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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1929
Page
6
The fragment reflects on student life in Munich in 1929 and the European university scene. It mentions American influence, spring and fall academic rhythms, and the social fabric of fraternities. Observations cover travel, student tickets, and cultural contrasts amid postwar Europe.
Mrs Earl Bellman appointed director of the Camp Tacoa Girls Camp near Atlanta Georgia a sixty mile distance from the city The appointment came on high national recommendations She has long been active in Camp Fire work since youth and earned honors including torch bearer and Red Cross saver She is a University of Kansas fine arts graduate and a former Camp Fire girl now directing the camp with husband and son planning to visit Ottawa in August
A Indiana woman rises in business to lead the Central States Bankers Association. She began as a stenographer, studied evenings, and joined the Indiana Bankers Association staff. She was elected head after six years of steady work with assistants Miss Mary Sennis and Miss Zona Coiner.
For hardy peonies in northern gardens, proper spring care boosts early blooms. Prepare beds after soils dry, apply light commercial fertilizer, and work it in. Stake weak stems, trim lateral buds to force larger blooms, and preserve foliage for next year's growth and landscape value.
A vintage kitchen recipe describes a spinach and beet dish. It details washing and cooking spinach, preparing a beet flavored gelatine mold, and garnishing with sliced hard boiled eggs and beets. The method emphasizes draining, chilling and serving with mayonnaise or boiled salad. Serves six.
Fragmentary kitchen notes describe combining juice, milk, spinach juice and onion with blended components. Mentions hard boiled eggs as a topping and uneven directions. Unable to extract clear steps or measurements from the text.
Prof O Leary discusses the revival and aging forms of biographical writing in a polyglot era. He notes modern biographies blend novelist methods, drop places and dates, and favor dramatic scenes over omniscient detail, citing Carl Sandburg and others as examples.
Edited excerpt reflects on Carrie Nation’s anti liquor campaigns in Kansas and her Washington actions. It notes her impact on prohibition ideology, the fear she stirred among alcohol supporters, and her dramatic protest in the Washington Union Station lunch room where she smashed bottles with hatchets.
The narrative recalls Kansas staunchly upholding prohibition in the 80s, resisting liquor interests and customs efforts to undermine the law. It highlights failures of opponents, celebrates state resilience, and notes generations raised without saloons or drunkenness, with vigilence as the price of liberty. The piece also touches on altered social habits and a long struggle against drink in the Sunflower State.
Paris reports that American influence shapes midsummer style with printed two piece silk suits driving chic. French women favor black and white bases with small floral prints, using prints in day and evening wear, jackets, wraps, and coordinated accessories like envelope bags and shaded hats.
Readable fragments describe a breakfast spread with Greys Wheat ercdl sani Cream PRE Ometer Buttered Tease rolled Bacon Coffee Dinner Roast Veal Bread Lettuce Roquefart Cheeses Dressing Shortcake Jellied Chicken and Asparagus Mayonnaise Eggs Biscuits Cookies Pineapple Coffee Jellica Chicken and Asparagus Serving Bight. Instructions mix boiled chicken celery and gelatin to assemble layered cold dish.
Lecompton families welcomed guests over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson of Ottawa and Mr and Mrs Charles Foree with their children who moved from their farm sale to a Soldier neighborhood. The May WCTU meeting at Ada Mikesell's home featured Bible quotations for Mothers Day and a piano program plus a devotional led by Miss Barbara Worley and a talk by Rev. Fred.
A community newsletter recounts a birthday celebration for Mrs. Sarah P. Raughnton in Lecompton with attendees including Mrs. Gertrude Hand and Rev. Fred McClanahan. It also highlights a Hildren’s party, Miss Helen Carlson's visit, and a staged production of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room at K U with local cast members and notes on attendance.
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