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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
4
In Pleasant Grove the Schaal oil burning threshing method gains ground amid dry weather and scarce water. The piece lists local threshing dates for Schaal and others, visits by Charles Cook and family from Kansas City, fishing trips on the Wakarusa, letters from Private Rollie Laster in France, and various visits and chores around farms, wells, and schools. It mentions plans to harvest in North Dakota and impending military service calls.
Miss Beryl Farren of Kansas City visits Miss Cecelia Dorney while several Lawrence travelers stop in town. Miss Nellie Viets returns from Lawrence after visiting Mrs. Ernest Skaggs. Ruth Casanova joins family in meeting Miss Ramona Casanova returning from Salina. Cirington ventures to Bonner Springs with Davis McCullough. Dorney leaves for Hays City. Ratliff and Gene Rath drive to Denver. Mrs. George Cline returns from Rosedale. Prudence and Frances Young join Rinda Chapter initiation with refreshments. Lester Markley and W H Courtney visit. George Phenicie family from Reno in town. Doberett and Lima Burns attend Bullard’s social. Ruby Stewart and Edgar McMullen wed in Oskaloosa with witnesses Mrs. Charles Ellis and Mr. Ellis. reception in Tonganoxie follows.
A promotional letter cites Mrs Gibson of Donestore Arkansas praising Miller's Antiseptic Oil for diphtheria relief after costly medicines failed. Other testimonials hail neuralgia and rheumatic pain relief, with various price points and a money back guarantee. Round Corner Drug Co. advertises the product.
Misses Esther and Hazel Boland visited John Heim in Union on Sunday. Private Roy Laster sent a letter home reporting good health and lighter weight at Camp Doniphan. He is at Camp McPherson in Atlanta Georgia, with his mother noting climate benefits. Harry Leascher and family of Lawrence and Mrs Snow dined with the Laster family. Leascher hauled wood to Lawrence earlier in the week. The Hibner woods well is running low and a new well is being dug in the creek-bed nearby where one was bored during the last dry spell.
The ad urges readers to protect stomach and bowels in extreme heat stating Indigestion sour stomach and belching worsen in hot days. It promotes Eaton ic or Batonic Tablets neutralizing acids and gas and claims thousands of sufferers report relief. Buy from a trusted druggist and keep it in the house.
Miss LaVerne Jones and Mrs Bleck joined shopping trips in Kansas City while Miss Alice Steer returned from Chicago after a two month visit with sister Mrs Turner. Mrs George Robb of Pleasant Prairie shopped locally and Mrs Stout of Bonner Springs visited her daughter Mrs Leste McKeehn. A community benefit social at Mrs Cora Wellhouse Bullard’s home drew many locals. A Fort Leavenworth band played as guests of honor formed a receiving line including Mrs Wellhouse Bullard General Huffman and others from nearby towns. Lawrence Optical Co. advertises 1023 Mass. eye glasses.
Mrs Knap and daughters attended Red Cross at Blakely schoolhouse Tuesday afternoon. Paronto party traveled sixteen miles beyond Clay Center and were away last week. Mildred Rasmusen visited briefly. Lee Parento at Long Island plans to sail for France soon. Winddrove family of Clay Center visited Nelse Paronto Wednesday. A T Sharpe, sister of C J Moon, headed home via Chanute Ottawa. Paronto and Breese visited oil fields in Oklahoma Saturday to Monday. Dehoney of Kansas City spent Sunday at the ranch. Wm Schaake southeast of town visited Ed Schaake Tuesday. Question raised about life insurance risk and Northwestern as option.
Mrs George Brown and Mrs Pennington of Linwood join Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith and family for a Sunday gathering. Several Lawrence residents including the Vitt and McCann families visit relatives. A picnic at Hudora on August 14 draws attendees from here. Mrs Julius Tornaden and kin and Mrs Frank Vitt host and visit others in Linwood and Dennison, Kansas.
The column lists numerous visits and gatherings in Eudora and Lawrence, naming Fred Smith, Miss Nellie Abbott, Mrs. Julius Tordad en family at Villa Eden, Edna Meyer, Bessie Davenport, Jay Cooper, and other locals. Guests include Frank May of Williamstown and several Abbott, Davenport, Vale, and Cooper households. A social party at Mr and Mrs Jay Cooper’s home concluded with watermelon and fond memories before many planned moves and further visits.
The notice lists Henry Englake bitten by a rattlesnake last Thursday. Numerous visits are noted: Edith Kraft with Rev. and Mrs. Ed Bockringer and Ruthie. families visiting Fort Riley. Rose Annagroeer with Pearl Bockringer. Walter Fither and August with Mrs. Frank Titzpatrick at Fort Riley. Koehler and Anderson families visiting relatives. Kate Bidinger and Topeka visitors. Henry Wulfkuhle relatives in From Lawrence. and various other Sunday and weekend calls among neighbors, including Mrs. Johanna Lavin, Cy F. Deskin, and the Bidingers.
An era of hair care advice promotes plain refined coconut oil as a safe grease less shampoo. It claims ordinary soaps dry the scalp and harm hair, while rubbing water dampened hair with coconut oil cleanses scalp, removes dust and dandruff, and leaves hair bright and manageable. It notes coconut oil is cheap and available at drugstores.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm Waltkuhle and family attended. Myrtle Bidinger visited Mrs Roy Deskin. Dave Murphy has been sick. Miss Gertrude Dodds stayed with Miss Mabel Tucker. Dave Murphy visited Frank Bidinger. EE Deskin returned to Springhill after a week at Rey Deskin home. Mrs J P Bidinger hosted Sunday school class with Helen Margaret Lizzie Dorothy Helenbrand Kraft Wullkuhle Wuallkuhie Unger Esther. Rose Nuffer and Henry Bahpn visited. Ice cream and cake served. Board met to repaper and clean the schoolhouse before the second Monday in September. Mabel Reece is teacher. Herman Buchheim ill for weeks. Mr Anderson at Fort Riley. Mrs Henry Stull and children visited S SinH home. Union Fitzpatrick ill. Lily family notes.
An aerated dietiled water offer appears with a contact for orders or inquiries listed as phone 108.0 McNish, inviting customers to reach the supplier via the shown line.
Roy Lathrop from Manhattan, Mrs Childs family and friends travel despite confusion. Names like Miss Caroline Wilson, Fred Pratt, Pardee, and Mrs Hay appear amid social calls and Sunday visits in Peculiar and Baldwin areas.
A letter to Miss Rachel White registrar at Fort Hays Normal School indicates demand for girl tractor demonstrators. The note mentions Miss Clarke of Ellis as a reader interest, showing growing appeal of female operatives in tractor demonstrations in Hays Kansas on August 23.
A female student from Fort Hays State College who helped demonstrate tractors at a recent Saltina exhibition has been offered a position by a tractor company to serve as an expert tractor demonstrator. Her coursework in literature and her role as leading lady in several college plays highlight her diverse talents.
United States Certificates of Indebtedness Series VI dated June 25 1918 payable October 24 1918 offer 4 12 percent interest. Certificates issued in denominations of 500 dollars and above via Watkins National Bank.
In Leavenworth Kansas on August 20 Mrs Tony Myers reached for a water pail from an old oaken bucket and was shocked, knocked down. Investigators found the well chain and bucket metal charged with electricity from a home made wiring setup across the curb top. Firefighters determined the live wire touched the bucket mechanism, causing the shock but no fire.
Kansas WH Raise its quota of 2,500,000 National Fund for Soldiers campaign aims to purchase books. J C Bigger and C S Coliday named state managers by the American Library Association. Regional meetings in Oklahoma City on August 12 to discuss quotas and details.
An old advertisement promotes S. S. S. as the cure for rheumatism. It argues external liniments and lotions fail to cure and urges addressing the blood as the source of pain. The copy claims the disease is in the blood and touts S. S. S. as a purifier with free medical advice offered from Atlanta, Ga.
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