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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
5
World Readers are asked to cooperate with the Society Editor in making the Social News Department a complete and entertaining record of happenings in the social world. All items should be sent or telephoned by 2:00 p.m. Bell Phone 133, Home Phone 126.
Phi Beta Kappa held its annual initiation in the Presbyterian chapel in Lawrence. Twenty five initiates including eight graduates from Lawrence High School and one Ada Cressamin from 110 formed the class for the twenty fourth year of the society. The event featured toasts and formal ceremonies with professors and alumni in attendance.
Lawrence residents attend Phi Beta Kappa initiation and various university gatherings. Mrs. A C Mitchell hosts a Fres hmen dinner at her home with Helen Crane Irene Johnson and other guests. Professors and students travel to Kansas City and Topeka for lectures and initiations while local stores promote summer fashion shows and seasonal goods.
A fragmentary item from Lawrence describes a wealthy businessman solving a personal dilemma in a concise, practical manner. The text hints at frugal, efficient decisions and a straightforward approach to financial or daily-life issues. Named entities are unclear due to corrupt OCR.
The readable fragment mentions weather and advice but lacks concrete facts. No named persons, organizations, or locations are present. The piece reads as a garbled prompt about weather conditions and expertise, yielding no clear event or outcome to summarize.
Classified notices show bargains for sale or trade of houses and land in Baldwin Kansas, plus rentals including rooms in South Park Vermont Street and up stairs rear rooms. Several listings mention payments, cash wages, and farm equipment with contact names and Bell phone numbers.
Detectives sought in each locality to represent federal service work with experience. Enclose stamp for particulars. Inter-National Service Bureau, Spring Springs, Ark. FOR SALE Rose womb Rhode Ts lant Redexes and baby chicks. fine strain, reasonable prices. Bell phone T72F5. Death of George Edwin Taylor aged 63 from pneumonia at 7 p.m. Thursday at daughter's home on York Street. Gate Hil deuntesy, Fruit salad offered at Wieflemann's.
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