Midland 42H club hosts diverse civic gathering
The Midland 42H club met at Earl Stowe's home on Friday evening December 28 with twelve TM members and four Fuses present. Committees were named for programs initiation and plans for a future play. The evening included games and a planned sleighing and skating party, with the next meeting at the F.G. Alford home and roll call on favorite flowers. A formal stag dinner and dance followed at Delta Chi fraternity house with elaborate decor and guests from multiple towns. Various clubs and meetings are listed for the coming week, including sewing, flower, auction, and social events, plus a Kappa sorority Christmas dinner and a Spanish American War Veterans gathering at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Midland 42H
Earl Stowe
Namng
Neva
Lazel
Stowe
Eugenia Brune
Lawrence Stowe
Clyde
Florence Alford
Catherine Pirotte
F.G. Alford
Delta Chi
West Campus Road
Clyde Harris
H. W. Hargiss
Ralph Baldwin
George Miller
Belle’ Wilmot
Esther Hemenwat
Virginia Harris
Bernice ‘Peterson
Dick Harkness
Kansas City
Okla
Jack Byroade
Leavenworth
Misses Mary
Margaret Moore
Juanita de Veau
Elizabeth Hill
Dorothy Atwood
Dorothy Blakely
Lucille Prather
Dorothy Stantor
Hélen Alter
Louise’ Clark
Marie i Ryan
Marian Moses
Elaine Marrs
Helen Helke
Susan ‘Hudson
Suzanne Robertson
Eleanor’ McDonald
Pearl ‘McKarnin
Laucille Hinnen
Mary Spencer
Justine Hargis
Joseph A. Wahl
Chamber of Commerce
C. H.simpson
Colorado
H.C. Ericston
Hrncsgon
C.B. Dicker
Lawrence residents note holiday travel and family bereavements
Local column records numerous Lawrence residents traveling to Kansas City and elsewhere for holidays and funerals. James Moore, 94, of Tulsa, dies prompting A. W. Dixon to return home. University librarian E. Sullivan travels to Rochester after mother’s death. Mrs. Hatch’s funeral planned in Kansas City. she lived in Lawrence previously.
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A. W.dixon
Tulsa
Okla
James Moore
Moore
Lawrence
Moore Firm
Kansas City
Gertrude Smith
Denver
Colo
E. O. C. Smith
Jean Mu
E. d. Sullivan
University Library
Rochester
N. Y
Raymond Durr
Waldo Durr
Fort Madison
Iowa
Margaret M. Henderson
Lathrop
C. K. Fagin
Eldon Ardrey
Tomor
Elma Kagi
T. E. Ferguson
C. J. Lane
E. C. C. Smith
Jefferson City
C. W. Boff
Chicago
Old Time Advice On Teeth And Manners From Aunt Het
A fragment from 1928 offers dental tips for children focusing on preventing deformities and decay. It emphasizes early tooth care, a balanced diet rich in milk fruits and vegetables, avoiding mushy foods and sweets, thorough chewing, and brushing at least twice daily. The tone reflects period gossip and social commentary.
Proper diet for mothers and children teeth health
From Gorgas Memorial Institute this piece stresses maternal diet with milk cereals green vegetables and uncooked fruits to build teeth and bones. It advises cod liver oil oranges tomatoes and carrots after weaning and daily cleaning of teeth once temporary teeth erupt. It warns against sweets and highlights preserving first molars at age six to aid chewing and reduce infections.
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Charles Askowith
M. D
Bositon
Massachusetts
Gorgas Memorial Institute
Washington
D. C
Peggy Prim Shops and Local Delights Across Town
Peggy Prim promotes handmade lingerie at The Dainty Robbins Shoppe on 1101 Mass over Rankin's Drug Store, with a wide range of negligees gowns and elegant luncheon sets. The column notes a state demonstrator event at Dennison Party Shop, Fairfax Greenhouse showcases rare goldfish, Rankins Ever-Ready offer for blades and razors. A big silent film is at Varsity Theatre and dressmaking trends rise with new styles, while New York Cleaners works on a spotted chiffon velvet project.
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Robbins
Rankin’s
Immanuel Lutheran Church to drop services next Sunday
Immanuel Lutheran Ghurch at Tenth and Kentucky streets reports pastor WW Stoeppslwerth will attend a pastoral conference in Duluth Kan. All services for next Sunday will be dropped. The note also mentions Trinity Lutheran and St Paul Evangelical services and revival plans.
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Immanuel Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Church
Thirteenth
New Hampshire
Charles A. Puls
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Minals Street
Theodore Hayek
Easy Way to Lose Fat Promoted in Old Ad Text
An obsolete advertisement touts a fat loss formula claiming to convert food to energy. It promises quick beauty and health benefits with a 20 year history and tablets sold as a daily four-pill dose. The copy emphasizes safety and a scientific rationale without harm, urging readers to learn more.
Spring dress dreams and shop window promises
A lively page note highlights spring dress trends with hemstitching and picot trims while urging readers to consider restoring an old evening gown. It also covers local shops reopening after holidays, a hat work reminder for durable wear, a sale at Kansas Electric Power Co with 10 percent off, and a Lawrence Business College shorthand and stereotyping course starting next Monday.
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Iti
Smith’s
Kansas Electric Power CO
Town Refuses to Move Column With a Curse From Middle of Walk
Augusta, Ga AP report recalls a tornado prophecy that a pillar of the market house would survive and a curse would fall on anyone who moved the column at Broad and Center streets. Workmen once shifted the pillar fifty feet during repairs, triggering an explosion and leaving the column in its present spot.
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Augusta
Thut
Fewer Irish Breweries Decline in Distilleries Declines Noted
Official returns from the Free State department of industry and commerce show whiskey distilleries dropping to four from sixteen since 1901 with a steady decline. Beer breweries fall from thirty one in 1901 to fifteen now. Pressure mounts to cut taxes to save traditional industries, while churches and temperance groups push for high duties to keep people sober. Finance minister weighs options.
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Dublin
Free State Department of Industry and Commerce
Saorstat
Rural Exams Next Week in Douglas County Schools
Second bi monthly tests will be given on two days for students in the first eight grades of all rural schools in Douglas County. Questions for the examinations will be sent to teachers next week by QO J Lane, county superintendent. Jacob Hammig was in Kansas City for the day.
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Douglas County
QO. J. Lane
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The
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Kathleen Doering
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Charles C. Husted
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Gus Brune
Lotus Club
Edwin Belles
Louisiana Street
W. O. Hamilton
Tennessee
Kennard W. C. T. U
Chamber’ of Commerce
Kabpa. Kappa . Gamma
House of Anger
Pércy Myers
Les Demoiselles Brudge
Frank Dunkley
Gordon
R.aigdon
Ice
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J. $. Lisle
Edith Miller
Esther , Erhardt
Kate King
Mary Alice Drennon
Mike
Strong
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Kansas
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Mildred. Lockwood
Dorothy George
Coffeyville
Wayland Steele
Wichita
Esme
Phi Kappa
W. A. Guenther
Frank E. Jones
A. H. Krause
Topeka
Hetry Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndical
Peggy Prim Shops
Fairfax
Ak 1
New Jersey
Rankins
Tam
Varsity
New ‘York
Friends Church
Delaware Street
Sylvia Penzier
Friends
Hegin
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Building Fund
Trinity
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A Reuter
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Rommuniwank
Eleventa
Blue Mill
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Lawrence Business College
Next Mondey
Tillyer
Guilifion Optometrist
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Primroses
Whitcomb’s
Tenn. St
Eugene
Marinello and Burnham Facials
Arnao
Marcelling
Larscon Beauty
Mass
Husa
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Catherine Lamath
Eva Wood
Danville
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Mais
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