Locked in YMCA Building Before It Was Finished
Mrs. A Henley recalls being locked inside the unfinished YMCA building now known as the WREN building. Women escaped via a makeshift basement exit after boards were removed from a doorway. The tale also recalls the Starrett family, famed architects, and their Los Angeles development near Wilshire Boulevard now sold to an insurance company.
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A. Henley
Los Angeles
Y.M. C.A
Y.M.C.A
WREN
Starrett
North Lawrence
New York
Japan
Paul Starrett
Starretts
Wilshire Boulevard
Althoit
Henley
Starrett Bros. and
Egan
Chicago
San Francisco
Starrett Brothers
Junior High Students Present Benefit Program
Junior High PTA presents a benefit program in the old high auditorium Monday evening November 24. Admission 10 cents for children 15 cents for adults. The program features the Junior High band, plays, songs, and a film with many named cast and student participants. Opal Dulaney listed as organizer.
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Old High
Cornmeal Muffins from Mrs. Arnett Recipe
A biscuit style recipe lists cornmeal flour sugar baking powder and salt mixed with milk egg and shortening. Batter is poured into greased muffin pans and baked twenty minutes at 425 degrees F. Mrs. John H. Arnett 1343 Tenn. St. subscribes by phone 22.
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John H. Arnett
Tenn
Gay Colored Cotton Hose for Sports Costumes
Discussion on substituting silk with cotton stockings as silk grows scarce and pricier. Cotton hose, including lisle and knee length sport varieties, offer longer wear and similar cost to silk. Trends note ankle and knee length styles, elastic cuffs, self colored stripes, and a range of soft color tones from red to blue.
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America
Delft
Ingleside Club Receives Mother's Letter From British Godchild
Members of Ingleside club, early adopters of a British child, have received a gratitude letter from Ruth Harman’s mother Mrs Chris Harman. The note thanks for clothing gifts and Christmas aid arranged through British Child Aid and Save the Children International Union.
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Ingleside Club
Mother
Incleside Club
Chris Harman
London
Office
British Child Aid
New York
Henry J. Allen
Save the Children International Union
Geneva
Traditional Thanksgiving Menu With Modern Twists
A home cook's guide blends classic and new recipes for Thanksgiving. Dishes include Roast Turkey with chestnut dressing, Cranberry Relish, Sweet Potato Puffs and Puddings, Corn Fritters, Baked Onions, Turnip Cup with Pea Filling, and festive salads and pies. Also features Hot Breads such as Dixie Biscuits.
Garnishes and Jelly for the Turkey Dish
A recipe notes dried peaches and jellied accompaniments to flavor turkey. Soak peaches overnight, skin, simmer with water and spices then add sugar, cook briefly, cool and serve with cold turkey.
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Turkey
Cranberry Jelly Recipe Fragments Surface
Fragment lists ingredients for cranberry jelly including cranberries sugar water and boiling steps. The text shows a quart of cranberries and a pint of water with the process starting to boil.
Water candy recipe method
Instructions describe removing foam from hot juice and squeezing through a jelly bag. Add two cups sugar and boil five minutes. Let cool and cut into squares.
Apple Cranberry Sauce Method From Historic Recipe
A recipe describes using medium apples and cranberries with sugar and lemon juice to create a frozen sauce. The process includes chopping fruit, soaking rind in lemon juice, boiling sugar and water, and freezing in a large tray with periodic stirring and mashing for a smooth texture.
Pineapple Sherbet Recipe Note
A simple recipe fragment lists half cup pineapple juice and one cup sugar. No additional steps or ingredients are provided in the readable text.
Lemon sherbett with pineapple juice twist
Follow directions for lemon sherbet and replace percent of a cup lemon juice with pineapple juice. A touch of orange juice boosts flavor, enhancing the sherbet.
Banana Frozen Fruit Salad Recipe
A simple fruit salad recipe mixes banana pineapple maraschino cherries grapes and orange juice with whipped cream and mayonnaise. Fold ingredients, whip cream blend with mayo then freeze three hours and serve on lettuce with optional extra mayonnaise.
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Gold Coast
Rice Cup Cake From Simple Kitchen Mix
A simple bake recipe combines cooked rice one teaspoon sugar a quarter cup butter salt to taste one cup sweet milk. Mix thoroughly and beat hard for two minutes. Bake in a well greased pan for twenty minutes.
Gift idea for Lawrence resident Journal-World subscription
A former Lawrence resident is offered a mail subscription to the Journal-World for two dollars fifty cents or three dollars per year depending on distance. The ad presents a simple, low cost gift option via mail subscription.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
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Boys’ Glee Club
Crusaders
JoAnn Williams
Jeannie
Girls’ Glee Club
the Beautiful
Eugene Crabb
Petty Patch
Petty Fultz
Academy of Science ‘America
Crabb
Opal Dulaney
Indiana St
Argentina
Ruth
Salvation Army
Dixie Biscuits
Parker House
Jayhawk
Vermont
Billy
Betty
E. W. Young
Ed Young
C. Wagg
Alabama Street
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
Resem
Henry
Erick
Winston Churchill
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