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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
3
Fashion notes highlight fringes of silk ostrich and chenille on hats capes and frocks. Velveteen emerges as a preferred outerwear material for the upcoming season with better wear than silk velvet. New dresses feature a double waist line with long tunics full and shirred or plaited.
A popular school teacher describes a 2150 mile auto trip through Colorado ending in Estes Park. She wore thin waist coverings and despite shielding, suffered sunburn on shoulders neck and arms where exposed while her face remained unaffected. She notes Velvetina cream and face powder gave better protection than a veil. The report includes family dinners gatherings and community notices from Lawrence.
A Frisco railroad derailment 11 miles south of Thayer Missouri on the K C Florida Special left one dead and fifteen or more injured. Engineer Lohnes and fireman Rawdon are missing, believed buried in wreckage. Other items include notes on a Washington Post veterans parade and local ads about cucumber cream and aerated water.
Mrs S Learned spent the day with Mrs Warren Henley in Kansas City in a social visit noted in the society column.
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