Black Flag store ad for New Easter
Millinery elegance
Hanson & Hanson advertised German Easter Egg dyes
“Make the little children happy by investing 5¢ in Easter dyes.”
Good Friday – Gregg ad for silk fabrics
Good Friday service at 10:30 at Episcopal Church, “with sermon”
Saturday – All churches had Easter schedules printed
After Easter Bazaar – Ladies of Episcopal Church, Wed. afternoon &
evening at
Armory
There was talk of building a City
Auditorium
Primaries coming April 20 – first election following WW I
John J Pershing was being promoted for President
Also Leonard Wood
Lincoln Highway Association was getting started
Souders Dept. Store - March 24 - Sale on silks – taffeta, pongee, satin
at
Ruters – dresses & millinary
Zondlers Bakery – Holy Week Hot Cross Buns
Kaufman Wernert Dept. Store – Correct Easter attire – hosery, beads,
perfumes,
underwear, handkerchief, corset
First Christian Church had an ad
Annual Easter concert at the Methodist Church Easter evening at 8 p.m.
6:30 a.m. sunrise prayer meeting
Weather – Saturday before Easter snow and wind that morning. Huge
drifts, 10º
Sunday was sunny, cold, train was behind schedule & travel was difficult
Churches were full – Large congregations gathered at all churches.
City elections on April 7 included three
issues
Pool and bath house at Harmon Park
Library addition
[sketch looks like a wing at each end, east and west, of building]
New City Hall
Pool carried; other two lost
Turnout was light
Republican & Democratic primaries were not until April 14
Elm Creek voted to license pool halls and to allow picture shows on
Sundays
Easter related advertisements in two weeks before Easter
Beauty shop
Ruters – dresses
Montgomery Wards –
Women – straw
hats, hose
Men – hats,
shirts, boxer shorts
Central Café advertised Easter dinner
Good Friday – full page ad for Easter Parade of food
Ads and articles about food including
recipes
Salad
dressing:
1 cup sugar, 1 egg, pinch of salt, vinegar to taste –
good on cabbage
Easter menu
Grapefruit w/ mint jelly
Celery, olives, radishes
Leg of lamb
New potatoes in cream
Buttered Brussels Sprouts
Pickled peaches
Carrot & raisin salad
Hot rolls, butter, jelly
Pineapple upside-down cake
Coffee
Directions
for preparing leg of lamb and roast lamb, omelets and cooked
salad dressings
Methodist church had a Sunrise Communion service at 7:00 a.m. “like last
year”
Page ad listed all the churches in town and urged readers to attend but
did not list
times of services
A separate “Churches” column listed
worship times
Ravenna had an Easter Monday dance.
“Over a Thousand Kiddies Turn Out for Big Egg Hunt”
“Annual Event at Harmon Field Saturday morning”
“Did you ever witness the rush at a
big land opening? Doubtful, and if you haven’t it’s too late now.
However, you can get almost as big a thrill out of the Easter Egg hunt
held annually at Harmon Field thanks to the Kearney Kiwanis club.”
Almost 1000 children under 12. Some brought their dogs
Lined up before 9am. Orderly despite the enthusiasm.
Go signal at 9:15
Boy Scouts helped
15,000 Easter Eggs were found in 10 minutes
Younger children helped by Kiwanians
Led by Junior Legion Drum Corps,
they marched to the World Theater for free entertainment