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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1913
Page
5
Readers are asked to cooperate with the society reporter for a complete record of daily social happenings. Items should be sent or phoned in by 2:00 PM to Bell Phone 136 or Home Phone 136.
Miss Lovise Leonard and her mother depart for Portland Oregon where she will wed James Fenton of Seattle on Saturday April 20 at her aunt Miss Harriman. Dr A L Anderson and Maude Cooke wedding details in Kentucky street home. social events feature auction party for Lucile Leonard and Mona Eberle with prize baskets and floral decor.
The shoal year featured an informal Prom with a lively Farce The Heva tor starting at six with guests inReception Hall of Mrs Roberts Home. Activities included dancing from eight thirty with a grand march led by Harry Wilson and Randolph Kennedy. A green and white gym adorned with smilax and domed lights framed the event. Prom program readings and a colorfully set table with a crystal cake stand followed. Attendees included Miss Isabel Thornburgh Miss Mary Stannally Miss Jessie Smith of Kansas City and others from Peabody Emporia and Kansas City.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Trinity held its monthly meeting at Mrs. E. N. Hopkins home with about fifty ladies present. Mr. Brown, Baptist pastor, spoke on Life and Work of David Livingstone and received a rising vote of thanks. Royal Neighbors rally announced for April 22 at Harlow Hall with noon dinner. members invited. Also notes on Bank of Mercy meeting and Review Club activities including essays on suffrage Emerson and Wendell Phillips. Blanche Mathews and John Tipton wed this afternoon in Keokuk. Probate Judge Liniey officiated.
Eskridge resident A Brown spent yesterday in Lawrence while G W Cowen headed to Garritson North Dakota. Numerous locals and Kansas City visitors, including Miss Dorothy Dunaway, Miss Vivian Black, G W Hustine, Miss Davida Sawtell, Mrs R L Graham, Professor F H Blackmar, J A Webb, Professor W J L Burdick, Miss Helen Case, Miss Lelia Thorea, Mrs W A Courtney, Mrs C Q Mitchell, and many others, traveled to Kansas City or nearby towns for the weekend or on business. Extended visits include W A Buzick of Sylvan Grove, Mrs Stanton, Miss Lillian Wolfe, Miss Bertha Smith, Mrs W C Hamilton at Liberty, CW Carson of Ashland, 46 T. Stanford of Independence, Oliver Atherton and Joe Schwinn to Kansas City, and G Foust visiting from Oklahoma to sell an Eudora farm. others remain in Lawrence for social and familial engagements.
Fragmented items cover bottle works ads and social notes, plus theatre and photography shop promotions. Names Gustafson Bror, Harriett Greissinger Maud Miller and Carrie Willsey appear with local business references including Photo Shop at 800 Mass St and The Fairfax Hotel. Cattle market figures and Kansas City trades listed amid shop notices and rental listings.
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