Romance Begins In Blizzard at Utah College
A 1901 Western blizzard story recalls freshman Bie Nebecker meeting shy student William A. Jardine at Utah State Agricultural College. Their romance spans four years to marriage, Jardine’s rise in the Department of Agriculture, their cabinet era life in Washington, and Mrs Jardine’s public service on behalf of the needy.
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Washington
Bie Nehbecker
Utah State Agricultural College
Secretary of Agriculture
William A. Jardine
Jardine
Nebecker
Department of Agriculture
Kabkl
Billy
Jardines
Dutch Boat to Ceylon Aboard 1925 voyage diary entry
A journal entry from Feb 1925 aboard the S S Patria recounts the journey from Port Said to Ceylon on a Dutch liner. The writer describes crowded ports, dismal Cairo lodging, and the shipboard life including dining, attire, and multilingual passengers. The voyage features a varied crew, Java servants, and a mix of Dutch families, with notes on climate, decor, and daily routines as they approach Colombo.
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Patria
Port Said
Ceylon
Tropics
Cairo
Anly Moses
Egypt
S. S. Pat
Ferdinand de Lessepse
Suez Canal
Vocations Planned for Meeting of B. and P. W.
Portland Maine will host the National Federation of Business and Professional Women July 12 to 18 1928. Eleven vocational luncheons including secretaries bankers lawyers doctors teachers and saleswomen will be held at area hotels. Judge Florence Allen of Cleveland will speak at the convention banquet July 16 with international day set for July 16. Mrs Lend Lake Forrest of Detroit will preside at the birthday luncheon July 18 and a speaker will mark each federation year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
National Federation of Business
Harriette G.ohler
United States
Florence Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Cuyahoga County
Lend” Lake Forrest
Detroit
Michigsin
Federation
Federation Closes Sixth Year With Portland Meeting
The federation marks six years at a Portland meeting with a ceremonial birthday cake to be shared among hundreds of delegates. Six candles celebrate six years, to be followed by a seventh for the new year, as The Long Long Trail is softly sung. Speakers have not yet been announced.
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Federation
Portland
Lawrence Woman Fosters Knights of Plymouth Sunday School
Miss Sadie Cleland runs a personal touch Sunday school effort for seventy four Lawrence boys nicknamed the Knights of Plymouth. She writes each boy a unique weekly letter, attends their activities, and leads drills on life topics. The class includes high school and college students across ten denominations, with four annual events and regular devotionals led by the boys.
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Lawrence
Knights of
Plymouth
Sadie Cleland
Cleland
Life Tenics
Verle Bratton
Ira Wilbur
Benton Henderson
John ‘Foster
Bay
Sunday School Work With Boys Draws Support
Miss Cleland cites diverse factors behind engaging boys in Sunday school. She credits strong support from colleagues, personal outreach at home and at the store, and weekly greeting letters for building sustained interest among shy, hesitant youths.
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Cleland
Pictures by Lawrence Woman Sketched While in France on Display
A collection of eight water color paintings by Minnie Scott, a public health nurse who served in World War I with mobile hospital No. 4A, is showcased in Keeler Book Store window. The works depict French locales visited during the war and a Cannes marine scene. One piece shows Mt. Saint Michiel and other Brittany scenes, while another captures a Cagnes archway. Scott also sketched Antwerp from an old fort, including the clock tower and cathedral spires.
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Red Sea
Israel
Mt. Sinai
Egypt
Jiddah
Mecca
Aden
Straits of ‘Babel Mandeb
Indian Ocean
Palm Beach
Java
Colombo
Bombay
Holland
Siwedish
Australia
Belfina
Tropics
Ditchman
Europe
United
France
Keeler
Minnie Scott
Mobile Hospital No. 4A
E. F. Yo
Cagnes
Scott
Antwerp
Senora de Palencia to Lecture at University in Lawrence
Senora de Palencia of Madrid, Spain, will lecture at the University in Lawrence under the American Association of University Women. Miss May Gardner describes her as a leading woman journalist and writer in Spain, a staff member of Madrid's top art journal, author of two novels, and a participant in world congresses for women. She will discuss regional Spanish costumes and speaks fluent English, with a Scottish mother and Spanish noble father.
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Senora de
Madrid
Spain
London
Senora de Palencia
Jim Engish
Library Notes Prompt Interest in Early Life Stories
Library notices invite readers to share Lawrence life memories and reserve Little, French, Girl by Anne Douglas Sedgwick. Five earlier bestselling authors are highlighted. Readers learn pronunciation of place names and may borrow Story Key to Geographic Names by Engeln and Urquhart. A long-ago Navy dispatch mentions Dewey's orders from 1898 in Hong Kong.
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Lawrence
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Wichita
Escinaba
Paraguay
Sault Ste Marie
Terre Haute
Natchez
Boise
Coeur d’Alene
Kansas
Denver
Topeka
Chicago
Des Moinés
Los Angeles
Wyoming
O. von Engeln
J. M. Urquhart
John D. Long
the Navy
Dewey
Hong Kong
United States
Spain
Philippine Islands
Comodore Dewey
Review hooks readers with history and world readjustment
The article discusses a shift in world history and cites D. R. Williams in The United States and the Philippines. It also notes The Review of Reviews on Louder Please by E. F. Galkins, praising the humorous and occasionally poignant account of deafness.
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Ter
D. R. Williams
Philippines
United States
E. F. Galkins
Household Discoveries and Simple Kitchen Tips
Household tips on protecting skin during washing dishes and clothes with rubber aprons and soap, chilling vegetables briefly in salt water, sun drying clothes outdoors, proper frying pan heating, using lemon or soda to luster glass, and annual furnace flue cleaning advice. Includes various appliance and cleaning recommendations for daily household use.
Camp Fire Guardians training offered at university next week
Mothers guardians and teachers urged to enroll in a university training course led by Miss Janette McKellar. The first class starts March 25 at 4:30 PM in Robinson gymnasium on the second floor and meets daily through March 28. The program aims to deepen understanding of adolescent girls and how to meet their needs. The event marks a Camp Fire celebration with readings from Philipians and a birthday ceremony for National Camp Fire.
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Janet McKellar
Robinson Gymnasium
Philippians
E. A. Bieck
Presbyterian ‘Church
BiGarl
Lawrence
Presbyterian Church
Caryl Dodds
Annabelle Crawford
Episcopal Church
Isabel Gibb
Greater
Kansas
Lena
Sessistant Guardian
Willard van Harnar
Léna
L. E.’Perkins
H. M. Chamney
Katherine Weatherby
H. P
Harnar
Mildred, Koch
Romans
Camp Fire Program Broadcast and Officers Elected
Broadcast from KFKU at 7 50 evening featured the Watanapa Camp Fire program directed by Ivan Benson with chorus pieces and songs. Officers elected at Pealer Hall are Katherine McFarland president with Maurine Downing vice president Gladys Baker secretary Marguerite Koch treasurer and Louise Russell scribe reporter.
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KFKU
Ivan Benson
Watanapa
Cits
Blessing
K. P
America the Beautiful
Sociability
Mammy Moon
Laura’ Adair
Mary
Virginia ‘Smith
Louise Russell
Lida Holmes
Juanita ‘Longshore
Christina Nylund
Kathryn McFarland
Katherine ‘Weatherby
Truselot
Camp Fire
Pealer Hall
Katherine McFarland
Maurine Downing
Gladys Baker
Marguerite Koch
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Laito
Mre
Kors
W. J. Tenney
Trapics
Far East
Miem
Pwarkdi
Port- Said
Jaya
Mrs. Waliam A
P. W
S. S
Margaret’ Hill
Olaf_Ravndal
Constantinople
K. U
Library Notes
Sera
Zane, Geey
Harold Bell Wright
Eleanor, Porter
Booth, Tarkington
E. P. Oppenheim
Anyon
Aokiya
Marcella Sterling
Anne Underhill
Anne Kent
Roberta Stewart
Elizabeth van Winkle
Helen “Harper Anth Houghton
Theardian
Yosephine Underhill
Josephine’ Underhill
California
Rebecca Smith
Tonganoxie
Kansas Cities
Kansay
Cuthura
Imore
Gerrude Lankauf
Cherry
St. Toledo
Ste. Teleom
Little Boy Bright
Mrs
Emma Guffin
Vermont Street
Massachusetts Street
Buick
Cars
Lawrence Fre
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