Silk piece from Quantrill raid sent to Lawrence family
A fragile sixteen inch square silk, saved by Charles L. Stevenson after Quantrill’s 1863 raid on Lawrence, is now owned by Mrs. L. N. Lewis of Colorado. Stevenson reportedly found the bolt on burning hay near Kentucky Street, divided it among companions, and preserved it as a memory of the raid.
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Quantrill
Lawrence
L. N. Lewis
Fannie Stevenson Dewey
Salida
Colo
Charles L. Stevenson
Stevenson
Greenbriar County
West Va
11Th
Kansas Cavalry
Kentucky Street
Robert Morrow
Warm Weather Menu and Quick Beet Skin Method
A fragmented diet page lists a breakfast and luncheon menu with grapefruit eggs buttered toast and fruit layered salads. It includes a cheese circles biscuit recipe with cheese and milk dough, a chocolate frost dessert, and a method to loosen beet skins by hot then cold water.
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Shane
Suggestions for Table Arrangements by Topeka Flower Lovers Club
The Topeka Flower Lovers club demonstrated luncheon and tea table arrangements before the Lawrence Flower club at Mrs. W. C. Ellis’s home. Members showcased gardening motif centerpieces, named place cards, and handpainted favors, with Iris and veronica accents, a shadow box centerpiece, and varied vases and crystal settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Flower Lovers Club
Lawrence Flower Club
W. C. Ellis
Elmer Ebey
R. M. Cole
Cole
Ozarks
Robert Hayes Jones
Spain
Harry Snyder
Topeka Club
Loyalty and secrecy in family life and advice on garment care
The piece argues children deserve loyalty from parents and warns that parental gossip shatters trust, noting that youths often keep confidences while parents reveal them. It contrasts loyalty by stressing that children may be more faithful to family than parents are, then gives a brief tip to improve a shiny garment by sponging with ammonia and pressing from the reverse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Lawrence Woman to Receive Degree at New York Seminary
Miss Nancy Longenecker of Lawrence will receive her Master of Sacred Music degree at Union Theological Seminary in New York City during the one hundredth anniversary ceremonies. A 1500 voice chorus directed by Dr Dickinson will air on WEAF from Riverside Church, where she also serves as interim music director. Her original closing prayer composition was sung by St Cecelian choir children. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Religious Education from Boston University.
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Nancy Longenecker
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Dickinson
WEAF
Riverside Church
Long
Personal touches welcome house guest
Advice on hospitality details to please a guest by preparing the room with personal touches. Suggests placing preferred books, a reading light, extra hangers, space on the bureau, and a pincushion with safety pins and thread for repairs.
Simple to Sew Frocks patterns and yardage notes
Vintage pattern notice listing several dress styles with sizes bust measurements and fabric yardages. Styles include 3228 Youthful Neckline, 2212 Smart and Cool, 2725 Flattering Coal Like, and 2535 Look Slim and Smart. Patterns cost 15 cents each, with combined book and pattern at 25 cents. Order from The Journal World Pattern Center, 160 Fifth Avenue, New York.
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Journal
World Pattern Ceriment
Fifth Avenue
New York
X. Y
Leila K Black Installed as Head of Business Women's Club
Mrs Leila K Black was installed as president of the Business and Professional Women's club for a new year with Ruth Morse as vice president Hazel Dawson recording secretary Mildred Elder corresponding secretary and Imogene Webster treasurer The ceremony noted Black’s prior work at Haskell Institute and her Columbia MA degree plus leadership roles last year and her new executive board and committee chairs with Arlene Roberts named counselor for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Leila K. Black
Ruth Morse
Hazel Dawson
Mildred Elder
Imogene Webster
Black
Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Columbia University
New York City
Lota Crale
Lillian Addis
Elizabeth Newman
Minnie Bearman
Arlene Roberts
Roberts
Way to a Man's Heart Whipped Cream Chocolate Cake
A compact dessert note offering layered cakes and frostings. It includes whipped cream chocolate cake with cocoa, coffee, and soda, boiled icing with marshmallows, and a sour cream raisin cake with raisins folded in. Also a cream spice cake with spices and almond filling suggestion.
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Coop
Pleasant Valley Community Notes and Local Visits
Pleasant Valley events recount Mr and Mrs Jack Perdue and family attending a chivari for Mr and Mrs James Tryon in Lawrence. Mrs Eunice Perdue is noted as Mrs Tryon formerly. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Hallan Richardson and Rita to Mr and Mrs Hallie Peterson. Farm Bureau unit met with Mrs Louis Howell, lesson and a paper Modern Cookery read, refreshments served to listed ladies. June Mr and Mrs John Alexander move to Lawrence. Local guests include John Maloney and Mr and Mrs W E Peters with C E Dunigan. Phone 22 World Co.
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Jack Perdue
James Tryon
Lawrence
John Blough
Alfred Jehle
Jake Oehlert
Vernon Garrett
William Wells
Barbara Jehle
Esther
Richard Oehlert
Walter Howard
John Alexander
John Maloney
W. E. Peters
C. E. Dunigan
The Little Church in Black and White by Stanley A Curtis
A reflective essay on aging vegetables and rooted living, urging steadiness and growth amid change. The piece argues that true progress comes from staying rooted in enduring values rather than chasing fads, linking civic roots to personal character and national development. Included is a brief feature on Gov. Alf M Landon’s outdoor address at Attica high school, with NBC radio plans.
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The
Little Church
Stanley A. Curtis
Kansas City
Alf M. Landon
Attica
Kan
Oscar Stauffer
Pat Crowell
NBC
Villa Eden Steak Fry Hosts Linwood Faculty
Linwood high school faculty gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Arch Meineke on Wednesday for a steak fry. Sunday dinner guests at the Brock home were Mrs D Wilson and her children from Lawrence visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W E Brock.
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Linwood High School
Arch Meineke
D. Wilson
Lawrence
W. E. Brock
Linwood Community Notice and Social Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Wesley White visited the Fred Harmon home Sunday evening. Miss Anna Donovan stayed several days at the W E Pettengill home. Linwood baccalaureate services were held at the high school auditorium Sunday evening. Mrs W E Pettengill hurt her shoulder Friday morning and the doctor was called. A class night program will be at Linwood Tuesday evening. Three high school graduates Dorothy Toyne Marie Milleret and Selma Torneden attended a commencement breakfast Tuesday morning with Mr and Mrs Julius Torneden and family. Mrs Anna Torneden was very sick and hospitalized after a major operation Sunday morning. Friends wish her a speedy recovery. William Torneden and son William visited the W E Pettengill home Sunday.
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Wesley White
Fred Harmon
Anna Donovan
W. E. Pettengill
Lingwood High School
Linwood
Dorothy Toyne
Marie Milleret
Selma Torneden
Julius Torneden
M. Luckan
Fall Leaf
Anna Torneden
William Torneden
William
Baldwin News Recaps Local Visits and Church Day Events
Local residents visit Baldwin friends in a Sunday round of calls. J F Lewis and daughter Anna visit Rev Lee Lewis in Highland after his second hospital operation. Rotary club notes district meeting enthusiasm and new president William M Clark. Church Day at First Methodist includes Mother Love devotional and the study book finale Toward a Christian America. Settlement Day planned for May 24.
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J. C. Scott
Eudora
Eben Scott
Kansas City
Old Baldwin
J. F. Lewis
Anna Lewis
St. Joseph
Lee Lewis
Highland
Missouri Methodist Hospital
Ross Wolf
Minneola
J. F. McConnell
Mr. Wolf
Oklahoma
Harold W. Guest
Margaret Ann
Robert
Ruth Yeomans
Paul Keehan
Florence
George Lincoln
Paul Jr
Dorothy Lou
Lorenzo Payne
Kansas Co
Ralph Mellrath
Billy
Kingman
Coach Liston
Father O'Neil
Ottawa
Eugene Collins
Kansas State College
Bert O'Neil
Paul Annadown
Sulphur
Ohio
Baldwin
Annadown
American Medical Association
William M. Clark
Leila Clark
J. W. D. Clardy
Topeka
James Waring
Leonard W. Waring
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Woman's Home Missionary Society
S. A. Deel
Mother Love
Harriet W. Ruble
David Young
James Chubb
N. B. Clifton
Lydia Nutter
S. W. Muenzenmayer
George Marquardt
Elizabeth Zellars
Frank E. Wolf
America
Aid
L. W. Waring
Ladies Aid
A. E. Ayers
World Peace Topic Highlights Baldwins Women Club
Mrs Wallace Fleming led the Woman's Foreign Missionary society in Baldwin with Mrs B F Howard conducting a devotional. The program featured World Peace as the topic led by Mrs William M Clark, plus a review of Evelyn Nicholson's book. Several local guests and attendees joined in, including Dr Edwin D Ebright and a German banquet at Kansas State Teachers College. An Indoor Picnic and club officer elections closed the Tuesday Reading club season.
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Wallace B. Fleming
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
B. F. Howard
William M. Clark
W. J. Williams
Evelyn Nicholson
Bishop Nicholson
Clark
Topeka
Fleming
Harold Case
Columbus
J. W. Clardy
Paul Annadown
Sulphur
Okla
R. M. Parsons
Farmer's Union Livestock Commission of
Kansas City
Baldwin
Edwin D. Ebright
Wichita
H. K. Ebright
American Medical Association
Leonard O'Bryon
Elisa Perez
Mary Ruth Herrington
Clara Johanning
Mason Hicks
Emporia
Luther Leavengood
B. A. Gessner
Mary Anna Lawrence
Stanley Flickinger
Aunt Het by Robert Quillex
Emmie recalls silence as the radio blares while Aunt Het looms large in a story framed by humor and memory. The piece portrays family dynamics through a narrator who questions noise and worth in a 1930s syndicated vignette.
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Aunt Het
Robert Quillex
Baldwin Garden club hosts Dahl ias talk and plans show
The Baldwin Garden club met at Mrs. Frank E. Wolf's home with guest speaker Thomas A. Evans, Baker alumnus secretary, on Dahlias. Plans were made for a flower show on May 23 open 3 AM to 10 PM with Norma Lockwood in charge, slides and music, judged by out of town guests.
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W. B. Fleming
A. F. Beach
James Aus
Clarence Moldenhauer
Wellsville
HH. Wells
Baldwin Garden Club
Frank E. Wolf
Thomas
A. Evans
Baker
Evans Garden
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Colorado
Brooke Peters Church
New York Seminary
the World Co
Business Women’s Club
Lillian Phillins
Carrie Ericson
Margaret Schuanann
Elizabeth Davis
Maude Sullivan
Marcia Carter
Louise Nelson
Mary Morgan
Mary Neustifter
Florence McKee
Marjorie Dietrich
Agnes Evans
Dorothy Shuffleburg
J. A. Tuggle
Edward Shaw
Route 4
Pleasant Valley
B.P.W. Club
Business and Professional Women's Club
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Paul
Europe
Orient
General Features Syndicate
Landon
Villa Eden
Baldwin News
Emmie
Publishers Syndicate
L. T. Harris
N. H. St
Electrie
the Ansas
Lawrence City
Tober 13
Chamber of Commerce
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