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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1919
Page
5
C B Strain of Kansas City spent today in Lawrence. You can always be assured of pure and wholesome creams and ices at Wiedemann's. Phone 182.
Mrs F M Anderson traveled to Kansas City this morning after being called to the death of Mrs O E Anderson. The visit underscores a familial bereavement as details remain limited.
Mr and Mrs E D Clark plus three daughters from Colby Kansas drove to Lawrence for a ten day visit with J N Clampitt and family. Mrs A Wolfson and son Charles went to Topeka. Mr Wolfson joined them there and they returned home. H S Cooper of Kansas City spent the weekend with Dr and Mrs J B Berry. he is with the Federal Bank in KC. J S Hillard and wife of Oklahoma City visited Mrs Hillard’s sister Mrs M Cannon and are returning from a Colorado motor trip. Gardner P Walker and children from Ottawa motored to Lawrence yesterday.
A Topeka Capitol item jokes about a sailor returning without his fraternity pin and claiming he gave it as a medal to the “lovingest baby.” Midland Rural Club met Aug 7 at Mrs. Garvin’s with social time after business, planning Panama topics for the next roll call. Evelyn Hayden wed Clifford Thiry in Lawrence with home to the north. other notes cover Theta picnic, a dinner party at Eldridge, and a farewell Florida-bound hostess. Miss May Gardner arrives in New York from overseas Red Cross service, while W C T U plans a county convention at Lecompton.
Charles P. Banker received a load of Samson tractors this week. Paul Evans and LeRoy Henry visited Williamstown today. Miss Margaret Fitch and Miss Poindexter visited, with Fitch staying a few days. Dr. and Mrs. Will Gorrill and baby returned from Bald win. Numerous local residents, including Carder, Walters, Bouldin, Watts, Marshall, Skofstad, Donley, Hill, Cronemeyer, Lovelace, Sherbon, Osterhoug, Evans, Docking, Walker, Ray, Shultz, Weeters, Ward, Rhodes, and Gibb, are noted in visits and travel to Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence, St. Louis, Ottawa, Estes Park, and Chicago. The Knights and Daughters of Tabor picnic postponed to September 22 due to the Grand Chief Mentor’s death.
The west of Scotland and northeast Ireland are of volcanic formation. The Giant’s Causeway features basalt pipes and the Isle of Skye is formed from lava. Staffa shows bedded basaltic lava sheets and Fingal’s Cave is carved from lava.
A compact reflection on the value of long standing friendships noting that years teach both sweetness and bitterness. The speaker cherishes old friends above all else, suggesting they be kept close and treasured despite all other pursuits.
In Lawrence and Topeka a humorous rivalry grows over water softening. Topeka women push for a softener to gain an edge, citing cleaner complexions and fabrics. Dr Crumbine praises soft water as healthy, while Lawrence notes improved drinking water and reduced bacteria. Maine post offices in 1776 began with Kennebunk Fal mouth and Bath. carriers walked or rode. weekly mail under five letters per office. rates ranged from 6 to 25 percent depending on distance.
Grandville Scanland of Jewell City Kansas is visiting friends here. Palmer Felt and Ray Kokanour were Sunday visitors in Kansas City.
A quirky line from Farmer Wiggins proclaims his daughter will graduate and pursue a musical career. He says she will granulate and get a deplunket, then be sent to a musical mesog utory to be finished.
A brief item notes fashion and wealth influence in London society. It discusses how money shapes perceptions of status, contrasting clothes with true financial power and hinting at social commentary from the period.
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