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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
4
A promotional notice urges overweight individuals to outdoor exercise and daily use of oil of Korein capsules after meals and at night. It claims fresh air improves blood oxygen, liver function, and heart activity while promising a weight and appearance improvement with few days of treatment.
Social column from Knowledge Hill lists visits among the Jamisons Rothwells Hunsingers Barnes and others. Notes include a death report for Frank Virk and several farm visits and household updates across Baldwin and nearby areas.
Rimp and hismr will be held. Mr Willie Cooper left Monday evening for town to visit relatives for three weeks. Mrs Akin's mother Mr Walters returned from Kansas City where she visited. Florence Weeks spent the weekend with Miss Alber Marshall. Harriett and Frieda Cowles spent Friday afternoon with Mrs J H Friese and Mary. Mr and Mrs John Akin and Tommie visited with Mr and Mrs Harve Cooper Sunday. Mildred and Mabel Day and Clifford Cooper spent Sunday with Lucie and Lewis How. Mr and Mrs Fairivanént Sundays at the Mitchell homestead Fairview. Mrs W H Griffith entertained to dinner Sunday by Mrs FE C Cowles 2nd family. Gladys Ruth and Margaret Cowles called in the afternoon with Fred and Chester Heaward. Vinton Peters Henry Bowman Joe and Fleer and Virgil Horrell at Mr Ed Howant's Sunday Afternoon. Mr Harild Marshall and Mr John Akin were in Endore on business Tuesday. Yandell & Co have sold their store to Mr Hunter who will run it.
Mrs. Lewis Eastman was treated after injuries from a train incident. Several local residents recalled visits, illnesses, and routine activities. many names, places, and events from Lawrence to Watson appear, including hospital trips, car rides, sick lists, and social calls.
An old advertisement extols a home cough syrup made by mixing 2½ ounces of Pinex with sugar syrup to yield eight pints for family use. It claims rapid relief from throat and chest colds within 24 hours, targeting bronchitis, whooping cough, and winter colds, and urges buyers to ask for 214 ounces of Pinex with directions.
Hunter Brothers extend their trading reach by acquiring the general store at Sibleyville. E F Hunter will oversee the new branch and relocate there. The Sibleyville unit will offer groceries and general merchandise. The Elks will hold Thanksgiving dinner in their new dining room tomorrow.
Next week at the Bowersock theatre features Madge Evans in Adventures of Carol as the marquee attraction. The schedule includes Valeska Suratt in A Rich Man's Plaything and Francis Bushman with Beverly Bayne in The Adopted Son, with Madge Kennedy and others in Sunlight's Last Raid and a Mack Sennett comedy In International Sneek.
In the May Day festival scene from The Adopted Son Frances X. Bushman as Two-Gun Carter shoots two pistols for a record score and escorts Marion Conover Beverly Bayne, the Queen, to the dance amid applause. The piece also notes Maige Kennedy in Baby Mine and a melodramatic plot about elopement and divorce.
Famed Fox star Valeska Suratt argues American women lead fashion in wartime America. She promotes domestic style while appearing in A Rich Man's Plaything at the Bower Theatre Tuesday. Also noted is Francis X. Bushman in The Adopted Son at the Bowersock on Wednesday.
Mary Anderson, a twenty year old New York girl and Vita graph star, headlines Sunlight's Last Raid at the Bowersock Theatre. Her co star Mise Anderson, a Galician dancer, appears in many pictures including By Right of Possession and The Flower of the Desert, with Alfred Whitman and others. the piece notes Sennett’s comedic twists in recent productions.
A fragment notes an upcoming screening titled An International Sneak at the Bowersork Theatre on Saturday, highlighting a local event in a limited readable context. The item preserves the notice style with a focus on the film title and venue.
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