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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1921
Page
4
About twenty women met in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms to discuss fair exhibits. They planned a nursery tent and children’s activities with music programs in the afternoon and evening. Some local grocers and butchers closed early for the holiday, while others kept normal hours.
The Delta Delta Delta Alliance held a picnic at Central Park with seven members. Miss Elizabeth Batel attended. Several members left Baldwin for teaching posts in Vesper Burns Kansas City and Burns. Mr. Markham returned from Washington DC after three months promoting good roads. Many family and school updates follow, including engagements, relocations, and upcoming moves to Kansas City and New York University.
Several families and individuals visit relatives in Baldwin and Lawrence. Mrs. Ruchty becomes secretary of the W C T U convention. Rev R A Anderson and family plan to move to Oswego. Miss Ault teaches in Kansas City high school after a Wisconsin summer. Community updates include farm work, housing improvements, and local visits across Franklin and Kaw counties.
In a weekday afternoon scene Mr and Mrs Plin White and son Harold host the scene as Mutual Air trucks delivered gas on Thursday and Friday. Miss Ethel Kindred from Lawrence aided her sister Mrs W Essele in cooking for silo fillers on Monday. Mr John Hagan and Mr and Mrs Forest Trackwell visited Mrs Arnold Smoots at the hospital on Saturday.
Carl Rothrock plowed on the Will Curtis place and Phil Fleshman hosted a High Prairie reunion. Dozens of locals including Fleshman family, Curtis, Rothrock, Brohammer, Flory, Jacobs, and Deay share church visits, sales, entertainment, and farm work across Pleasant Grove and Lone Star areas. continuous community activity and visits documented.
A historical sales notice touts Newton's Blood and Rheumatic Remedy as a constitutional cure for blood troubles and nerve fatigue. It claims a 16 ounce bottle provides 138 doses for 43 days and offers mail ordering from Kansas City Missouri with a money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
John Garrett of Walnut Grove Wisconsin called in last Thursday morning. Miss Freda Herester attended the rosette at the University last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGrade spent Sunday with Mrs. McGrade's mother in Lawrence. Miss Lucile Gabriel visited the Jahns. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Baker and son Marvin of Lawrence were evening callers at Jahns last Tuesday.
Official figures from the Ministry of Labor show births exceeded deaths by 159,790 in 1920, with marriages totaling 623,869 versus 312,086 in 1913. The data reflect France moving from war to peace and highlight demographic shifts.
Babe Strode appeared in police court today on a disturbing the peace and resisting an officer charge. He pleaded not guilty saying he just bucket away from the officer and his trial set for Thursday morning.
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