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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1936
Page
5
A festive guide urges dedicating time to bake cookies for Christmas. It highlights decorative gift packaging ideas for women and men, suggests spiced fruit peel treats, and includes several traditional cookie recipes with step by step ingredients and baking notes.
University of Kansas varsity debaters meet the University of Missouri team Tuesday evening at 8 in Fraser theater. Government Ownership of Public Utilities is the topic. General admission 26 events. students admitted with ID.
In 1871 a group of nine women founded Friends in Council in Lawrence then a young town. Miss Elizabeth Leonard led the club from its North College era, guiding deep studies in philosophy history and literature while debating social and civic issues. The informal gatherings, at times in a rough hall, fostered intellectual pursuits amid frontier hardships and postwar growth.
American born Chinese actress Anna May Wong says a maritime strike in Honolulu ruined her contract to perform in London during her China visit, altering plans and delaying the engagement.
The article traces a cultural club’s evolution from early wireless current ideas to a later “gato-mobile” concern, noting April 1894 attire labeled extremely daring. It recalls initial meeting styles with reading aloud, then subjects assigned months ahead, and printed programs since 1890. Celebrations began at five-year intervals, now marking the sixty fifth anniversary.
The piece argues parents should tell personal stories to children rather than read, noting stories told by parents about their own childhoods connect kids to times, places, and people. It emphasizes that such sharing builds intimacy, shows how families lived, and reassures children through relatable, vivid details.
A family fruit cake recipe uses raisins candied peel dates currants and nuts with spices and a soft baking technique. A separate notice reports Olathe voters rejecting a $12 650 water project bond proposal with Lenexa.
A vintage recipe page highlights sweet potato dishes including Sweet Potato Biscuit Sweet Potato Waffles Potato Pigs in Blankets Sweet Potato Caramel and Sweet Potato Pie with portions, ingredients, and oven times. It notes pairing with tart fruits and meats and provides step by step mixing and baking guidance.
A fragment shows characters Puffy Johnny Tom and an unnamed speaker aboard a ship. Tom claims to have a plan while Puffy asks for direction and Johnny admits confusion about the unfolding trouble. The dialogue hints at a forthcoming行动 on the vessel.
Lawrence League of Women Voters study group analyzes proposed food drug and cosmetics reform after Copeland bill defeat. It argues Wiley act is outdated, calls for strong labeling standards and government enforcement to protect public health and consumer finances. Also notes the permanent court of international justice.
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