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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1921
Page
10
County farm agent R. O. Smith visited the I. D. Harris farm in the Eudora neighborhood to inoculate alfalfa. He planned to proceed to the C. C. Gerstenberger farm nearby with hydrogen treated fulghum oats for an afternoon meeting in the neighborhood.
Local notes detail visits among the Ott Altenbernd and Schaake families across Kaw Valley, with calls from Topeka, Kansas City, and Worden. Mentions include box social, potato planting, and weekend trips as residents plan for spring farm tasks. Douglas County school meetings set for April 8 amid a state move to eight months.
Siamese twins mentioned as a joke while updates recount Miss Gui Stark aiding Frank Stark in poor health. Mrs. McCafferty drives garden seed programs, poultry and canning clubs organized across districts, and a home millinery lesson series. A moving picture reel highlights prize winners. Farm Bureau drives and Masonic degrees draw locals. Town visits include Whitehair musicians, sport and school events, and upcoming district meet in Topeka. Community sales, moves, and club spirits mark rural life with varied travel between McLouth, Valley Falls, Nortonville, and Lawrence.
Mr and Mrs James Mains marked their golden wedding at their Lone Tree district farm near Holton. Friends gathered in the afternoon and evening as relatives, neighbors, and church members shared memories, music, and a reception. The couple, married in Illinois fifty years ago, moved to Kansas, later relocating to town, with family and longtime friends in attendance.
Yale appoints Dr. James Rowland Angell as president. Social notes from Eudora describe children’s dinners at Jesse Kraybill home and visits among local families. Mentioned are Arthur and Vernon Strobel, Mrs J C McArthur, and various parish and community gatherings with meals and birthday celebrations.
An old advertisement touts Othine double strength to remove freckles. It claims March winds worsen freckles and that the preparation, sold by druggists with a money back guarantee, can show improvement after a few applications with some freckles vanishing.
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