Society notes and club events at Colonial tea room
A long crowded Society page reports luncheons and bridge parties hosted by Madame Murphy and others at the Colonial tea room and various homes. Members of the Business and Professional Women's club meet, and several groups plan socials, lectures, and receptions with floral decorations and parlor entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firtner
An V Professional Women’s Clib
Colonial Tea Room
Ce ¢Il Begructin
J. C. Elila
Eldén
Meta Murphy
Colonial Ter Room
John Ine
R. J. Rowlands
Marcia Baty
Hay Merwin
Jols Nu
B. B. Allen
Mra
R. R. Jackman
P. W. Club
Ralph Beal
Weanpada
Aluste Club
Rankin
Miercoles Club
D. Kinney
Berupvelies Bridge Club
Elph
K. A. Dames
Green Owl
Imperi Auction Club
T. K. Sweeney
Plymbeta’ Association
Mfrs
Shimmons
Whiae Club
Feter Emery
Bridgeties
Harold Constant
O. W. Bridge Club
Thomas Gerhart
Sisma Kappa Alumnes Bridge Club
Walter Jreeler
Est
Clarence Topsing
P. Zb. O
Riday Dumpense Auction Club
EL Spat Alpha Kappa_ Pai
Omi
Local society note on Kansas City opera tripes and visits
Miss Lawra Rankin Miss Wilma Miller and Miss Leona Baumgartner went to Kansas City to see the Chicago Civic Opera and visit friends. Several others including Mrs Lawrence Green and Miss Ilsa Wilhelmi traveled to attend the grand opera, with various visitors staying in Kansas City and Topeka for the weekend. Rev F M Testerman returned from a three week trip through Louisiana and Arkansas and plans today in Bethany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawra. Rankin
Wilma Miller
Leona Baumgartner
Kansas City
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Do. A. Hoar
Ethel Hoar
Florence Hoar
Lawrence Green
Lawrence
Otto Garvens
W. Harteldes
Otto Barteldes
F. T. Barteldes
Owen Cart
Ray Sexton
Ilsa
Wilhelmi
H. Ashton
Fred Beverstock
Manas City
Rev
F. M. Testerman
Louisiana
Arkansas
Bethany
Eskimo Maids Flaunt Flapper Wit in Alaska
An Alaska-bound visiting beauty expert notes Eskimo women resemble modern flapper style. Johnathan H. Wagner of the education office says pure blood Eskimos may phase out in thirty years, but the native population is rising and births exceed deaths nationwide.
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Seattle
Alaska
Johnathan H. Wagner
United States Education Office
Far North
Wag
Ner
Wagner
Marblehead and Boston visit noted in Kansas City reports
A reader shares social updates from Marblehead and Boston Massachusetts including Mrs. Luckan in Kansas City for the day Miss Keller traveling to Kansas City for the weekend and Miss Carlson meeting local county home agents in Douglas county The passage also mentions Jack Hawk returning to Lawrence from Madison after visiting his father and discusses fur labeling laws and a couple enjoying time with their silkhaired pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Boston
Mass
F. C. Luckan
Kansas City
Freda Keller
Blanche Nutt
Calivés
Cole
Sabel Jett
N. G. Carlson
Shawnee Counspent
Elizabeth Randle
Douglas County
Jack Hawk
Midland
Lawrence
Madison
Lawrence Woman Turns Rabbit Raising Into Hobby Venture
Mrs. Carl Graeber in Lawrence has begun raising mink rabbits for market, aiming to sell fur rather than meat. Starting with six registered rabbits from Independence Missouri, she holds a three year contract to supply young rabbits, with each doe producing about twenty young annually. Rabbits are housed in sunny, draft‑free hutches and fed oats water alfalfa and greens, with fur marketed as lapin or coney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Graeber
Independence
Graeber
Pastime of Olden Days Now Claims Interest of Club
The Amigos embroidery club abandons routine sewing for a quilt making spree. Twelve members plan to craft one quilt each, selecting patterns and sharing blocks by rotating meetings every two weeks. Members visit museums and search magazines for patterns as unfinished blocks move home for completion before the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amigos Club
Leach
Quilting Club Members Learn Precise Time and Pattern
Members stay until 1 a m to cut blocks and practice squares diamonds and triangles in time with the radio. They relearn arithmetic by cutting 15 by 44 into 22 pieces to sew into a pleasing design. Tea replaces formal lunches as refreshments. work remains serious yet enjoyable as they match their craft to daily life.
One Half Percent: A History of the Intoxicating Line
A discussion traces the origin of the one half of one percent standard for intoxicating liquor set by WCTU Volstead and adopted by law. It notes how bootleggers and saloon interests shaped the limit, its adoption across states, and later challenges showing that 1.4 percent sometimes intoxicates. It closes with the post eighteenth amendment era context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volstead
Thas
Georgia’s BeerPole: Wets Push Modifying Volstead Act
The passage recounts Senator Volstead’s wet approach to liquor law and mentions Georgia’s 1997 near beer measure, its enforcement chaos, and a 1915 special session that ended turmoil. It highlights debates over 2.75 percent beer and 10 percent wine as intoxicating and the pressure for moderation from wets versus drys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Volstead
Congress of the
Georgia
Broyles
Police Court
Atlanta
Fragmented prose on prohibition and political rhetoric
The text argues against small policy changes by Congress affecting prohibition. It claims such steps would fail, inviting a flood of backlash. The speaker notes saloon drink patterns and questions national election outcomes in a satirical tone.
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Congress
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Ot Clenahan
Lingeon
W. E. Sandelius
J. J. Kistler
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Mi Cy
Colonie
Murphy's Ol
Murphy
Theodore Aszman
Tota Nu
E. B. Allen
Missouri Street
G .M. Holiday
Honore Willsie Morrow
Mies
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Charles Louk
Eames
J. F. Randall
Paul Armstrong
The
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Sadie Hutt
Tennessee Street
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Teeny Brown
Ban Koveing
Charlie Chaplin
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Ve Barkes
L. E Hoaver
Ray Aneney
H. F. Waits
Mattie Pip
W. OU
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O. T. Powell
Sae
Menmibors
Durden
Lyda Wilson
Chester Wible
Connie Feate
Neil Pall
Cetellct E. Lindley
Phi Chi, Medi Fraternity
W. L.uisiey
Ernest L. Brow
Gertrude Pears
Carrie Barnes
Bridget
John Stelock
Calengar Baturda
Caroline Rob House
Kk. U. Karnival
Fraser Theatre
Charles F. Mikesell
Gilbert R. Smith
W. A. Wadhams
Indiana Street
Varsity
Margaret Jane Wadhams
Erna Carl
Olga Carl
Gertrude Underwood
Fay Jean Gish
Martha Rose Allphin
Juanita Austill
Patricia Larcom
Wilma Howard
Mildred Peterson
Jean Stouffer
Dorothy Jean Troutman
Walter Thiele
Lanchard
Harry Frazee
Lyle §. Powell
Arthur Kirchhoff
Lawrence Art Club
Snooner-Thayer Museum
Albert Bloch
University School of Fine Arts
Karl Mattern
Max Wilhelmi
Anne. Cahill
J. Frank Jones
Fredo Barteldes
Mikesell
Mett Murphy
Maurice W. Clarkson
Miss Murphy
E. C. Murphy
Meta Swisher
T. Hadlock
Marjorie Smith
Gilbert R. Smith, Jr
Max Murphy
House Aid Society
J. R. Good
Harry de Wolf
Robert Phillips
R. L. Anderson
AnreIne Tree
Mattie Howard
W. P. Olmstead
Prests
Alpha Delta Ti
American Association of University Women
E. H. Lindley
HH. B. Chubb
Aunt Ort
Rogert Quillen
Copa Richt
Publidhert Syndicate
R. G. Nance
Topeka
Leila Sain
Chanute
Florence
Emma Snow
Elizabeth “MacKenzie Hse
Chief
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Eine
Uaqhiesom Quinn
Virgin Diamonds
Mrs. O. Jacqmain
Ward
Utton
White House
Myers and Son Greenhouse
Mich
Enna
Will Rogers
Wren
Enna Jettick
T’o
Memorial Park
Lawrence, Kas
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