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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
4
A cluttered listing shows multiple churches at corners like Ninth and Ohio and Tenth and Vermont, with times for morning services, Sunday schools, and evening park meetings. It mentions United Baptist and Unitarian churches, Christian Science and Presbyterian notes, plus women’s groups and social gatherings.
A local society column notes visits by Justine Knight of Lenape to her aunt Mrs Manderson and family. It records other townsfolk residents visiting relatives including Earnest May of Lawrence, Ed Kline, and Mrs Ed Webb, who dies after a long illness with funeral arrangements noted.
Inspector Blair reports widespread roof drain connections to the sanitary sewer cause basement floods after rain. He notes ordinances fines up to 100 dollars are weak and will push for stronger enforcement. Blair plans to map misconnected drains citywide and present a solution to the city commissioners soon.
A fragmented local page notes a relief advertise ment for eczema from Cleary store in Cleveland Ohio and lists residents visiting Lawrence and Lone Star on Friday and Saturday. It records multiple calls at homes of Curtis Weisner Rothrock Ray son and others, wheat cutting by several men, and attendance at Sunday school and church events in Lone Star and nearby communities.
The Pleasant Valley community held a day program with Mr and Mrs A La Duke and family and many neighbors attending. Families and friends including the Jones, Curtis, Bond, and LaDuke households gathered for children's day and a Farmers Union event with a short program and ice cream. Visitors and residents shared harvest tasks, haying, and house farm work around Pleasant Grove and nearby farms.
Mrs. Belvor Hultz hosted visitors including Mrs Elle Bachelor and Fred Kampech or visited with Charley Houk and Frippeland families. The community attended the funeral of Roy Bahamier at Stull on Sunday. Multiple residents visited Lawrence and nearby towns for social and church activities, sewing for Red Cross, and aiding Emma Cummings at her home.
Wheat cutting will begin in this neighborhood with Will Jacobs starting on the Weisner place and Hibner place also slated. A grandson, Dudley Donald, was born to Grover Ulrich and his wife on Saturday June 8 weighing eight pounds. The article notes eclipse timing as a playful remark and mentions Mr. and Mrs. A E Puckett and others traveling to Overbrook to market cherries. Various social visits and farm tasks are recorded including haying with A L Williams helping Tra Rothrock and brief mentions of the Flory families.
An excerpted page fragment shows jumbled names and stray phrases from a social column. It references visitors and reports, mentions local figures like Mr Wilbur and Mr Eberhart, and includes motherly counsel about childrearing, patience, and courage. The tone imitates a community exchange note with editorial remnants.
A fragmentary collection of quotes discusses concentration in children, Montessori education, and sympathy as hindering spontaneous focus. It includes a dramatized line about a child's feet not touching the floor, plus a few unrelated advertisements and name changes. The text mixes aphorisms, classroom theory, and personal anecdotes without a single cohesive news event.
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