodigy Impresses in Early Lessons
A Lawrence child, Janice, shows remarkable focus for her age, already studied by El don Ardrey and praised as the town’s youngest violin student. She prefers music over films, practicing two fifteen minute sessions daily, while her mother notes her early maturity and deep interest in the instrument.
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Beran Frene Om Hievintius
Fantacy L
Eldon Ardrey
Lawrences
Mosi
Janice
Dee
Interior decoration trends for a refined home setting
The text discusses safe, bright wall colors like vinyls for home interiors, light tones to reflect light and ease cleaning. Dark beamed ceilings add dignity while mantels tie the room together. A ship model, cant-desticks or bowls with vines serve as focal pieces. light bamboo and occasional Imnaha or silk textiles provide warmth without clutter.
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Jiying- Roon
The Way to a Man's Heart Cabbage and Pea Salad
Cabbage and canned peas mixed with chopped walnuts and salt, bound with mayonnaise or dressing, served on lettuce and garnished with pimentos olives or egg slices. A spoonful of mayonnaise tops the salad before serving. Mrs G I Glenn Route 2 Leconnon.
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Fetore Servine
G. 1
Glenn
Leconinion
Fragmented Recipe Instructions for Fried Cabbage Dish
A garbled recipe fragment describes finely chopped cabbage and onions with sugar and margarine. It mentions serving suggestions with chicken or turkey and includes unclear, misspelled measurements and words. The text is inconsistent and hard to parse.
Stuffed Cabbage Recipe and British Film Actress Note
A damaged OCR item combines a cabbage stuffed dish recipe with stray biographical note. The recipe lists chopped beef and pork with butter, spices, soaking, milk coating, rolling, frying, and simmering in a pan with gravy. The dated signature mentions Mrs Harry Houk 1618 Rhode Island and Miss Betty Balfour noted as Britain's most popular film actress.
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Carenne
Harry Houk
Nhode Island
Betty Balfour
Britain
Talk on Australia by Lawrence Woman at No Name Club
Mrs. Wilder Metcalf spoke to the No Name club Tuesday afternoon about Australia in 1911. She described White Australia policies, union control on labor, and travelers facing strict hours for servants and cab fare. She recalled Sydney harbor beauty, ferries, and namedroved figures Amundsen Melba and McCormack during her stay.
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Wilder
Nfetcalf
No Name Club
Australia
Weyl
Sydney
Rio Janeiro
Chicago
Episcopal Church
Woman's Progress Pageant to Headline National YWCA Meet
Milwaukee April 10 United Press announces Onward through the Ages a giant pageant tracing progress of womanhood from primitive times to 1926 will highlight the national board YWCA convention at Milwaukee Auditorium April 21 to 24. About 700 participants, diverse guests from Japan France India and England, and wigs needed for primitive roles.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United Press
National Board
Young Women's Christian Association
Midwau-kee
Alice Bartit
United States
Charles Wilkey
Chicago
Alis Bartlett
Eho
Apap Ok
Michi Kiwaili
National Secretaria
Japan
Aron Mawr
Madame Bertram
Nationel J Committee
France
India
England
Camp Fire Groups Meet at Local Junior High
Camp Fire groups from Kootima Marenpo Otrokwa Tayamnaha and Analiyi held meetings this week with eight girls and guardians present. They reviewed honors collected from beads and planned spring activities including a council fire on April 21 and upcoming meetings in April.
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Kootima
Guardians' Association
Erma Hawk
Miss Wismer
Laura Adair
Camp Fire Girls
Boy Scouts
Ruth Adair
Elizabeth Walker
Ethel Edie
Iup
Lawrence
Wismer
Gibb
Girls Plan Surprise Destination During Camp Fire Meeting
During the business meeting a hike was planned for the girls. They will take breakfast and go to an unknown destination as a surprise to everyone except their guardian. The afternoon included Camp Fire songs and dyeing Easter eggs with cookies and punch served by the hostess.
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Tayamnaha
Kathleen Asher
Guardian
Margaret Jane Winslet
Helen Stockwell
Net Handkerchief Fashion Trend for Colorful Kerchiefs
Cunning handkerchiefs to carry accompany a dress-up gown. Made from varied colors of net sewn together with a white center circle and multiple color rows. Five or six rows yield a finished kerchief in lavender pink yellow green and pale blue.
Stony Point Community Notes and Weather Impact
William Roe built a brooder house and runs over 500 white Leghorn chicks. Families moved to the old Crory farm and other locals visited farms and shops. Route 5 mail delivery was halted several days due to heavy snow. most roads opened now. Stony Point school had only two days due to snowdrifts.
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William Roe
Marvin
Griffis
Crory
Darewood Quackenbush
D. D. “Wray
Ernest
Owen Flora
High Prairie
John Tobler
William Winkler
George Tucker
Selah
Jim Kagrsinger
Vinland
Loren Williams
William Pumroy
Wilbur Black
Hopewell
Dave Wray
Stony Point
Charles Peer
Pleasant Grove
Wian’ Pumroy
Pleasant’ Grove
Community Names Share Evenings at Virgil Landis Home
William Pumroy called Monday evening and Mr and Mrs Lewis Churchbaugh with their son Marshall shared dinner at Virgil Landis home on Sunday. The Ed Heaston mill was noted in the same vicinity.
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Ed Heaston
William Pumroy
Virgil Landis
Lewis Churchbaugh
Marshall
Local Social Roundup Amid Snowbound Roads
In Eudora area a flurry of visits and hospitality fills a snowy week. Mrs. Oscar Cox cared for June Rhodes in Parsons while relatives hosted gatherings at the homes of Ott Schutz and Mitchells. Kids, kin, and neighbors shared meals and overdue travel tales as roads remained blocked by drifts.
SuaZ Dear Pussy Cousin and Field Walks
A fragment from a colonial style diary describes a narrator scolding self and speaking to a sleeping dog on the porch. The scene shifts to glimpses of Millie and Jack crossing the field, noting them as children in the countryside.
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Old Bob
Millie
Jack
Spider's Home Found for Weaving Spider
A narrator describes Mrs. Spider with twins and Jimmy Spider crying in the grass. Mr. Spider appears discouraged, lacking the heart to weave a new web. The narrator promises a better home and guides the family to a fence corner for shelter and security.
Spider Builds a Web Home in Morning Light
In a farm scene a spider weaves a new home while Bill Grackle assists. Mrs Spider and her twins are carried to the fence corner to witness the construction. The tale ends with a note to cherish the spider’s artistry and a loving sign off from CHUM.
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Bill Grackle
Chum
Spider
Bill
Jack
Local Car Runs to Lawrence Then Davis and Child Co
Kansas City daily trips last week delivered new Ford cars to Lawrence for Davis and Child Co. Robert Laptad visited the Gilmore home Sunday afternoon while Wm Hughes returned to Lawrence with him Sunday evening. Miss Mildred Saunders enrolls in Betty Crocker cooking course tied to radio station WOC and has begun receiving course materials for lessons starting next Friday.
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Carl Perkins
Chas
Midland
Carl Mitchell
Haly
Virginia Mae
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Greithaupt
Mitchel
Mather
Mitchell
Grant Risley
Oscar Cox
Albert
Dorothy
Day Smith
Nydia Hughes
Kaw Y ¥Alley
F. G. Hughes
S. €. Gilmore
Anna Gilmore
Wits
Mery Allen
Wm. Ott
Wm. Dudley, Jr
Max Rosenall
Madora
Floyd Fink
Kansas City
Frank Kennedy
Lawrence Kennedy
Lewine Club
Eli Wilson
Bert Mitchell
Kaw Valley
Miss Schehrer
Miss Dodds
I. G. Huces
Oscar Leonard
Howard Taggart
Ronald
Howard
Harner
Antoinette
J. C. Saunders
Roy Cox
George Kiefer
Saunders
Miss Grace
Glen Kiefer
R. K. Nicholson Sanday
Laura
Aheda
Carl Junior
Geores Kiefer
W. L. Kiefer
Lawrence Memorial High School
Tres. Flw. Olney
Journal- World
Wm. Hughes
Gilmore
Harold Saunders
Ford
Lawrnce
Davis and Child Co
Robert Laptad
Mildred Saunders
Betty Crocker School of Cooking
Finland and Vicinity Roundup of Local News
George Roe returns from Glendale after wintering in California. Fred Griffis and family located near Fresno on a ranch. Miss Johanna Griffis at Baker University visited home folks. Seth Fenton and Stevenson families visited. Vinland Rural High School held its annual meeting on April 5 with T P Stevens H A Cowles and Harry Hemphill on the school board. Winifred Stevens visited Lecompton. Floyd and Helen Talley visited Baldwins after a stay with their parents, who are ill. Shingled hair trends boost curling dyeing and permanent waving, while hat makers adapt to long hair.
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George lRoe
Glendale Calif
Fred Griffis
Fresno
Calif
Johanna Griffis
Baker
University
Seth Fenton
Martin Grossman
Stevenson
Lawrence
Roy Jamison
Vinland Rural High School
T. P. Stevens
H. A. Cowles
Harry Hemphill
Winifred Stevens
Lecompton
Floyd Talley
Helen Talley
Baldwic
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Helen Cleveland
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Jennie Doane
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Marenpo
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Jane Burkholder
Wichita
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Alice Hosford
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Leona
Tucker
Pleasant,Grove
William Ott
Arthur Schutz
Ray T. Johnson
St. Joseph
Don Westheffer
Ladies Aid Society
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H. R. Rhodes
Parsons
Little June Rhodes
Gleaners
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Bonner Springs
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Geneva Ogden
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Leavenworth
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Fiegenbaum
Rhodes
Edward Martin
Loraine
L. M. Walters
Noble Grand Club
Oscar Olson
Lemuel ‘Cox
Memorial Senior High School
Dorothy Cox
Elmer Cox
Elizabeth Siler
Kenneth LeRoy
Frank Walters
Topeka
Louisville
Kentucky
B. Castle
Mrs. Spider
Ates Sweeney
Lawrence Grocery & Meat Market
Finland and Vicinity
Buick
Buick Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Flint, Michigan
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