Socials and Weddings Featured in Local Party Notes
A series of society items recounts summer gatherings in August. Mrs C G Miller hosted a first birthday party for Ralph with pink and white decor, a watermelon centerpiece, and a three course luncheon attended by numerous families. A farewell dinner honored John Ruffell before his Hospital Corps departure, with pink and white decorations and formal place cards. Nell Buchanan hosted a thimble party for Miss Fla Adams of Blackwell, Oklahoma, and Mrs A H Russell with Miss Ethel Mullins planned a Friday miscellaneous shower for Mrs Will Adair. A Topeka wedding in the Hughes garden will unite Miss Alice Hughes and Cecil Meredith, with Juliette Hughes and Florence Bartlett as attendants. Minnesota’s Council of Defense promotes knitting bags and war-time shopping, while Miss Catherine Oder hosted a dinner for Miss Mary Buchner of Melville, Arkansas, with a floral centerpiece and painted flower cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Miller
Ralph
Harry Miller
Harlan
Bryon N. Roberts
Margaret May
Arthur Ruffell
John
Hospital Corps
John Ruffell
Eva Ruffell
Macssuret Ruffell
Phoebe Ruffell
Beuffell
Frances Winchell
Sam Clarke
Dorothy Clarke
Robert Green
Si Doolittle
Topeka
Lawrence
Alice Hughes
J. W. F. Hughes
Cecil Meredith
St. Joe
Hughes
Wellesley
Wazshburn
Alpha Phi Sorority
Juliette, Hughes
Wil Ues
Florence Bartlett
St. Joe, Mo
Lemon lotion beauty ad promises skin lightening cure
An advertisement touts a lemon based beauty lotion made by mixing the juice of two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. It claims to bleach freckles and tan, soften skin, and smooth rough hands, with instructions to strain pulp and apply daily to face neck arms and hands.
Fall Styles Report From Weaver's In New York
Mrs A L Carl buyer for the Indies ready to wear at Weaver's returns from New York with fashion notes for fall colors fabrics and silhouettes. Prices rise as wool and merchandise costs climb. Featured in boutiques are velvet de.norde plush broadcloth and belted coats with trench style and long suits in briandela tweed and pongee. Children and women’s wear show attractive pieces, while pockets fade from use. Numerous local visits and social plans follow, with residents traveling to Wichita Kansas City and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Carl
Weaver's
New York
Fifth Avenue
Entity Fe
Sweater shades arrive in a bold new shipment
A fresh shipment brings at least forty sweaters in the best shades. Shop early as stock is limited and sales are expected to move quickly.
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William Desmond
Paddy O'Hara
Mary Mactvor
Maryska
Va OM Bicking
Europe
Wernesday
Charlie Chaplin
The
Alice Joyce
Richard
Econ
Peeloth
Aipmetal Ain
Otto Fischer
Atr
Anminster
Wilton
Jo . Woerety
Nell Buchanan
Fla Adams
Blackwell
Okla
A.’H. Russell
Ethel Mullins
Will Adair
Marguerite Kaufmann
Minnesota
Council of Defense
Council
Catherine Oder
Mary Buehner
Melville
Arka Wha
Alice Docking
Warden
M Buchner
M Kathryn Lane
Jerpe Cutter
Charlotte Cutter
Anne Smith
Iola
Kan
Mary Myers
Shane
Hester & Roberts - Mfg. Opticians
Ven Up
Whalley
Mildred -Courtney
Steach
Seavas City
Eudora
Sre Senni
Wichita
Roland
O Hton
Madison
Alice Goodman Monje
Marnt Securtdnaien
Shall
A.W. Ny
Kansas
Marjorie
Mareelings
Dorothy Atkinson
Lincoln
Neh
J. Re. Hayes
Company M
Carl
J. Uhrtaub
Ans
Ernst Uhr Taub
Arthur Ey
Eleanor Welfe
Chicara
Kansas City
Lawrence High School
Hallie Vaughn
J. W. Houk
L. PF. Conklin
Ella Adams
Nell Buchana
Jess Gardner
Jack Caffrey
Fort Riley
Clarence Porter
Charles Porter
Leona Porter
W. DD. Pontius
Dayton
Ohio
Katherine Jackman
Jeanette Wheeler
Jeanette
Wagstaff
Miller Ranch
Kensue
Richard “Jackman
Minneapolis
Ethel Williams
Bas. Patitralus
Steyday
Will
Charles Grienles
Mnie Sind Telens
Dosend
Myo
Margaretta York
Elizabeth Pindell
Indiana
Kollie
Pittsburg
Freeness
Miss Mabe
Kent
Kans
C. Jackman
Kanesas City
Hus
Iain Wise
Baldwin
Oseangel
Charles Rotherman
de Soto
Mo U. Blandford
H. Jackson
Fred Beverstock
Ruth Beverstock
Kanel
Reagan
Hess Bros. Meat Market
Mass
St. Beth
Quality Meats
Madam Grace
Cijges
Journal-World
Massachusetts
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