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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
5
Mrs. D. W. Anderson of Lone Star won the Market Basket prize for a grape jelly recipe. The instructions cover selecting underripe grapes, juice extraction, boiling, sugar ratios, sterilization, and a pectin test using epsom salt. The article notes the next prize for fruit salad recipe.
Miami August 25 Immigrant Haim Flakman a Russian born Jew known as a man without a country who shuttled between the United States and Cuba was ordered deported again. He is to be sent on the steamship Florida to Havana where officials hope he may be allowed to land and join his family. Flakman aged 47 has traveled back and forth for years without entry in either country and has exhausted prior deportation attempts.
Clinton Belvoir hosts a homecoming on September 3 inviting former friends and church members and local residents. Rev. A. J. Hall of Moran will speak in the afternoon after the morning service. Members of the Clinton Quilting Guild will be present.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Douglas and Mrs Douglas of Lawrence visited the Charles Douglas home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jack Sproull and son of Kansas City spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Hallenbeck. Mrs Godfrey Reetz hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Selma Torneden who will wed in September. Contests provided entertainment with prizes won by Mrs Frank Pet.
The text describes wedding preparations for Miss Selma Torneden and lists attendees and bridal party members. It notes a Happy Hour club gathering at Mrs. Hartman’s home with officers elected for the year and a shower held for Miss Selma Torneden. Additional social visits and guest lists conclude the fragment.
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