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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1925
Page
7
The piece details a weekend of visits and a wedding reception for Miss Matie Watts, with guests including Mrs. Frank Watts and several Lecompton residents. It notes an upcoming medical procedure for Ruth Norwood in Kansas City and mentions various local residents visiting or hosting in Pleasant Valley and surrounding areas.
The town of Lawrence discusses repairing theater and spray window upgrades for the building. A buyer would benefit from graded potatoes, and local officials note transitions in school administration and community events. Several residents are listed with recent visits, illness, and social gatherings.
Sunday and weekday visits fill the Stanwix and Kanwaka area as neighbors host dinners and calls. Dorothy Barber and Mr. and Mrs. Stanwix entertain. numerous Osborn, Slusser, Siler, and Wickersham families visit or travel to Lawrence, Richland, and Topeka for games, dinners, and summer arrangements.
The Fourth of July program lists a 1:30 parade a 3:00 baseball game with Tecumseh a 4:00 contest with prizes a 6:00 picnic supper and an 8:30 program of comedy by a 12 character act. The Atkinsons and Hedger McClanahans are visiting Muscotah relatives. Miss Lenore Caldwell and Miss Mattie Caldwell head to Denver and Miss Lenore to Lake View Montana for a wedding with Osmer Upham. Mrs Drake and children visited at Big Springs. Mike Bahnmaier and Miss Greta are noted.
A fragmented note outlines a busy construction period in Creek and Mis region with mentions of Wisconsin and Cassdon. It references a Monday event at five, with Bellcond and teapeh street blocks, but many words are garbled, leaving the exact details uncertain.
Pugh attended the show in Lawrence Wednesday evening. Mrs George Griffith ed the Pleasant Valley Threshing Machine Company and their families last Monday evening after a business meeting with refreshments of ice cream and cake. Walter Howard and son visited Lawrence Saturday afternoon. Dorothy Tobler visiting her grandmother Mrs A L Holcom. Mr and Mrs Alva Dulin attended church at Lake View Sunday morning. Raymond Blanshe Bertha LaDuke spent Sunday afternoon at the Fogerty home. Mr and Mrs Jak Oehlert attended church in Lawrence Sunday. Howard Hollmark of Lawrence spent Thursday evening at the La Duke home. Mrs Harry Johnson and Jimmie Thatcher of clan called at the Crissie Richardson home Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs J J Tobler and family of Lawrence, Mr and Mrs J S Tobler and family of Vinland, Mr and Mrs La Verne Ice and daughter of Lawrence, Mr and Mrs Hugh Axe, and Mrs A L Holcom and son Louie visited, raptored to Kansas City for picnic in Swopes Park Sunday afternoon. Mrs Carrie Bryant and children had Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Alva Dulin and family. Bertha and Raymond LaDuke visited Lawrence Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs A L Holcom and Dorothy Tobler and Mildred Maloney attended the ball game between Holdem Juniors and Elk teams in Lawrence that evening. Blanche LaDuke spent Tuesday at the Maloney home.
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