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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1918
Page
6
Linwood selects Ed Meinke Nina Watkins Helen Adams Mabel Anderson for next year’s grades and teaches. Mr Defferan plans a washing powder factory with Drife residency talks. Camp Green letters describe quarantine drills, truck driving duties, and moving supplies for infantry units. News covers local visits, railroad work, and community events in Linwood Kansas.
An advertisement urges readers to abandon sprays and douches for catarrh and try S. S. S. a blood cleansing remedy. It claims the medicine reaches the disease at its source, removes the germs from blood, and offers free medical advice from the Medical Director at 23 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
Notice lists dentists Yu J E Meadows Dr Geo Esterly Dr J W O Bryan De Baumgardner Dr A Hults Dr W Gorrill Dr LON Prink Dr W W Russ Dr H B Killer Dr P X Stevens Dr F M McFarland Dr H W Titchinson closed Saturday afternoons from May 1 to December 1 1918 Vila Eden social notes recap visits and local activities including funerals and gatherings around the Torneden family in Lawrence and nearby towns.
Mrs John Hughey visited in Lawrence on Monday while Mrs Ve E Brock traveled to Linwood on Tuesday. Miss Mabel Anderson stayed Monday night with Fern Brock. Otto Luckan bought a Maxwell car. Mr Will Kampstchroeder of Clinton spent the weekend with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Fred Tor Denen and family. Mr Wm Shenk sold his farm to an Illinois man. Mr Shark will leave soon. Mr Sol Elier of Raschor is painting for John Hughey. Mrs Lulu Trapp visited. Mrs William Tor denen spent Monday afternoon with Mrs August Tor denen Jr and Miss Selma Seele. H A Thilenbeck and son Claude hauled coal. Miss Alma Seele spent the weekend with cousin Mrs August Tor denen. Knights and Ladies of Security invite all members to attend a meeting Monday April 20 for important business.
The Stony Point Miscellaneous club voted to become a Red Cross workers group and scheduled a meeting at the schoolhouse on Wednesday May 1. Members urged to attend as supplies for the work will be handed out. The note mentions community activities including Liberty Loan drive and local social visits.
An advertisement touts Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy for stomach upset by stimulating the liver and bowels. It claims the tablets ease bad taste, coated tongue, poor appetite, and low energy, promising quick relief with no cramps or pain and available in 10¢ and 25¢ boxes.
The text notes residents like ter Ferne spending the weekend in Lawrence visiting friends and relatives. Mrs Holecom is described as a Lawrence visitor on Friday, and Clarence Griffis with his son Fred traveled to Baldwin Friday. Mr and Mrs W E Lawson and their little son Murray visited the Lawson home on Sunday.
The annual Tonganoxie High School Junior Promenade was held in the grade school building on Wednesday evening. Guests were welcomed by class officers and faculty, with an eight o'clock assembly and a nine o'clock banquet served by the domestic science class. Miss Eunice Meyers hosted as toastmistress, with toasts to various groups including the Senior Class and Faculty, and the high school orchestra led by H. J. Greene provided music throughout.
The description notes a Heoine wearing an Eton jacket with a white flannel vest. Skirts may be slit for walking, covered by a flying panel or filled in. It mentions scrall pleatings of contrasting material and a 4 inch element.
Mrs. L. H. De Weese of Oakland credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from irregularities and congestion. She urges friends to try the root and herb remedy, noting its 46 years of effectiveness and offering advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
WiLLF Woo Sr is in Sim jamons Hospital Lawrence to undergo treatment for rheumatism severe for weeks. It is hoped relief will come and he may return home soon. Mrs Rita Paine accompanies his daughter, Mrs MacLouth, during visits as Stewart of Lawrence hosts time at homes this week.
A reader reports unusual black birds with bright red heads seen near a neighbor hive. The note asks whether these are one or several species and where they originated. Mrs Piper and Violet Spn are mentioned with Mrs G T Davis in Pineda.
An old wartime feature extols iron in blood as essential for bravery and health. It touts outdoor exercise, breathing routines, and an iron tonic named Irontic from the Surgi Institute in Buffalo, sold in sixty cent vials, claiming to build strength, vigor, and vitality.
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