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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1928
Page
5
A jumble of church events women’s clubs and anniversaries fills the page. Meetings are listed for the Merry Matrons Mother’s League and various neighborhood groups with locations on Warren Street Massachusetts and related streets. A 93rd birthday dinner at a Lansing home is noted with attendees named.
Miss Fern Boltersas City Kansas and Edwin Sweaty married Saturday noon in Kansas City Kansas at the First Congregational church parsonage. The couple will reside in Wichita. the bride was a University of Wichita freshman and pledged to Chi Omega. Groom Prouty attended Cheney Prouty in 1919 1920 and is related to K U members. Also mentions several wedding guests and schoolmates.
Mrs C M Young and Mrs W H Folco spent the day. I Cressler went to Kansas City for a couple of days. Mrs WG Day spent the day in Kansas City with her brother. Arthur Weber of St Joseph Mo visited at the Alpha Kappa Lambda house and left for University of Wisconsin. Tournim left this morn ing for Kansas City to stay until tomorrow evening. A Yesse, visiting his brother CG A Tease, returned to Kansas City this morn ing, accompanied by his brother for a day here. Miss Stellan Sherman and Miss Gertrude Elliott returned to Kansas City after weekend with Mr and Mrs L J W Menger. Mrs Max W Mbelmi spent the day in Kansas City. Miss Nel Hudson returned from Ottawa visit with Mrs Clay Shinn and with Mrs Md Anderson and Mrs FE J Bowen. Miss Lillie Chenny in Topeka for the day. A work trip to Kansas City today. Mr and Mrs At B Qher and their sister Mrs J u Vi Wurtz of Salt Lake City will leave Thursday night for an eastern trip via Chicago Washington and New York. Mr Kurta leaves tomorrow for Denver, Colo. Mrs W E Tenney left first week for Ridgewint NJ to spend months with Mr and Mrs Fred Tenmex and Mr and Mrs W L Them of KL Reno Okla.
Mrs W Courtney returns to Lawrence from Kansas City after holidays with relatives as Miss Francis Rickard and Miss Marjorie Rickard plan to come back Friday from a two week southern trip visiting New Orleans Biloxi and St Louis. Maxine Wilhelmi visited Jaconette Lawrence while Mrs Lawrence heads to Council Grove. Perley Skilles moves to live with grandfather L W Monk during schooling period. Mrs H Krather and two children from St Joseph Mo visit Abrams home before moving to St Louis for future residence.
Intramural basketball and handball tournaments began yesterday at the University with thirty six organizations entered in basketball and eighty entrants in singles handball while doubles handball teams also competed. Phi Kappa Psi defeated Beta Theta Pi, Delta Upsilon beat Phi Delta Theta, and Delta Tau Delta won over Phi Delta Theta in recent matches. Weather note follows with forecasts of wintry conditions and storm activity through late January. Lindleys to return from California as alumni meetings occur in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Sheffield and the Latin American division invited to testify before a Senate committee. Delays due to snow hindered faculty members Mabel Earphart Faye Crowell and Mary Gamernon returning to the University.
Fortunato Strowski of the French Institute predicts New York will become a city of gigantic mountainlike buildings occupying blocks. He says downtown canyon sunlight and air will vanish as 800 foot limits are reached and private homes disappear for vast edifices. Manhattan may become business only with New Yorkers living on Long Island and New Jersey. Meanwhile Dale Campbell, a freshman in engineering, is hospitalized in Clovis with a broken collar bone from holidays at home.
A letter from Kansas City discusses a claimed home method for women’s ailments including headaches backaches nervousness and fatigue. The write says women feel like new after using the approach and urges others to write for details claiming no sales involved and immediate relief.
Local market listing details a wide range of fresh meat products including pork, hamburger, sausages, bacon, and lard. It advertises home delivery across two halves of the city and emphasizes family catering. Prices are denoted in cents per pound for several items.
U S Ambassador Myrons Herrick says France may host a jointly financed embassy and consular complex. Proposals envision a million dollar building to house diplomats and services, backed by Congress and private firms switching offices in France. Herrick reports influential support and ongoing discussions as he returns to his post.
Fragmentary report notes Herrick fully recovered after a long illness and expecting to sail for Paris. Early January may see him remaining at Gates Mills with his forces. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR text.
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