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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1922
Page
3
Autumn fashion notes describe two blouse silhouettes worn over skirts. One finishes at the hips with a banded hem and buttons, the other is straight with fullness and a tie belt. Necklines favor deep V or wide square, with trimmings featuring large ornaments and tinsel designs.
North of town farmers including Elmer and Mrs. Weibel faced transport losses as floods washed away over half their wheat crop. Mrs. Weibel toiled in the field guiding the binder while her husband ran the tractor and cooked for harvest hands. The loss totaled slightly over fifteen acres after hard rains.
A vintage recipe for pimento sandwiches uses six hard boiled eggs olives pimentos and dill pickles mixed with mayonnaise. Spread between white and graham bread yields about twenty four to twenty six sandwiches. Mrs. A. L. Wells 1312 Ohio St.
Apricot sherbet preparation with canned apricots sieved then juiced with lemon sugar and water. Fold in stiff egg whites and freeze until scoopable. Serves chilled in sherbet glasses. Address 5387 Wisconsin St attached to Mrs J M McAuliff.
Instructions describe layering spaghetti with tomato pulp onion slices and grated cheese in a casserole, topping with sliced wieners or bacon as desired, baked until brown. Mentions Mrs FE W Roper of 517 Wisconsin as the contributor.
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN reports old beliefs that girls born in July are faithful in love and friendship. The item also notes Miss Ellen Peters, Kansas City's first automobile saleswoman, selling two cars in her first week. It mentions a Chicago engagement ring adorned with a miniature of the betrothal place. It covers Marié Novello signing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as soloist. It recounts the marriage of Princess Marie of Roumania and King Alexander of Yugoslavia with palace customs and royal rites.
Uncle Sam reports the Agriculture Department endorses self made clothing to cut costs. A government worker used a paper dress form and sewing skills to assemble a wardrobe costing 108.34 dollars versus store prices well over 210, with several garments detailed and time saved to teach others.
Residents urge action on a city rest room for farmers, students, and travelers. The old rest room was discontinued and new facilities wait on the Community Building plans. Ed Klein notes slow progress and calls for more enthusiasm from Y M C A offices overseeing the project.
Washington reports Department of Agriculture findings on farm labor ads from 1920 to 1922. Married men and those with children faced tighter hiring odds due to housing needs and family requirements, while single men were more commonly sought after.
Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen daughter of William Jennings Bryan addresses Ottawa community chautauqua praising her father’s legacy. She recounts experiences from the fall of Jerusalem and General Allenby’s capture of the Holy City as a privileged spectator and wife of a British army officer.
We offer compound interest on your savings and invite you to discussion at our office. Douglas County Building and Loan Association at 704 Mass Street welcomes you to visit and review our savings plan.
A report to Chancellor Lindley shows University women in cooperative housing spent about 30 percent less than peers in other housing. Lakota house averages $25 monthly with $7.25 to buy the house. New houses Wankanta and Wita Wenting cost about $30 per woman with $11 toward the house. A next year uniform payment plan for ten years was proposed to ease the burden on residents.
Hutchinson Kansas July 14 Candidates for office must satisfy the 10000 members of the W C T U that they support enforcing prohibitory anti cigarette and other welfare laws for endorsement. The society’s questionnaire asks about age education experience impartial enforcement of laws including Sabbath desecration women on state boards saving county money views on child welfare and crime reform and more.
A reader asks whether to support the child ren's code commission plan and seeks reasons for or against it. The query requests specific opposed measures and justifications, emphasizing policy impact and practical effects on children and families.
A long catalog of new books available at the City Library includes titles across fiction and non fiction from authors such as Alexander Andrews Anthony Arnold Benezet and Buckrose. The list also notes a United States patent award to Mrs JRA Buckley for a slip on garment protecting women's clothing during motoring. The piece adds a fact about the United States Lighthouse Service maintaining lights along 46838 miles of coastline and river channels.
A survey by John G. Stuta of Kansas municipal officials finds five cent milk in Breduina and other towns, with Chanute and Winneld at six cents. Average price across 53 cities is about 10.2 cents a quart, Wichita highest at 10 to 15 cents, and dairy testing rules vary by class. Several second class cities report no tuberculin testing and pasteurized milk largely unavailable. A second item notes Lyons adding a 1200 gallon per minute pump and two new wells to boost supply.
The City Drug Store lists Fleetrie Pans priced at 310.00 in a brief item.
Mrs R J Linton of 1850 West 63d Avenue, Denver credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery after seven years of use. She reports improved health enabling her to manage housework and daily work, and she urges other women to try the remedy, noting she keeps bottles on hand.
Hutchinson Kansas July 16 members of the Advertising club vote to wear their hair braided as a mark of distinction. The note remarks most members are men with little hair, leaving the impact on fashion uncertain. Buckingham Palace sits on the site of Mulberts gardens once laid out by James VI of England in a failed silk industry effort.
The likely first public library in the United States began in Charleston South Carolina in 1749, marking an early step in public literacy and community access to books.
Ten people received teaching certificates after the county teacher’s examination conducted by County Superintendent Q O J Lane. Second grade certificates went to Bertha Barnett Lecompton Lester Fisher Lawrence Ethel Kindred Lawrence Louise W Koehler Lawrence Zella R Page Lawrence Blanch A Shelly Lecompton Ida Steele Lawrence. Third grade certificates were awarded to Hilda M Koehler Lawrence Abbie Emma Morton Vinland and Mrs Eva M Leve Baldwin.
The message touts R Route Books as the best, advertised by City Drag Store in a concise catalog note.
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