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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
10
A reminiscence recalls a prank in which visitors were told of a snipe hunt near Pleasant Grove. The visitor was left holding a sack while friends disappeared into brush, the joke ending when he realized he’d been sold and had to walk back to town in the dark.
Readers recall Civil War era Lincoln pie a heavy sweetened bread pudding with raisins once sold from Summerfield bakery location now Lawrence offices. Notes tell of hearty mini pies eaten like today’s ice cream and Tom Hood’s Song of the Shire written in bed during his last illness.
Professor MacBride spoke to a families conference on birth trends among clerical families in London Alabama. He cited one to two children per family and noted controversial views on fertility and talent breeding within the community.
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