Valley changes as community mourns John Nowak
An obituary from McLouth area notes the death of John Nowak, beloved veteran of the late war, after months of illness. Survived by Effie Petrie, parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nowak, three sisters Marion Agnes Sarah, two brothers Van and Willie, and many relatives and friends. Funeral held south of McLouth with military honors. interment at McLouth. The article also covers a busy election day, local accidents, and threshing activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank -Nowak
John “Nowak
Phock
Apis
Finand
Amie
McLouth
Inyorie
Jett
Roy Stewart
Lawrence
Ray
Wm. Lombard
Lawrence Tyrrel
Avis Elaine
Midland Ape
Lottie Viets
Orin Smith
Lemon Skin Bleach Promises Fair Complexion
A vintage advert promotes a lemon based skin bleach using two lemons, three ounces of Orchard White, and a drugstore product to create a quarter pint lotion. It claims daily massage yields a soft rosy white complexion and cites stage beauties as endorsers for freckles sunburn and tan lightening.
Sunday visits and local family gatherings in Lawrence area
Mr and Mrs Ormal Hodson and children Margaret and Lloyd spent Sunday with Mrs Henry Collins and family. F B Patty of Lake View visited Mrs A B Cole. Clarence Hodson and son Billy of Worden saw W L Collins and family plus M Crowder and Nettie Crowder. Jack Kelsey and daughter of Lawrence called at W S Collins. Mrs Coley returned Saturday from Reno with Mrs Hemphill. Morris of Topeka spent weekend with A B Cole and family. Nettie Crowder visited Ona Belle Collins Monday. Marie Collins called on Alta Montgomery of North Lawrence. Lawrence Myers and Henry Collins visited Lake New store Sunday. Rhino boys finished threshing for Orris Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormal Hodson
Margaret and
Lloyd
Henry Collins
iMrs
Lake View
A. B. Cole
Clarence Hodson
Billy
Worden
W. L Collins
M. Crowder
Nettie. Crowder
Battie Collins
Jack Kelsey
Lawrence
W. S. Collins
Coley
Reno
Hemphill
Morris
Topeka
A. B. Colé
Ona Belle Collins
Nettie Crowder
Rowena Kasold
Elmer Shields
Winter
Ben
W. I. Collins
Clarence Hudson
Marie Collins
W. I. ‘Collins
Ona Belle
Eugene
Jack
Orris Collins
Jack Grimes
Dora
Samuel
Vance’ Grimes
Eudora
Julius Beurmann
Local threshing and visiting figures at Collins and Crowder households
Monday afternoon and the Harrison machine finished threshing for Walter Lee Monday morning. Visitors include Miss Allie Rider of Linwood and Mrs. Battie Collins helping threshers. Families from Oklahoma to Lawrence and Winter spent time with Crowder, Collins, Shields, and Beurmann households. The Modern Mother faces mounting duties as she balances nurse, cook, teacher and moral instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Machine
Walter Lee
Allie. Rider
Linwood
Battie Collins
W. P. Bair
Oklahoma
Barr
D. C. Barr
Elmer Shields
Ben Shields
Winter
Orris Collins
Lawrence
Lawrence Myers
Harland Opley
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promised Relief
An advertisement claims the product helps women enduring fatigue and misery by easing burdens and unending weariness, asserting it was made for suffering women and does not fail to relieve them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rich Bachelor Seeks Wife in Journal World Ad
A rich bachelor declares in a Journal-World advertisement that Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured his stomach and liver ailments, and he now seeks a wife. The notice touts the product as a simple remedy for catarrhal mucus and intestinal inflammation, with a money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Round Corner
Gallagher Case Dismissed In Preliminary Hearing
The preliminary hearing for Gene Gallagher charged with obtaining a signature under false pretenses was dismissed today due to the lack of a complaining witness. A Woolworths grab sale is scheduled Saturday at 4 p.m.
Rheumatism Cure Ad Promises Purified Blood
A vintage ad touts S. S. S. as a top blood purifier that cleanses rheumatism from joints and muscles. It urges readers to act tonight for relief, claiming the medicine strengthens and enriches the blood and is sold in two sizes at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iitseed
S.S.8
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Stee A Ae Ee
Valley
CHOVE
Coffeyville
Porbinde
Joe Edens
Tra’ Wards
Millard Stewart
Rhode Island Street
Buena Petrie
Avis Tyrrel
Charles’ Stewart
Charles Petrie Jr
Richard Petrie
Joel Dobbs
Oskaloosa
Frank
Rebohn
Todd Cass
Chester
Moses
Martha
Irene
Lombard
Buena
Petrie
Fred. Champion
Orin. Smith
William Lombard
Bryan McGrews
Atall Druggists
Eamon
Citizens State Bank
the Bank of Personal Service Deposits
Universal
Journal-World
Woolworth’s
America
Green Bros
Cetter
Dutttt Oloae
Dearborn Independent
Department of Agriculture
Aquare
Attom
Fawr
Evans Metcalf &Co
Cutter & Smith
Ras Orn
Zon
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