War Mothers honored at Lawrence dinner for Gold Star families
The Lawrence American War Mothers chapter hosted ninety guests at the Idridge hotel to honor Gold Star mothers bound for France graves. Speakers Mayor Ellis Judge Means and Mrs. Kennedy presented leather bound travel books to the honored women, with flowers and gifts. The event followed a patriotic program and included a mixed flower center and arrangements from Virginia May Flower shop.
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Lawrence
United States
France
Idridge Hotel
D. D. Hornaday
S. W. Atkinson
W. C. Ellis
Hugh Means
J. R. Holmes
C. A. Puls
T. H. Kennedy
C. E. Beeks
Baldwin
Fred Olmsted
Beeks
Earl Black
Jake Hill
Lecompton
Ameri- Legion
America
J. Churchill
Chariton
Puls
Kennedy
The
American War Mothers
Mayor Ellis
Holmes
Judge Means
Virginia May Flower Shop
T. J. Sweeney
Social Calendar and Birth News From Lawrence
Highlights of local social events include bridge parties at the Country Club hosted by Mrs J R Payne and Mrs D D. a Friday night at the Frank Deay home. a Saturday breakfast for Sister Olive Rachel of Glendale. and a Sunday basket dinner with about fifty relatives. A birth announcement notes Wilder Robert Dresser born yesterday at Memorial hospital to Mrs Wilder L Dresser formerly Olla Carter.
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E. Wiper
Frank Deay
Lawrence
Roy Shuler
Carrie Deay
Frank Stanwix
Alden Stanwix
George Stanwix
Grace
Elmer Stanwix
Dorothy
Jean
Ette
Eleanor
Jeane
Rollie Stanwix
Clayton
Gene
Rollin
Walter Deay
Dudley
Wayne
Oscar Shuck
Charles
Lloyd
Evelyn
Byron Shuck
Eula Belle
Marjorie Mae Shuler
Everett Pence
Marailen
Berniece
Doris
Kenneth
Mary
Byron Renee
Gustave Schaake
Harold Altenbernd
Daisy McCrary
Lillian
Alda Brohammer
Mildred
Edith
Wilder L. Dresser
Washington, Mo
Memorial Hospital
Wilder Robert
William Spurgeon
Olive Rachel
Glendale
Jin ‘Lawrence
Olive Bechtel
Olive
Los Angeles
Abbie Davidson
Honolulu
Sisters of Charity
St. Andrew's Priory
Obituary notices for Imes Lew Eva Adamson Strong Jones
Obituaries recount the deaths of Mrs. Lew Eva Imes Lew Eva Adamson born November 21, 1865 Jasper County Iowa died August 6 1930 Lawrence at 64. Also Stanley Harold Strong born June 27 1916 Vinland Kansas died August 9 1930 aged 14 1 2. Harry Leonard Jones born January 24 1902 Fall Leaf died August 9 1940 aged 28 6 19.
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Lew Eva Imes
Lew Eva Adamson
Jasper County
Iowa
Lawrence
Newton
Decker
Ottawa
Kan
John Imes
Imes
Fort Dodge
United Brethren Church
Grace Bolton
Fall of
Nettie Walter
Belmond, Ia
Stanley Harold Strong
Vinland
Marton Strong
Harry Leonard Jones
Fall Leaf
Eudora
Myrtle. E. Strong
Weather and crop impacts in Kansas amid prolonged heat spell
The report notes a infant death and baptism at Union church, with survivors including a wife, two children, parents, and four brothers across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and South America. Drought affected corn silage, grain sorghums, pastures, and alfalfa. Truck gardens, fruit, tomatoes, and apples faced damage as heat persisted across the state.
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Porn
Union Church
Ernest
Cushing, Okla
Roy
Tylor
Cal
Merel
Kansas City
Kan
Elmer
South America
Kansas River
Kansas
Northwest Kansas Corn In Good Shape After Rain
Topeka August 13 AP Only a small percent of Kansas southern two thirds corn can make a satisfactory crop even with early rains Unfavorable weather this past week worsened conditions except in northwest Kansas where little damage occurred Counties near Nebraska especially in the northwest fared better and corn that survived the drawth was reported to benefit from cooler weather and rain
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Weather shift brings cooling and rain across regions
A weather report notes the close of the week with cooler temperatures and soaking rains in northeastern areas while north central, northwestern, and southeastern portions see moderate rainfall. Separately, the Carnegie Institute has authorized funds for further exploration of Nevada’s prehistoric caves.
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Carnegie Institute
Nevada
Personal news from Lawrence society brief
Mrs. X Jay Kennedy returns from a three week Unitarian conference trip covering Portsmouth Montreal Detroit and Chicago. Ada Harrington visits her mother Mrs Rob ert Schroyer then Emporia. H D Patee spends a day in Kansas City. Mrs Fred Olmsted travels to visit daughter Mrs c S De Roin in Kansas City. Nadine Cox Milliki and Imogene Cox head to Colorado Springs and Santa Fe before York and Brahms quartet duties. Homer Allison and Charles Schneck return from a Colorado motor trip. Sister Olive Rachel, once Miss Olive Bechtel, arrives from Cleveland to visit Lawrence then heads to Honolulu for new work. Mrs J L Jones departs for Effingham Illinois to assist ailing sister. Rev and Mrs J R Nanning and three children return from Topeka.
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X. Jay Kennedy
Portsmouth
Unitarian Church
Montreal
Detroit
Chicago
Ada Harrington
Robert Schroyer
Emporia
H. D. Patee
Kansas City
Fred Olmsted
de Roin
Nadine Cox Milliki
Imogene Cox
Colorado Springs
Santa Fe
N. M
Millikiives
Lawrence
York
Homer Allison
Charles Schneck
Colorado
Olive Rachel
Olive Bechtel
Cleveland
William Spurgeon
Rhode Island
Olive
Honolulu
J.L. Jones
Effingham
Ill
J. R. Nanning
Toveka
Evangeli cal Church Summer Assembly and Travel Notes
Nanninga attends ten days of summer assembly. Mrs Solon Emery and Mrs Clayst on Hackman plan a Friday trip to Colorado Springs and Green Mountain Falls. Mrs S E Perkins and daughter return from a western motor trip with Mr and Mrs C L Harding of Kansas City. After visiting relatives and friends in Los Angeles.
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Nanninga
The
Evangelical Church
Solon Emery
Clayston Hackman
Colorado Springs
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
S. E. Perkins
D. J. Richardson
C.L. Harding
Kanaan City
Reatives
Los Angeles
Travel fragment reports stops across California and Yellowstone trip
The note records a journey sequence through San Francisco and other California points via Yellowstone National Park and Denver. It mentions Margarete Cutter of Kansas City Missouri as a house guest of Mr Mary De Watteville, and Mr and Mrs J A Jones with daughter Eleanor Ruth visiting Mrs Jones's parents at 1002 Pennsylvania Street before returning home.
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San
Lawrence Business College Training as Paying Investment
Business note predicts a profitable venture for self employment or work for others. The message frames the college training at Lawrence Business College as an excellent investment echoed by others who have succeeded.
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Lawrence Business College
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