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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1919
Page
3
Alpha Chi Sigma hosted the Catalyzer at F A U with a hexagonal centerpiece, chrome yellow and Prussian blue decor. Schofstall played piano with sax and drums as refreshments were served. Guests included Mildred E. Smith, Ellis J. Brahman, and Philip R. Ranta.
The Ingleside Club gathered at Mrs. H. Hollingberry’s home to sew Red Cross garments and hear Miss Alice Wolverton recount her nine months with Hospital Unit No. 28 in France. Guests included Miss Wolverton, Mrs. Winslet, and Mrs. Kennedy.
The event featured plowing listing drilling harrowing sawing wood and operating an envisage cutter with full success. Notable demonstrations included the double row lister and the double disc harrow. At noon attendees joined a luncheon hosted by C. W. Smith at the Smith sales and service station where the school was held. The group was joined today by KR. E. Moorehead of the Roderick Lean company.
The Fordson tractor school and demonstration again drew large crowds as C J Switzer, factory expert from Dearborn Michigan, demonstrated disassembly and re assembly of a Fordson tractor. The event was hailed as the greatest power farming demonstration in the community.
KU baseball starts the 1913 season against Haskell at McCook Field with Ladies Day free admission for all university women. Chancellor Strong throws the first ball as KU aims to show a strong team amid band support and fraternity events.
Dr James Naismith former chaplain of the First Kansas Infantry comes home after over a year in France with the YMCA He was last stationed in Paris and served with Kansas troops on the Mexican border He is credited as the inventor of basketball landing in New York on Monday.
Chance is a word void of sense nothing can exist without a cause Voltaire quote rendered as a thoughtful aphorism for readers.
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