Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-03-13
KANSAS GIRLS MAKE DISHES
University Gods Serve Tea to Callers
From Homemade Cups and
Saucers.

pleasure of serving tea at their an
nouncement parties from tea sets
made by their own hands from native
clay. The first Kansas girl to do this
was Miss Lucille Kreider of Law
renee, who graduated last year from
the School of Fine Arts at the State
University. Miss Kreider modelled
her three-piece set entirely by hand,
as the potters wheel in use at the time
would not turn pieces of the desired
thinness. Since then, facilities for the
finest work have been installed in the
clay laboratories in Haworth Hail.
Two years ago Mr.. Paul Teetor took
charge of the clay working at the Uni
versity of Kansas. and at once began
survey of Kansas soils with the aim
o. discovering clay suitable for cere-
mic purposes. Near Ellsworth he
found deposits of very good pottery
clay that made excellent brick and tile.
Art students at the University used it
for modelling and made from it a var
iety of dishes and the like. Its only
defect was that the glaze would crack
in fine lines in spite of every precau-
ticn.
More than one Lawrence bride has
set up housekeeping with dishes,
vases, candle sticks, jardinieres and
other useful and ornamental objects of
her own manufacture, doubly dear on
that account.
Crawford Pioneer Dead. p.
Christian, 81 years old, one of the
earliest citizens of Crawford county,
is dead at Girard. He came to the
county half a century ago and had
lived there continuously.
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Mexican War Veteran Dead.-Na-
thaniel Daniels, who was the only
Mexican War veteran in the Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth, is dead He
was 92 years old.
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Fought Under Doniphan.-Hiram
CLANCY, 80 years old, veteran of two
wars and a member of Colonel Doni-
phan's regiment in the Mexican War,
is dead at Lebo from blood poisoning,
caused by trimming a corn.
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Open Pottery Pfant-Arrangemen
have been made for the opening of
the Pittsburg Pottery Company's
plant within thirty days. r. C. Will
liams of Monmouth, ILL.,, has pur--
chased an interest in the company and
will become general superintendent.
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Another Pioneer Gone.-Mrs. Eliza.
beth H. Weeks, 70, a resident of Kan
sas since 1869. is dead at the home of
her daughter in Atchison. Mrs. Weeks
settled in Marshall county, where she
lived until several years ago, when she
moved to Atchison
l. Hickey recently bought the John
Murphy farm of 327 acres near juno
ton City, for $4,000. Hickey wrote
a check in payment for the entire
amount Six years ago the farm sold
for $4,000
Normal SO Years Old.-Fffty years
ago the state normal school held its
first president, Judge Lyman B. KEEL
and told somewhat of the difficulties
and successes of the 50-year journey.
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Would Prohibit Bond Issue.-Five
hundred taxpayers of Leavenworth
county assembled the other day in the
court house at Leavenworth and
passed a resolution asking that the
county commissioners he enjoined
from making bond issue or increas-
ing the levies to enable financing
county affairs until next June
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Killed by Fly WheeI.-Rufus Fenni-
more of Scammon, 81 years old, who
was caught in a fywheel at a strip
coal pit, died the other night in a
hospital at Pittsburg