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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
4
Fragmentary text notes heavy rain and strong winds in Pleasant Grove with ruined or drenched conditions. Mentions dreary state of the woods and torrents, indicating a storm impact and poor visibility. The readable parts point to a severe weather event affecting the area.
A fragmentary newspaper write up details visits and calls among the Stubblefield and Puckett families from Lawrence and Retleville. It notes Mrs Hoy, Miss Auntte Starbhl, and the Stubblefield family visiting relatives including Bertha Bolle and Falkner kin. Several members traveled by auto between Lawrence and Belleville, with Auntte Starbhl accompanying them.
Local notes report residents visiting relatives in Carbondale Osage and Lawrence. Pleasant Grove baseball beat High Pratte at Vinland while Inland team lost to Frank Mongold in Lawrence. Topeka Walkovers defeated Williamstown 16 to 6 at a Sunday game.
Aug 8 report from New York outlines a Ladies Tailors and Dressmakers Association decree redefining autumn silhouettes. Waist and hips receive new emphasis with a belt line at the waist creating a tight skirt just below the knees. Sleeves to be united. emphasis on American fashion moving away from Paris.
Central brings Karakule rams to Topeka financed by L M Crawford to cross with American ewes. About 1 150 Karakule ewes from western states and breeder lambs from El Paso, Texas, introduce a new hybrid suited to mountain Asia and Kansas summers. The Karakule rams are tall with long wool and prized fur from the lambs, while young stock remain in good shape.
A Kansas Seventh district report shows counties produced over 16 million bushels of wheat valued higher than many metals. Eastern district yields include Meade, Comanche, Ford, Clark, and Meade County figures, with total wheat output surpassing 32 million dollars in mineral products. A drug ad notes a rheumatism remedy by Raymond's Drug Store.
Kansas statistics show a death rate of about 10.75 per 1000 and a birth rate around 20 to 34 per 1000 in the first half of the year. Nationwide death rate is 11 per 1000 with births about 18 to 26 per 1000. Wichita reports 396 deaths and 405 births, death rate 14.7 and birth rate 17.6.
An old Hall's Catarrh Cure notice claims internal cure and testimonials. It lists F J Cheney Co Toledo as manufacturers and references a remedy for catarrh. The readable portion asserts long trust in the seller and notes a commerce context.
Reports to the New York Zoological Society state a prevalent snake presence in suburban counties. To combat this, an automobile with a 500 power search light will be deployed to locate and remove snakes, carrying several captured specimens as needed.
A physician examined inmates and warned that sympathy for prisoners grows. Sinfi Join and Villwock are named in the context of an asylum transfer. Willwoek pledged efforts to influence inmates under his charge to return to their routines.
In Boston Mayor Fitzgerald endorses a personal meat boycott choosing fish vegetables beans and eggs for meals. He notes beans are plentiful and suggests if locals cut meat consumption more money could flow into the lean industry elsewhere.
JOKE Kib a man is involved in a fatal prank at a New York workplace. Police report a worker placed a nozzle against a colleague’s body during an incident with a compressed air device. The blast reportedly shocked the victim, causing severe injuries. Authorities describe the event as a tragic workplace accident.
Mrs Dema Betin of Sikeston Missouri reports five days of suffering each month with cramps backache and headaches. After refusing surgery she tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered strength able to do housework garden milk a cow entertain and visit freely. Mrs CuarnEs Moore of Murrayville Illinois also credits the remedy for restoring health after doctors urged an operation and hospitalization.
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