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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
3
A collage of postwar society chatter from towns like Macon, Walton, and Kansas. Mentions Easter plans, millinery talk, and a snowy day, with wedding and baptism notices, a birthday club gathering, and a detailed description of a home sewn apron project. The pieces mix light social items and local announcements with oblique humor and regional quirks.
Fragments describe a poem praising love for the world and nature. The rest notes student entertainments at the University mathematics department, a candy sale by Campfire Girls, a Parsons concert, informal social visits, church missions, and local social events with several named residents and addresses.
Mrs Henry Bennett and Mrs W F Vreeland of Topeka attend Mrs Waller Wellhouse’s gathering for Easter with her parents Mr D Thane Miss Helen Chapman will visit Bray Tet. Mrs Osburn and Mrs C M Stiles are in Kansas for family occasions. ELM Roberts returns to Pittsburg Kans after visiting J L Roberts. Miss Helen Chambers goes to Chanatells for her father Rev G R Chambers funeral. Mrs W D Pendleton and Miss Weston visit Kansas. Mr W Seibel moves to Kansas City for the weekend. Professor Arthur Nevin heads Oswego and Parson trip. Miss Margaret Lynn leaves this morning.
Black Jack Sunday School plans special Easter services with orchestra selections and a communal prayer by the Julle folks. The lesson will be the Bas te and studied in the red blisses, with an earnest invitation to locals not tied to another church Sunday School to attend and help reach the hundred mark.
John V Y Carrier of L recently sustained injuries when a motor vehicle struck him in Salina. He remains in St John’s Hospital at Salina, showing only slow improvement since April 12, with the most serious damage a dislocated and fractured left shoulder. He will be brought to his Lawrence home when movable.
An Easter Holy Week service is planned at Trinity Episcopal Church tomorrow noon to 3 PM with seven parts based on the seven words from the cross. The public is invited to attend and stay as long as they wish. Also noted are local news items including a professor from Tennessee and a volleyball game between the Ahitts and the Squaibs at the YMPOA, with results mentioned.
French troops launched an offensive near Verdun on the Meuse front. They captured parts of German trenches, occupied an area, and took several hundred prisoners, according to this morning's report.
An earthquake struck Genii Buerteventura in the Canari region on April 20 with a twelve second tremor. Buildings reported minor damage and scattered debris as residents felt the quake and the air filled with a rumbling sound.
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