Portrait Studies by Woman Artist Attracts Favorable Attention
An exhibit of oil portraits by Miss Susan Ricker Knox, shown by Prof. Rosemary Ketcham in Room 310 West Administration Building, draws favorable attention. Knox, long based in New York with summers in Maine and Kansas City, showcases fifteen studies including “Roses” “Ragged Robins” and “Chrysanthemums” highlighting her skill in likeness and personality. The collection ranges from three elderly peasant women to Archie Roosevelt, with bold color schemes and nuanced lighting. Open daily through December with a notable note on Miss Bernice Ackerman’s upcoming wedding and stage future.
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Rosemary Ketcham
West
Susan Ricker Knox
Kansas City
Alling
New York City
Maine
Ue Js
Small
Archie Roosevelt
Col
Shularen
Little
Ren
Cale Young
Rice
Anne
Hegan Rice
Wiggins
Madame
Moscow
Rydne
Kansas
Otrive
Miss Mary Larson Writes From Sweden on KU Meeting
Miss Mary E Larson, on a year’s leave from the University of Kansas, writes from Upsala Sweden about meeting KU folks. She is an assistant professor in zoology at KU and studies at Upsala, whose zoology school houses Linnaeus’s collections and is a pioneer in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Larson
Sweden
K. U
Alumani
Mary E.larson
Upsala University
Upsala
Larson
Linnaeus
Fragmentary notes on Larson study trip in Sweden
Fragmentary OCR reads about a man in his field and someone named Larson accompanied by a Mister and his mother at an old home in Sweden. Mentions Hungerford entomology department and Sarah Laird. university affiliations unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
Sweeden
H.R. . Hungerford
Sarah Laird
Handsome Dressing Robe Made From Brocaded Material
A Law rence craftsman turns a handmade dressing robe from brocaded silk into a personalized gift. The couple pattern uses dark red and tan silk, black satin trim, and costs about half of store bought robes. The article notes affordable fabrics like printed pongees and a silk rayon blend as viable options for custom garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Price
Trimunk
Alcohol as a social and moral peril in early reform discourse
The text critiques alcohol as a pathology and vice, labeling it a disease of character and a destroyer of life. It argues alcohol harms health, undermines reproduction, and threatens progeny, framing it as contrary to nature and God, while noting historical worship and economic control by a drink monopoly.
Six Women Conductors Still Ring Fares in Baltimore Trolleys
AP report notes six women remain as Baltimore streetcar conductors from wartime era. Each has held posts for about a decade, balancing family needs, health, and home ownership. Officials credit their efficiency with the system, citing former wartime vacancies and a Citizens award for one conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stilers
Katherine. Lescalleet- Be
Lillian Frances Alder
France
Alaa
Prohibition as a Global Policy Stance in Early Research
A historical passage discusses liquor policy and its link to social ills. It cites prominent scientists and organizations, asserting alcohol fuels degeneration and asserting prohibition as the sole rational national stance. The United States is highlighted for adopting aggressive prohibition and education to drive a world reform effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laitinen
Forel
Potts
Booth
Loni Suen Ooth
Cnorwerian
Beckward
United States
Way to a Man's Heart Fruit Cake Recipes Revealed
An old Market Basket feature expands the fruit cake pantry listing ingredients from cherries to rosewater and brandy. It explains cake varieties from light to dark, steamed or baked, and promises more recipes before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ- Mas
Rich Black Fruit Cake Recipe and Local Notes
A kitchen column presents a detailed Black Fruit Cake method with butter, sugar, eggs, molasses, spices, and chopped fruit. It notes long slow baking and making the batter the day before for moistness, plus a personal anecdote about Aunt Annie’s fruit cake and a family wedding. Local society notices from Oskaloosa report visits, hospital updates, Thanksgiving memories, and community events with multiple names and places including Kansas City, Topeka, Lecompton, and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
George F. Bahnmaier
Lecompton
Valley Grove Sees Week of Illness and Local Visits
Valley Grove reports a siege of severe colds with many on the sick list for several days. Local residents, callers, and visitors include Richard Petrie, Anthony Dietrich, Igor Champion, Louis Unfred, and others from Lawrence and Sunnyside. Thanksgiving activities and school vacation touched many families as residents traveled, shopped, and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Petrie
Anthony Districh
Anthony Dietrich
Igroid Chamicn
Buena Petrie
Lawrence
Traford Ste
A. Ward
Chester
Louis Unfred
Champion
Clifford Kincaid
Sunnyside
Champion Bays
Winifred
Keineth Moses
Valley Grove
Fred Champion
Kansas City
Louis Anfred
Satuday
Scoffield
Herman Eggert
Mary Beard
Werte
Topeka
Anfred
Louis
Ire Ward
Nottinghams
Will Pentlin
Lamont Place
Dorothy Stewart
McLouth
Box
James Gordon
Claude Gordon
Buck Creek
Walter Wilbur
Ralph Stewart
W. €. Stewart
Herbert Champion
Woodstock
Cordley School News Highlights Student Activities
The Cordley News lists fifth and sixth grade officers Thomas Gerhart and Chariton as leaders, with Friday meetings and a new restroom setup. It notes a spelling honor roll, a paper and banner sale raising forty one dollars eighty three cents, and plans for a new printing machine. Highlights include school orchestras, a radiocast, underweight milk checks, a December 6 formal open house, Friday assemblies, and a new library with checkout daily.
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Cordley School
Thomas, Gerhart
Chariton
Sppolinks
Bome
Local social notes share dinners and visits in Linwood
Mrs. Jennie Hubbard and Mr. and Mrs. McKune of Kansas City visited Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Engle with L. B. Meinke and Mr. Theo Meinke. Mrs Hubbard plans to remain with Mrs. Engle for the rest of the month while Miss Iva Hubbard, employed in Kansas City, spent a few days in Linwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Hubbard
McKune
Kansas City, Mo
L. B. Meinke
Theo. Meinke
A. H. Engle
Engle
Iva Hubbard
Kansas City
Local residents visit, family gatherings span Thanksgiving week
Miss Liza Kirby and Lloyd Lewis ofston City spent a week with the D F Lewis family. Ralph McMillen visited Kansas City Saturday. Several Lawrence visitors, including Mrs Curtiss and Anna Bea Snider, called on Friday afternoon. Independence residents Miss Alma Jou Childers joined weekend visits at the R C Curtiss home. Thanksgiving guests at the Curtiss home included C G Curtiss family, Roy Bowers family, C R Layle of Kansas City, and Mrs E Blevins. William Nangle of Rock Hill spent the weekend here. Wayne Newton joined Thanksgiving at Mrs Florence Porte in Kansas City. Theodore Church and wife spent Thursday in Bashar with her parents.
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Frank Hubbard
Liza Kirby
Lloyd Lewis
Jennie Hubbard
Peggy Jean Meinke
Lawrence
A. T. Meinke
Cloviss Winkelman
Va Anderson
L. F. Taylor
DeSoto
Harry Harbaugh
Mrs. Porter
R. C. Curtiss
C. G. Curtiss
Clarence
Esther
Edward
Roy Bowers
Hilly
Glenn Af Lawrence
C. R. Layle
Kansas City
E. Blevins
A. Bowen
Wilbur White
Mabel
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Dy Star
W.C.T
Mrs O Iacquium
Cu Ee
Mrs. Kath
Erine Lescatlectt
Kansas ‘City
Floyd DeWeese
Mississipi Street
Oskaloosa
Dwight Bliss
Potwin
John Gibson
Saraiva
Tim Payne
Henry Nothdort
Dang Fer Mee
Ozawkie
Harold Ra
Roscoe Ham
Leslie Waggoner
Chas. Vavra
Marlin
Charles Hawk
Greta
J. H. Thompson
H. H. Poggmeyer
J. H. Johnston
Clitus Hosford
Elizabeth
Katherine
Alice
Flenner
Naomi
Lois
Johnston
W. A. Payne
Mr. Payne
al Jolson
T- Huddleston
Jefferson County
Alvin Smith
Orin Smith
Lottie Eggert
Jeff Barnes
Coleen
Bonnie Jean
Barnes
Harriss
St. Joesph
Ray
Marvin Stewart
Leslie Erwin
Miss Prosser
James Holliday
Mrs. Ogle
Ogle
ST. Moore
Sumnveld
Mr. Welliver
Mrs. Welliver
Mr. Thiry
Dan Smith
Mr. Houk
Octave Ford
Oska
Joosa-McLouth
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Cordley News
Cordley
Lawrence, Kansas
Ks the
Cordiey Rave
Iymestown
Peter Stuyves Ari
Columbia
Peor Pie Russel Frink
Gordon Brown
Warren Lindenberger
Norman Edmonds
Paul Moon
Carrie Hay
Herbert Mitchell
Elmer Peters
van Noy Barnes
Helen Hay
Helen Trent
Gress
William Wade
Virginia Dark
Thomas Ge
Leesdna
Walter Damroach
Des Ate Cordley
Mr. Hanna
Bis School
Miss Holderness
Thisuilding
Roth Wade
Robert Charlston
Thomas Gerhart
Alice Kinney
Max Louk
Tom Sweeney
Joe van Sickle
Edward, Cooper
Linwood
HSL
Oakland
Garland Motor
Pentiac, Mick
Sen
Pont
Home Service & Laundry CO
18Th and
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Sts
George
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