Unusual Gift Book A Christmas Story by Mars
Mrs. Mabel Butterfield Mathews of Topeka wife of Rev Chas F Mathews pastor of First Baptist Church Topeka helped place the gift book Anneta a Christmas Story in Lawrence bookstores. The book’s author is Mars, with Mrs Mathews designing the cover and marginal drawings and the printer faithfully reproducing the original hand painted decorations in red black and gold, giving the booklet a distinctive holiday appearance.
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Mars
Mabel Butterfield Mathews
Topeka
Mathews
Thanksgiving tales from the Baldwin area community
Local notes describe Thanksgiving visits and meals among the Gilliland Flory Haas Schwartz and Montgomery families in Baldwin and Ottawa. Neighbors attended church programs, a wedding anniversary supper, a school play, and a Worden Church Missionary Society event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Gillland
Harry Flory
van Hosen
Opal Flory
Helen’ Flory
Baldwin
T. W. Haas
Fred Haas
Ottawa
Charley Gilliland
Dudley
Ike Montgomery
Neva Faye
Ella
Kenneth
Marshall Churchbaugh
Carl Schwartz
Willow Springs
Elizabeth Torneden
Earl
Irma Haas
Lawrence
L. W. Haas
Nettie Cline
Charley Mfacker
W. Haas
Eva
George Simmmlons
Centropolis
Pte Altenburn
Kaw Valiere
Sutton
Hazel Glen
Tom Gilliland
Mary_ Peffly
Elizabeth Tuttle
Opal
Helen
Marie
Charter Browning
Bey Rene
Glen Flora
la Verne
Clifford
Albert Baker
L. A
Harley Elm
Charline
Claude Buskner
Lois
Worden
Woman's Missionary Society
Dana Johanning
Frida
Hotr
Township-Hall
Elizabeth—Tuttle
Gerald
Marie Kirchner
Mac Swimley
Chorley Gilliland
Hazel
Glen
Dan Johanning
Nna
Jack Sprats Protest Fat in Navy Diet
British sailors from the lower decks lead a protest over excess fat in rations. The anti-fat movement spread across ships as greases and fatty meat dominated meals. After investigation the Admiralty ordered cooks to limit fats to keep peace aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jack Ware
Jack Spratts
Admiralty
Jack
Thut
TO BE A SUBDIVISION New Orleans Subdivision Plan
New Orleans realtors announce transformation of battlefield area into high class residential subdivisions. Plans convert land into 50 foot building lots with a section named 25 Jacksin Terrace honoring the defender of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
March of Progress
Andrew Dackson
Aferaux
Nunez
Jacksin Terrace
Women’s legs slimmer due to outdoor exercise say makers
UPI reports Wellington hoots claim women’s legs are slimmer now than a decade ago. A manufacturer notes present-day girls have an overall slimmer physique than their grandmothers, attributing this to more outdoor activity, plus dancing and diet.
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London
Wellington
Oskaloosa Residents Visit Friends and Relatives
OsKaloosa locals and visitors including Tom Kerns and wife and Miss Minnie Chapman of Kansas City came last week to see Mr. and Mrs. John Kerns. War news note: a baby boy arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoffman s friends. Several townsfolk traveled to spend Thanksgiving with relatives and neighbors. The Presbyterian missionary society met in November with Mrs. Marlin McCreight and others assisting. Rita Jenkins of Wichita visited for Shankee bar and the weekend with her brother Roscoe.
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Tom Kerns
Minnie Chapman
Kansas City
John Kerns
Jack Hoffman
C. W. Noell
Syracuse
3. Shuil
Frank Searle
Bushong
Searle
Alice Searle
Justin
Lloyd Morris
Ste. Ot Myrtle Rogers
Berta ‘Meyers
Anna Rogers
Marlin
McReight
Ella Engle
Churchill
Lawrence
John Decker, Jr
Enterprise
Judge
Siam
Roy Johnson
Dora Austin
Simoh
Nel
Ine Pennington
Furner
Toveka
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Rita Jenkins
Wichita
Shankee Bar
Roscoe
Jenkins
New York
Coleman
W. H. Rice
Richard Rice
Moyne Rice
William Rice
Ivy
A. G. Smith
Jay Buck
Toneka
Arthur Perry
Olathe
Inez
Wheeler
J. H. Johnson
Clite Hosford
Hewrenee
Harry Johnson
Oskaloosa
Myra. Rogers
Herges
Howard Larkins
Fairsbury
Neb
Jessie Trice
Nick Fish
Arline
Bucklin
J. A. Sutton
Carl Klingle
Longton
Clyde Cook
Floyd Clark
F&o
Chicago
Floyd
Omer Frazier
Clark
Ella
Dehlia Larner
Augusta
Sacher
Holton
Miss Loomas
Tapaka
Miss Kimball
Centralia
Sladér
Atchison
Phillins
Chanman
Misa Ahrends
Prof. Glover
Raymond
Harvey
Supt. Godding
Collegb
Viola Waurd
Louise Hannah
Vesta White
K. S. Tlc
Emporia
Daryl Meredith
M. Faret Stout
Daryl Bliss
K. U
Helen Smith
Wilsey Stout
Lawrence Business College
Carl Kircher
Dr. Kircher
William Luce
Virginia
Grandpa Snellerove
Fred Thomson
Tonganoxie
Nincebel
Roscoe Jenkins
Oskaloosa Chaptr
O. E
and Beckman
Oklahoma
Ora Jones
Akley
Elizabeth Slad
May
Lucy Raines
Statehouse
Ruth Sacher
Ori
J. W. Roberts
The
Methodist Church
Joseph Hannah
Irene Brock
Perry
Clarence Brock
Ota Jones
Topeka
W. A. Payne
William Armstead
W. B. Ford
Jack Frisbie
Dhilaren
Grantville
Curtis Patrick
Milton Ham
No. 10 School House
Ham
Thanksgiving tales from Oskaloosa families and visitors
Thanksgiving week in Oskaloosa featured numerous family gatherings and visits. Residents hosted relatives from Lawrence and Topeka, attended services at the Presbyterian church, and noted illnesses and recoveries among local residents while a collision left Mr. and Mrs. Ham bruised but not seriously harmed.
Point-Ease joint comfort remedy touts fast relief
An advertisement extols Point-Ease for painful or swollen joints. It claims quick, comforting influence after topical dust rub, urging readers to obtain a 60 cent tube from druggists. It invites readers to send name and address for a larger tube to Pope Laboratories in Hallowell, Maine.
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Amarica
Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Thanksgiving travel and local notices at Meriden
Relatives hosted Thanksgiving as family and friends moved about. Misses Coleman Patrick Davis and Phillips plan travel to Ottawa and Lawrence, with Davis resuming work at Lawrence High and Phillips catching a train for Ottawa music studies. Church redecorations and school glee clubs slated for December.
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Helen Coleman
Mary Jo
Patrick
Virginia ‘Davis
Vera Fhitting
Lawrence
Miss Davis
Lawrence High School
Phillins
Ottawa
Cni
Maggie Davis
Naomi
Lois J.johnson
Skaloosa
Nels
Judge’ Decker
Will Bel
Elizabeth Weber
J. N. Johnson
William Wellman
Gene . Keers
Fort Smith
Ark
Floyd Weilman
Lincoln
Neb
Smetzer
Topeka
Velmin:Wellman
Kansas ‘City
Dorothy Wellman
Keers
Temple Guards
Thomas Waugh
Leslie ‘Waggoner
Bert Patrick
Local festival highlights and personnel moves
The county music festival saw Paul Wheeler win high honors in scholastic standings. Otis Dellinger returned from Lincoln Nebraska where he played in an orchestra. At a national vocational conference in Kansas City Prof Otis Grover led northeast boys in a state effort. Glee clubs were chosen for the coming season as the store notes mention cough remedies and a triangular bottle at Rankin's Store.
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Paul Wheeler
Otis ‘Dellinger
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas City
Otis Grover
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