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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
5
Community events in Lawrence feature Figheyfais hosting friends at 1616 Rhode Island with a luncheon, plus club activities, birthdays, and a Phi Kappa Psi dance. Fellow items include church picnic plans, Todd taking a Vermont post, a Maine Y M C A offer, birthdays, birth announcements, and a piano recital at the First Baptist Church.
The monthly milk inspection lays out fat and solids targets of 3.25 percent putter fat 8.5 percent solids not fat and total solids 11.75 percent. Bacteria must not exceed 100 000 per sample. No standard for coli content but 1 000 nears danger. Grading follows USDA scheme plus bacillus coli considerations.
Browne and Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Wahl traveled to Kansas City for a reception honoring Lillian Clarke Carey, national president of the Ladies of the G. A. R. The Portia Club hosted Mrs A Lynn and others. Mrs Lynn departs for El Dorado. Buckner honored by P.E.B.Q. with breakfast at Mrs Griesa’s home. Parisian Sage advertised as dandruff cure.
Mrs. Lucy Williams dies yesterday in Leavenworth. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 o clock from Funk chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. G N Jackson to officiate. The colored Eastern Star will conduct the services.
Peggy Prim notes the Lawrence Typewriter Exchange offers a fine line of typewriters and repair services for all issues. The piece cites an exchange item about Peter Stuyvesant seeking Long Island from the Indians for whiskey and hints at upcoming child-related topics next month.
The report highlights improvements by locals such as the Kansas Electric Utilities Co promoting a Sew Fry motor for winter prep and a Kennedy Plumbing powered Western Electric Power and Light plant installed by Fred Heck northwest of Lawrence. It notes travel gear bargains and new farm homes in Douglas County.
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