First Recreation Hour at KU Summer Session
The KU summer session opens with a 230 p.m. recreation hour by Potter's Lake under Manager Hamilton and Miss Pratt. Activities include volleyball, outdoor baseball, and swimming with Jimmie Knowles aiding. Guards will be Bus Jensen and Stem Foster. Evening gatherings to be held daily. last year’s events were successful.
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K. U
Potter’s Lake
W. C. Hamiton
Miss. Pratt
Jimmie Knowles
Bus Jensen
Stem Foster
Hamilton
Freckles fade with lemon juice and Orchard White
Squeeze juice from two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a cheap face lotion. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes producing clear soft white skin. Harmless according to advertisement.
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Adv
Red Cross event funds and society notes in Kansas town
The column details a Red Cross auction closing with more than $100 raised, musical performances by Mrs. Geo Dews and readings by Mrs. Willis Colman and Mrs. J A R Colman, duets by Mrs. Armstrong and companions, and a Hoover supper. It then details social gatherings at Lake View, a Kansas City wedding for Miss Hazelle Dunn and Lieut Elwood Washburn, missionary work by Rieta Mull, a shower for Miss Maybeth Parker, and various engagements, parties, and birth announcements across Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Collins
May Armstrong
Wm. Allison
Red Cross
Geo. Dews
Willis Colman
J A. R.’ Colman
Washburn-Dunn
Hazelle Dunn
Kansas City
Elwood G. ‘Washburn
Topeka
E. G. Gill
Washburn
Theta Taus
K. U
Benjamin Harrison
Funston
South Carolina
Canning and Drying Tips From War Garden Expert
U S Department of Agriculture guidance urges using electric fans to dry vegetables and fruits to aid wartime food conservation. Free canning and drying booklet available with a two cent stamp. Instructions cover cherry prep, syrup ratios, jar sealing, and storage, plus drying methods for damp climates.
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National War Garden Commision
Washington, D.C
National War Garden Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lawrence Lodge to Work in Second Degree Tonight
Lawrence Lodge No. 4 F and A M will conduct work in the second degree this evening. Ladies of the lodge are crafting three new foreign flags for the post office, increasing the collection to five. Mrs. Lloyd Ware assembles the Japanese and Canadian flags, Miss Sadie Dorsey sews the French flag, with two existing flags completed by Mrs. T. H. Chalkley and Mrs. Winifred Newemit.
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Lawrence
Post Office
Lloyd Ware
Sadie Dorsey
T. H. Chalkley
Winifred Newemit
Italian Banner Flown for War Entrance Anniversary
Flags were displayed on national and other holidays at the post office, with the Italian banner used about three weeks earlier at the government’s request to honor the third anniversary of Italy’s entrance into the war.
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Italy
Caterpillar Plagues and Birds Consume Vast Food
A passage notes caterpillars as voracious feeders and records a robin in captivity needing fifty earthworms daily. It cites a naturalist observing a pair of European jars whose brood ate about half a million caterpillars in a season, illustrating intense appetites in nature.
First large rail power station fueled by locomotive cinders
Frankfort on the Main Germany has completed what is claimed as the first large railroad power station operated entirely on locomotive cinders. Three dollars are spent by automatic stokers to burn cinders alone or with coal dust. Cinders are moved by a traveling electric crane into the boiler room. Steam from this fuel drives turbines to generate electricity for the station’s light and power systems.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany
Popular Mechanics Magazine
In Closing Out Our Line of Paints Bargains
In closing out our line of paints we offer several bargains at City Drug Store. Readily available colors and finishes are advertised, with savings emphasized for a limited time. Visit City Drug Store to see the selection and pricing.
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City ‘Drug Store
How Birds Roost In One Foot A Bitcoin Of Folklore
The piece notes that birds roost on one leg, folding the other against the body to balance weight and keep steady. Borelli is cited on tendon firmness as if a nail drives through foot and perch, preventing rocking in wind. Uncle Eben adds a quip about fault finders pleasing others.
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Borelli
Longevity of Customs and Lord Forester Hat Privilege
The London Chronicle notes the long lasting etiquette of hat wearing in royal presence. Lord Forester, fifth baron, had an ancestor favored by King Henry, granted leave to wear his hat in the king's presence. The Forester family, originally from Watling Street, managed the Wrekin forest.
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Lord Forester
Hal
Watling Street
Wrekin Forest
London
Chronicle
Heavy Cost of Malaria In United States
Malaria causes significant economic loss in the United States with estimates at not less than 100 million dollars over two years. The annual malaria case count is believed to be around 1.5 million, reflecting widespread health and economic impact.
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United States
Visiting J Leon Metcalf and Eldorado family
The notice mentions J Leon Metcalf of Eldorado visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J De Metcalf. It also advertises a closeout of Dry Miner Paint at cost with odds and ends in the paint line at less than cost at City Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Shimmons
Junction City
J. Leon Metcalf
Eldorado
J.de Metcalf
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Jesse L Lasky
Vivian Martin
Viviette
Wiliam J. ‘Locke
Paramount Picture
Bray
Alice Brady
Fischer
Mr. Foster
THE
National ‘School OF
Otto, Fischer
W. J. Gilmore
Ed Kline
Mildred Gilmore
Eleanor Blanche Kline
Winfield
Kansa
Dainee
Lawrence Boys
Woodland Park
A. M. Kihmis
Detroit
Mich
T. G. Fitch
B. B. Power
Seattle
Wash
E. F. Caldwell
J. L. Kilworth
Kanwaka Literary Club
August Benson
George Emmett
Lake View
Rieta’Mull
Grant Mull
Alabama
Miss Mull
Lincoln Normal
Lorene Stevens
Maybeth Parker
Hugh Peet
DeLuth
Minn
Mabel Schaeffer
Honolulu
Mrs
Otto Barteldes
Miss Schaeffer
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Mrs. Barteldes
Red Rose ‘Club
E. J. Parker
Maybeth
Hugh E. Peek
Minnesota
Miss Parker
Lawrence High School
Atchison High School
Peek
Frank Roberts
Methodist Church
Nickolson
Ed. Klein
Wilcox
Jessie E. Farley
W. O. Flory
Vermont Street
iTea
Alice Guenther
Miss Kat Church
Aatherine Fogarty
Ant
Friendship Club
Scherzo Club
Mantie Sirpless
Warren Henley
Jane Muriel
Justine Dalton
Barbara Barteldes
Joyce’ Bleck
Jean McKean Maurine Browning
Kathleen Asher
Mary Perkins
Martha Meade
Dorothy Lou Perkins
Dorothea Simons
Otto Barteldes, Jr
Gifford Earl
Kate Caldiwell
Eudora
Ruth Gordon
Vipland
Edith Ernst
F. W. Mattoon
Edith Mattoon
Excelsior Springs
Grace Finch
Lincoln,Nebraska
A. A. Stanford
R. D. Elise
C. C. Pickard
Dora Elizabeth
Jean
Salt Lake City
W.W. Russ
Otto Fischer
Kansas’ City
Bill Linton
Wichita
Ed. Martindale
D. I. Maggaed
U.S. Did't
Agfu
Jrb
By Laura Bulfuin
Lawrence Lodge
Massachusetts
Diana Manners
Duke of Rutland
England
Guy's Hospital
Diana
France
Stretton
Wey
Uncle Eben
Beste: & Roberts
Mass
Barber's Drug ‘Store
Wolf’s Book Store
Printzess
Newmark’'s
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