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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
6
Teachers and supervisors attended the Pinckney school annual PTA dinner at the Country Club in a color themed event. Speeches were few, songs and games followed courses, with 58 seats at long tables and floral decorations.
A grandmother reports a girl suffered a three year rash starting from infancy, with dry skin and itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the child improved markedly, per Mrs Frank Swickland of Grand Rapids Michigan, 1927. Ads urge daily use of Cuticura products and Telcom for cleansing and itching relief.
A tea will be hosted by Theta Phi Alpha members tomorrow from 3 to 5 pm to honor visiting national secretary Miss Frances Best of Champaign Illinois and house mother Mrs Elizabeth Edwards. Invitations include chaperone and one rep from each sorority plus faculty and townspeople. Attendees and helpers listed with decorations and blue theme.
Names and movements of local residents and guests appear, including N S Nelson from Haskell Institute in Kansas City, C W Brown on a business trip, G E Lindquist attending a Methodist conference sheeting, Mrs F M Benedict visiting Kansas City, H Pakewark in Kansas City on business, Mrs Warren Reding and family traveling to Pittsburgh, Mrs Robert Jordan of Baltimore returning from Sterling for her brother Richard Frie son s marriage, Mrs C A Manter of Denver visiting then returning home, with references to K U bacteriology faculty and Seater family connections.
Describes sleeveless jackets worn over long sleeves creating a coat-like effect as a phase of sport suits. Notes Cheruit offers an ensemble in beige jersey and crepe de chine with a crepe skirt featuring large box pleats at the left.
Washington AP reports more than 4,000 United States war pensioners live in 85 foreign lands and receive nearly 2,000,000 dollars annually from the Bureau of Pensions. The average payment is about 500 dollars. Most reside in their native land, while others went abroad seeking adventure and comfort on the pension income. About nine hundred have made their homes overseas.
Roll and children Mrs Guy Young Sisters and Brother express appreciation for sympathy shown and for beautiful flowers following the loss of a loved one.
A garbled OCR list notes English speaking populations across regions and nations. It mentions varied groups in Greenland Turkestan Bolivia versus the Azores and long lists of counts for France Cuba Italy Norway Mexico Sweden China Switzerland Japan Canada Ireland England Wales Australia Scotland and insular possessions including the Philippine Islands Hawaii Porto Rico Guam Samoa with scattered notes on allegiance and a drugstore advertisement.
Fragmentary OCR records an errant delivery note referencing Postmaster C B Hosford and names Homer Loney and Hoxence Gook plus Topeka and Leavenworth as places involved. The garbled text implies a misrouted mail incident with possible carrier names and destinations.
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