Summer Life in Lawrence in the Early 1900s
Elfriede Fischer Rowe recalls Lawrence summers prior to air conditioning with children cooling indoors at midday, playing mud ball, jacks and mumble peg, canoe races on Kaw River, street parades, the Air Dome shows, and open streetcars on the Loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kaw River
Brick Yard
Potter Lake
Lakeview Club
Ohio Street
Blue River Canoe Club
Kansas City
Kentucky
Driving Park
Mall
23Rd Street
Vermont
Ford Motor Company
Loop
Eighth
Massachusetts Streets
Mississippi Street
Jerry Ewers
Patee
Excise Tax Cut Details Consumer Benefits and Timelines
Washington AP outlines consumer angles of the new excise tax reduction bill. It cites $4.6 billion in savings, about $10 billion in new national output, and potential price declines 0.3 to 1 percent in July with further drops later. Automatic passing of savings is not guaranteed, but many manufacturers plan price cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Reno Kent HDU Hosts Lesson On Party Foods
Tuesday meeting at Reno Kent HDU featured Mrs June Hagenbuch teaching party foods. Many members attended including Lillian Slawson Essie Higginbotham Elise Grinter Betty Frost Mary Jane Grinter Emily Dunker Fredia Reitz and others plus numerous children. Several local families and guests visited or hosted over the weekend with Kansas City and Topeka addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Hdu
June Hagenbuch
Lillian Slawson
Essie Higginbotham
Elise Grinter
Betty Frost
Mary Jane Grinter
Emily Dunker
Fredia Reitz
Helen Lindel
Wilma Baird
Madge Torneden
Arline Wedel
Vickie Wedel
Lori
Lyn Hagenbuch
Larry
Lyle Hagenbuch
Mark
Jennifer Grinter
Duane Torneden
Knob Noster
Arnold Torneden
Chuck Rockhold
Lawrence
Joe Coleman
Lee Hook
Kansas City
Kan
Ira Higginbotham
George Bolin
Childdren
Grace Coleman
Lawrence Peet
Brenda
Elizabeth
Mike Frost
Gary Black
Keith Higginbotham
Judi DeVore
Jane
Ottawa
Barbara
Jan Kaiser
Topeka
Othal Wiley
Herbert Pearson
Fannie Pearson
Ed Korb
Tom Arnold
Independence
Mary Arnold
John Grinter
Truman Grinter
Tom Arnolds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elfriede Fischer Rowe
Clarence Stevens
Joe Bishop
Ben Carman
Weyermiller
Sam Maffett
Frank Benedict
George Savage
Momus
van Goessen
Massachusetts Street
Miller’s Grove
Miller
East 19Th
Leo Ellers
Buck
Arcade Glee Club
Woodward’s Corner
Round Corner
Eldridge House
Bailey Hall
Robinson Gymnasium
Robinson
A. T. Walker
Jas. E
Ladies Aid Society
Reno
Midwest
Douglas County
Jack Garvey
Hammond Organ Studio
Missouri
H & Michigan
Lawrence Movies
Rileys
Janet Margolin
Brad Dexter
Larry Storch
San
Natalie Wood
Steve McQueen
Pius
Peppermint Park Kiddieland
Hillcrest Shopping Center
de Lous Cocow
Heey
Vass
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