This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1919
Page
4
F. FE Hendrickson traveled to Pleasanton this morning on business. Rev El E Stauffer spent the day in Topeka. Sergeant Robert Gray of Camp Funston visited Mr and Mrs Ed Martin over the weekend.
Miss Minnie Beurmann hosted a dinner with guests Mrs Beurmann Miss Sophie Agile Mr and Mrs W H Fiske and Miss Minnie Beurmann The evening was informal and a lovely dinner was served Mrs H P Cady hosted an informal afternoon for her mother Mrs Gallup a guest for a few days Mrs H M Elsey Jr and Mrs Florence Elsey also attended Mrs Elsey is married to Professor Elsey newly added to the University chemistry faculty The afternoon featured an informal gathering and a luncheon was served
The Six Corners Community Club and Farm Bureau hosted a Washington Birthday program at Bleakley School on February 21 with recitations by Rush Herriott and Dorothy May Bleakley, songs, piano solos, and a lunch of cherry pie and cookies shaped like hatchets. Various clubs announced meetings for late February and March, including Miercoles, Friendship, Lawrence, and South Side Reading clubs, plus Achoth entertaining guests. Charlton and Hammat activities noted in Kansas City.
A mixed page lists rapid shoe repairs Electric Shoe Supply 1017 12 Massachusetts and local drugstore supplies including mentholis. It notes coal offerings Illinois Lump Coal at Mathews and Kaw Valley Creamery butter packaging. Mrs A J Lane and Mrs Warry Watchings visit Kansas City. An election of directors for Clinton Kan wake and Wakarusa Drainage District is set for March 4 1919 with some travel notices and local business mentions.
Douglas County contributed 8333 to the Jewish Armenain relief through the Near East drive, short of its 10500 quota by 2167. Treasurer J J Meade reports 2636 subscriptions totaling 8285 cash deposits across Lawrence National Bank and local banks, with five late pledges 23 75. The drive ends with county short for the first time since the war began. observers urged subscribers to verify names at the bank.
An old promotional piece touts Mother s Friend as a topical pre labor aid that purportedly relaxes abdominal muscles ligaments and tendons to ease delivery. It urges expectant mothers to obtain the product and a Motherhood Book from Bradfield Regulator Company Dept F in Avanta Georgia.
The column lists various social items and travel notes including Lt Prof R A Kent heading to Chicago, Miss Rose Robinson in Kansas City on business, Westover visiting from Ottawa over the weekend, J S Duerens and Rev M Lee Sorey in Kansas City, Be Sasth’s return, Lloyd Mills and William Schulz in Kansas City, and a Baptist church gathering at Chancellor and Frank Strong with nearly fifty attendees.
Mrs Frank Rhodes heads to De Soto for a few days. Miss Della Kennedy leaves for Garnett to visit her mother for a week. Lea Culp has arrived home from overseas with a discharge after service at Camp Knox in the Eighth division. Mr and Mrs C W Newby go to Kansas City for the motor and tractor shows. Rankin's Drug Store ad lines noted.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.