Golden wedding anniversary celebrated at home
Dtr and Mrs C A Rocklund marked their golden wedding anniversary at their home 1336 Mass. Ehtred on Thursday evening. Guests included relatives and friends from Lawrence and Kansas City. A granddaughter read aloud and a bridge party later honored visiting sisters-in-law at 1640 Kentucky Street with yellow decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.A. Rocklund
Rocklund
Lawrence
Charles A. Johnson
Rhode Island Street
Rockland
Mare, Peterson
Emily Nelson
Mary Stautfert
Kansas
Cj 5
Walter J. Keeler
Kentucky Street
A. W. Miller
Fort Scott
H. .A Russell
Kansas City
H.N. Tinen
Wichita
T. E. Pren- Hee
Frank Skofstad
Waiter’ Schiener
John Kistler
R._Clayton
Guy Pennock
Harvey Walker
John. Stutz
L. H. Frink
Maude Elliott
G Tell
MacBurney
Mary Olsen
Irma Spangler
Hollingbery
Debohair Capes Lift Tailored Coat Styles
Debohair capes add grace to tailored coats with slim lines and refined cuts. The features include fullness through intricate cutting, hems, and capes, with formal touches like collars and cuffs. cape varieties appear in plain twill with crepe lining and fur collars. For colors, brown beige tan and gray dominate utility coats, while rich dark greens and blues appear in formal garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aed
Glenderness
Western Newspaper Union
Perfect Ball Game by Bloomington Pitcher Schwartze
Herman Schwartze of Bloomington in the Three-kyle league pitched the first perfect game of the 1925 season, facing 27 Springfield batters and issuing no walks or errors. A separate report details a head-on collision of Denver and Rio Grande Western trains near Little Mountain station, Granite, Colorado, caused by an order lapse. steel coaches limited casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Schwartze
Bloomington
Springfield
Schwartze
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Little Mountain
Granite
Colo
Salida
Griniie
Personal News and Society Notes from Lawrence
A busy round of visits and travel unfolds across the region. Miss Marguerite Kendall returns from a six week trip to Buffalo and eastern cities while Miss Tifie Suiker engages in Manila library work and Miss Pearl Buntzen heads home to Edina Kansas after a Lawrence business stay. Local residents including Mrs Laura Cook of Portersville Calif Mrs Martha Ulrich and Grace Ulrich visit Kansas City Caney and Oklahoma City. Others travel through Topeka and attend events in Lawrence with reports of rain, flooding, and crops improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifie -Suiker
Manila
Philippine Islands
Margaret Vale
Los Angeles
Cal
Marguerite Kendall
Buffalo
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Pearl Buntzen
Lawrence
Edina
Kansas
Laura Cook
Portersville
Calif
Daniels
Kansas City
Cook
Caney
Oklahoma City
Martha Ulrich
Grace Ulrich
Renseyper
E . Walter Reynolds
Aztec
N. O
la Baca
Colo
EE. Pyle
Thelma Pyle
mFretenu
Richma All
R. F. Johnston Paint Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
E. E., Pyle
Pyle
Chicago
Nelly
Wilfred’ McClain
Eudora
Dorothy Jonas
Glen Ellis
Cuba
Esides
Parked Without Lights Fines In Police Court
Fairbanks Richart and Melvin Ustrede were fined eight dollars each in police court for parking their cars on city streets without lights at night. Mary Elizabeth Face Powder advertised as Willow Line by Willis Lowe of Boston sold at Reese's Drug Store. Skin Cure remedy for itch and ivy poison promoted at Barber's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks Richart
Melvin Ustrede
Mary Elizabeth
Willis Lowe
Boston
Reese's
Barber’s
Baby Clinic
Reese's Drug Store
Mass
Frances Willard House Memorial Fund Dedication
Kansas Women’s Christian Temperance Union contributors donate one hundred dollars to the Frances Willard House in Chautauqua New York. The Loyal Temperance Legion and youth branch assisted in the fund honoring former K W C T U president Mrs Elizabeth Hotelingop. Anne A Gordon led the dedicatory ceremony. Lillian Mitchiner and Mary E Dobbs hold state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
A. P
A. T
Kansas Women’s Christian, Temperance Uniso
Frances Willard
Chautauqua
N. Y
Loyal Temperance Legion
Young People's Branch
Union
Elizabeth Hoiteliingop
Kansas Wi C. T. U
Frenchman Pouilley to Start Swim Tonight Across Channel
Soulogue, France, Aug 21. George Pouilley, a Frenchman, plans to begin a solo English Channel swim between 9:30 and 10 tonight from Cape Gris Nez. Weather is poor but he refuses to delay. Egyptian Ishaka Helmy has a trial planned for tomorrow or Sunday. Two trainmen killed and many hurt in Salida wreck as 75 injured seek hospital care.
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Soulogue
France
J—George “Pouilley
Cape Gris- Nez
Gertrude Ederle
M. Ponilley
Ishaka Helmy
Storm damage reports from Wednesday night strike homes and a cow
Local insurance offices report storm damage across the area Wednesday night. Fred Williams says his East Fourteenth Street house was hit by lightning and Elizabeth Seetin’s residence in Stull was struck. A cow owned by Earl Rake near Kanwaka was killed by lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
East Fourteenth Street
Elizabeth Seetin
Stull
Earl Rake
Kanwaka
Kennedy Resting Well After Baldwin Dynamite Accident
Harold Kennedy of Baldwin, badly injured Tuesday morning in a dynamite explosion on the new Baldwin hill road, is reported to be getting along satisfactorily. He remains seriously ill with potential loss of sight and multiple minor wounds. physicians note slow improvement after a difficult night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kennedy
Baldwin
Baldwin Hill
Kennedy
Kansas Banker a death by own action
Charles Heinlen 55 president of Johnson City State Bank shot and killed himself at his farm home near Manter Hutchinson Aug 21 details uncertain. Heinlen a pioneer Stanton City resident and cattleman, death reported with no stated motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kan
Charles Heinlen
Johnson City
World tonnage grows as steamers lead gains
Lloyds Register shows world gross tonnage in June 1925 at 64,641,418 tons up 617,851 from 1924. Steamers and motorships rise by 866,236 while sailing vessels shrink by 248,355. Britain Ireland and Italy post gains, US tonnage drops 579,487. Under construction: 23 ships 10k-20k tons, nine 20k+ tons, plus 53 bulk oil carriers. 17 of 32 large ships built in Britain or Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. P
Lloyds Register of Shipping
Great Britain
Ireland
Italy
Norway
Showun
United States
Pollard Sprouse Recovers From Bus Accident In North Lawrence
Pollard Sprouse the 10 year old boy injured when he ran in front of a bus in North Lawrence Tuesday morning has recovered and was taken to his home today The boy was severely bruised but not injured internally doctors feared at first Also Mrs Harold Bagby and Mrs W A Guenther visit Kan sas City after Glenwood Springs trip
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Pueblo
Colo
Ottawa
Charles Achning
Eudora
Wbss
Lucy Riggs
Kats Riggs
New York
Columbia University
Pearl Carpenter
Kansas City
Mary Skondore
Kansas
Mildred Leonard
TH. Kennedy
Topeka
Richar Ackney
W.hl Rice
Richard
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Helen Kihn
William
Hamilton
Mary Nell
George
Buena Vista
Gatorado
Will Jenkins
D. A. Gregg
Inez Bernherd
Thelma Roach
Mead
Fannie Sekmaker
Robert Pugh
Pollard Sprouse
North Lawrence
Harold Bagby
W.A. Guenther
Glenwood Springs
Countywide cattle TB test secured by petitions
Allen county Kan Aug 21 county moves toward a countywide tuberculosis test for cattle herds after obtaining petitions from over 73 percent of districts. With a few remaining, petitions will be sent to state and federal authorities and the county will await its turn on a waiting list. Roy E Gwinn county agricultural agent says the goal is to secure petitions from every district so all cattle owners can register opinion. Peg Wife of Naval Officer Dead Brattleboro Aug 21 Mrs Ida E Dodge widow of Commodore O G Dodge retired dies of heart disease at Ames Hill summer home. Their Washington home formerly in Wamego Kan. See island Man Catches Fish Cheney Although blind Geo Sith a city resident serves as a food fowler and recently caught a 45 pound fish with his bare hands on the Nipnescah river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
A. P
Ida E. Dodge
Omento G. Dodge
O. B
Ames Hill
Washington
Dodge
Wamego
KaneSee
Cheney
Geo’ Sith
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Grand Canyon
Anourney
Jeannie May
Irene Efert
Canton
Merle Dear
Antler
Dakota
Grawa Canyon
Colorado
Nancy Longanecker
Northestern University
School of Religious, Education
Tom Kennedy
Bernice Thnes
Stull Bundhy School
Kanwaka Church Sunkey
C. Ardrey
Robert Clair
Isabel Gibb
Gordon Gibb
Gibb
Shawnee
Longview
Julian Bottomley
Pennsylvania
New York City
Henry Johnson
EB. Sigelin
J. E. Daniels
West
Gerald Erwin
Anna Brickley
Lucy Ann Robertson
Lloyd S. Purcell
Tom Parker
Michigan
Dubuque
Paul Laptad
Ross Downing
Dodge City Globe
University of Kansan
Falnderson
Denver
Airs
J. Anderson
George Pouilley
Pwo
Spain
Ilinois
Chamber “of Commerce
Joliet
Kreecks
George Kreeck
Asuncion
Taraguay
Kreeck
Kennard W. C- 7
Kennard Wlc. T. U
U.B. Church
Cassie Quinlan
Wimmer
Harman
Rachal Edson
F. P
Stapleton
Wr St
Ensu
Vickrey
Ghas. F. Hale
Cer
Celia B. Jacobs
W. By Morris
ELKS
Hetzel Beatz
Phillips
Hetzel
Rankin's Drug Store
Penta Batis
World Shipping Register
Lydia F. Pinkham
Jill
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Vancil’s
Kansas Plumbing Heating and Electri Co
Copeland
Westinghouse
Shimmons Bros. Plumbing, Heating and King
Allen County
Journal-World
Musical Bulletin
Dr. P
Botkin
Wolf's Book Store
KODAK
Pam
F. B
University
Harl . Bronson
Massachusetts
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