Lawrence society notes and local updates from summer
Louise L Loesch Lenora Watrous and Mrs Gertrude F Lob dell of Lawrence enroll in summer session at Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley Fritz Meyn will depart Wednesday for Yellowstone park with Springfield Kelly fire company guests Mrs Albert Koup is building a six room bungalow on East Thirteenth Street W W Cleland vacationing at Lead South Carolina sends Homestake gold mine views to Lawrence Mr and Mrs J R Holmes return from 2000 mile overland trip via Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis Judge C A Smart returns from Portland Keith Clevenger of Empire Gas arrives with brother in law Frederick Frye who will enter the University this fall Mr Fry rents 1328 Ohio Street and will move to Lawrence around September 10 Cleven ger a 1900 University of Oklahoma law graduate now lives in Bartlesville R C Manney holds three jobs this week acting as justice of the peace and as police judge rumors spread of drownings in Kaw river Coroner Carl Phillips says reports of two extra deaths from Potter Lake and Lakeview have no foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Clevenger
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
Lawrence
Frederick’ Frye
Fry
Ohio Street
Making one Hundred Per Cent Americans Sermon
Dr Edward Hislop spoke at First Methodist on Making one Hundred Per Cent Americans from Edward Bok biography The Americanization of Edward Bok portraying a Dutch immigrant who rose from poverty to edit Ladies Home Journal and advocate thrift education law and civic duty He urged welcoming foreigners and teaching American life while noting strengths and flaws in the system A future pulpit visit by Rev Homer F E Wark is planned and a large Epworth League attendance at Baldwin Institute is reported with study classes upcoming
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Church
Edward Hislop
Edward Bok
Ladies Home Journal
Bok
America
Europe
First Methodist Church
Fort Leavenworth
Homer FE. Wark
Boston University
J. RB. Bechtel
United States
China
Japan
Epworth League Institute
Baldwin
Language of Christianity Sermon Set for Next Sunday
Adults and youths encouraged to attend a general conference meeting at 8 15 to discuss fall work. Decoration proceeds, with plans to use the auditorium next Sunday. if unavailable, the basement will host. The sermon topic will be The Language of Christianity.
Prince Sues for Return of Oels Land Near Breslau
The exiled Crown Prince seeks to reclaim Oels, a 20 000 acre estate with two castles near Breslau, including the town of Oels with 10 000 residents. The property was confiscated after the Hohenzollerns abdicated and a treaty returning it as personal property stalled in the Prussian diet, prompting court action. The move aligns with renewed Reichstag efforts to expropriate Hohenzollern assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslau
Oels
Special Commission
Hohenzollerns
Prison Reform in England Adopts Training Center
London reports popular prison reform spreading from the United States to Waksfield tract. A closed 1916 prison reopened as an adult training center where warders are scarce. A prefect system governs order. solitary confinement ends. prisoners work in paired roles in workshops and gardens. One hour weekly discusses current events except crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Waksfield
Secarcely
Markets Continue With Cattle And Grain Figures In Mixed Trading
The markets page shows cattle trading active with 20,000 head noted, high quality beef steers and yearlings in demand, prices around 12.65 top for mature steers, and yearlings 9.50 to 10.50. Western stockers and feeders ranged 2.50 to 3.75, packers paying around 11. Kansas City wheat receipts 584 cars with mixed price levels. corn and oats largely unchanged with minor shifts. Hay prices steady to higher. butter eggs and poultry listed with current quotes. coal price noted. Derby Grain Co., phone 370.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Wheat Receipts
Wilma Glenn 16th birthday party noted in Glenn area
Saturday evening a surprise party honored Wilma Glenn on her sixteenth birthday with games on the lawn, a cake with sixteen candles, and piano selections. Guests included Faye McClanahan, Iva Glenn, Opal Matiney, Arlette Fulton, plus many others. News covers local visits, camp meetings, and church events across Glenn to Lecompton, with notes on illnesses, farm activity, and a Topeka obituary for Jessie Dummer McMurtry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Glenn
Geo. L. Claar
Wilma
Arlette Fulton
Mabelle
Nellie Slavens
Franklin McClanahan
Claude Glenn
Kenneth Matney
Hoyt
Don
Ellery Claar
Oscar
Orville Baker
Delmar Parrish
Thomas Hogg
G. C. Herschell
Topeka
Harry Fulton
Wilma Glenn
B. F
Glenn
Mr. Bahnmaier
Harvey Glenn
Ernest Bigsby
Kanwaka
H. A. Davidson
Lawrence
Elmer Matney
Chas. Brown
Lecompton
Dave McCall
Jay Morris
Moline
Morris
Mabel Horney
Billy
Galesburg
W. H. Morris
Cyrus Glenn
Iya
Oneta
W. H. Glenn
Billy Plateman
Bert Reynolds
Fred Nace
G . L. Babnmaier
H. Z. Brown
Colorado
Brown’s
Geo. Bahnmaier, Jr
Mr. Slusser
Big Springs
John Day
Rome
Clarence Welcher
Tecumseh
Will Morris
Helen Morris
Ted Baughman
Billy Horney
G. L. Glenn
Lone Star updates and neighborhood notes near Valley Chapel
Roy Curtis of Valley Chapel called on Friday at the Austin Flory farm. Several families from Lawrence and Valley Falls visited, children mentioned, and the Lone Star Sunday school enrolled 74. Radio listeners heard Harding memorial services from Convention Hall Kansas City. Many residents traveled to Lawrence and Wichita for visits and errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Curtis
Valley Chapel
Austin Flory
Will Johnson
Lily
Arthur Longfellow
Ben Garber
Lone Star Central
Lawrence
Elmer Haus
Arthur Haus
Kansas
City
Carrie Huls
Mable Halls
Porter Bond
Kenneth
Sophia Bick
Jennie
Hulda
Edwin
Valley Falls
August Dietz
Lone Star
Rudolph Dietz
Salina
Kans
Robert Watts
Wendell Simons
Overbrook
L. E. Harford
Carrie Haus
Minnie Dieta
Worden
Warren
G. Harding
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Social visits 기록 from Valley Chapel area in Kansas
Weekly notes show multiple Lawrence visitors to the Valley Chapel area including Porter Bond home and nearby farms. Names include John Hoover Fred McKinney Mart Flory Greta Gorbutt Joe Gorbutt Arthur Clarence Roy Herr Lily Johnson Otis Lindell J E Rynerson Will Curtis Austin Flory and family. Events feature church gatherings and an ice cream social with local families and travelers staying in Clinton and Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Crabil
New Overland
John Hoover
Manhattan
Will Curtis
Frances
Margaret
Paul
Valley Chapel
Porter Bond
Jim Anderson
Arthur
Clarence
Lawrence
Fred Gilbert
Topeka
Fred McKinney
Valley Chapel Aid Society
Mart Flory
Sophia Bick
Jennie
Hulda
Edwin
Valley Falls
Alfred Dietz
Minnie
Fred Brokman
Clinton
Roy Herr
California
Will Garbutt
Greta Gorbutt
Joe Gorbutt
Joe Hoover
Otis Lindell
J. E. Rynerson
Capper Publications
Austin Flory
Lillie Ulrich
Gon Clifind
Golden Eagle Club Hosts at Farm Home Social
Mr and Mrs Nelson entertained Golden Eagle Club members at their farm home on August 17 with a supper. Guests included Mrs Williams and her daughter from Cedar Rapids Iowa. Jake Washington and wife visited Weaver and spent the day with LeRoy Jordan family. Coal price 98 per ton from Derby Grain Co. Phone 870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Eagle Club
Nelson
Williams
Cedar’ Rapids, Iace
Jake Washington
Weaver
LeRoy Jordan
Derby Grain Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louise L. Loesch
Lenora Watrous
Gertrude F. Lobdell
Calorado State Teachers College
Greeley
Col
Fritz Meyn
Yellowstone Park
Springfield-Kelly Fire Company
National Playground
Albert Koup
East Thirteenth Street
Lead, S. C
Homestake
J. R. Holmes
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Louis
C. A. Smart
Portland
Ore
R. C. Manney
John Clark
Ee Stewart
Kaw River
Potter Lake
Lakeview
Carl Phillips
Cash Grain
Kansas City Close
Derby Grai Co
Frank Clarke
E. J. Hill
Ottawa
Vester Robison
Elmo
Elmer
Harley Edmond
U. B
Musgrave
Huntington
Ind
M. al Booth
Nabor
Will Brown
Ira Kettering
G. L.glenn
Booth
Ren
John Bahnmaier
Springs
Herb Sanford
Perry
Okla
Sanford
Howard
Raymond Sanford
Harley Eamonds
Eugene McMurtry
Jessie Moore
Third Christian Church
McMurtry
Jessie Dummer McMurtry
Junction City
Julia Moore
W. B. Butler
Alfred McMurtry
R. C. Harris
Wichita
God
Paul Glenn
Wayne Morris
J.,r. Holmes
BUICK
Buic
Dodge
Auburn
The
Red Ball Transfer Co
Grover Sturgess
Surance
Chariton’s
Cherokee
Kaw Valley Fuel Co
Will Pendleton, Mer
Skofstads
Eudaly Bros
Gibson Mill
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