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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1925
Page
6
Mrs La Follette supported her husband through his rise in Wisconsin politics. She balanced home duties with public life, aiding his career, sharing cases, and helping steer his path from college dramatics leader to prosecuting attorney and governor. He married her on New Year’s Eve 1882.
Rainy days during vacation trouble tots as they seek engaging activities. The article suggests cutting pictures, sewing doll clothes, and creating scrapbooks to teach, entertain, and keep children busy. It describes using old books, magazines, scissors, paste, and cardboard bound with holes to add pages, with options for various ages and activities.
Pattern ideas show how to refashion old garments into fresh summer styles. Readers remake linens, crepe de chine, and silk skirts with yokes, trims, and new waistlines while matching colors like yellow and white.
A travel essay recounts W W EL Tenney's 115 day voyage touching Java Hong Kong Canton Singapore Batavia and Borobudea. It contrasts European and native quarters in Batavia with vivid scenes of Calcutta roadways volcanoes and gardens while noting crowded markets and cultural contrasts.
A festive season theme inspires a city-wide celebration with plans for parades, concerts, and culinary events. Officials emphasize inclusive programming while residents weigh budget impacts and vendor participation.
A travel diary recounts a voyage from Singapore to Hong Kong aboard a Japanese liner. The author praises service and scenery at Hong Kong, Hong Kong Peak views, and a Canton visit, while criticizing Canton’s filth and rail passengers and contrasting impressions with Lecompton and other sights.
London County Council plans to rebuild 3,000 houses using American ideas of mixed colors and white red brown concrete. Councillor Geer Forrest says U S examples show relief from monotony in dingy housing. The council intends to use leaf brown red white colored materials after a recent U S visit.
A garbled OCR fragment shows scattered names and phrases about food prices and daily needs. The readable bits suggest concerns over bread and butter affordability and potential price discussions among residents. No clear event or persons are conclusively identifiable.
Camp Fire Guardians gathered for a ceremonial event with Naomi Wells Corinne Rey and Opal Shaw among honored girls. Awards for Work Health and Love Honor were presented, songs closed the ceremony, and Lindsay will lead the next rite at Alva Corbin’s home on June 26 with Camp Fire knapsacks to be made.
The Akicho Camp Fire group led by Miss Genevieve Herriott will take a trip with about twelve members. Dorothy Stewart and Ruth Stockwell hosted a dinner as part of Firemaker rank requirements while other members work on their ranks under Miss Hope Selig's previous Litahni group heritage.
A dinner at the Colonial tea room Friday June 19 gathers Aockiya Camp Fire members. A line party to the Bowersock theatre follows. The regular meeting was held Thursday at Miss Rebecca Smith’s home. They plan a camping trip to Elizabeth Maddox’s Midland farm, leaving Friday afternoon and returning Sunday morning.
Miss LaVerne Stugard traveled to Kansas City to see Nadine Morrison, executive of Gounip HIKE, and to handle other business.
The guardian Mrs Nichols and four members with associate Wilma Hroat gathered to make scrapbooks for Mercy Hospital children in Elda. Fav Biggs visits Kansas City this week. A picnic is planned for next Tuesday at the guardian’s home.
Mareupio Camp Tire holds regular weekly meetings on Enet University campus with Monday sessions. After business, they swim at Potter's Lake and plan a three day camping trip. Weather postponed the gypsy trip and country camping, but they aim for Camp Fire cottage. Members fund camping through small sales earning $13 from candy sales and tea towels each girl sold her quota.
Grenora Wadhams of the Lena Camp Fire reports a pleasant stay in Fort Scott over several weeks. She writes to her guardian land group that she is having a fine time but misses Camp Fire and her home activities while staying at the Goodlander Hotel.
The report notes Thunukata Campsite recovering from a sprained ankle she sustained earlier. Caroline Fortune, 4 hlave of (incomplete) text accompanies the update with unclear context remaining unreadable.
Lawrence delegates to the high school YWCA convention in Estes Park will depart Friday evening and return Saturday. All delegates are Camp Fire girls. Willardean Warnar, president of the local chapter, will visit Benkleman Nebraska before returning home. Miss Harnard contracted an infection on a hand during trips to the Continental Divide and wore a sling for a few days but is recovering well.
The Akicho Camp Fire unit will depart Sunday night for a few days of camping on the Paul Laptad farm. They expect to return Wednesday with Miss Helen Stover acting as guardian for the group for the summer.
A readable ad style note offers an attractive bird bath for home yards. It highlights ornamental design, inviting use, and practical appeal to enhance outdoor spaces with decorative charm.
Miss Arteja Steele, former guardian of the Minnehaha Camp Fire, attends a summer session at the university. For the past year she has taught school in the western part of the state.
Miss Velma Lindsay, assistant guardian of the Stani Camp Fire and member of the Chelawennsa Camp Fire, will depart next week for a vacation trip to Kansas City and other Missouri points.
Miss Nettle Wismer former guardian of Aokiya and Tayhama Carap spends her summer vacation in Denver Colorado visiting friends and enjoying the city sights during a welcome break from duties.
Lena Catnip and companions spent Saturday evening at Dorothy Perkins home with a read letter from guardian Willardean Harhar read at Astes Park. Girls chose spots under trees and porches to write replies. A lightning bug chaser contest followed with acrobatic stunts. Mrs. Perkins served fried spring chicken for breakfast cooked over an open fire. Three girls Mary Virginia Smith Lida Holmes and Marjorie Kiefer performed in a Sunday school pageant at the Methodist church.
Pahwakatiwa and peers held an afternoon line party at Var sity theatre on Wednesday then visited Miss Ellen Hazard's home. The group presented departing guardian Miss LaVerne Stugard with Tennyson’s Birthday Book and surprised her with a park grab. All but two members attended. Miss Stugard treated the group to refreshments at Coe's drug store.
Camp Fire girls of Kansas City Missouri will begin a new session on Monday at the Kansas City camp. Fourteen girls from Lawrence attended the first session last year. Camp Fajen is located at Lanagan.
Miss Bernice Peacock starts a Camp Fire at the University. Last week the group organized and planned a bird hike for Saturday morning near Stubbs lake. Members include Margaret Johnson McNown Sherwood Stoland Foster Alice Foster and Jeannette Holliday guardian Miss Fencock received her summer 1923 subsidy course.
Miss Helen Mercell assistant guardian directed Cap he whee this summer Cieta Shere away visiting Thelma Hepphil another bee of the tp is spending the sears on her parents farm.
Seven members and guardian Miss Vera participated in an overnight Camp Fire hike to the Camp Fire cottage, led by Hriday. The event details the group’s night trek and safety measures.
Moren and Caroline Rob House organize an all night outing with a treasure hunt and Stunts and songs. Five ukuleles provide entertainment at Chelawenssa Camp Fire while Miss LaVerne Stugard departs. Members plan baby lavettes for Kansas City, knapsacks, and scrapbooks. A June 23 meeting reviews committee reports. The group will travel to Gage Park Topeka for a swimming party and park lunch then a town show. Velma Lindsay serves as president. Dorothy White to lead in her absence. A Sunday ceremony is planned at the Gaskill twins home in Miss Stugard’s honor.
This notice states a new registration year with in person card sign up and renewal upon old card expiration August 1. It urges settling back fines, holds to start anew with a clean record, and notes new non fiction books including Americana Annual 1925 and other titles.
The last two volumes of The Peasants Spring and Summer finish Ladislas Sephmonts four volume epic, 1924 Nobel prize author. Francis Brett Young readers will welcome Sea-Horses a romance with Portuguese East Africa as background.
For light summer reading, peek at jackets of the new books displayed on our bulletin boards. The inviting covers promise easy entertainment and fresh titles for a relaxed browse.
Plan for Defense Day celebrations includes a library closure all day on July 4. Librarians join in the observance with a day off, and normal services will resume the next day.
The article notes a revival of dimity and similar fabrics linked to vintage heroines, now offered at about 50 cents a yard. With vanishing summer materials, voile rises as a practical wash option. Patterns feature color borders on double width fabric suitable for skirts and dresses.
A recent clever dress featured a colored veil embroidered with a silk figure in fuchsia color. The jester shade also appeared as a sash of velvet, tying the ensemble together with bold contrast.
A reader suggests growing hanging vines to drape porch roofs and pillars. They propose using larger planter boxes on the patch roof to support the vines, noting the result would be very beautiful.
A fragment describes a wool ribbon tied with a long bow at the left side. The garb seems decorative, noting the ribbon’s placement and style in a historic garment context.
A Lawrence milliner forecasts a new pansy purple fall shade for hats. The color is described as deep and reddish purple and is noted as a likely trend without strong adoption yet.
The article notes frocks in crepe de chine with pastel shades and white versions. Yellow and pink dominate, with some pockets or trims touched by color. Garments emphasize light, airy summer styles and delicate fabric in soft hues.
Mrs. A B Coker offers a double boiler tapioca dessert recipe. Boil two cups brown sugar one half cup, soak tapioca overnight, add water to cover, stir until clear and dissolves. Pour into mold with chopped pineapple, chill, serve with whipped cream, walnuts and cherries.
A recipe describes crushing pineapple peel and shredding a medium pineapple, adding a pound and boiling water, then steeping in a warm place for an hour. After straining and chilling, the instruction says to mix 1 cup crushed pineapple with 1 quart water to serve. The note cites Elizabeth Lackey at 1611 Massachusetts St as the source.
Pear and pineapple conserve recipe on page notes peel and slice pears and pineapple in thin layers. Layer pears pineapple sugar and repeat then let stand overnight. Simmer slowly until thick like jam. Address listed as Mrs T H Draper 1414 Connecticut St.
Tips for salad prep advise saving cooked peas carrots beets string beans and most any cold vegetable. Combine these to build varied salads with texture and flavor.
When baking a sponge cake avoid greasing the pan instead line it with ungreased paper to reduce sticking and help the cake release cleanly. This simple method preserves delicate texture and aids even rise for a light result.
Sift both flour and sugar several times to improve texture for sponge cake and angel food. Proper sifting yields lighter batter by aerating dry ingredients and reducing clumps, enhancing volume and tenderness in these airy desserts.
A reader advises choosing a shady location to air colored dresses. Do not expose fabrics to direct sun to preserve color and prevent fading.
Keeps parsley fresh by placing stems in a container with water up to the roots, ensuring only the roots stay submerged. This method helps hydrate the plant while leaves remain dry for longer storage.
Fresh fruits are preferable to pastry or pudding for dessert in hot weather. The note favors a fruit salad as the light, refreshing option suitable for warm days.
Dry bread may be used for puddings by buttering it, cutting into small squares and arranging in layers between fruit. A custard is poured over before baking.
A brief note advises soaking shredded cabbage in a salt water bath for half an hour before using it in salad. The method aims to soften and crisp the cabbage, enhancing texture and flavor.
The family of pred 1088 of Husband Mrs. Lee Mapes and Children express gratitude for kind assistance and sympathy after the loss of their husband and father. Read the WhneAgs.
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