Adven turing Over Kansas Trails pageant to open day
Historical Pageant A Day of interest will be held by the Woman's Day club in Topeka. Admission features a dramatic and musical presentation exploring customs of the period depicted. Abbie Clark Hogan leads special music with Grace V. Wilson and a thirty piece Topeka Schools orchestra. Granddaughters of early Kansas governors and noted Kansas authors will attend. Members urged to join with twenty five cent annual dues.
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Woman’s
Kansas
Abbie Clark Hogan
Junction City
Grace V. Wilson
Topeka
K.’S
Glee
Clapmer
Notable Blind Women Of Topeka In Public Life
Miss Lovelia Hilly and Miss Daisy Garvin of Topeka, both blind since infancy, are active in music education and home management. They advocate for Kansas Association for the Blind efforts, including employment for the blind, training in homes, and pensions. The article highlights their careers, personalities, and public service aims, tying their work to legislative matters affecting the blind.
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Lovelia ‘Hilly
Topeka
Daisy Garvin
Hilly
Chautauqua
Lyceum
Bissing Conservatory
Miss. Garvin
University “of
Kansas
School of
Fine: ‘Arts
Miss Hilty
Garvin
Ito
Fortun-Blind
Asdives
Kansas ‘Association For ‘the Blind
Association
Do You Know These Facts About Your Free City Library
Seventy five thousand two hundred and three books circulated during the last fiscal year at the city library, an average of six books per capita. The average daily circulation was 248, an increase of 11,590 over 1921. The circulation has increased 28,398 in the last two years. If each patron had paid one dollar for each book borrowed, it would have amounted to 75,203. Five thousand six hundred and eleven patrons use the circulating department, nearly half the city population. The American Library Association estimates adequate support at one dollar per capita. Lawrence Free Public Library operates on fifty eight cents per capita.
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American Library Association
Chicago
Sis
Lawrence
Mere Parents Hustle If They Keep Abreast of Baby's Vocabulary
Psychologists note rapid early language development in children. A Lawrence mother recorded her infant’s word list growing from twenty five to seventy words in a few months, including many nouns and phrases like How do you do and Goodbye. The baby is a girl.
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Lawrence
Bandanas and Kerchiefs Shape Fashion Influence
Fashion notes describe bandanas and kerchiefs as the dominant trim in dress, applied as neck finishes, waist accents, or shoulder ties. The trend appears across garments, with long ends flowing and variations including scarves and sashes, influencing overall silhouette.
Way to a Man's Heart Soup Recipes in Journal Notes
A reader submission from the Journal- Words offers several soup recipes and tips. Cream of Tomato Soup uses milk butter flour salt pepper with a hot milk base and a tomato onion mix strained and combined with a soda-infused white sauce. Chili Con Carne describes simmering beans in water, browning hamburger with chili powder, and serving with crackers.
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Yair
Rhode Island
Chiffon Handkerchiefs and Tub Bath-Towel Safety Notes
An excerpt discusses fashion details like chiffon fabric, ribbon edges, and styling with a bow. It mentions substitutes when needed and includes a curious note about a baby bath tub setup to prevent slipping, referencing a Turkish bath-towel at the tub bottom for safety.
Soup recipe fragment with vegetables and cooking notes
Fragmentary kitchen note lists soup with 1% stock beef Keyen four small potatoes chopped fine four small onions chopped fine and small head of cabbage chopped five. Instructions mention boiling potatoes onions or cabbage for about twenty minutes. Named person Mrs Roy Bushey at 410 Blaxe Street appears as addressee or author.
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Roy
Bushey
Blaxe Street
Baldwin News Notes From January Amid Local Life
Baldwin community update includes residents visiting relatives in Ottawa and Topeka, illness of G D Holmes improving, school vacations, athletic plans for the second district basketball tourney, and social events. Mentioned are Dr Thomas Hinkle authoring juvenile books, club meetings at Mrs Jack Williams and Dreamhayne, and several local families hosting gatherings and travelling guests.
Belleview Social Roundup and Birth Anniversaries
Belleview notes from Sunday include visits by Mr and Mrs George Ott Sr and others near Fairview. Leslie Kindred and daughter Evabelle of Weav er visited Lieb Holmes and the Rater and Aiken families. Louie Kurtz announces the birth of a daughter on Sunday January 14. Several households report illness causing pupil absences. Harper Brothers of North Lawrence purchased hogs. Clifton Allen and Topeka residents welcomed a daughter on Thursday January 11 with other local social calls and Kansas City visits noted.
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Powell
George “Ott
Margaret
Buchheim
Stall
Maurice Starr
O. J. Lane
Lawrence
He ’Starr
Charles Ott
Seb Holmes
Topeka
Arleta Holmes
Henry Mathia
Fred Koch
James
Holyfield Land
Alice, Bolen
Ands
Robert ‘Walker
M. L. Sowers
Katherine
Roy Martin
Ray Goodrich
J.F. Shafstall
George Schneider
Eudora
Fred Bartz
George Ott
Chester ‘Howard
Fairview
Leslie
Evabelle
Weaver
Lieb ‘Holmes
Robert
Glen Ellis
Will Joy
Clifton ‘Allen
Robert “Walker
Kansas City
Farm Bureau set to meet in Lawrence on Feb 4
Karl Knaus leader of the county farm bureau agents will visit Lawrence February 4 to meet with H. C. Colglazier county farm agent and plan future county activities. Knaus will discuss expanding farm bureau work and organizing boys and girls clubs in the area.
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Bates Knaus
Karl. Knaus
County Farm
Kansas
Lawrence
H. C
Colglazier
Knaus
Farm Bureau
Sunday Special Brick Ice Cream Featured by Kaw Valley
Local advert promotes Sunday Special anilla brick and banana nut ice cream from Kaw Valley Creamery. Phone number 20 appears as contact. Reading reflects a simple dairy shop promotions with priced or described product highlights.
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Kaw Valley Creamery
Card of Thanks for Family and Friends Support
We thank our friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of our beloved husband and father. Mrs. J. W. Games and children.
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J. W. Games and
Lawrence Business College's Early Legacy Prompts New Start
The modern Business school emerged about sixty years ago to train youth for solid business roles. Lawrence Business College was among the first in the field, earning an excellent record for student training and placing graduates in good positions. February 1 would be a good time to start.
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Lawrence Business College
Just Insurance Promises Lifetime Fountain Pen Offer
J R Holmes markets a new semester start incentive at Rankin's Drug Store. The ad promises a lifetime guaranteed fountain pen with every insured policy. The contact appears as J R Holmes with a local phone reference and store location at 107 EB Seventh.
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J. R. Holmes
Rankin’ S Drug
Obituary: Simon P. Stokes 1846 1925 Life Remembered
Simon P. Stokes of Mercer County Pennsylvania died January 25 1925 at age 78 He was born September 25 1846 in Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Lawrence Kansas then to Abilene Kansas later settling in Lawrence He married Sarah M Cargill Stahwood in March 1876 and had children C All Sick of Lawrence G I Stokes of Holly Colorado and R M Stokes of Kansas City Kan He endured paralysis for three years losing speech and mobility yet remained cheerful and grateful His pallbearers were his sons in law and a nephew The funeral was at Funk Undertaking Parlors with Rev N D Goehring and burial in Oak Hill cemetery A beloved husband father and grandfather is mourned by his family
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Dee
Simon P. Stokes
Mercer Sone Pennsylvan
Cape Kansas
Pottowatomie
Mr. Stokes
United
Riage
Sarah M
Cargill
Stahwood
Towa
Lawrente
Stokes
Holly
Colo
Agath
Abilene
Kans
Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Geloratio
Dior
Funk
N. D. Goehring
Tha
Oak Hill Cemetery
Thanks for sympathy after death of husband and father
Mrs. B. P. Stokes and children express gratitude to Stier and neighbors for sympathy shown and for the floral offerings following the death of their dear husband and father.
Lawrence Business College Training Drive Promotes Women Workers
Business firms promote junior office helpers trained in business schools. Beginners move up, creating steady demand for Lawrence Business College trade education. The cycle sustains women entering clerical roles as training leads to advancement.
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Busines
Lawrence Business College
Traidace
Hand care tip from a vintage remedy
A brief remedy advises rubbing hands with common salt after water exposure. It suggests this prepares a dampened rub and promotes healing through this simple, practical care.
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Free
Anew Vogue
Alluric
Phi Epos
Rachel
Clark
Eyans
John
Oscar J
John Nelson
Ottawa
Ildwin
S Badelay
George
William Bristow
Overbrus
Charg
Liggett Shop
G. D Holmes
Cerigie
Holmes
Washington -State
Soho
Jack * Williamson
Grove Street
George M. Liston
Alliegayle Quayle
Willian
A. Shanklin
Middletown
Shanklin
Pareegan
Skene
Baker
Will
Emma Brant
Lafay
Tte
J. Hawk
Ah's
Adele E. Bell
Gem Theatre
Wallace Reid
Thomas Clark Hinkle
Baldwin
Thornton Burgess
Hinkle
America
Delroud
Flora’ Marsh
Robert 8. Marsh
I ‘Ittshore
Baldivia
Edward Huff
Pad U
Alexander Bruner
Hattie ’Shorse
North Bight Street
Fletcher’ Hunt
Forrest-Hartley
Kanesas City
Lumber
Arlés
Beeks
Husban
Anc
Thoias
Harley
Genevieve Hartley
Diana Streets
Thurday
Evenue
Jim F Black
Kathryn
Mita
Robinson
John Betts
Los’ Angeles
Stypee Anstal
Ge Betts
Harveyville
Betts
Maven “Gugghan
Fred. Betts
Dai Breda
Burr
Oak
Bormer Springs
Bonner
Bert
Gooper
Edward. Huey
Bert Jones
G Loxman
Fred
Liston
Listen
Peerless Oil Company
Burress
Dad
Millikin
Weilgville
Alex Hans
Holton
Wichita
Area
Ernest Lynn Wal
Alpha Chi
Omega House
Elizabeth
San‘Diego
Cal
McDaniels
Michi
Gladys Featherstone
Zeta Tau Alpha
W.'A. Uhl
Alice ‘Smith
Rae
Ethan O’byrne
Belleview
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