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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1915
Page
5
A sprawling set of society notices recounts club meetings at Fraser hall and Kentucky street, with lectures by Dr. Powell and social hours among members of Ladies Missionary Societies and the Adath sorority. Weddings, initiations, and installations appear alongside teas, banquets, and neighborhood visits in Lawrence and Topeka region civic circles.
Mrs S D Bishop will attend Womans Kangas Day Club meetings in Topeka later this month and stay with Mr Doran. Protsch spent yesterday in Kansas City. Caldwell was in Kansas City Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Young spent ten days in Topeka. Mrs A J Tanes and daughter Katheryn Lane will visit Kansas City this weekend. Melford Pratt visited Torrington. Fred Fisher was in Kansas City yesterday. Elmer Meds of Kansas visits Ethel Shaler. W C Banker left for New York City last night. Miss Winnie Roberts leaves Saturday for a week in Pittsburgh Kansas. Miss Margaret Heron will go to St Louis tomorrow to visit sister Miss Clarabel S Fort. Henry Gerhard spent Wednesday in Kansas. Mrs E L Fand and daughter Josephine of Cripple Creek Colo are visiting in Win Moaks home.
Community notes from Vinland include visits with families Walters and Lasley, school start for Alice and Hattie near two miles north of Lawrence, church services well attended with Rev Rist and songs led by Arthur Kast, and several local outings. Obituary reports: Mrs. J H Talbot of Baldwin, Mrs. Gill of Baldwin. funeral in Vinland. Esther Nye returns to Topeka. Adam Sehick visits Kansas.
A historical advertisement lists prices and items at a grocery shop on Massachusetts Street. Special deals include sauced peaches, corn, tomatoes, salmon, pork and beans, baby foods, Carnation and Pet milk, baking powder, tea, and ready to eat soups. The ad emphasizes value with multiple can quantities and assorted brands.
Lena Anderson is released from county jail after a stabbing incident linked to her brother’s death. Mr. David Acher, longtime Lawrence resident, died January 30 in Kansas City. he leaves a wife, a son Alden in Kansas City, and a daughter Mrs. R. Mason of Lawrence. Services will be in Kansas City Friday morning, with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence after Santa Fe Train No. 1 arrives.
Robert Brown was tried in Justice Wilson's court and convicted on his own testimony for possessing twenty four quarts of whiskey imported from Kansas City to Lawrence. He was fined 108 dollars and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail. Also noted, Mrs Levi Bower underwent a successful goiter surgery performed by Dr W McConnell at Lake View and is recovering. The tiny baby born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Michael Eberhardt died this morning weighing under four pounds.
The Kansas State Christian Endeavor Union will hold its state convention in Herington June 11 12 13. It is expected to be one of the largest gatherings of young Christian people in the state with about a thousand delegates. The commercial club plans a large auditorium and the town readies brisk entertainment for visitors.
Kansas City ministers led meetings at Haskell Institute with Miss Neville and Miss Witter assisting. Witter prepared for Sunday School work in the foreign field as the sessions drew many toward the Baptist Church. By Tuesday night Rev Brown spoke as two more girls declared a church preference for the Baptist Church and six boys followed.
In Kansas City on January 21 two jurors qualified to try George Badders of Topeka for using the mails to defraud were disqualified from serving this term of court. They had already served nine days, delaying the federal court trial in Kansas City. Examinations are underway to fill vacancies as testimony was set to begin later today. The charges stem from dealings of the Bader Clothing Co. of Topeka.
A government botanist calculates that one cotton seed with optimal care could yield 40,000,000,000 seeds in six years, and cites an actual case of 31,000 bushels of pure wheat seed from Bengal grain in five years without special care.
The Siberian fur industry last year killed over 4.5 million gray squirrels, yielding tails over 21 tons. The gray squirrel topped fur trade figures in Asiatic Russia, followed by the white hare with about 1.5 million, illustrating the scale of fur harvesting.
Protracted meetings at Union Church face poor attendance due to bad roads and sickness. Local residents share visits and family news from Norwood to Ottawa county, noting births, illnesses, and social calls. William and Hazel Brubaker, Harry Flora, and Mr. and Mrs. Penley figure among active community members as meetings continue.
Mr. Gastrock called at the Brubaker home Tuesday afternoon. Joé and George Griffiths were wooding in the Brubaker timber. A number of men from this neighborhood attended the annual phone meeting at Warden Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Brubaker visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Griffith.
A brief note outlines WW centrality and the use of bleached nuslin with two vertical rows of two spaces each, totaling four units observed. The item appears as a catalog snippet or technical shorthand from a larger notes page.
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