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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1928
Page
4
The item references a Chicago woman's view on divorce and a pattern of flowers from a husband. It notes courtship gifts, continued sentiment after marriage, and a desire for separation. The clipping reflects attitudes toward divorce and romantic gestures in 1928 society.
The Missouri senator Reed assails Secretary Hoover, blaming him for wartime policies and wheat price fixing. The piece notes political motives, shifts blame to a Democratic administration, and touches on insurance rate case settlements and crime studies in Chicago. It references President Coolidge and farm relief act discussions.
Douglas county stands as a hub in the Kansas cross-state road program tied to the completion of highway 73 W from Ottawa to the Douglas county line. The state highway commission will aid state and federal funds to push the six and a half mile Frank lin county stretch, with north county projects under way and Franklin county paying arrangements pending.
In the old home town Mrs L H Perkins hosts a thimble party Saturday afternoon for Miss Hallagh Oliver departing for Europe. Mrs J Gordon Gibb holds a luncheon for Daisy Smith whose wedding to Mr Wherry is June 10. Elmer and Emma Brown attend an Irish tea with green and white decorations. A Kappa Alpha Theta garden party at 1225 Tatn Street for the M G A nets $34, $13 clear, with stringed music. Mrs A L Selig travels to Mount Vernon Ohio to visit Ernest Selig. The Searles family plans to move to Kansas City in June. Ichinahe hosts a charm ing thimble party for Mrs Hutchinson and later hosts the Foster whist club. Liverstons and Mrs Peter Emery prize a hand-painted bon-bon dish.
A subscriber praises today’s Journal-World as high-grade and well edited with wide coverage from AP features to local society, three obituaries, sports, sermons, and editorials. He recalls Lawrence newspaper roots, staff, and past struggles, noting enduring prosperity and a strong office presence. He ends with reflections on Lincoln Osborne and the senate.
Miss Margaret Heller daughter of Mrs. Harry J. Heller and Bruce Church wed Saturday at St Pauls Episcopal church with Rev Washburn officiating. Ceremony featured palms ferns candles and organ music by Clarence Sears. Mrs. Robert M Campbell of Fort Leavenworth sang with Sears accompanying. Bride wore a white angel gown with Chantilly lace and carried Ophelia roses. Guests included Mrs. Joseph Williams matron of honor and Burr Tarrant best man. Afterward the couple left for a motor trip through the south.
Seven youth ful orators from 18,286 schools vie May 26 for the U S national finals in constitution talks. Winners gain trip to Europe, judges include Supreme Court justices and cabinet members, with earlier rounds determining the seven finalists and state winners earning cash trophies.
834 House passes Katsag-Ni to wn pill. 57 Martin F. Conway s¢-nom inated for congress. Repslivan convention held in Topeka. 1867 M. Home becomes one of the proprietors of Leavenworth Conservative.
Prof. F C Fenton of Iowa State College is chosen to head the Kansas State Agricultural College agricultural engineering department, succeeding Prof. HB Walker. A graduate of Iowa State, he studied at Oxford and Missouri and is a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers with multiple bulletins and articles to his name.
The United States League of Local Loans and Loan Associations reports a 6.4 percent rise in membership and a 15.3 percent gain in assets over the past year. Secretary H. P. Cellarius cites ten year growth from under one billion to over seven billion dollars, with Texas and California posting the largest asset gains.
Ottawa Kansas May 22 AP The sixty third annual commencement exercises of Ottawa University will begin Friday and continue through Tuesday The senior play Smiling Through will be shown Friday and Tuesday evenings Dr Erdman Smith president will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning The trustees meet Monday morning The Colloquial oratorical contest is Monday afternoon President Frank J White of the Realist college Shanghai China will deliver the commencement address Tuesday morning.
Eudora Rev and Mrs Theo Hauck with Rev Beckers of Kansas City and R E Pfundt visited Alma to spend the day with Fred Albele and family. Senior class members attended the tenth annual commencement ceremonies held in the town.
An old medicinal trade advertisement touts milk of magnesia as a reliable stomach remedy. It markets the preparation as acid neutralizing, gas relieving, and gentler than soda, with a long history under Charles H. Phillips and predecessors since 1875.
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