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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1919
Page
5
The N V Literary Club and Twentieth Century Club announce gatherings with set speakers and topics. Eagleside and Dor tin clubs plan year end and postponed sessions. P E O and Hen Pina prepare Mother s Day events. Lawrence Camera Club meets Ed Pierson. Progressive Reading Club hosts dinner for husbands. Review Club reports a regular meeting outcome.
The Pleasant Hour Club of Brackett met April 23 at Mrs. E. H. Siler home with fourteen members attending. Mrs. Chas Crowder led a paper on recent legislation. Mrs. Sylvester Siler attended from Kansas City. The group plans to meet again in two weeks at Mrs. H. G. Van Neste’s home. The Year Round Club will gather April 30 with Mrs. J. Ulrich at 1308 Kentucky.
Mrs Wm Taylor and Mrs Smith hosted a Saturday afternoon tea to announce the engagement of Nearly Farle Brown to Dr C F Nelson of the University medical department. Local residents attend, including university students and faculty, with several journeys mentioned as people visit and travel between Lawrence and nearby towns.
A cat sleeping on a rubber mat under a dynamo in Cleveland's power house moved the mat and slept on an iron plate. The cat survived though its fur became electrified and stood on end like a hairbrush, shocking onlookers with the bizarre scene.
The Boston Transcript notes a couple of deaf mutes were married recently in a quiet affair fitting modest ceremony customs. The Chicago Daily Journal lauds the Rocky Mountain sheep as the world’s best climber, but the focus here remains on the understated wedding report.
A photographer uses a phonograph to cue facial expressions in subjects by playing tunes like Dixie or My Old Kentucky Home to evoke animation or sadness. Seats that lift two feet provide an unobstructed stage view, popular in motion picture venues, though priced high.
A compilation of miscellaneous items on language nuances from quoting Lincoln and Wordsworth, humorous tales of a British tourist, a report on a new lightship bell device, notes on Old Testament apocrypha, and Osaka barbers proposing a training school to elevate barbering standards.
A New York Evening Telegram note urges giving a truly normal child a home playground. It argues play sustains health and social harmony, and that a DIY fairyland at home is inexpensive and financially prudent, promising untold returns.
The fragment references the number thirteen as sacred to Mexicans and ancient Yucatan peoples, noting a 23 day week and 13 snake gods in their belief system. It presents a concise, period-tinged glimpse into mythic numerology without further context.
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