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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1913
Page
5
Journal-World readers are asked to cooperate with the society reporter for a daily record of social happenings. The column lists visiting suffrage figures, household entertainments, and upcoming events including luncheons and dinners hosted by professors, governors, and local societies.
The Hutchinson Daily Gazette reports a Saturday garden party hosted by Dean and Mrs. Tefgin. Faculty and wives attended, with Chancellor Strong Carruth Green Jalmston Templin Marvin Blickmar Sayer ALT and others. Refreshments were served. spring floral decor illuminated the venue.
About four hundred guests attended a Mothers Day luncheon at the Phi Gamma Delta chapter house. The house was decorated with summer flowers, a five course luncheon served at one. Guests toured the town and campus by automobile. Several named attendees and hosts were listed, with engagements and sorority notes included.
Local residents and visitors are listed spending days in Baldwin and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. Sharman, Miss Lillian Pilkington, Geo. T. Marshall and son, Mrs. W. Scott, Bailey Kimbrew funeral in Junction City, Dr. W. H. Letton, Mrs. F. L. Ball of Denver, Dr. Frank Strong, T. H. Chalkley, Mrs. Darline Newby, Miss Helen Pryor, Miss Dollie Smith, Miss Grace Boyle, CG. W. Haas, Mrs. Clara Ranaga, Miss Margaret Cill, Miss Clara Mantey, Mrs. BB. Power, C. I. Frink, Ji Normandin, D. J. Normandon and Harriet, Bunn, and J. W. Pratt Party members and guests attended local events and planned travel to cities like Kansas City, Leavenworth, Wichita, and Anis for various meetings and audits.
A jumble of social announcements and news briefs lists births visits and corrections. It notes the birth of a son to Mr c and Mrs Seay at 609 Tennessee street and various visits by Miss Kircina Miss Cunningham and Miss Marian Houston. Other items mention Mrs Roy Hitchcock of Wellington Kansas guest of Miss Nancy Longeriickers and Miss Fer Edie returning from Bonner Springs and Kansas City. A correction clarifies an earlier marriage announcement for Grace Gibb to Walter Richardson. Obituaries include Mrs John Woodrow of Denver aged 81, and a Fireman killed in a collision near Austin Texas with 25 injured. Also reports former Union Pacific president Lor y Burt dying in Chicago at age 69.
A defective flue at the residence of Jack Mills on Illiness Street caused a small blaze yesterday morning. Firefighters contained the fire with minor damage, and no injuries were reported. In Ithaca New York Cornell students feared missing after a canoe accident Saturday night, authorities fear the bodies may not be recovered.
Captain John A Scudder a retired capitalist and pioneer steamboat captain is reported dead in St Louis Missouri Also note Miss Wilson mayor of Hunnewell Kansas visiting to attend suffrage meetings Local ads list remnants of laces embroideries ribbons at Mrs Prentiss home store 907 Tennessee street multiple want ads seek a seamstress housekeeper rooming furniture and farm help All items appear as a sanitized snapshot of a mid century paper page with mixed notices and classified requests
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