Women War Helpers Remembered by Lawrence Legion Auxiliary
Lawrence American Legion Auxiliary plans to adopt and outfit a former nurse from the late war. They will provide bathrobes gowns and small items not covered by government hospitals and sponsor a benefit bridge and quilting party to raise funds. Half of earnings support local welfare work and surrounding communities.
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Lawrence Woman Finds Fashions in New York Quite the Same as Here
Lawrence residents returning from abroad bring fashion news from Paris and New York. Women here claim they can be as up to date as those in eastern cities. Mrs. H. F. Blaker notes shoppers visit many shops but find nothing markedly different from local offerings.
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Lawrence
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Parsnip Fritters And Orange Sponge Cake Recipe Card
Recipe fragment lists parsnip fritters with mashed parsnips flour and egg, fried in lard and served with fat. Also includes a Vermont Orange Sponge Cake with eggs sugar flour baking powder orange juice lemon rind and water, baked in a moderate oven. Contains URLs-like stray lines and mixed punctuation.
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Apricot Delight Treat for Easy Eye Catching Dessert
A hostess offers a simple apricot dessert using sponge cake strips soaked in apricot syrup, topped with softened whipped cream and a whole apricot placed in the center. This quick presentation aims for visual appeal and tasty sweetness.
High Reserves Aims For Fall National Secretary Role
Mothers of high school students ask about the low states secretary of the High Reserves Kansas hopes to have this fall. Local members explain the need for an executive. Before the war the YWCA missions divided into districts with one secretary per six to eight states. War reduced secretaries to two, each overseeing 80 to 900 clubs nationwide. Kansas has nearly 200 organizations.
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Call for a State Secretary to Aid Girl Reserves
Kansas girls urge a state secretary to support the Girl Reserves program. They propose a part time secretary to visit clubs, supply literature, unify activities, and promote moral and social education under teachers. Mothers could fund this through sustaining memberships. Conference reports show 147 clubs represented with 1,873 girls, while 53 clubs were absent due to lack of teachers or community support.
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Spring Weather Spurs Housewives to Start Housecleaning
The mild spring days prompt housewives to tackle seasonal cleaning. Many plan to clear out winter grime, soot from furnaces, and dusty chests, with closets and drawers first. Readers are urged not to rush, as balance for family life matters as much as the work itself.
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Lawrence
Chinese Jewelry Exhibits to Be Shown Next Week at Henley House
Missionary couple Mr and Mrs George Hays return from China with a collection of Chinese articles to be displayed at Henley House on Thursday and Friday May 5 and 6. The exhibit includes mandarins embroidered squares torchen laces jade turquoise ivory japanese prints and crass linens. Girls Frances Greenleaf Alice Chappuis Mary Sisson Mildred Lamb Anita Martin Anna Dorothy Lester and Margie Ross assist with the display and invite visitors to view or purchase. In Scandinavia women share equally in education and civil service with limited war service and church access.
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Margie Ross
Jenny Wren Flour Aims for National Reach
Lawrence housewives aid campaign for Jenny Wren Self Rising flour, produced by Jenny Wren Milling of Lawrence. Early ads in Journal World spurred initial orders, then sales doubled last week. Ottawa Herald and Topeka Daily Capital ran ads as plans move to broader distribution. Packaging upgrades and national rollout are planned, with a government patent protecting the flour formula developed by Dr. H P Cady.
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Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs Seeks History and Literacy
Kansas federation members at Coffeyville discussed eliminating illiteracy and compiling early state history. Counties publish pioneer histories with emphasis on active men and women, to be used as collateral reading in schools. Lawrence club initiated local story collection led by Miss Lillian Constant.
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Indianapolis
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Grasshoppers Destroy Mexican Coffee Groves Described
In a letter to The Jefferson Bee Mrs Beryl Lovejoy Hurd describes a grasshopper plague in southern Mexico. She notes trees breaking under the weight of swarms and coffee groves stripped, near J O Lovejoy’s plantation along the Pacific coast.
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Grasshopper Plague Hits Coffee Ranch Workers Hard
A ranch overseen by Mr. Hurd relies on thousands of Mexican laborers to fight swarms of grasshoppers devastating coffee trees. Peons spend days beating tins to herd insects away, while coffee and shade trees suffer. Mrs. Hurd later reported the scourge persisted with large clouds emerging from multiple directions, threatening future crops.
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Heel Protectors for Women Drivers on Market
The woman driver often struggles to keep her shoes looking neat while driving as scuffs mar delicate leather or satin. New patent leather heel protectors now buckle over the pump or oxford, offering a nifty solution.
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