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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
3
A long, illustrated advert reaches for Velvetina Complexion Cream and Velvetine Face Powder as beauty secrets. The piece touts cleansing with warm water and a upwa Puree technique to refine pores, followed by a cream and powder routine. It names Ethel Mck, Lena Brot, and Reita Mull among users and mentions a social setting where tips and products are discussed.
Marriages unfold at Evangelical parsonage with brief turnout. Clara McGinnis and Louis Wulfkuhle plan North Lawrence home. Miss Margaret McElvin and Barton Myers wed in Liberty Missouri. Myers to study medicine in Berkeley. Ethel Ellis and Clarence Griffith wed. he heads to New York training school. Mrs. Griffith to stay in Lawrence during wartime. Musical evening honors Urbana guest Mrs. Blackwelder with faculty ensemble. England arrival telegraph confirms Captain Frank O. Gephart’s Sanitary Corps posting. Shower honors Una Stockwell ahead of June 29 wedding with Kreider. carpet rag sewing and light refreshments planned.
Little Dorothy Mergenmeier served as flower girl in a white organdie frock with a shepherdess basket of white sweet peas and white roses. Master Robert Andors carried the ring on a white satin cushion as Elizabeth O'Brien played Mendelssohn. The bride wore white satin and georgette with a baby breath veil and bouquet. After the ceremony, Miss Gertrude LaCoss sang I Love You Truly and a wedding dinner followed at the bride’s home before the couple departs for Seneca to make their home.
Miss Alice Spoor returns from Quenemo to visit sister Mrs Cameron Ol. Mrs. Richardson of Athens Ala. visits for a month with brother R. C. Fair then heads toward Kansas City. Country Club met at Mrs Anton Nirschl’s home with luncheon for guests including Mrs Roberts and others. Tonganoxie youths enlist at Jefferson Barracks. brother Charles also in the service. Alicia BicNaughton spends weekend with parents while attending summer school in Lawrence. Local residents drive to Kansas City for shopping and visits.
In Topeka the Military Sisterhood elected national and state officers. Miss Zoe Leis was named state mi signals officer and Mrs Addie Brown became national historian and state first vice president. The organization, formed from local women with military relatives, held its national setup meeting. Other officers include Mrs Lou Ida Martin of Topeka as president and Mrs Alice Wilson of Bethany Mo as first vice president, plus Des Moines and Oskaloosa members in key roles.
The Kansas Mil Sisterhood reports its aims and activities in war relief, stressing mutual aid and family support for soldiers. Hutchinson members wear an arm badge showing stars for service, with color changes denoting status from blue to red to gold as circumstances evolve.
A vintage advertisement touts mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint of freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It claims fast whitening for face neck arms and hands and promotes low cost from grocers and drugstores.
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