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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1926
Page
5
A midwestern society page notes Red as a standout in a two piece fashion feature with Ellison and several named guests at a dinner event. The piece lists club hosts, committee members, and attendees including Mrs. E Green and Miss Betty Washington, while outlining forthcoming society events and charity fundraisers at local halls and clubs.
Local residents including Miss Ruth, Mrs. Wondbury, Miss Blanche Weastbury, and many others traveled to Kansas City for a day. The column notes multiple visits for shopping, business, and social calls with brief mentions of families, school staff, and regional ties.
Hedda notes velvet dominates both day and evening wear in New York fall styles. Velvet jumpers paired with crepe skirts remain popular with red and green shades, plus a trend toward velveteen, brocade, and chiffon fabrics in dresses and sports frocks.
Mrs H A White visited Kansas City with her children, hosting and visiting kin including Frank Kodlic and family and Donald White. Several residents entertained relatives from Denver and Conn. A Marion Talley concert prompted attendance and supper at the Jayhawk hotel. Miss Henrietta Schinbert hosted Tata Phi Phi club with six members due to rain. Coach Perrine’s high school football team beat Vinland 1 to 0 on the land field, Vinland scoring none. Richards planned a month long trip along the West Coast starting Friday.
Minnie Conger, longtime Friends church member and Rebekah lodge officer, died after a life of charity. She married Charles II Conger on August 13 1881 at Hesper Kan and had seven children, two of whom survive Evelyn McClain and Eric L. Conger of Lawrence. She aided her invalid brother-in-law Eliza Conger, housed the ill, and was praised as a Samaritan. Funeral included a mixed quartet from Eudora and tributes from neighbors.
Minerva Rebekah lodge 148 of Eudora led the funeral at the cemetery for Mrs Conger. Out-of-town mourners included Mr and Mrs Zimmerman of Perry Oklahoma and Mrs Mattie Mills and son Frank of Kansas City. Relatives, friends, and the Carr family noted the terrible road conditions with washed-out bridges delaying travel.
A War era speech by Garrard Wins ten urges bankers to fund national needs while avoiding cash pay downs. He cites post Revolutionary and Civil War debts, noting states owed bonds and the federal government would assume them, with estimates suggesting a large but shrinking burden. the speaker argues for balanced funding and gradual reduction.
The text notes a peak national debt around 25 to 25.5 billion, then a 22 percent reduction by 1926 with about $600 million cut, claiming no greater burden on taxpayers since the Civil War. It mentions postwar war debts and a social note on fashion revolt among women over frocks and display buttons.
An advertisement claims Olive Tablets from Dr Edwards act on liver and bowels to improve complexion and vitality. It stresses vegetable content, olive color, and safe nightly use with no after effects, offering 15 30 and 60 cent prices and urging readers to seek cause of weakness.
An early 20th century promotion extols Kotex as a hygienic, deodorizing sanitary pad. It claims superior absorbency, eliminates laundry, and reduces embarrassment, encouraging purchase at dry goods and department stores for a few cents.
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