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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1936
Page
8
A feature on Christmas lounging garments highlights house coats, robes, pajamas, and silk robes in red, blue, green, and gold. It notes fabrics such as velvet, satin, moire, and quilted linings, plus warm footwear like toeless sandals and fur-trimmed mules. Also included are a soup round and dessert recipe set, and travel news about singer Berenice Ackerman engaging on southern cruises.
Distinctive notice was paid to the Thayer Art collection when a hand woven bed spread was shown on the December issue cover of Antiques magazine. The feature notes two pattern sections and an appealing overall design. The accompanying article highlights an additional Thayer coverlet titled Old Rough and Ready woven in 1850 in honor of Zach Taylor. The earlier piece with blue and white peacocks trees and houses and a Boston Town border was likely woven in Cadiz Ohio in the 1830s or 1840s. The textile was donated by Mrs. F. M. Benedict in May 1929 and restored by Miss Olive Ten Broeck of Lawrence. Spooner Thayer museum houses at least sixty early American coverlets, with over forty on display, representing all weaving types including single double and Jacquard patterns.
The Bushong sisters Rachel Margaret and Jane return from a three month stay in Ohio after touring with a marionette show. They performed harp violin and cello trio pieces, gave 30 school concerts in Cleveland, staged at the Cleveland Art Museum, and appeared on May company Saturday programs. They also opened a week at Lakeside chautauqua for the International Lyceum Association.
A compact transcription of two pudding recipes titled Christmas Puddings and Suet Pudding. The first lists stale bread crumbs, flour, currants, brown sugar, citrus, spices, molasses, eggs, suet, citron, and bicarbonate with boiling time four hours, served with hard sauce. The second outlines molasses, milk, suet or butter, raisins, currants, flour, soda, salt, and spice, steamed two hours, also served with hard sauce.
Minerva Davis of Lawrence shares a traditional English plum pudding recipe with detailed ingredients and steps for steaming and serving. Notes include a rich fruit pudding blend, a separate pudding sauce, and tips for reheating hot puddings.
Billy Henry Jr of the Big Springs 4-H club returned from representing Douglas county at the Fifteenth National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. The Santa Fe railroad sponsored the trip for 1500 delegates from 44 states and two Canadian provinces. Henry earned the trip through strong 4-H project work and club participation, having previously won county and state baby beef championships and medals.
A weekly summary from Big Springs highlights Billy Henry’s visit to Chicago for the International Livestock Exposition, with tours of major institutions. Community notes include Big Springs 4-H at the 9th annual achievement banquet in Lawrence, Ladies Aid dinners, missionary association plans, visits from Oakley and Emporia residents, a Dorothy Brooke birthday party, and gift subscriptions to the Journal-World for former Lawrence residents.
Mrs J Smith hosted Ludies Aid at Friends church for an all day meeting with sixteen attendees. Updates mention Mrs W F Yahn improving after illness and several local families visiting relatives in Topeka. Additional items note new residents on Prospect street and visits among Ott aw a and Lawrence residents including the Gullickson family from Wagner South Dakota moving to Lawrence.
Harold Lutz missed school due to illness while Harmony residents joined Santa Claus parade in Lawrence. Numerous nearby families hosted diners and visitors over the weekend, with trips to Coal Creek and Tonganoxie noted and others attending a Christian Endeavor party.
A jumble of crossword clues and scattered local notices from a community page. The text lists across and down clues with numerous era-specific references, followed by a string of recent area events and visits to the Beehle and surrounding households from Lawrence and Vinland residents.
Estella Simons and Esther Simons from Kansas City visited Mr and Mrs C C Mitchell. Herman Pasewark is ill at his Elm street home. Archie Haney of Topeka visited North Lawrence. Clarence Pine and wife visited Vinland to see his sister and family Ira Hird. Genev a Wogahn was called to Fort Scott by an aunt's death. E Bushey hosted a birthday dinner for Roy and Eva Bushey. Centenary M E church Women’s Foreign Missionary Society prepares a Christmas play to be presented Sunday evening. Brotherhood men plan next meeting at Mr and Mrs Charles Fincher on Elm street.
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