Flower Club Highlights Civic Work and Community Growth
The Lawrence Flower club, civic minded and active with Rotary partners, promotes beautification of homes and public spaces through seed exchanges, plant gifts, and affordable flower sales. It sponsors a garden, library projects, and outreach to other communities while organizing study groups and community committees.
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Lawrence Flower Club
Rotary Club
Robinson Park
Manley Memorial Garden
Flower Club
Bonner Springs
Colored Women of
Lawrence
Wild Flower and Conservation
Ralph Baker
D. T. Ransdall
H. E. Anderson
Frank E. Jones
Fred Hunsinger
N. H. Bailey
D. S. Woodward
Major Jones
Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
Sihkers
Frank_E. Jones
Irs
H. W. Edmondson
Vanney Miller
H. H. Lane
E. J. Netzer
Fred Broeker
Harry Still
Lula Ezell
S. J. Runkle
C. V. Hesse
D. M. Horkmans
O. O. Kennedy
Ralph Standing
E. R. Learned
W. C. Ellis Flower
H. M. Stucker
Alice Davis
Girl Scout Hike to Old Cemetery Notes 1850s Deaths
Victoryetta Dawes details a Troop 2 hike through the valley behind Pioneers cemetery. She records tombstone dates from 1850s, Quantrills raid victims ages 25 to 35, a 1790 birth weaver living to 73, and observations of a stream, buck brush, and birds. The group cooked a camp menu and crafted tree ornaments from pricked cookies, while leaders Mrs George Cobb and Barbara Pendleton guided a memorable outing.
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George Cobb
Barbara Pendleton
Pioneers’ Cemetery
Victoryetta Dawes
American Woman Encounters Despairing Brussels Veteran
In a damp Brussels basement tenement a paralyzed veteran pleads through shaky breath to warn youth about alcohol. He recalls a river plunge by drunken friends, chronic pain, and ruined hopes as he urges the world to shun liquor and its wreckage.
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Brussels
Meuse
Costume From 1865 Anchors Local Music Club Program
A chamber music program by the Music club linked to 19th century history as Mrs. George Lowman wore a seventy year old gown once owned by her grandmother Mrs. William Stout. The dress, first worn at London 1865 Crystal Palace festival, is a blue green ta ffat with lace fichu epaulets and fringe, preserved in the Stout family and worn by Miss Gertrude Stout of McLouth to the program.
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George Lowman
William Stout
Gertrude Stout
Pt McLouth
Music Club
Message to skeptical youth dedication to soldiers of the Meuse
The speaker reflects on helping broken lives and upholding beauty in humble places. He recalls the burden of delivering a message to skeptical youths about valor and sacrifice, dedicating his lines to blind and crippled soldiers who suffered in the Meuse.
Honey Cranberry Relish Recipe Summary
A no cook relish combines one cup honey with two cups raw cranberries and one medium orange. Wash fruit thoroughly and chop, then blend with honey and let stand 24 hours before serving. Add more honey if a sweeter relish is desired, careful not to thin it too much.
Fruit Cake One Item Always Included in Christmas Preparations
Fruit cake remains essential in Christmas plans. The article notes easier, cheaper methods to make a rich cake, including applesauce cake variants and homemade candied peel. It provides a holiday fruit cake recipe for six leaf cakes, with detailed fruit, nut, and sweetness ingredients and a resting period.
McAllaster School Sends Busy Christmas Report
McAllaster School notes a lively December build up with room decorations a large tree project and many homemade toys and crafts. Students share stories from Mrs Clepper to Mrs Yoder and prep Christmas songs while fourth and fifth graders visit an art exhibit and plan a park drawing trip and English clubs.
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Clepper
Commons
Davenport
Gentry
Mahien
Rasmussen
Winhorn
Yoder
West Glahn
West
Amerine
Geraldine Jones
South Park
Th Park
Mildred Schapley
Bett Lou Galbraith
Tigris-Euphrates
Euphrates
Tigris
Donald McManness
Tigris- Euphrates
Mabel Ann Richardson
Children’s Club
Wanda Schumann
Margie Taylor
Jack Conrad
Billy Sutter
Jack
Tonganoxie
Kansas
Billy
Woodlawn
North Lawrence
Kenneth Pringle
Miss van Buskirk
Penmanship Club
Louise Sommer
Miss Friend
Zephyr Bakery
Baker
Jackman
Wilma Martin
Longfellow Club
Burris Lavery
Irma Jean Shields
Stanley Harris
Hazel Yoder
Joe Newman
Fruit Cake Recipes and Variations From Historic Home Bakers
A collection of fruit cake recipes listing ingredients and method. Includes measurements for shortening coffee flour spices and fruit. instructions cover creaming, mixing, baking, cooling and aging. Entries note durations two hour bakes at low heat and wrapping in waxed paper for storage. mentions fruit cake keeps a year and adds coconut.
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Freda Rudolph
Kentucky St
Books For Children At Home A Library Of Their Own
Brooke Teters urges families to own books for children not rely on libraries alone. Look for dictionaries encyclopedias atlases and classic works like Mother Goose Grimm and Pinocchio. Even small budgets buy lasting value as children reread stories and gain lifelong pleasure from printed tales.
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Brooke Teters
George Macdonald
Pinnochhio
Moosa the Fairy
Foyle
Alice In Wonderland
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Old Cemetery
Ufee
Patty
W.C.T.U
Mrs
Elizabeth Jacqmain
Mcallaster School
Lawrence, Kansas
Bobby Henderson
Dorothy
Billy Don
Ted
Mixie
Helen
Mother Duck
Doris
Little Duck
Donna
Janette
Oklahoma
Friend
Frances Schooler
Maine St
Tomrether
Freda Wuifkuhle
Lecompton
Kan
First Church of Christ, Scientist
God
Peter B. Biggins
Seattle
Wash
Mother Church
Boston
Mass
Plymouth Congregational Church
Vermont Street
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