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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
2
Fragmented local notes describe Mr Dine moving a saw, neighbors helping, and plans to retire to Kaneity City. Mentions include deaths in California, hay baling near High Prairie, school events at Sumday School, and various visits and recitations at community gatherings. A school closes and a Harvest supper features multiple performers and acts.
Eleven members attended the Sunday school meeting as elections were held for officers. Superintendent Ed Heaston, Assistant Superintendent Mr Boland, Secretary Miss Helth Campbell, and Treasurer Frank Gleason were elected. Mrs Alore Haas hosted visitors from Pleasant Grove and Win Lyons helped with meals. Mr Pardee is in Kansas for farming duties and Mrs Pardee plans to travel with him.
A vintage advertorial lists beauty remedies by Mme. D Mille. It promotes Mother's Shampoo to prevent hair loss, Delatone for painless hair removal, Mothers Salve for pimples and eczema, and a homemade tissue builder using sugar syrup and gallol. The piece touts skin smoothness, quick hair regrowth, and antiseptic aid.
Amid a cross state clash over where to place the Glick statue, Topeka and Lawrence figures spar over a Statutory Hall site in Washington. A legislative delay stalled approval as backers push for Kansas to fund the effort, while supporters rally for the statue’s installation before others. Local notices report related visits and community updates from Lawrence, Perry, and surrounding towns.
Ebner Taylor and family have moved to Perry. A meeting or event was held at Doltaan's Hall Priss stay evening, though details are unclear due to damaged text.
A two week event begins two Sundays from now at the church. Rev Esterman of the North Lawrence U B Church will preach during the day with a basket dinner at noon. A special offering will support the Dayton Publishing House, recently destroyed by floods. In the afternoon candidates for church membership will be baptized. Tom Seeton of Olathe visited Mrs Elizabeth Seeton and others in Lawrence.
An old advertisement urged readers to guard against appendicitis using Adler-i-ka a German remedy adapted by Samoans. It claimed JUST ONE WORK relieves sour stomach gas and constipation by drawing out old matter, listing Dick Brothers druggists as the source.
Lawrence Realty Co of Girard Kansas advertises a sale or trade of hardware supplies farm equipment and a 80 acre farm near Jefferso n county two miles from a U P station. Price 30 per acre and options include a small importer sale and farm acreage near the town. In Girard April 24 the city considers boundary changes to place the ball park outside city limits amid political tensions. Bell of Scranton visited and was formerly a local implement store proprietor.
Positive testimonials describe relief from female weakness headaches backaches and monthly irregularities after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters from Mrs James J Stacy of North Bangor New York and Mrs L E Wycrofe of Ann Arbor Michigan praise the remedy as a blessing for women suffering severe hemorrhages pains and related ailments.
A promotional text touts Danderine as a miracle hair product. It claims dull brittle and scraggy hair can be revived by moistening with the product and carefully distributing a strand by strand. The ad emphasizes renewed luster softness and beauty after treatment.
Washington April 2 Senator Thompson of Kansas introduces a bill to require full receipts and expenditures by candidates for president vice president senator or congressman and by their committees. It also caps expenditures and imposes penalties for violations, aiming to force transparency and reduce undisclosed campaign spending. The measure follows Thompson’s observation that many non required items were omitted, the current total campaign expense reaching about 60 dollars. Supporters expect it to curb contributions and force public disclosure of spending, naming candidates and committees as targets for reporting. Obituary Mo. MacKin Tack born in Alabama died in Kansas City, Missouri on April 1 at 1d m aged 3 years 7,4 months. survived by widow, four sons, two daughters. One son born earlier was injured in a horse incident March this year and died after surgery in a Kansas City hospital.
Washington April 24 President Wilson plans another trip to the Capitol to confer with senators on the nominations he has prepared. Reports say the president will seek consultative meetings with lawmakers during the visit to discuss anticipated confirmations and the makeup of the forthcoming appointments.
Advice from a historical guide on fly control in stables. It recommends keeping manure in pits, screening stables, and daily lime use. It notes dry gypsum or calcium coatings, spraying with kerosene or Paris green with water wash, and iron sulfate solutions to kill larvae, plus cleaning garbage cans and using lime and oil treatments.
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