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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1940

Page

8

Britain Sees Health Rise Despite Wartime Strain

Health ministry officials report better overall health in Britain during wartime, with fewer infantile paralysis and typhoid deaths than peacetime, despite shelter hardships. They note fewer bomb shock cases and successful disease control through sanitation, vaccines, and mobile public health units.

London Britain Health Ministry British Medical Journal Alan Anderson Bank of England Hospital Savings Association

Thanksgiving Guests Gather Across Several Towns

Fall brings a long list of visitors to Kansas homes. Jim Prichard and family shared a turkey with Charlie Prichard in Edgerton, while Hanna Pfleger Wayne Vitt and Norma Jean Stienbring visited Gebhart and Von Rohr households in Marveyville. Sunday dinners included Reetz and Huston families with guests from Winchester Manhattan Tonganoxie and Eudora.

Jim Prichard Bob Charlie Prichard Edgerton Hanna Pfleger Wayne Vitt Norma Jean Stienbring Lawrence Marveyville BE. J. Gebhart Sparen von Rohr Fred Reetz Everett Huston Bill King Winchester Wilma Huston Manhattan Faubion Olie Rindell Tonganoxie Henry Martha Giertz Eudora von Gunton Arthur Kirkman Linwood Lewis Kirkman

Market Basket Prize Awarded to Mrs Lily Anderson

The Market Basket prize went to Mrs. Lily Anderson of Lone Star for a Bla recipe for fruit cake. The article lists ingredients and step by step directions including shortening sugar eggs flour and spices and notes a bake time of 3 to 4 hours in a slow oven. It also announces next week prize for best Christmas cookies recipe.

Lily Anderson Lone Star Market Basket

Local Family Report Highlights Sick List and Thanksgiving Guests

The Brookside family notes ongoing illness with Mrs Helms of Linwood caring for the household. Milton and Ruth Reifschneider of Eudora spent Sunday with the family as Mr Hicks recovers from a stroke. Thanksgiving guests at various homes included members of the French, Torneden, Canary, Simon, and Grant families from Kansas City, Linwood, Lawrence, and Wamego.

Helms Linwood Milton Ruth Reifschneider Eudora William Reetz Fred Reetz Gretta James Hicks Lawrence Hicks Jake French Albert French Kansas City Dolpho French Lewis French Janice Arnold Torneden Noah Canary Harold Tabor Jennie Betty Jackie Esther Canary Harold Simon E. M. Grant Wamego

Saturday Specials From Local Meat Market Ad

A city grocery and meat market advertises Saturday specials with prime cuts of beef veal lamb pork and poultry. It lists prices for ribs roasts chops steaks and various feet ears and organs, plus seafood and dairy items, urging cash in hand for fresh eggs hides and other staples.

Brookfield Meat Department Swift Mitchell California

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