Ottawa and Kansas City Outings Share Society Notes
A long list of Ottawa and Kansas City trips from local society, with Miss Georgia Kensy visiting Eugene Oregon hosted by Miss Evelyn Strong. Several dancing, tea and picnic events at homes and farms, plus club meetings, birthdays, and a Fort Riley dance attendance by local girls and officer cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Ashton
Arline Griffith
Georgia Kensey
Eugene
Oregon
Evelyn Strong
Local Social News and Campus Events in Lawrence
Sun visits with Miss Pience Biggs in Salina. Music club hosts tea for Mrs. Olin Bell and Mrs. George Putnam at 1002 Tennessee Street. K U summer school hosts a dance at Kappa Sig with numerous names listed. Military and visiting figures travel through Lawrence including Dr Harold R Teed and others. Various residents and guests are noted with several trips to cities like Fort Riley Fort Monroe St. Louis Los Angeles and Des Moines. The outdoors and Kodak supplies mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Club
J. A. Farrell
Tennessee’ Street
Olin Bell
Muncie
Ind
George Putnam
St. Louis
Harold R. Teed
Lawrence
Fort Riley
Fort Monroe
Norfolk
School of Engineering
The
University
Coast Artillery
W. E. Sayre
Kansas City
Earl Patterson
Melbourne
M. E. _Fulerwider
Iola
Gaylord Meyers
M. J. Wells
St. Joe
May Sellards
Greeley
Colo
George Ware
Shawnee Camp
Grandview
Ada B. Cressman
la Harp
Nellie Nourdine
Helen Becker
Dejlyth
Minn
Beulah Stewart
Baldwin
Hiawatha
Walter Stevens
Erna Krebs
Floy Lightfoot
Bonner Springs
Jack Lightfoot
W . Kelly
Winnemaca
Nevada
J. H. Gibson
Luther Hayter
Des Moines
Iowa
Sessions
Robert McFarland
Reno
Nova
Evelyn Wilbur
Buck Creek
J. P. Wilbur
Anna Krebs
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
F.C. Mays
Boulder
Blanche Wiley
E. PF. Crites
Ottawa
J. H. Peterson
Florence E. Weise
Bridgeport
Conn
E. F. Weise
Grace Bennington
Wichiti
M. E. Henderson
Squires
Goethals Announces 34 Warship Additions Today
Major General Goethals announced plans to build ten steel merchant ships and twenty four wooden hull vessels, with delivery set in 118.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethals
Russia Active Again on Macedonian Front Signals
The report notes significant moves on the Macedonian front with a British withdrawal from eastern positions. It suggests an imminent offensive by General Sarrail in the Vardar area as Russian forces increase activity in Volhynia and Galicia and expand naval operations in the Baltic, prompting air raids on Russian bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarrail
Vardar
Volhynia
Galacia
Baltic
Berlin
Red Cross Literature Mail Privilege Extends to Rural Routes
Postmaster C C Seewir reports Washington has authorized rural carriers at Lawrence to distribute Red Cross literature free of postage. The Post Office Department circular of June 4 urges cooperation to disseminate Red Cross information on Douglas county routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Washington
C. C. Seewir
Douglas County
Mr. Seewir
Lawrence
Department
Shredded Wheat Biscuit Promises Easy Spring Energy
The advertisement touts Shredded Wheat Biscuit as a tonic that banishes kitchen work and preserves strength for spring and summer. It claims the whole wheat grain provides all nutritive elements with bran for healthy bowels and notes two biscuits with milk make a nourishing, inexpensive meal made at Niagara Falls New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Judson Clements Dies at 60 Former ICC Commissioner
Washington notes the death of Judson Clements a longtime member and former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. He served on the rate making body since 1892 and was aged 60. A Democrat appointed by President Cleveland, his passing was reported from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Judson C. Clements
Clements
Cleveland
British Air War Ramps Up Over France Amid New Tactics
Reports from London say British airmen push back German formations after the Messines fight. A British pilot, Captain Ball, allegedly destroyed four German planes in a daring raid 20 miles inside enemy lines, then returned with his craft heavily damaged from ground fire.
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Mrancve
London
Messines
Royal Plyice Corps
Ball
Building Cantonments Government Draws Contracts to Hold Own Expenses
The war department announced new contract terms for sixteen cantonments for the army. No overcharges are allowed and the maximum profit is fixed at 250000 dollars. The government will supervise and may terminate contracts. Construction aims for speed and minimizing waste. Contractors are paid expenses plus a percentage covering overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
One More Bullet For the War
Chicago reports 26 year old Adam Bullet, who avoided registration by claiming his name was unsuitable for a soldier, was arrested and forced to register as part of national wartime enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adam
Food Bill Faces Swift Passage but Sparks Price Warning
President Wilson pushes food bills in both houses with his direct appeal for immediate passage. A Wilson letter to Rep Borland warns opponents they will bear responsibility for rising food prices if bills fail. Senate debate postpones as support and opposition gear up for a clash. London reports British forces retreating in northern France but holding new positions. Local notices mention the Lawrence board meeting and civic notes.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Leverz
Borland
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Smith
Georgia
Gore
Oklahoma
New Corn Remover in Big Demand Says Druggists
Druggists report high demand for a corn remover described as a Japanese discovery. The product, applied to tender corn, instantly softens and removes the corn roots without cutting, paring, or irritation, promising safer, easier relief.
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Earle Williams
Ethel Gray Terry
PATHE
Valeska Suratt
Fischer
F. H. Roberts
Arlene Roberts
Catherine Watkins
Helen Powell
J. A. Benson
Edith Benson
Leland Benson
Georgia Woolfe
J. E. Fischer
N. N. Murphy
Maurine M. Murphy
Hazel Hall
Emma Penchard
Vera
May McCell
Addie
Fay Underwood
Jessie Ewing
Alta Smith
Frederica Rutherford
Eugenia Cory
Episcopal Auxiliary
Young Women’s Auxiliary of
Episcopal Church
Helen Pendleton
Bernice Rankin
Marion Henley
Curtis Strong
Strong Farm
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mothers League
Marvin
Lake View
L. N. Lewis
Hugh Means
Carl Friend
Helen Friend
B.C. Rankin
Laura Rankin
Ralph Spotts and Son
W. A. Guenther
Alice Guenther
S. J. Hunter
Geneva Hunter
Will Griesa
Matilda Smithmeyer
Eleanor Atkinson
Hester Jackson
Virginia Pendleton
Margaret Stubbs
Catherine Jackman
Lawrences Reading Club
Geo. Coghill
A. Becker
D. F. Brock
Alva B. Carter
George J. Carter, Jr
Ts. H. Gragg
Myrtle
Helen Gragg
Miss Gragg
Thos. Harley
Thomas Harley, Jr
Ella Hazen
T. F. Henderson
Benton Maret Henderson
J. B. Russell
W. H. Curtis
Naomi Curtis
A. H. Sluss
Alonzo Sluss
Imperial Auction
Imperial Auction Club
Fredericka Modder
Win. B. Dalton
Morley. Brown
Calhan
Colorado
Eustace Brown
Brown
Grace
Dorothy Bell
Mareel Finch
Dora Lockett
Hazel Skinner
Messrs
Carl Achring
Lawrence Hughes
Murry Griesa
Ladys Baker
Thore
Dorothy White
Mary Elizabeth Hosford
Laura Markley
Elda Miller
Elizabeth Pickard
Lela Ensign
Virginian
Bettie Sterling
la Ta
Marie Pulley
Grace Preyer
Loren Frink
Billie
Leoford Ferguson
Anna Markwell
Grimes
Dauhter Francis May
Topeka
J. (. Rutter
Paul Davis
Carnett
RC. Rutter
Mary
Esther
Foot
Treworgy
C. L. Rutter
France
Marguerite Reiniseh
Marion Smith
Ster
Officers Reserve Training Camp
H. T. Jones
Clara Coffin Cornish
Alburquerque
New Mexico
Cornishes
F. H. Smithmeyer
F. W. Blackmar
J. Gordon Gibb
Glen- Denning
Beard
Mary al, Jen
Alice Horton
Vicnic
Christian Church
Miss Echo Sparr
Lorena Gwin
Una Stockwell
Faye
Addie Underwood
Roy Lamb
Francisco
National Toilet Company
Hester and Roberts
LH. Frank
Peorise State Maun Pros
Kansas
BELL
Heatherbloom
Sun
Pience Biggs
Salina
K. U
Kappa Sig House
Marion Gray
Marcel Finch Rose
Mret Haworth
Josephine Schaffer
Irene Cutter
Alberta Mac
Muriel Strong
Hernan Meuffles
Foster Dennis
Charles Hope
George Hale
Richard Stodder
Cooper McMurry
One McPherson
Sam Atkinson
Paris
Lstely
Russia
OU8
Macedonian Front
Judson Clements
Royal Flying Corps
Palm Beach
Batiste
Newmark
Brit Ch
Board of Educational Administration
Daly
Ethel Mullins
McNish
Kan Sas
Nona Atkinson
Lilag Atkinson
St Louis, Mo
M. H. Dilloff
F. E. Jeni
Youngstown
Ohio
Ter
Massachusetts
Keser
Guilepien
Schulz
the Blacksmith
Vermont ST
Green
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