Birds in Fashion Sparks Protests in London Meeting
London April 9 AP reports decorative use of stuffed human birds in dresses provokes anger among women and lawmakers. Parliament banned import of plumage in 1921, but illegal trafficking persists worldwide. Duchess of Somerset condemns wearers as savages while Mrs Fox Pitt cites an evening gown covered with stuffed hummingbirds.
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London
Associated Press
England
United States
Society
League of Nations
Duchess of Somerset
Worden Notes Busy Tuesday Neighborhood Activity
Worden residents list a dense flow of visits errands and travel on Tuesday with many neighbors driving to Baldwin Ottawa Lawrence and Kansas City. The piece notes funerals church events and a planned Easter program at Worden Evangelical Church plus a missionary offering.
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Johnnie Lyons
Baldwin
John Schwalm
Overbrook
Will
Warner
Albert Hornberger
John
Elm
Annie
Amos Flory
Henry Davison
Kan
Jacob Filburn
Davison
Chris
Bill Deskins
August Fleer
Adolph Johanning
Lea Simmonss
Orvil Elm
Schwalm
Noah Shuler
Frank Deay
John Cline
Thelma Schwartz
Guy Deskins
Fred Heim
J. Breithaupt
Little. Leland
Lou Flora
Worden
Johnnie Breithaupt
K. C
Jake Blair
Paul Johanning
Topeka
Fred Johanning
Jose
Heffner
Fern
Elmer Lutz
Henry Schwartz
Edna
Ivan Schwartz
Ike Thomas
Elen
Jack
Kansas City
Lucas Fleer
J. T. Schwalm
Fleer
Henry Hornberger
Herbert, Glasier
Earl Houser
Dr.Bell
J. W. Johanning
Leona Rappard
Lawrence
Henry Rappard
Walter Jehle
Annie Johannings
Evangelical Church of Worden
Schiwalm Brothers
Andrew’ Elm
Clear skin and beauty promise by purifying blood
A promotional piece extols clear skin as the sign of health and asks readers to trust 5.5.8. S.S.S. as a safe herbal remedy since 1826. It claims the tonic cleanses blood of impurities, curing pimples blackheads boils eczema and rheumatism, and promises improved appearance and well being.
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S.S
Get Rid of Piles Now Pyramid Pile Suppositories Ad
A vintage advertisement claims Pyramid Pile Suppositories stop burning pain and protrusion. It touts thousands of testimonies and urges buying an 80 cent box at any drug store to avert surgery.
High Prairie Social Notes Show Local Visits and Illness
High Prairie residents attended gatherings and visits including Mrs Lew Maichel and baby, Mrs Charlie Desque and Irene of Overbrook, and Mrs Claude Williams family. The community noted the Roy Herr funeral and illnesses at D M Shotwell’s home with Nelson Pardee staying with them.
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Lew Maidhels
Farmers Union
High Prairie
Charlie Gleason
Hershel Ulrich
Baldwin
Dorian
Walter Ulrich
Loren Williams
Edd -Heaston
Francis
Helen
Little Robert
Lew Maichel
Charlie Desque
Irene
Overbrook
Arthur. Reeser
Gladys Lloyd
Gerald Puckett
Claude Williams
Edd Pardee
D. M. Shotwells
Lew,Flory
Hilda Price
Clyude
Puckett
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Recovers Health
Mrs Wa J Leb of Terre Haute Indiana states she was weak nervous and dizzy before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After a year of failed medicines she regained strength and health and attributes this to the product which she recommends to other women before and after childbirth. The advertisement notes the medicine is available at druggists everywhere.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lydia
Pinkham
Wa. J. Leb
Terre’ Haute
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marmoia Prescription Tablets Promise Easy Weight Loss
The ad claims Marmoia Prescription Tablets remove fat without diet or exercise, insisting many fat people fear hard methods. A box costs one dollar and is sold by druggists worldwide with direct mail price from Marmnolin Co., Detroit, Michigan. It urges readers to start getting slender now.
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Marmnolin Co
General_ Motors Rhile
Verroit
Mich
Allenrhu Rheumatic Cure Ad and Local Notices
Round Corner Drug Co presents Allenrhu a promised cure for rheumatism claiming rapid relief and uric acid dissolution with no payment unless successful. A Blue Mound church group reports meetings and socials with local residents visiting and attending events around Lawrence and Garden City, including prom nights and Sunday dinners.
Community Socials Across Kaw Valley and Reno
A cascade of Sunday visits and small gatherings fills Kaw Valley and Reno towns. Families such as Shirar Koehler Dreher Schutz Seidel and others share meals and call on relatives from Lawrence to Six Corners. Easter plans at Fairview, a pie social postpone, and school events with juniors mark a lively weekend in local life.
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Charles Shirar
Helen
Hazel
Lester
Donna Shirar
Paul Koehler
Edna
A.weiding
Arlo
Sanborn
Herbert
Lawrence
Dreher
Rose Dreher
Floyd Nisely
Oliver Schutz
Lake View
Walter Howard
Pleasant Valley
Charles Howard
Lural
Pancake
Ernest Ralston and
Howard
Brownlee
Fairview
Gunther Seele and Son
Six Corners
Louis Seele
Alfred
Topi
Franklin
Otto Dreher
Card
Fred Bolen
Bob Welker
S.T. Griffin
B. C. Day
A. W. Delfer
Herbert Baker
H. G. Eisele
Swamp Root kidney remedy ad urges treatment
A vintage advertisement claims thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble undetected. It links kidney disease to headaches back pain and fatigue and promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a doctor prescribed remedy available at drug stores with a sample offer for ten cents.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghanson
Dye and Silk Dyeing at Rankin’s Drug Store
In the basement of the school house an ad promotes Butterfly Tint dye for silks and fine fabrics. Rankin’s Drug Store at 1101 Mass announces Market Basket tomorrow with a brief note.
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Rankin’s ~ Drug Store
Joint-Ease for Stiff Joints Promoted in Ad
Primacists claim Joint-Ease cures joint ailments after other remedies fail. The advert promises quick relief from painful, inflamed joints with clean penetrating action. Available for sixty cents at Round Corner Drug Co. and druggists everywhere.
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Round Corner Drug Co
Adv
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
James H. Allen
Allenrhu
Ridennai
Forbes St
Rochester
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
CG. T. Crowe
Blue Mound
C. A. Whedon
Leary
Peters
Cunningham
Lela
Garden City
Mrs. Pancake
Rev. Looker
G. A. Whedon
Fred Howard
Vernon Garrett
E. Ieary
Homer Brownlee
Harold Marshall
Harold Brown
Brown
Horrell
Day
Sadie Slusser
Osgood Arm~strong
Lecompton
Clyde Edwards
R. A. Stanwix
Raw Valley
Louise Altenbernd
Otto Altenbernd
Frank Whaley
Bloomington
Oscar Cox
G. B. Castle
Whaley
Auto Electric CO
Sutter
Crosley Trirdyn
Westinghouse
General Electric
Douglas Radio Co
Hudson
Goff Motor CO
Massachusetts
Willard
Carter
Tire & Battery CO
Fritz Co
East
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