Lawrence News Snippets and Local Returns
Save money. See back page. Joe Asher spent days in Lawrence visiting brothers and returned to Wichita yesterday. Mrs. Eustace Brown leaves tonight to spend the summer in Denver. Rev E E Stauffer came back yesterday from a Midland College Executive Board meeting in Atchison. Mr and Mrs Tom Horseley of Wewoka Oklahoma returned home after visiting friends in Lawrence. Mr Horseley is a former human.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Asher
Lawrence
Wichita
Eustace Brown
Denver
E. E. Stauffer
Midland College
Atchison
Tom Horseley
Wewoka
Oklahoma
Horseley Iis
Margaret Axemaker
Brawley
California
W. J. Price
Louisiana’ Street
Grand Island
Nebraskke
Axemaker
Brawley Public
United Brethren Church
Shower Honoring Miss Mildred Light Sets Details
Society notes describe a miscellaneous shower for Miss Mildred Light hosted by her sister Miss Naomi Light this afternoon. Guests include numerous local young women. out of town guests from Kansas City Leavenworth Peabody and Forest Lake. Additional items note a missionary society meeting a slumber party a park dance county officer dinner blue birds meeting and a corner column about mobilization affecting Lawrence girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Light
Naomi Light
Ping ‘Gladiolas
Ruth ,Jackson
Olive Constant
Helen Naismith
Marjorie Rickard
Esther Burke
Helen Chambers
Charlotte Morrison
Helen, Gallagher
Marjorie Kennedy
Marie Woodruff
Louise Broeker
Gail Hall
Grace’ Green
Kansas City
Gertrude Hurley
Leavenworth
Ina. Haines Taylor
Edwardsville
Jennie Dickerson
Peabody
Sarah Trent
Forest Lake
Summer Folks in Kansas City and Lawrence Nearby
The notice lists numerous residents and visitors in Lawrence and nearby towns as they travel for summer visits and attend funerals in the region. Names include Mildred Light, Mrs. H. M. Light, John Matthews, Gail Stout, Bessie Stout, Edward Stout, Curtis Rodgers, Mrs. Carrie R. Davis, J. E. Watkins, Ellis T. Johnson, Victor Walling, Roscoe Stubbs, Glen Millice, Marian Murphy, Grace Nelson, Georgia Nelson, Marie Beeson, Ed Kline, D. C. Murphy, J. St. Holmes, Jack Lawrence, J. E. Fisher, Mrs. J. Bradshaw, Diana Peters, and others in Kansas City, Lawrence, Bonner Springs, Tulsa, and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mildred Light
H. M. Light
Kansas City
John Matthews
Gail Stout
Chicago
Bessie Stout
Blue Rapids
Kansas
Edward Stout
Curtis Rodgers
Arkansas
Carrie R. Davis
J. E. Watkins
Victor Walling
Fair Maid
Lawrence
Roscoe Stubbs
Hereford
Glen Millice and
Childdren
Cushing
Iowa
Chas. Decker
Murphy
Marian Murphy
Achning
Grace
Georgia Nelson
Ida MM. Neilson
Lotay
Timothy G. Mackie
Hulbrook
Ariz
F. E. Beeson
Marie’ Beeson
Ed. Kline
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
D. C. Murphy
Bonner Springs
J. F. Brock
Bonner
Oeenes
J. St. Holmes
Jack Lawrence
Burlington
J.E. Fisher
Baldwin
C.F. Nation
Howard “Pauley
Ralph Kelly
Michigan
W. F. Reinisch
Marguerite ‘Reinisch
Mildred Reinisch
Margaret Whitney
Virginia ‘Moore
Jane Moore
C. W. Whitney
Scewir
S. F. Patterson
Chick Rutter
Garnett
Mina Stafford
Georgia Pigg
Paul Stubbs
Fredonia
Women Enter Santa Fe Shops And Telegraph Schools
The Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka is hiring women for jobs previously held by men as Europe’s war increases worker vacancies. Women clean passenger cars and perform tasks once done by men while telegraphy schools expand to train female operators to staff dispatch offices. The railroad runs urgent recruiting campaigns and opens additional classes to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Topeka
Europe
America
The
West
A. W. Line
Telegraph
WILL RAISE PORKERS AS HEAVY RAINS BOOST KANSAS FARMING
Heavy rains revived the corn crop across Kansas, raising optimism among farmers and boys with hogs and pigs. Reports from Lawrence and other areas indicate an abundant corn yield, potentially reducing the need to sell hogs at sacrifice. With late planted corn benefiting, many farmers may hold hogs to grow porkers for higher prices next year. The Ladies Aid Methodist Church in Clinton hosts an ice cream social on Au 10 on Mrs. Sark’s lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Lawrence
Methodist
Clinton
Mrs. Sark
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Dairy Extension Service
Dairy Extension
University Farm
Lincoln
Washington draft plans push to train 207000 plus
August 9 report outlines mobilization for September 1 with a target of a one third draw from each state for training at cantonments. Provisions tighten exemptions, restrict married workers, and require boards to certify lists quickly. Also notes beach damage, broken pontoon bridge, agitations in Oklahoma, Taft's slow recovery, wind damage to zinc plants, and local obituaries and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
Mershal
Crow Jer
Car Department
Fst
War Department
Kaw
Joplin
Leavenworth Man Praises Motorman Francisco for Staying At Post
Charles G. Ryan of Leavenworth, a frequent visitor in Lawrence, praised F. L. Francisco for remaining at the controls of the interurban car as it wrecked on the way to Lawrence. Ryan described Francisco as sticking to his post and nearly stopping the car before the express vehicle struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
F. L. Francisco
Charles G. Ryan
Lawrence
Mr. Ryan
W. J. Francisco
Francisco
Ryan
Tragedy Child Wins Pony Prize Amid Family Loss
Little Jackie de Saulles, son of John de Saulles and his Chilean mother, faces tragedy after his father was killed and his mother charged with murder. He recently won the silver cup at Durland's Academy horse show with his pony, a small bright note amid the family sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie de Saulles
John de Saulles
I. Lemah
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BELL
Vivian Martin
Paramount
Ethel Barrymore
Fischer
Gingham Department
Lonsdale Fruit
Linen Department
Ethel Fitzpatrick
Ellen Wiedemann
Helen Armstrong
Sophie Armstrong
Ed Barber
Bess Armstrong
Agnes Lovell
Marguerite, Speitz
Park 7
Woodland Park
J. R. Woodward
W. R. Green
J.L. Hoover
al Andrews
J. B. Wilson
Carl Woodward
Belvoir
Dorothy Dinsmore
Mercy Hospital
J‘ever
Sam
Seam Podunk
Georgette Crepe
Georgette
South Ors
Muskogee
Okla
Miami
Ottawa County
MecNaughton
Taft
Clay Center
Wim. H. Taft
St. Poe
Rhode Island Street
H. L. Winey & Sons
Hester. & Roberts Mfg
Opticians
WM. Scrultz
Mass
Jon da Saures
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