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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1910
Page
4
An ad notes Mrs. Prentiss's Home Store at 907 Tennessee Street selling garden and flower seeds including pansies. Separately, Miss Laura Topham will lead a Summer School program for 6th 7th and 8th grades at Quincy School starting Monday June 14 at 9 a.m.
A menu lists strawberry chocolate vanilla brown bread reach and Kerry ice cream varieties. The ad claims The taste tells at Wiedemann's, indicating a focus on dessert flavors and brand names without context.
Lawrence Pantatorium advertises specialized cleaning and pressing for distinguished clients. Agent listed as American Hat Works located at 12 West Warren.
The Wichita Eagle reports that a Kansas geography reader from 1907 omits the state name except on the cover and map. The text describes a cattle grazing belt east of the Rocky Mountains, cowboys, and long-hard winters, with emphasis on grazing rather than crops like wheat or corn in that section.
Spokane Review reports Miss Lisle Dunning, a noted local musician, crafts a violin entirely by hand, showcasing a woman’s skill and intellect. After a year of meticulous shaping, she produces a perfect instrument prized for tone and playability, later gifting one to her first music teacher Lucile DuPre of Denver. Dunning emphasizes eye and ear over formulas, warning that improper glue use or overzealous carving ruins resonance, and notes that the craft, once male dominated, now welcomes woman builders.
Chicago Record-Herald reports a Tuesday morning session at the School of Domestic Arts and Sciences where women gathered to see summer dishes demonstrated. The event became an informal exchange of cookery ideas as attendees sampled the results.
In a lesson at the School for Domestic Arts and Sciences Miss J Ruth Hagerty demonstrates veal prep and cooking times while Mrs Marvin Hughitt and Mrs Henry Jennings Smith join in with tips. Advice covers searing, stock simmering, batter beating to avoid air holes, using correct flours, turning with a spoon, and preheating ovens for even baking.
Spokane craftsman Charles Carr, a Spokane blacksmith, plans an aeromobile flight at Five Mile prairie on the fifth of July aiming for 200 miles per hour. His design uses four twin-bladed fan-like propellers for lift and thrust, rotating toward the flight direction, with an aeroplane engine as motive power. A large single plane may serve as a parachute if the engine fails, while the blades provide propulsion. Carr notes the mechanism mirrors how birds or pigeons twist to catch air, reducing resistance during recovery. He has a small model ready and will build a full machine with aluminum castings and oiled silk covered fans prior to a full-scale test.
Former Kansan Jim Goodwin wrote and published his own wedding notice in Washington. He is Tow Editor of the Pig Bend Outlook at Amira and sent copies of the write up to friends, reflecting a humorous, self documented ceremony.
The county reports the marriage of Jim Goodwin and Letha Mitchell on April 6 at the groom’s sister’s home in Magical Lake. Rev E C Scott officiated in Wilbur with a small group present. The couple plans to settle near Letha’s Almira home and are noted as both born in Kansas between 1870 and 1885.
A New York woman recounts meeting a Countess who, after years abroad, speaks with a mishmash of accents. At a Kaiserspark breakfast, the countess offers half French replies while a New York doctor quips about forgetting her native tongue. The scene ends with the countess speaking entirely in American English.
Lawrence Business College runs a summer session throughout the season with regular coursework and special instruction in penmanship spelling arithmetic and bookkeeping offered to students.
William Bayard Hale visits Taft at the White House for days of observation and talks, producing a candid portrait that reframes the President’s sincerity and duties. The June World's Work excerpt stresses Taft’s clarity, cheerfulness, and steady resolve despite criticism and misperceptions.
A compact set of cautions and best practices for handling prized volumes. It warns against dropping books, turning leaves with dirty or damp hands, folding corners, pulling from shelves by the top binding, stressing opening routines, and dusting with unsuitable tools. The guide stresses careful handling to preserve pages and bindings.
Instructional notes warn on handling library books and keeping them dry and clean. A local debate questions if girls in Lawrence should assist in a Fourth of July celebration amid safety concerns voiced by a boy who lost a foot to a cannon cracker accident.
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