Personal News From Lawrence Community Heads Abroad and Visits
Mrs Edward Jamison returns to Wichita after a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs F W Pratt. Mr and Mrs B W Atkinson came back from a week touring western Kansas. Grace Vernon left for Randolph to stay with her aunt Mrs Ernest Johnson. Mrs August Selig and sons Gordon and Bob of Fort Worth Texas visit the Seligs in Lawrence. Oliver Richardson, six weeks with grandparents Mr and Mrs M J Pierson, returns to Kansas City tomorrow. T W Pennington and Miss Edith Wolgamott of Lawrence join Mr and Mrs G Kearney of Topeka on a motor trip to Chicago and the Century of Progress. Mrs J J Street heads to Bogard Missouri to be with her ill mother. Frank Fitzpatrick and daughters Jane and Mary Frances finish a motor trip east visiting Niagara Falls and New York City. W C Crowell of Kansas City Kansas is in Lawrence for the weekend. Mrs R M Fitzpatrick and Mrs Vance Day spend the day in Topeka. D H Wenrich of Philadelphia drives to Lawrence to stay with Mrs F C Wenrich and Mrs H W Spangler during a spell in Lecompton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jamison
Wichita
F. W. Pratt
W. Atkinson
Grace Vernon
Randolph, Kan
Ernest Johnson
August Selig
Gordon and
Bob
Fort Worth Tex
J. E. Selig
Oliver Richardson
M. J Pierson
Kansas City
T. W. Pennington
Edith Wolgamott
Lawrence
G. Kearney
Topeka
Chicago
J.J. Street
Bogard
Frank Fitzpatrick
Jane
Mary Frances
Jons
Niagara Falls
New York City
Long Island
Washington, D. C
Ashville
N.C
W. C
Ivan Shull
Bettie Gilchrist
Marie Davis
Irene Sumner
Gene Conghlin
George Frazier
Raymond Shull
A. J. Simon
Hugh
Wakarusa
J. L. Heberling
Simon
State Lake
Martie Stevens
Doris Ratliff
Dorothy Allen
Arlene Allen
Oskaloosa
Fernanda
Tries
Valley Falls
Helen Rice Hoyt
California
Irene Cooley
Neodosha
Gene Cooley
Cooley
Theona
Ratliff
Tonganoxie
Francie Cary
Soldier
Clifford Humphreys
Victor Clough
John Clough
Nortonville
Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
M.T. Trapp
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Frank
Mr. Bush
Joy Ann Morton
de Luxe Theater
Mary Arts Wagener
Millie Neel
Irene Harbour
Edith Neece
Alice Fish
Carolyn Hannah
Mary Lou Noble
Kathryn Blevins
Avice Vanderpool
John Weisharrof
Kansas University
G. E. Wendell
Walter Zorn
Falls City Neb
Charles Dockhorn
Bell Austin
Camilla
St. Joseph Hospital
Geo. Sands
Dora Austin
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A compact quote from Aunt Het notes a rural household preferring risk over maintaining fire insurance after a discussion about reducing payments to the preacher. The snippet reflects a light, moralized tone typical of Quillen's humor in early 20th century syndicated pieces.
Osage City and World’s Fair travelers noted
Rev Hugh Hamilton and family left Sacramento California for Chicago for the World's Fair via Osage City after visiting relatives. Miss Olive Barnes and brother George Barnes returned to Osage City. Several teachers plan moves to Valley Falls with Margaret Stout. Everett Myers will rent the Stout cottage. Community events included a well attended temperance service at the Presbyterian church with Rev Ahrens and four speakers in the park. Local visits included families from Tecumseh Olesbury and Ottawa. The annual normal institute is set for August 14 to 18 at the high school with a listed faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Hamilton
Chicago
George Raines
Hamiltons
Sacramento
Calif
Hamilton
Methodist Church of North
Elnora Stout
Margaret Stout
Valley Falls
Margaret
Mae Nincehelser
Garden of Prayer
Billy Leech
Amos Leech
Ahrens
Ted Kueny
Leola Jeanne
Kansas
City
Nelle Pennington
Russell Decker
Olesbury
Judge Decker
Ben Alexander
Hal Gay
Colonial Club
Alpha Huddleston
Will Payne
Wesley Roberts
W. B. Ford
B. P. Davis
W. D. Ratliff
Theona Ratliff
C. W. Roberts
Leslie Wagoner
Vic Shrader
John Crawford
Irene Brock
Mabel Suter
Effingham
John Coleman
Atchison
F. W. Coleman
Wyatt Gragg
Naomi
Tena Clerk
Chicese
Joe Brown
Elmer Partridge
Oklahoma City
Ottawa
Topeka visits and regional travel noted in Holton events
Holton residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Topeka Kansas City and several towns in Missouri and nearby states. A mix of hospitality church activities birthdays trips to Colorado Chicago land and engagement with town bands and university students is described along with a nearby Worlds Fair trip.
Local W R C recounts 49 years of service on 50th jubilee
The Washington Relief Corps No 9 of the National Women’s Relief Corps marks its 50th anniversary recounting forty nine years of aid to the G A R post. Since 1884 it has funded Memorial day ceremonies, Christmas gifts, Red Cross work, bonds for World War relief, and memorials at Gettysburg Lincoln tablet Andersonville and John Brown state park. Members organized urns, fountains and bronze tablets while supporting health bonds and child welfare. The group meets the first and third Fridays for quilting and social events with many members holding department offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Memorial High School
John Brown State Park
Andersonville Prison
Georgia
Corps No. 9
Southern Memorial
G. A. R. Buglers
Oak Hill
A. R. Comrades
Washington Post
Sara Whiteel
Ida K. Bailey
Alice Hoskins
Minnie Criss
Winnie Lyons
Gertie K. Johnston
Sour Cream Cake Recipe from Anna Crim
A tested sugar and sour cream cake method from Indiana home cook Anna L Crim. Two versions describe combining sugar, sour cream, eggs and vanilla with cake flour soda baking powder and salt then baking in a quick oven for about fifteen minutes with careful temperature control and no oven door opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimpaon
Indiana St
Calvin Coolidge
Anna L. Crim
Louisiana St. Ee
Housekeeping Tips for Cooking and Flavor Enhancers
Practical kitchen tips include dipping a knife in cold water when cutting meringue to prevent pulling. Ripe potatoes are fluffier with milk and butter. A dash of vinegar helps tenderize corned beef and boost flavor. Dried lima beans simmer in salt water, then bake with chili sauce for a good meal. For ham, add half a cup each of vinegar and brown sugar for added flavor.
Many Patterns Included in Collection of Glass by Mrs Cameron
Lawrence resident Mrs. E. M. Cameron has assembled a large assortment of pressed glass, spanning dozens of patterns and forms from milk glass to Bohemian brown and ruby wares. Her collection, begun two years ago, fills display alcoves and cabinets throughout her home, with pieces ranging from candlesticks and bowls to decanters and vases, including rare lacy sandwich glass and coin glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
E. M. Cameron
Cameron
Westward Ho
Poem Fragments on Cooking Ham and Potatoes
A short excerpt repeats a playful line about cloves turning a ham into a ham and notes adding a small butter piece in the container for boiling white potatoes to prevent disintegration.
Olinger Tours Persian Summer Resort on Trip Across Persia
Davida Olinger visits Pehlevi on the Caspian coast during a motor journey across northwestern Persia. She stops at Teheran and Hamadan and plans to reach Meshed and possibly Afghanistan. Her mother Mrs Anna Olinger follows the trip by atlas as Davida shares impressions of tropical garden life, tea houses, and cosmopolitan scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Davida Olinger
Pehlevi
Caspian
Ges
Anna Olinger
Hamadan
Tabriz
Resht
Miss O|inger
Teheran
China
The New Role of Grandmothers in Rebuilding Homes
The piece argues that economic pressures push prodigal grandchildren back home where grandmothers become valued anchors. Their steadiness, stories, and patience enrich children and fill gaps when parents face tight finances and shifting duties. The article treats this as a possible blessing born from a broader mood of reassessment.
Travel through space and time broadens youth views
The passage argues that exposure to different generations and eras widens a child’s outlook and reduces provincialism. Space travel, like time travel, would expand intellect and general understanding. It suggests that inviting grandparents to share with today’s children could be valuable and beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space
Social visits fill weekends across Weaver and nearby towns
Mrs Walter Parker and children Leone and Roscoe visited Grand View and Belton Missouri last Wednesday and Thursday. En route home they stayed in Stillwell with Mr and Mrs Weatherford Friday to Sunday. Jessie Weatherford joined the Parkers for a week at home. Nearby families hosted dinners and gatherings including Kindreds with McFarlands, Pierces, Wootens, and Neises. Musician Ester Payner Muenzer, daughter of Mrs Carl Neis, earned Chicago Conservatory honors and appeared with Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Minnie Neis joined Otto Abels family for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Parker
Leone
Roscoe
Grand View
Belton
St. Joe
Floyd Pierce
Mary Virginia
Wooten
Eudora
McFarland
Kate Edelbrock
Billie Bob Edelbrock
Pete Edeller
Floyd Broers
Kathaleene
Weaver
Broers
Sam Neis
Hesper
Ann Grist
el Dorado
Ruth Neis
Neis
Howard Bernitz
Lelia
Kansas City
F. Ber Gideon Neis
Johnnie Reusch
Herold Reusch
Ben Neis
Ruth
Carl Neis
Muenzer
Anne Sweeney
Lawrence
Washburn College
Topeka
Chicago
Ametican Conserratory of Music
Conservatory
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Minnie Neis
Otto Abels
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D. R. McWilliams
5. P. Sisson
Glenwood
Asia
R. M. Fitzpatrick
Imperial Auction Club
the Manor
Vance Day
San Mateo
Cal
Fitzpatrick
E. E. Bayles
Revert Rowlands
Frank Rowland
Lester McManus
Kan
Soclock
Westminster Hall
E. J. Day
Barbara Olinger
A. E. Cross
Shawnee Mission
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Fairview Church
Brackett
Farm Bureau
Guy Bigsby
Busy Bee Club
Anderson
Pony Creek School House
George Roser
Perry
Saughter Yesterdy
Memorial Hospital
Margaret M. Best
Two Buttes
Colo
William L. Hickey
Liberal
Robert A. Hunt
University of Kansas
Lorrimer Armstrong
Westfield, N. J
Colorado
Fred Ellsworth
Armstrong
Catherine Oder
University of Pennsylvania
John Sullivan
Kenneth Force
John J. Henry
J. B. Henry
Lorna Jean McElbiney
Frances Ruff
Owen Carl
Fish Creek
Wis
Carl
Erna
Olga
Wilford R. Lutz
Lutz
Smith Center
Lev
W. W. Stoeppelworth
Durr
Carleton’ Kent
Emporia
W. F. Jordan
East
New York
Orangeburg
Princeton
Trenton
Jes
Jordan
Springfield
Myra Jordan
Geneva
Switzerland
Patti Sankee
Mackinac
Mich
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Charles
Lucile Paragham
Clyde Patterson
Charles Jacquemin
Mary Hall
Ford Atzenweiler
Lizzia Town
Billy Patrick
Mary Jo
Chester Peebler
Mildred Elliot
Harold Leach
Michigan
Frank Leach
Commercial Hotel
J. Weeks
H. V. Weeks
Foster
Andy Luce
Jenkins Cottage
Roy Underwood
Holton
Paul Hannum
Craig
John Craig
Williamstown Church
Floyd Wray
Graig
Williamstown
Ottawa University
Rochester
Bailey's Beach
Newport
Vincent Astor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Valerie Graham
Alex Fusel
Eleanor Brounough
Housekeeping
Altho
Evening Star
W. G. Martinez
Mass
Journal-World
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