Beulah Woodard and Sister Win War Jobs in Washington
Miss Beulah Woodard and her sister Juletta of Neodesha are in Washington D C to aid the war effort. They trained at Lawrence Business College and passed the Civil Service exam gaining appointments. Their mother accompanied them as Uncle Sam needs hundreds of stenographers typists and clerks and trained young women are urged to prepare for good positions and salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Woodard
Juletta
Neodesha
Washington
Lawrence Business College
Sam
Beatz Team Splits Four Game Sevenback Series
Edmondson and Graeber split the four game set at the Elks Club in a close bowling tournament. Graeber posted games of 234 243 220 227 while Edmondson rolled 243 242 226 215 in hard fought matches with the second contest decided by one pin.
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Graeber
Edmondson
High scoring game leaders and individual totals
Albach topped the Greneber team with 203 points and Edmondson led the game with 208. Individual counts list Graeber 186, Albach 203, Keilman 193, Boener 192, Sanborn 149, Edmondson 208, Hetzel 194, Kauffman 181, Bullock 183, Roberts 160.
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Albach
Greneber
Edmondson
Graeber
Keilman
Boener
Sanborn
Hetzel
Kauffman
Bullock
Roberts
Haskell Indians Down National Guard In Twilight Game
The Haskell Indian team defeated the National Guard by 9 to 1 in six innings to extend their Twilight League winning streak to five. Standings show Haskell at 3-0, with Lawrence and others close behind. Next fixtures: Lawrence at Haskell Tuesday, Guards at McCook Field Friday.
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Haskell Indians
Haskell Indian
National Guard
Haskell
K. N
Educational Programs At Camp Funston Offer Diverse Lectures
Y M C A and Camp Funston present a week of lectures and joint events from August 19 to 23. Dr C M Tanquary will lecture on Among Northern Icebergs with five weekday evenings. Mrs Flater will deliver five talks on the South Sea Islands with stereoptican views. H R Peckham will discuss Our Boys in France with pictures. Serg Felix Rothschild will cover What the War Does for You and Me. A large joint program Wednesday, August 21 at the main Y auditorium features athletic entertainment, boxing, wrestling, sketches, saxophone quartet, jazz band, and a community sing. The event is supervised by the Jewish Welfare Board and Y M C A with George W Brooks and Chester H Guthrie. The two regiments of the 20th brigade, under Colonel Jordan, include Lieutenant Stanley of M Company, son of the late Governor Stanley of Kansas. Major Straub, longtime 20th officer, is noted among those lost to the 70th. Saturday Evening Post and other magazines are sold at City Drug Store.
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Funston
C. M. Tanquary
Kansas State Agricultural College
C. C. Flater
Chicago
South Sea Islands
H.R. Peckhamn
Headquarters
France
Serg
Felix Rothschild
Jewish Welfare Board
George W. Brooks
Chester H. Guthrie
Guthrie
Jordan
20Th. Infantry
Stanley
Kansas
M Company
Camp Funston
Straub
70Th
West Point
20Th
42Nd Infantry
70th Regiment Formed Camp Funston Aug 17
The birth of the 70th infantry last Saturday left the 20th infantry with ten officers and about four hundred noncommissioned officers and first class privates lost. The 20th feels like a big brother of the new unit.
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70Th Regiment
Camp Funston
70Th Infantry
20Th Infantry
Weber Family in Wartime Service From 500 Illinois Street
The Weber family of 500 Illinois Street has six sons in military service. Joe Weber enlisted in the Navy hospital corps and will report to Great Lakes training when called. Fred serves with the Signal Corps in Seattle, George with the 128th Field Artillery in France, August with Company C 110th Engineers in France, Alfred in the Navy aboard the USS Buffalo near Bermuda, and Will in training at Camp Funston.
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A. Weber
Lé&gestin City
France
Fred
Signal Corps
Seattle
Washington
George
128Th Field Artillery
August
Company C
110Th Engineers
Alfred
U.S. S
Buffalo
Bermuda
Will
Camp Funston
Knights of Columbus opens new Camp Kinston chapel
The Knights of Columbus building No 4 at Camp Kinston Kansas opens to the 311th Cavalry camp after weeks of anticipation. First mass led by Father Rain drew a large crowd. The hilltop location overlooks the athletic field where soldiers play service games. The building offers a private chapel for daily mass without interruption, with more interior work planned.
Lightweight Champ Exhibits Skill in Aug 17 Exhibition
Vernon Breedlove of Company 9 164th depot brigade staged a standout lightweight wrestling display at Fort Funston Kansas on August 17. He threw two opponents each weighing 140 pounds in 19 minutes, pinning the first with a nine minute half Nelson fall and securing both victories.
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Camp Funston
Kans
Vernon Breedlove
Company 9
164Th Depot Brigade
Breedlove
Mrs Virginia Teter And Son Francis Visit Kansas City
Mrs Virginia Teter and her son Francis traveled to Kansas City this morning for undisclosed personal reasons.
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Virginia Teter
Francis
Kansas City
Colonel Albertus W. Catlin Promoted to Brigadier General
Col Albertus W Catlin of the Marine Corps, severely wounded in the Maine fighting, is promoted to brigadier general. He served as the flagship officer on the Maine during the Havana harbor sinking and has prior service in the Philippines, Cuba, China, and Mexico.
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Albertus W. Catlin
Marine Corps
Maine
Havane Harbor
Phiippines
Cuba
China
iMexic
Sugar for Red Cross and church events barred
Wichita Kansas August 17 official Food Administration bulletin to county and township admins states no extra sugar certificates for Red Cross or church benefits may be issued to feed soldiers and civilians. It allows sugar by levies on memberships but urges alternatives. ice cream with syrup and melons can replace sugar drinks.
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Wichita
Kansas
Red Cross
The
Food Administration
America
Butter Production On Farms Promoted By Standards
United States Department of Agriculture notes farm butter has displaced much of the market but often lacks price or quality. Recommendations urge using clean milk, cream-only churning, and proper cream separation by gravity or centrifugal methods to improve butter quality and yield.
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United States
Creaneers
Cream Separation Methods and Butterfat Loss
The article explains shallow-pan and deep-setting methods for milk separation, noting butterfat loss and sour flavors in skim milk. It emphasizes rapid cooling, use of ice water, and the superiority of centrifugal separators for preserving quality and providing immediate skim milk.
Margerson questions Miss Kutts about paintings
Margerson asks about Miss Kutts remarks on the artist's work. The artist replies she felt he put a great deal of himself into his painting. Margerson calls it praise. The artist mentions the piece titled Calves in a Meadow.
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Margerson
Advertisement Tally Sparks Town Gossip at Depot
Local chatter erupts as the Hickville Academy of Music promoter questions a visiting advance agent about female company size. The agent evasively cites 25, while the manager insists the town’s population will verify arrivals at the depot.
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Hickville Academy of Music
Buffalo Express
Japanese general to lead expedition in Siberia
General Kikuzo Otani, veteran of wars with China and Russia, is put in command of the Japanese army tasked with occupying Vladivostok and directing the joint American-Japanese Siberian expedition as the senior officer in the operation.
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Kikuzo Otani
Vladivostok
Siberia
Reasonably Steady. Settlement Worker Question
A caption from the Buffalo Express notes a settlement worker asking a poor woman if her husband has steady work. She replies that he may be steady, as he is never out of the workhouse for more than a week at a time.
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Buffalo Exs Press
Burial Customs in Old English Churches
The article explains how burials under English churches vary. Some use open soil graves in graveyards, while others place coffins in a crypt beneath the main floor. Crypts may be a single large vault or divided into small stone walled vault rooms.
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England
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Washington, D. C
Miss Beulah Woodard
O. P. Barber & Son Druggists
Mass
Marne
Longpont
Soissons
Bacon
Reatz
L Pet
Reatz Ae
Berger
Pierson
Peoples State Bank
Saturday Evening Post
Literary Digest
American and Womans Homeompanion
City Drug Store
Kansas Electric Utilities Company
Massachusetts
Fay Mrs.‘ Housewife
Torrington
A. Wiseman, M. D
Farmers: State and Savings Bank
Joseph Vitt
Eudora
Lawrence
J. R. Blevins
Singer Sewing Machine
Kent
F. W. Kahn
Kent Cremery
Phi Bote
Kappa Key
R. of. R
Packard
Overland
Peerells Garage
California
Santas
Ameitas
Teter’s
Mase
Lawrence National Bank
J. D. Bowerlock
KJ. Meade
Irving Hill
F. W. Barteldes
A. Henley
W. S. Metcalf
Geo. W. Kuhne
Cashier
GEO. T
Clevenger
Harolts D
Weaver
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