One O Clock Luncheon At Mrs Perkins Home
Collegiate Alumni Association held a 1 PM luncheon at Mrs L T Perkins home with seventy covers. Miss Margaret Lynn reported on the biennial convention in St Paris. Mentors staged a short play by Miss Hearty Crown. Mrs Kie Perkins and Miss Sarah Farrell served. Captain Stockwell honored by promotion. Roy Stockwell, now a captain in the 12th division, is a former university student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collegiate Alumni Association
L. T. Perkins
Margaret Lynn
St. Paris
Hearty Crown
Leena Baumfariner
Koethering Reed
Kie Perkins
Sarah Farrell
Captain Stockwell
J. R. Stockwell
Tennessee Street
Roy Stockwell
The
University
Kilworth Guests Visit Tacoma Hosts
Personal note records Mr and Mrs William W Kilworth of Tacoma Wash arriving Thursday to stay with Mr and Mrs John Kilworth for a few days. Also mentions Mrs Wm Price of 1305 Kentucky Street learning of her son George's safe return from overseas with Company F Ammunition Train 42 Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Kilworth
Tacoma, Wash
John Kilworth
Wm. Price
Kentucky Street
George
Price
Company F
Fashions from the French salons and campus notices
Walter B Havekorst from Hanover Kansas received his A B and is in Lawrence for the day after discharge. Alpha Delta Pi pledges Mary Underwood. Numerous students and residents travel to Kansas City and Topeka for visits and weekend stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva McCanles
Kansas City
Walter B. Havekorst
Lawrence
Hanover
Kansas
Alpha Delta Pi
Mary Underwood
John Jackson
110Th Signal Battalion
Donald Monroe
Mrs. A. Monroe
Mr. Monroe
the 110Th
Engineers
Mystifying City Ads Mention Siblings and Helpers
A curious city newspaper note cites advertisements reading Two sisters want washing and Wanted a boy to sundeeper. The quirky line suggests a bustling classified page with humorous or misread copy.
Whipping Wrong Horse in Parliament Rivalries
A foreign visitor to England notes the habit of each party keeping a Whig for its rival to beat, observing the odd political gamesmanship in Westminster. The remark highlights the playful yet pointed use of names in party disputes and parliamentary clashes.
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England
Down to Brass Tacks
A compact note explains the printer’s slang phrase down to brass tacks meaning reaching rock bottom or hitting the limit when a compositor exhausts the type to his “cise.”
Household Hint PromptsDining Room Set Match
Albert is urged to notice a new dining room set bought by Mr. Brown for his wife. The item is suggested as a perfect match for their wallpaper, signaling domestic shopping chatter in a household tips column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Mr. Brown
Lawrence Reading Club Held Last Meeting of Season
The Lawrence Reading Club hosted its final meeting at F. Brooks on Haskell Avenue with a Guest Day program including music readings and a talk on Birds and Their Habits by Mrs. Douthitt. A luncheon followed and the group disbanded for summer. first fall meeting planned for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Reading
Lawrence Reading Club
F. Brooks
Haskell Avenue
Pleasant Hour Club
H. G. van Neste
Oak Ridge
Swanee River
California
Red Cross Committee
J. R. Topping
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Needles
Long Beach
Navy Yards
Government Aviation
Pasadena
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Juan
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Lila-Lee
Bowsysocy
Bert Lytell
Boston
Blackie
Pathe News
Douglas County Horticultural Societe
Elec
Chamber of Commerce Raca
W. E. Koehring
Sigma Chi
Achoth
Country Club
Ruby Busseri
Cherryvale
Daphne Wilson
Chanute
Ogden
Ellsworth
J. 8. Amick
Anna Hupp
Baptist Church
Central Park
J. B. Sisson
Robinson
Misa Ackerman
F. OA. U
911 Masa
Hollande
Suse Gruene Weg
Socialist Party
Nebraska
Falls City
Ueen Marie
Roumania
Windsorade
Queen Victoria
Hazel Pratt
Emporia
Mrs
A. P. Hults
Agnes Beaty
Gladys Tibbala
Miss Brady
C. G. Dunlap
Helen Forbes
Irene Fowden
Mrs. Owen
Oxford, Kans
Marie
Alpha Della Ti House
Louise Nixon
Dorothy Farragher
Delila Johnson
Iris Russell
Clinton
C. S. Skilton
Electra
A. P. Schmidt Music Co
Mass
Qoscar Dtes
Hayes
Edith Whitcher
Margaret Fairchild
Frances Flynn
Kansas State Agricultural College
O. C. Evans
Evans
Co. H. Tucker
J. D. Faxon
Ruth Endacott
Bess Smith
Toneke
Mary Barrett
Washburn
R. Z. Blackburn
Cottonwood Falls
Son Robert
Oville Bourassa
Topeka
Marie Adams
Will Spurgeon
Ottawa
Helen Myers
Alice Perkins
Lake View
T. O. Roberts
Baldwin
C. E. Jackwood
Nina Charles
New Mexico
Mrs. Clingman
Emily Ferris
Florence Galgren
Corrine Holmberg
Fame Docs
City Drug Store
Elsie Grant
E. F. Howard
Marian
Alpha Chi Omega House
Vic Johnson
Esther Marie
Ralph C. Davis
139Th Infantry
Camp Funan
Bismarck
Cross
Roy Ford
A. C. Story
Salvation Army Headquarters
Wiedemann’s
Bell Irwin
Pittsburg
Kans
Hess
Mena Gibson
Irwin
Mrs. i
Cere Gallwaith
Tilamook
Oregon
Mr. Hutchings
Mr. J. R. Brady
Greeley, Kansas
Herbert Skinner
Vance Day
Betty Anne
Pontiac, Mich
Edna Day
Mowengua, IW
Ingleside
Phoneix
Arizona
Mae Roeutornt Hoxsey
Mary Tudor
Bernice Rankin
Samorer
Mackey Red Croes
Mackey Red Cross
R. Key
Roy Day
Josemne Bsene
Pronto
Guy Moon
Paul Moon
Stine
Dave Stine
Joe Hemphil
Joe Doyle
Doyle
Wilson
Bert Wilson
Bodeby Wilson
Breese
Illiam
Eugene Breese
Charles Ward
Mrs. Salter
Miss Nettie
Myrtle Miter
Review Club
Hertz
MeShea
Junction City
Miss McShea
Glidden
Charles Crowder
Topping
Lane Gee
Astor Place Opera House
New York City
Hildren
Wess Vhrorm
Hester & Roberts
Garden Poe
Eclipse Lawit
Jaedicke
Barer
S and
S$ Grocery
St. BE
Massachusetts
S. H. S. Girls Glee Club
Bowersock
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