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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1925

Page

5

Ardmore social notes and wedding report include longtime residents

Mrs W G Johnson entertained MP2 M bridge club and guests including Mrs Wd Taylor Mrs F P O Brien Mrs W B Higgins Miss Agnes Engel Mrs P W Claassen Ithaca N Y Mrs Oscar Dahlene Fuscaloosa Ala and Mrs Edward Dahlene Chicago J Edward Martin hosted a 3 to 8 pm party for daughter Loraines first birthday with bath tub ducks gas favors and refreshments. Other items cover birth announcements camping trips relief corps meeting and a late report on the Ardmore Ok marriage of Miss Cora Dyer and Dr Robert E B Keith highlighting family and educational backgrounds and future home in Ardmore.

W. G. Johnson MP2 M. Bridge Club Taylor F. P. O Brien W.B. Higgins J.edward Martin Loraine George Dunksey Doris Red Willman Ernest Craig Betty Robert E. ‘Keith E. R. Keith Ardmoreite Ardmore Oklahoma Cora Dyer Kirk Dyer Robert. EB. Keith Stret First Presbyterian Church Keith University of Oklahoma Columbus University E. R Lalnce Kansas University of Kansas Phi- Gamma Delta Kansas City Dental College New- Mexico Broadwax

Prisons Shrinking As Probationary Reform Spreads

London reports a marked drop in prison populations due to probationary methods and Borstal treatment for youths. More than 20 jails in England and Wales have closed since 1914, with about 400 prisons in use and many not fully occupied. The Home Office notes fewer commitments to prison as reform becomes priority.

London England

Lawrence Social Notes Show Many Visits to Kansas City

Lawrence residents and visitors are noted in a string of social updates. Multiple locals including Mrs Hovey Hanna Mrs Clell Todd and Mrs Marcel Cohn are seen in Kansas City on various errands and events. Others such as Mr and Mrs Amos Showers and Mrs T A Robertson attend shows and visit relatives while G K Mackie Olin Templin and Ruth Dunmire are also listed with day trips to Kansas City and nearby towns.

Ruth Dunmire Florence “Hoar Kansas Olin” Templin Kensas City George K. Mackie Kansas City N. Pickens Lawrence Althea Davidson DeSoto Mae Nellie Wismer Pamana Katherine Ziesenis Eudora Tilie- Edwards Budova J . Floyd Kennedy Baldwin Artela_ Steele Ma‘Joy James Searles Oklahoma City Searles A ‘Gifford A. D. Kennedy Frank Oknulgee Okla Cele W. D. Pontius Elizabeth Robbins Monte Elizabeth Alice Dicker Limon Denver Fed Lander Kansas National Guards Camp Whiteside Fort Riley E. L.haynes Ponca City Platte ‘National Park Sulphur John Cannon Collorado Salt Lake City Utah Aiden Baltimores E.E. Haynes Ponca Lloyd "Webster Los Angeles Cal Alex S Kloor Otta

Bed making treated as hospital art and discipline

The piece likens hospital work to an army waging war on disease and highlights scientific bed making. It recounts Miss Marshall at the University of Kansas hospital demonstrating precise bedding steps, including corner folding, sheet tights, miters, and wrinkle-free finishing, plus a humorous nurse anecdote about pillow handling.

University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City Kans Marshall Jess

Sweden’s Big Taxpayers Prosper as Revenues Rise

Official statistics from Stockholm show eighty percent of Sweden’s larger individual income taxpayers reported higher revenues last year, with two thirds of leading corporations also up. The city lists 150 taxpayers earning over $50,000, led by A. M. Versteegh with $402,354, followed by Marcus L. Wallenberg and Ivar.[cut]

Stockholm Sweden A. M. Versteegh Marcus L. Wallenberg Ivar

Swedish Monopoly Returns Decline From Previous Year

Among corporations the largest return was filed by the Swedish Monopoly showing an income of $5,462,424. This was a decrease from the previous year. The next largest returns were filed by the Swedish Match Corporation and the Swedish Liquor Monopoly.

Uger Frenge “Trust Swed

Native land is strange on the Cedric voyage

An 86 year old Scot, John Neill, died aboard the Cedric in Belfast after arriving from Liverpool en route to America. Neill, who left Glasgow in 1863 to join the Civil War, said he did not know anyone in Ireland or England and felt like a stranger in a strange land before planning to return home to spend his remaining days.

Belfast Cedric Liverpool America John Neill Glasgow United States

Japanese Sunday School Association to send delegates to LA 1928

In Tokyo August 19 1927 the Japanese Sunday School Association voted to send 300 delegates to the tenth international Sunday School convention in Los Angeles in 1928. H E Coleman and Seishiro Iwamura were named to organize travel details for the excursion.

Tokyo All-American ‘Christian “Union Sunday Japan Sunday School Association Los Angeles H. E.coleman Seishiro Iwamura

Los Angeles Area Grows, Streets Paved and Planned

City engineer reports Los Angeles expanded by 3.19 square miles to 410.77 total. City stretches 44 miles north to south and 29 miles east to west, with a boundary loop of 269.8 miles. Last year 129 miles of streets were paved, and 299 more miles are ordered for the upcoming fiscal year. In Leningrad, census shows 4,265 indexed scientists, while Moscow has 2,740.

Los Angeles A. P.j Lene Russia Leningrad Leningrad“Academy of Science Moscow

Mathematicians Lead Among Scientists In Early Census

The majority of scientists are mathematicians and natural science specialists. Agriculturists make up only four percent of the figures cited, highlighting the concentration of scientific talent in mathematical and natural science fields.

Tists is percent figures cited in report

The fragment notes percentages of 14 percent and 22 percent attributed to two items in the article. It provides limited context about what is being measured or compared, with no clear names, dates, or events to ground a fuller summary.

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