Carved Designs by Sidney Endacott at Roberts Home
Lawrence note about the J N Roberts stone mansion at Thirteenth and Massachusetts. Sidney Endacott, then 17, designed carvings for mantels and walls after being commissioned by General Roberts in 1894. Endacott later modeled life sized crucifixes and statues in London churches. he died in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law- Phos
J. N. Roberts
Thirteenth
Massachusetts Streets
Lawrence
Roberts
Sidney Endacott
Will
Frank Endacott
General Roberts
England
Europe
London Art Journal
Chatham
London
St. Augustine
English Woman Thanks Lawrence Friends for Generous Money Gifts
Miss Kitty Werner receives two gifts of money from Phoebe G. Prentice of Birkenhead, thanking Lawrence area friends for help to buy clothing for bombed and sick children. The Birkenhead and Wirral Inva lid Children's association says raids have caused distress and the gifts support relief work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
England
Kitty Werner
A. J. Mix
Phoebe G. Prentice
Birkenhead
Birkenhead and Wirral
Maud C Jackson Discusses New Markets for Writers
Mrs Maud C Jackson wife of Andrew Jackson of Lawrence writes in Writer s Monthly about shifts in the literary market over the past decade. She notes the disappearance of leading magazines and the rise of new types offering markets for writers including trade journals mystery western and romantic magazines and radio serials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Writer’s Monthly
Maud C. Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Lawrence
Mrs. Jackson
Tulip and Narcissus Bulbs Planting Timing Effects
Dr. R C Allen of Cornell reports that bulb planting date changes stem length in tulips and narcissus. January planting yields longer stems than later dates with progressively shorter blooms. May lifted bulbs show limited flowering, while June digs flower normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Allen
Cornell University
Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women Convenes in Emporia
The twenty third annual Kansas Federation convention in Emporia June 8 to 10 focused on defense and You. With 425 attendees the event installed new officers including Daisy Herriott and Lula Baum, and approved amendments to the federation constitution. Proceeds from colored tile plates support Mobile kitchens for England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Emporia
Emporia Club
White
New
Civic Auditorium
William Allen White
Joe Rolston
Margaret Hickey
St. Louis
National Education
Coronado
Broadview Hotel
R. H. Turner
Independence
Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs
The
Kansas Federation
Daisy Herriott
Carden City
Lula K. Baum
Leavenworth
Eva Gunkle
Sadie A. Flynn
Hutchinson
Ethel Colyer
Council Grove
Minnie Bonnell
Atchison
Kansas Business Woman
Seneca
Lawrence
Lakin
LaCrosse
Meade
Phillipsburg
Seon
Kansas
United States
California
Illinois
England
Federation
Esther Leigh
Hazel Anderson
Lawrence Club
Dot B. McDaniel
Wichita
Special Foods for Fathers Day He-Man Banquet Menu
Women plan a masculine Father’s Day feast featuring broiled steak with fried onions, French fries, peas, celery, radishes, old fashioned Maryland strawberry short cake, and coffee. Desserts include a Raspberry and Pineapple Supreme and a traditional strawberry short cake from Maryland’s Eastern Shore with short bread biscuits, berries, and whipped cream.
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Dad
Father
Maryland
Oscar L. Morris
Salisbury
Sunday Menu Highlights Include Breakfast and Dinner
Sunday's menu lists breakfast with raspberries dry whole wheat cereal a jelly omelet toast coffee and milk. Father's day dinner features tomato juice broiled steak fried onions French fried potatoes peas radishes celery Maryland short cake coffee and milk. Supper includes cold cuts mixed vegetables salad hot rolls relishes jam apple pie cheese tea and milk.
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Maryland
Molded Dishes for Warm Days Please Family's Appetite
Molded cold dishes offer nutrition at low cost with a party look and hot weather advantage. Recipes include Molded Macaroni Loaf, Ham Loaf With Mashed Sweet Potato Frosting, and Crow Nest or Raspberry Pudding by Nellie Banks Route 6. Serve chilled and ready for meal time.
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Nellie Banks
Fried Chicken Maryland Step by Step Frying
Cut chicken into pieces and dip in beaten egg with water then roll in seasoned flour. Brown in hot fat, cover, and cook slowly until tender. Remove chicken and make cream gravy in the pan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Knowl edge Hill social notes recount visits and travels
Residents of Knowl edge Hill share Sunday and weekend visits. L L Dimick and family visited EF Dimick in Wichita. Mrs Dimick returned from Rio Grande Valley to see Rev Joyner and family. Local families including Wilsons Silkeys Bakers Murphy Jane way Thiry Malones and Siler are noted with various visits and gatherings.
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L. L. Dimick
Wichita
Dimick
EF. H. Dimick
Lloyd Dimick
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Tom Joyner
Mr. Joyner
Herbert Wilson
Jack
M. E. Stewart
Carl Silkey
Willian
Edward
Donald
Warner
Knowledge Hill Community News Roundup
Local residents share visits and illnesses. Names include Malone Cox Burns Johns and many others from Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City. The Knowledge Hill group met June 11 with Ethelyne Burns winning a contest and a June 25 gathering planned.
Local News Roundup of Visits and Travel in Black Jack
Miss Gladys Waters spends two weeks vacation with her father Co Waters. Mrs Eunice Hammond York of Erwin Pa visits Floyd Kalb Ralph and Lester and stays with Grace Hays. Miss Elizabeth Pearson travels to Topeka for a farewell to nephew Robert Dister before his draft call, returning Monday afternoon. Mrs Nettie Scott visits Emporia to see daughter Wilma Workman. Mr Workman and children join. Mr Scott Bessie Jones Gene Kalb and Jessie Strickler from California drive to Emporia. Scott returns with them. Mr and Mrs R I Kalb and three daughters attend Worden church children's day, then join Elmer and Mrs Wintermantle for sociable visit and dinner. 4 H girls meet Tuesday with
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Waters
Co. Co. Waters
Eunice Hammond York
Erwin
Floyd Kalb
Ralph
Lester
Grace Hays
Elizabeth Pearson
Topeka
Robert Dister
Workman
Mr. Scott
Bessie Jones
Gene Kalb
Jessie Strickler
California
Emporia
Scott
R. I. Kalb
Worden
Elmer Wintermantle
Local Society Notes Highlight Meetings and Visits
Mrs Harvey Rew led sewing lessons as the Farm Bureau met with Mrs Tillie Davis for an all day session. The Ladies club hosted Lucille Neis and Gladys Waters spoke on women’s work in Arkansas. Numerous dinners and visits followed at various homes including the Trusheims, Rice family, and Van Tries household. A bridal shower for Geraldine ONeill is planned June 19 at Iris ONeill’s home. Edna Cavender attends summer school in Emporia while others attend Bible school in Wellsville. Suburbs note high subscriber readership of the classified page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Rew
Farm Bureau
Tillie Davis
Ladies’ Club
Lucille Neis
Gladys Waters
A. D. van Tries
Alfred
Billy Sheppard
Walter Parsons
Herbert Brown
Brown
Parsons
Charles Vaughn
Lulu Rohe
Cyril Rohe
Ida van Tries
Nora
Irene van Tries
Vint Trusheim
Drew
Ner
Cliff Rice
Ales Rice
M. D. Ballard
A Hays
Kansas City
Geraldine O'Neil
Iris O Neill
Jerry Rice
Trusheim
J. C
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Clarence M. Hogg
Elma Carey
Hogg
Pittsburg
Mr. Hogg
Holton
Kansas State Teachers College
Mayetta
Potawatami Indian Reservation
Swanson
Gloria Swanson
P. W
NEA Service, Inc
T.M._REG U.S. Pat. GFF
Young Blodgett
Turkey
Sara Belge
Fifth Avenue
Ankara
Knowledge Hill
H. Wellington Koo
Great Britain
Lisbon
New York
Walter Malone
Martin
Patsy
Jess Wright
Idella Cox
Canary Home
Canary
Peggy Malone
George Brown
Oskaloosa
Harold Skeets
Gary
Leonard Milligan
South Haven
Glenn Colburn
Baker Murphy
Richard
Olathe
Will Thiry
Helen Transue
Donna Cox
Lewis Eastman
Will Rice
Emily Jane Yount
Arkansas City
H. O. Burns
Ethelyne
J. F. Morgan
John
Ardell Weeks
Calvin
E. H. Dimick
Ethelyne Burns
Leonard Pulse
Bill Hutchinson
Jack Kelsey
J. W. Rice
Burns
Olson
Earl Janeway
John Morgan
E Alright
Tory Service
Jayhawk
Vermont
E. W. Young
Merchants of Goon
Ed Young
Wall Street
Electric Company
Kansas Electric Power CO
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