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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
3
Fashion observers discuss fall style trends at Weaver's Store in New York City. Sober palettes like duck blue and stonewashed whites appear with trims, belts, and coats in tuniform colors. Pockets, wide hems, and patent leather shoes mark the season as women inspect outfits and accessories.
The Botany and Tinlowy classes from the university joined a trip to Friday Harbor on Puget Sound. Banmgartner of the University of Kansas led the expedition, with plans to return to Lawrence after the tour.
Report of a Lawrence area gathering hosted by Mrs Hester and Mrs Oliver honoring their mothers with guests listed. The event featured attractive decorations, lively speeches, and remarks about continued friendships. Attendees included Mrs Jane R Oliver, Miss Mary Ederher, and many others as preparations for upcoming weddings and parties were noted. The piece mentions Miss Eunice Beal’s upcoming marriage to Mr Bex Harshberger of Kansas City and social plans around the Beal bridal couple.
Community page lists numerous visitors and residents in Lawrence Kansas, including Mrs. MéKnight Beatty returning from California via Kane, Charles Jensoh from Kansas City, and E. C. Firestone noting expositions attended. Several locals travel to Baldwin and Indianapolis, with plans to ship cars home and continue journeys. Names include Henderson of Parsons, H. Parker, Clorace Bhintat, Body of Enporia, Milliken, Angry Olney, Jack Kelney, Walter Weide, L. G. Weide, J. J. Schieglen, LA Strickland, Tur, Mrs. Bessie Roster, Max Wedadieke, and others visiting churches, universities, and encampments.
A 10 percent discount on Suburban Day plus a chance to win the Aata Brick free at Shaler's Drug Store. The offer promises better value than Kansas City and invites shoppers to visit for complete drugstore offerings.
A jumble of names and places describes post trip greetings and visits. Mrs. Protseh Dr. Burdick Mr. and Mrs. Wigan and many others journeyed home from Leavenworth while Carl, Parsons and Stockwell appear in scattered news of travel and small community affairs.
A Splendid strawberry variety named Everbearing has shown continuous yields since early spring. Grower W. Breath reports strong sales and notes the plants began bearing last spring, producing large, wild-flavored berries that resist early frosts and extend into late fall. The Everbearing vines, developed over eighteen months, yielded several boxes per harvest and promise steady production from twelve plants.
Fragmentary overheard remarks show unclear references to a family scene and a Mr Brown. Text resembles a garbled report with scattered names and phrases including Americus and Progres, and mentions proportions and representation but facts are not coherent. The readable content is too incomplete to determine a concrete event or outcome.
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