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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
6
A long list of names and small gatherings from Belleview and surrounding areas includes visits at Peters and Schulmeyer homes, church and school events, birthday greetings, and school term activities. Residents note travelers, family visits, and community meetings with numerous references to neighbors, kin, and local institutions.
Fragmentary Reno notes describe residents visiting friends and relatives. Mentions include Mrs Be G Kislie and her son Leonard, Mr Fred Kahn and John, and G L Dehoffe mill save attempt. Ground conditions hindered travel on Thursday.
Heavy downpour limits field activity as farmers face a weather-bound week. Officials warn of continued rain through midweek impacting planting and harvest schedules. Local forecasts call for unsettled skies and possible flooding in low-lying areas.
Clinton T. 3 caviar visited Lawrence Tuesday. Students spent Thursday and Friday in Typekase. The school closed Friday after a year end program and dinner. Miss Bertha L. Glenn will be here again next year. The program featured songs and recitations by students including Mabel Killey Rre The Hardest Lesson Marion Barton Ethel Howser Dale Robison and Thelma White. Local visitors Miss Mayre Taylor and Kenneth Alderman frequented Lawrence over the weekend.
Mrs. George Hoffman and son from Stanhattan are visiting relatives in town this week. Mrs. Martha Tedrick returns from Kansas City where she wintered with her daughter Mrs. Frank Housh. Mrs. Joy Morton and daughter Joy-Ann of Topeka spent the weekend at the Grayson home and returned Sunday. Wm. Hurdleiston made a business trip to Kansas City last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simmons drove to Topeka Saturday to shop. Miss Jeanette Jacquemin went to Emporia last Thursday to spend the weekend with Elizabeth Whitcraft and will visit friends in Topeka before returning home. Ralph Snyder is at home for a few days’ visit.
Sunday school and church services held as usual with evening service. Evening service time changed to 7 00. Miss Eunice Boland of Topeka visiting relatives. Ladies' Aid to meet Mrs Bleakley Wednesday afternoon May 4. Attendance list at last meeting incomplete. Myre Marshall and Mrs Fleshman attended. Frances and Helen Heaston visited Miss Harriet Bleakley. Germany makes paper teeth noted as longer lasting and color retaining.
The Kansas State Agricultural College reports rising demand for instructors in home economics and vocational agriculture. Thirty schools seek aid under Smith Hughes funds while many more requests come from other states as rural high schools expand and adopt these programs.
A newly developed dye claims revolutionary impact on the dyeing industry. It is a direct substantive dye for use with cold water only and requires a brief cold soak of under ten minutes. The dye is described as non injurious to fabrics.
A spoof product called Epsonade Salts combines real Epsom salts with fruit derivative salts to mimic lemonades. The sales pitch suggests taking a tablespoonful in cold water to ease bilious headaches or general malaise, touted as a discovery by the American Epsom Association.
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