Moore party sets sail for South Seas treasure quest
Mr and Mrs James P Moore of 1644 New Hampshire St plan a two year voyage to locate sunken Spanish galleons near the West Indies and ambergris off New Zealand. Their yacht Stortebecker, a 54 foot oak vessel built in Germany, will be crewed by relatives and friends as they sail to Bermuda Tahiti Pago Pago and other Pacific locales in search of wealth and adventure.
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West Indies
Cocos Island
Indian Ocean
New Zealand
South Sea Islands
James
FP. Moore
New Hampshire Street
New York
Ms. Moore
Lawrence
Mr. Moore
James P. Porteus
Harry Wilson
Linton Rigg
Germany
Semblich
Southhampton
Spain
Rhode Island
Moore
Princeton
Mediterranean
Rigg
Phil
Greece
America
New England
Bahamas
Silver Bank
Porto Rico
Honolulu
Tahiti
Architage
Pago Pago
American Samoa
British Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
India
Ocean voyage water plan boosts ship’s supply
Mr Moore aims to forestall water shortages by adding a 150 to 200 gallon tank to the existing 250 gallon reservoir. Food stocks will be refreshed, hot water added, and water diluted with five gallons as needed. Garden tips advise pinching back cosmos, growing chrysanthemums, and deep watering to six inches.
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Moore
Shares Honor With Sister at Tea Given in Chicago
Mrs. Emma Welch and her sister Miss Nancy Longenecker were honored at a tea hosted by Miss Reta Benton and sisters Kate and Julia Benton at Benton Gardens on Blackstone avenue. The event featured tours of the gardens and a view of the Benton home’s antique treasures, with guests including Mrs. H. A. Millis and daughter Charlotte. Longenecker received an Italian leather purse. guests received cape jasmines boutonnières.
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Emma Welch
Nancy Longenecker
Reta Benton
Kate
Julia Benton
Benton Gardens
Blackstone Avenue
Miss Longenecker
Chicago
Lake Park Avenue
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Miss Benton
Miss Lengenecker
Benton
Gardening in June Tips for blooms and protection
June gardening advice covers pinching back thriving annuals like larkspur snapdragon and marigold to promote bushy growth. Provide chicken wire or string netting for sweet peas and use semi shade in hot weather. Remove spent blooms, pin Dahlia tubers after growth starts to two strong shoots, watch for red spider and treat with water wash dusting sulphur or glue solution.
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Centro
Way to a Man's Heart and Cherry Cobbler Recipes
This clipping provides two fruit dessert preparations and a jam. A cherry preserves method uses a wide pan, sugar, and gentle simmering to create a bright red, mild flavored preserve. It includes cherry, sugar, lemon, flour, water and butter directions. The Cherry Cobbler combines cherries and a crust batter baked until brown, with milk eggs and spices. Gooseberry Jam outlines selecting berries cooking with water sugar cinnamon cloves and salt until thick, then sealing jars.
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R. E. Richardson
Tenn, St
T.K. Boyd
Eudora
Making Sandwiches for Summer Afternoons Now
Summer sandwiches ideas for cold drinks include mayonnaise with anchovy paste, olives, and red pepper. Tips cover thin toast, olive oil toast with spreads, varied shapes, parsley or watercress garnish, tomato sandwiches with cream cheese, and chilling tomatoes for best flavor. Use sparing mayonnaise to avoid heaviness.
The Aim of Education Beyond Living Business
The piece argues education should nurture the spirit and ideals, not just train minds and bodies. It critiques overemphasis on earnings, health, and efficiency, urging cultivation of imagination, emotions, conduct, and high ambitions for a fuller life.
Washing tips for removing rust color from pressed fabric
A reader suggests lemon and salt mixed to lift rust color from a garment that was pressed with too hot an iron. The method involves holding the material over steam while the mixture is applied.
Fat Draining Method and Reuse Guidance
Fat should be drained through cheese cloth before storage to remove all food particles. After draining, the fat can be reused repeatedly for future cooking.
Children’s Day Observed at United Brethren Church
Mrs Orville McCall and daughter Ivalou and Betty Jane Traxler returned from Kansas City where they visited relatives. Children’s day was observed at United Brethren church on Sunday morning June 17 with songs audience exercises and a piano solo by Alta and Alice Burns and Alta Richardson.
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Orville McCall
Ivalou
Betty Jane Traxler
Kansas City
Bride of Lawrence Man of the serious illness of his father
WV D McClanahan, agent for the state department of inspections and registrations, spent last week in Leavenworth looking after the state's interests. Mr McClanahan spent the week at his home in Lecompton. A B Conner of Lawrence was a guest of J E Shirek Friday while Mrs Conner and Mrs Shirek attended the W C A Institute at the home of Mrs J W Kreider. Helen Leslie has returned home from Perry where she visited her grandmother Mrs Fannie Plummer and her aunt Miss Nellie Plummer. Mr and Mrs Dave McCall of Topeka visited friends and trans acted business in Lecompton Friday. Henry Walters transacted business in Lawrence Monday morning.
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R. C. Eiehmar
State Department
Leavenworth
McClanahan
Lecompton
A. B. Conner
Lawrence
JE. Shirek
J. W. Kreider
Helen Leslie
Perry
Fannie’ Plummer
Nellie Plummer
Dave McCall
Topeka
Henry Walters
Charles Worley
Joseph Stauffer
Billy Morris
Daisy Folks
Alta
Alice Burns
Elaine Banks
Arlene Sims
Frances Richardson
Geraldine Holloway
Helen Banks
Maxine Maust
Lara Holloway
Marie Cottrell
Doris Holloway
Buddy Weidler
Louis Sales
Be Like
Jesus
Elizabeth Ann Morris
My Bunny
George Lasswell
Phyllis Martin
David Wood
Pegeee
Eileen
Ruby
Maxine Glenn
Doris
Joseph
Lester Stauffer
Lizzie Watts
Quenemo
Frank Watts
Agnes Laptad
W. J. Cramer
Cramer
Conner
J. 5. Shirek
Lillian Hartup
Mankle
Mary Brass
Nora Cummings
Violet Presgrove
Mary Maust
Emma Holloway
Winnie Sehon
Anna Baughman
Kreider
Jessie Wood
Frank Wright
Arthur Wright
Pilot Grove
Edward McClanahan
Margaret Young
H. W. Short
Frank
Maywood
Ill
J. E. Shirek
Lawrence Manfle
Madge
Marilyn
Marvin Mankle
Ruth Bahnmaier
Marion Lasswell
W. H. Glenn
Dick Murphy
Stull
Methodist Ladies Aide Society
Emma Ballard
Aid Society Fund
Leonard Williams
Leo Dean
Pleasant Grove
George Haines
Lecompton Rural
Liberty Life Insurance Company
Tulles
E. M. Basler
Marian Harmon
G. L Glenn
Rosemary
Howard Eichman
Westphalié
Local church program and community notices in Lecompton
The notes cover a church program with vocal solos duets and a chorus, new members joining after services, and activity by the Junior Girl Scouts and W C T U. Also included are visitors, family visits, summer plans, club meetings, officer elections, and upcoming marriages in Lecompton and surrounding areas.
McLouth Edmonds mark preacher birthday with church lawn feast
The Edmonds Sunday school surprised their superintendent on his birthday with a meal on the lawn at Ralph Edmonds home. About 16 families attended with baskets filled for a community dinner. The WCTU held its annual June picnic on the church lawn with a devotional led by Rev. Wilbur Williams.
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Edmonds
Ralph Edmonds
Leo Larkin
Topeka
Wm. Edmonds
Margaret Fowler
Clyde Blossom
Emporia
Mackie Taylor
Lansing
Mamie Ridgway
Floyd Brown
Oceanside
Calif
Brown
McAferty
Minneapolis
Church of the Brethren
Wilbur Williams
B. M. Hall
L.L. Hotchkiss
Kansas City
Sam Miller
Walter Thompson
Lyman Webb
Irvan
Tex
Williamstown
Kan
Ella Webb
Claude
Bud Blair
Texas
Edmonds Christian Endeavor
van Garrett
Grant Woodhead
Pat Noel
Spokane
Washington
Estle Chapman
Rankin Woodhead
OG. A. Lentz
Florine
Walter Ressmeyer
Leavenworth
W. Brown
Grandma Dark
McLouth
Edna Mae Dick
LaVera Florine Lentz
California
Dick Home
Natal
Betty Umholtz
Betty Aster
Dorothy
Wilma Ashworth
Shirley Jean
Patty Lew Shoemaker
Betty Mae Williams
Maryline Casebier
Betty Mac Lange
Mavis Richardson
Liza Lew Black
Arlene Nichols
Margaret Steeper
Winifred Kimmell
Jean Luce
Betty Emerson
Hesper People Attend Pittsburg College Graduates
Mr and Mrs Roger Stanley and daughters Berenice and Lois Jean with Harold Gabriel travel to Pittsburg for Pittsburg college graduation exercises. Lindley Stanley is in the graduating class. Lindley will stay for the summer session. Irene Neis to teach Hesper school next year. Eunice Hill and her father M C Hill are home for the summer. Mrs Alvin Gabriel underwent major surgery in Lawrence and is improving at home with help from Gus Gabriel and family. James Rush and daughter Hattie attended Lawrence graduation with Grob family. Rev David Johnson and family stay in Starr house near Roscoe school. Johnson is assistant pastor at Grandview Park Presbyterian church. Much credit to Mrs Elden Votaw, Berenice Stanley and Alma Votaw for their work.
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Roger Stanley
Berenice
Lois Jean
Harold Gabriel
Pittsburg
Pittsburg College
Lindley Stanley
Lindley
Irene Neis
Wellsville
Hesper
Eunice Hill
Wichita
M. C. Hill
California
Alvin Gabriel
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Earnest Milburn
Gabriel
Gus. Gabriel
Gayle
Galen
Doris Dean
Carl Grob
Marion Wotan
Douglas County
James Rush
Hattie
Grob
David Johnson
David
Stanley
Star‘tha
Jean
Mary Jane
Kansas City
Kaw
Starr House
Roscoe School
Sunday School and Community Picnic Noted in Local Report
The article describes a well attended Sunday school program for Children’s Day. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Luther Klopfenstein and families, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Klopfenstein, and others visiting in Olathe. A Pearson family reunion and picnic occurred on M C Hill lawn with Dr and Mrs Walter Pearson, Ralph Pearson and son Charles, and several relatives. Additional gatherings feature Blanche Votaw visiting her parents in Kan sas City and other local social visits.
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Luther Klopfenstein
Larry
Bobby
Stanley Klopfenstein
W. F. Rarper
Olathe
Pearson
M. Tc. Hill
Walter Pearson
Ralph Pearson
Charles
Matthew Pearson
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Tanger
Bride of Lawrence Man
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Fabs
Kansas
Yrtle Dixon
Vernon
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Carl Bergstrom
Don
Charley ‘Hill
Eunice
Albert Cobb
Raymond
Clay Linden
Alice
Richard
Ed Grab Ated
Anna Hill
Blanche Votaw
Bell Memorial Hospital
Irwin Votaw
Varsity
Foot of
Vermont
Bireley
Avance Cleaner
Indstrom
Lawrence Steam Laundry
Denia Theatre
Snack Nook
Ickinnoy Theatre Central Produce Co
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