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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1925
Page
5
The community hosts a Sunday school picnic tomorrow at Marvin grove with Plymouth Congregational youth invited. Various social gatherings include bridge and dinner events honoring guests and families, with multiple local names and addresses noted among attendees.
Those present included Miss Longenecker Josephine Hosford Helen May Stover Virginia Arnold Elizabeth McFarland Edward Spencer Thomas Cable Roland Stover and Sydney Emmett. The Oak Ridge Birthday club Friday July 31 picnic supper has been indefinitely postponed. Mr and Mrs W H Ragsdale of Coronado Beach Cal, welcomed a son William Hubert born July 12. Mrs Ragsdale, former Miss Marie Ober, is sister of Mrs C P Radcliffe and H B Ober. Mrs W C Simons will entertain the city Federation of Women s clubs at The Gedars in South Lawrence tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs Georgia Hanson spent the day in Kansas City. Mrs Glen Ellis went to Emporia for a few days with friends. H B Smith to Kansas City for a few days. Dr and Mrs R F Edmiston drove to Excelsior Springs for the day. Mr and Mrs J H Griffin and Ruthie Wilson went to Kansas City for the funeral of Mrs Griffin’s aunt Helen Arrowsmith. Miss Helen Weed leaves for Lancaster Pennsylvania for a Summer Missionary conference. Mrs F W Foresman and Miss Helen Foresman spent yesterday in Kansas City. Mrs Lewis Silberman, visiting in California, is guest of her parents in Pittsburgh before returning home. Mrs J T Constant and Miss Olive Constant visited Fort Worth and Galveston. B Brodhead and Miss Elizabeth Brodhead depart for Woodland Park Colorado. Mrs Brodhead and Burleigh join August 15. Helen Walton will visit Abilene relatives. Professor and Mrs Edwin M Belles leave to spend a month with his parents in Blakesburg. Mrs J W Kirschner stays in Lawrence with sisters Lib a and Alice Patterson. Mr and Mrs R J Vaughan and three children arrived from Riverside California for a visit with Willian Ege and family. The Vaughans drove from River side, arriving July 18 after a ten and a half day trip.
Wichita dispatch reports A P charged with three burglaries two auto thefts one kidnapping one highway robbery and one criminal assault all in Wichita within four days. John Gordon self declares from Boston and cites jail stints in New Orleans San Francisco Kansas City Grand Rapids and Detroit. He was arrested after allegedly kidnapping two Hutchinson youths and bringing them to Wichita while police alerted Boston authorities. Meanwhile new Beth el home for the aged in Newton will pour its first floor and house 24 to 40 parishioners.
R Bryant writes he can work as well as ever and is happy his life has been restored. He mentions tiles of Hobo remedy and a claim about care received. The readable fragment hints at a promotional or testimonial note for a remedy cited as Hobo Kidney Remedy.
Douglas county Grange members from Franklin, Miami, Johnson and Douglas counties will attend the district Grange picnic at Edgerton City Park tomorrow. Caldwell Davis Kansas State Grange master will speak at 11 o clock with Dr HJ Waters president of Kansas State Agricultural College L J Tabor master National Grange and Barton Needham Kansas State Grange editor to follow after lunch. Event features include a baby show a baseball game Wellsville vs Paola a horseshoe contest and stunts. Japan plans railway radios special coaches under construction to test radio service for passengers.
An old advertisement touts a homemade skin whitening mixture using juice of two lemons and Orchard White, mixed with three ounces of solvent to yield a quarter pint. It claims safe, gentle whitening for face neck arms and hands and appeals to stage beauties seeking a clear rosy-white look.
A system radio apparatus with an antenna over the entire length of the carriages will enable train operators to broadcast messages and receive telegrams from stations. Radio loud speakers will also be installed to entertain passengers with news dispatches and musical programs.
A short reader note from Emporia describes a young man living in the city and hints at his method of courtship within a small community.
A man north of Salina adopted a modern means of travel to visit his best girl at Emporia Teachers College. He flew to Emporia but only one mishap occurred as his machine grazed a quarter of a mile from the landing field during the night.
Police report 42 burglaries and thefts in seven days across Wichita Kansas with property stolen valued at more than 2500 dollars. Read the Classified Page for details.
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