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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1917
Page
6
Seventy women gather this afternoon at the Watkins bank building to learn surgical dressings for Red Cross relief. Volunteers plan home sewing, knitting for hospital supplies, and ongoing sessions with partial funding from members and small weekly gifts.
Fragmented ad copy discusses air, freshened health and weight loss with a Korein product. It names numerous sponsors and a mailing address for sale, with a note about exchange copies of The Life of a Feusil Hunter. The item ends with a reference to hunting dinosaurs on the Red Deer River and sale details at University Book Store.
More than 150 delegates attend the State Conference of the Y W C A at the University in Lawrence with delegations from Washburn Kansas State Agricultural College Emporia Normal College of Emporia Ottawa University Baker University Cooper College Fairmount Friends College largest from Washburn and the agricultural college The opening meeting was in Myers Hall with Miss Louise Holmquist national secretary speaking and round table discussions on committee work The afternoon included a university and Haskell Institute tour Dinner at the Conational church parish house tonight Itasca Hissman asmistress Devotions at Myers Hall tomorrow morning main address by Mrs Reed McClure on Opities for Christian Service in the Present Crisis Vesper service in Fraser chapel.
An ad claims catarrh causes deafness and says only a special remedy can restore hearing once the Eustachian tube inflames. It offers one hundred dollars to prove a case of dreaminess caused by catarrh cannot be cured, and pitches Cheney Brothers pills for constipation as well.
Baker University baseball meets Haskell in a 4 pm Monday game at home. The contest replaces the Bethany match canceled last week. Manager Venne aims to complete eight full schedule games this spring and avoids suspending athletics.
Superintendent C R Hawley reports the state board of education will approve credits for students who withdraw this year to work on farms or join the military due to war and food conditions. Local notes mention Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting Tuesday at noon and road building union discussions.
Mr and Mrs James Lawrence and their young son have returned from four years teaching at Loaog high school in the Philippine Islands. They have reached Vancouver and plan to be home in a few days. Mrs Lawrence, formerly Miss Bertha Karnes, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Karnes on South Massachusetts street. Bell attended the University and many friends here await their homecoming.
Kansas City April 21. Federal district attorney Francis M. Wilson announced that Anton Haverkamp, arrested last week on German spy charges, had been interned at Fort Riley Kansas. He reportedly possessed coast maps inland waterways reports and clocks and a clockwork device that could aid bomb making. Haverkamp, a Prussian laborer for ten years, claimed he had taken out his first papers in 1904 but lost them.
Police Judge Finch acted as arbiter for a morning scrap over junk. John Garrison, charged with striking Willie Attinger, a boy, admitted pushing him after Willie claimed the boy had stolen junk Willie had brought to sell. Garrison fined one dollar and costs.
McCullochs offers Jergens Colgates and Palmers soups at ten cents a bar. Miss Edna Duncan of Joln visits Miss Nelle Morris. Miss Josephine Sauer and Miss Minnie Sauer with Teddy Sauer depart for Bristol, Calo.
Mrs Wilson Robison of 744 Nestle Street Toledo Ohio writes of recovery from spring ailments using Peruna claiming weight gain and relief from heavy feelings and pain. She says she feels like a new person and plans to work, praising Peruna as the only remedy for spring and other illnesses. The Peruna Company offers free booklets and liquid medicine alternatives.
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