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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1925
Page
5
The Lawrence column reports on weddings Including Florence Rachel and El C Edwards Jr with grooms from Walnut and KU ties, a law career plan for Edwards, and a Warren County club invitation. Also covered are Fourth of July family picnics, out-of-town guests, dance, and Legion Auxiliary meeting details, plus births and local social entertainments with several names and places listed.
Names and origins fill a Lawrence social notes page as residents and friends travel for weekends and visits. Irene Getter leaves for Wichita. Donald Graham visits Falls City. Clara Crum comes from Wichita to Lawrence. Harold and Edith Boggs visit Carthage. Luke Boggs joins Kansas City friends in Lawrence. couples head to Portland and California for extended trips. Phillips family from Glendais plans Lawrence visit. Galbraiths of Chanute visit Lawrence. Jacksons from Salt Lake City spend weekend with Andrew and family. Bromell coaches in Eldorado. Genevieve Martin visits from Hutchinson. Hueys return to Dodge City for furlough.
The clipping lists numerous residents and visitors, including Lucille Evans heading to Hastings Nebraska, Lucile Van Swearingen visiting Strawinsville, Mae Houston of Baldwin, R.A. Schwegler and E. H. Lindley traveling to Kansas City, and others like Nancy Speigenecker, Ioa Van Vranken, and Miss Atkinson. It notes trips through Canada and western states, family visits, and local social movements around Ottawa, Topeka, and nearby towns.
More than thirty women enrolled in the afternoon swimming classes opened at the Chamber of Commerce pool. Miss Alta and Alice Gaskill supervise. The pool opens at 2 and stays open until 6 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Professional women may use the pool from 5 to 6 on those days. A July fee of one dollar is charged.
Reports from Topeka describe Rock Island train No. 40 derailing as it crossed the Kaw River with the locomotive and three coaches leaving the track. Steel guards prevented a plunge into the river. no injuries were reported. Also on July 6 reports note Manizales in Colombia destroyed by fire with vast losses, and Indiana trial set for D C. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon, to face murder charges.
The Chamber of Commerce board of directors will hold a regular luncheon meeting at noon on Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce building.
A brief line notes a local dance event with a theme centered on costumes and bands. The cover mentions a standout fancy dress ensemble and a notable performance, highlighting the community spirit and festive mood surrounding the occasion.
Dayton Tennessee braces for John T Scopes trial coverage by turning Monkey Town as merchants embrace a carnival of primate themed ads and street decor The town hopes a lively novelty boosts July visitor numbers and business while a few locals resist the gimmick as distraction from the case
Ox Kahler former Southwestern College athlete and Coffeyville High head coach escaped an attempted hijacking seven miles west of Winfield. Three men attacked Kahler one with a gun another with a knife during a road confrontation. Kahler knocked down the knife man, the assailants fled after a shot missed. Kahler sustained a abdominal wound from the knife and a facial cut from a blow. police aided in repelling the attack but suspects remained at large.
Diki Diki, known as the Moro dwarf of Jolo at 27 inches and 25 pounds, died at 49 after contracting pneumonia while visiting a friend in Zamboanga. He was survived by his widow Bunjung Fatimi. His life featured carnival exhibitions across the Philippines and nearby islands.
Fire destroyed the dancing pavilion at Linger Longer near Bennington, Kansas early Sunday. Owner Shelton slept inside and barely escaped with his clothes and life as the $5,000 structure burned. Also reported: Mrs. George M. Lucas learns of her husband’s death in Mobile, Alabama, via telegram. a Santa Fe train collision injures Hugh A. Gass at a grade crossing. Dr. J. B. Henry leaves for a month’s vacation with office hours set 2 to 5 pm.
New York reports veteran fishermen predicting a warm water year with sea life moving shoreward. Mackerel warm-current mix near Arctic cold currents shifts patterns, bluefish and weakfish follow milder seas, while Gulf Stream behavior explains variable abundance and historic disappearances.
Mrs and Mrs Welstead rode through Kansas City en route home to Jewell City Kansas. Miss Rae Shultz was guest of Anna Kirby from Saturday evening to Monday evening. Edger McClung returned from Wichita where he worked for some time. Ladies Aid Society hosted by Mrs A B Lewis. Town folks attended Mrs Ferringer birthday at Hird home near Baldwin. Mrs Bateman visited son Bobbie in summer at Fralick’s. Tire theft reported at Paul Rodgers home. Automobile rollover at Piper hill with minor injuries. Mr and Mrs Will Kirby and Anna Kirby motor trip to Sylvan Grove. Mrs Yeoman and son in law Fralick visited Kansas City relatives. Hird daughter and Mrs Richards and Pauline in Topeka Thursday. Walter Davis builds chickenhouse. Drolls and aunt No H Drulland from Ashville with Droll sister Dyers. Yeoman family, Ridley and Olive Evans visited Kirby’s Mrs Buntson of Edna called Friday on way to Kanwala. Kiefer family hosted Kennedays. Read the Market Basket.
A Pleasant Grove gathering at Mrs. Felix Tucker’s last Thursday honored Mrs. Nettie Anderson. Refreshments followed social time. Also reported are Edith Lilian Williams’s marriage to Reed Lee Moorebeth of Riverside, California, July 3 in San Diego, and Dorothy Jean Gentry, born July 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gentry. Several Lawrence visitors and local calls noted. Stetson to Poland appointment and a national bank call appear in brief notices.
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