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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1917

Page

6

Pastoral and Church Services Across Town Sunday

Multiple churches list Sunday readings and schedules with sermons on Self Control Passion Harvest Home The Men Outside the Church and The Men Inside the Org Weekend rites include communion services Sunday school Epworth League and choir cantata The churches invite all residents to attend and participate in varied services at First Baptist First Presbyterian Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church Church of the Brethren and others across Vermont Ninth and Kentucky streets Tenth and Connecticut streets and nearby locales

Vermont Ross W. Sanderson Bundat Cc. E Dinsmore Wood C. E Horace Young Sanderson van Dyke Bar Scouts Bessar Henry Gorton W. Dimmett Thompson W University Universy Men of Law- Tance Orgunday School Weatherby University Meyers Hall Johnson Epworth First Baptist Church Kentucky Ejighth Frank Jennings Church of the Brethren N. H McCune First Christian Church Tenth George Darsie Bible School M. C. E. Society E. Violette Violette Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church Corner North 4Th and Elm Streets Roy E. Burt Epworth League Centenary First Presbyterian Church Ninth and FE. A. Bleck University Bible School Christian Endeavor Societies Tepnaty Court House Mary Lal Burclay School Miss Reynolds

Local College Notes Highlight Staff Changes and Student News

Business College notes report Lane Nellie Meritt and J Juber resignations as students depart for Washington and Camp Funston positions for stenography. Alvin Annis accepts Camp Funston post with $110 monthly. Shorthand classes start next week. summer completion possible. Grace Hankina cashes as Bank cashier. Dana Williams as bookkeeper. Night School attendance soars. Elks plan Thanksgiving dinner in new dining room. Various local residents travel for games, visits, and vacations. Mrs Hirschler resigns teaching post and plans Dodge visit or join husband in the Army. multiple brief society updates and a Banana Split promotion at Wiedemann’s.

Lane Nellie Meritt Pye - Coit Pointmient Washington Isa Grace Hankina Grenola College National Bank Dana. Williams Waverly Isi Journal-World Esther Dunn Ord Clingman Louise Towne Kansas Webb Wilson Columbia Wiedemann Elaine Wharton Jain Ie City Mies Marie Ketels Berry Wiedemann’s Misa Harnavet Heizer Osage ‘City O'Neil Poe Ralph O’neil Robert Heizer Lawrence Chicago Miss Heizer Osage

Miss Katherine Duffield Weekend Visit in Kansas City

Miss Katherine Duffield is spending the weekend as a theft of Mrs J H Bunting at 3811 Harrison Blvd Kansas City. Miss Gertrude Hazen is the guest of Miss Mary Ross in Baldwin for a

Katherine Duffield J. H. Bunting Harrison Blvd Kansas City Gertrude Hazen Mary Ross Baldwin

Deafness Cure Promoted in Catarrh Treatment Sales

An old advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and that only constitutional remedies can restore hearing. It promotes Cheney Co. and a Catarrh Cure as a cure for catarrh related deafness and offers a free sample. The text references a dubious medical claim and a lax endorsement from Toledo, Ohio.

Asiansa Cheney Ft. CO Toledo, Ohio Mel Fanny Pitts

Rubber Plant Care Instructions From Old Garden Note

To keep a rubber plant healthy wipe each leaf weekly with a cloth dipped in sweet oil. Then pour a tablespoonful down among the roots. This strengthens each leaf and adds life to the plant.

Nation's Drug Bill Eases Costs Across United States

Five hundred million dollars is said to be yearly expenditures for drugs in the United States. Since 1880 the expenditure per capita for patent remedies consumed in the United States has risen from 83 cents to 154 dollars.

United States

Pledge to Romania Guides U S Support in Integrity

Washington dispatch reports President Wilson pledging American efforts to maintain Romanian territorial integrity. The message to Romania follows assurances from the United States to assist King Carol II and his government, reflecting continued support from the United States and the Allies.

America Washington Wilson Vng United States Romania

Havana City Founding Date and Cuban Cities Decline

Havana founded July 26 1525 by Diego Velazquez, last of seven Cuban cities named. most other six have disappeared over time. Water covers about 80 million acres in the United States, leaving land area larger than Great Britain and Ireland.

Havana San Christobal de la Habane Cuba Adelantado Diego Valesquez Geological Survey United States Great Britain Ireland

Worry as Fear, a Threat to Civilization and Efficiency

The piece argues worry is a chronic form of fear that undermines civilization comfort and efficiency. It discusses fear’s role across modern psycho therapeutics Christian Science and mental influence as efforts to overcome fear in people's minds.

Misnomer for sheep herd sparks language debate

A Western editor called a herd of sheep a herd and was corrected to flock by another editor. The exchange highlights ongoing debates over precise animal terminology and regional usage, with most agreeing the flock term fits sheep care but questioning consistency in language choices.

Shepflock Christian Science Monitor

Fragmented Voice on Opinions and Common Sense

A reader reflects on the folly of heeding everyone’s views. The speaker notes that if all opinions were trusted no one would seem sensible, yet acknowledges that others will disagree and we must navigate differing judgments.

Stevenson Memoirs Rare Copy Sells in London Auction

A private distribution memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson sold in London for £12 from 45 copies of the original manuscript. The item is a 9 quarto edition. A first edition of New Arabian Nights fetched about four times that amount.

Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson London

Avoiding Trouble by Marcus Aurelius Quotation

A concise reflection on personal conduct urging focus on one’s own actions rather than external neighbors. It emphasizes speed and purity of inner discipline and avoiding needless scrutiny of others.

Belief in Fate Opposes Slavery of Endless Tyranny

A reflective line condemns a strict belief in fate as the worst form of servitude, likening it to an everlasting tyrant that commands constant submission, a sentiment shared in a periodical exchange.

The True American Quote on Life and Country

A concise excerpt reflecting on the importance of patriotism and personal relation to nation with a Victorian tone and earnest view attributed to Gladstone. It frames life as partly defined by loyalty to country and the accompanying emotional stance.

Gladstone

Noted Quote on Opportunity in Criticism by Toledo Tribune

A local quotation notes that the only field open to a man who knows little is criticism, attributed to Toledo Biade. The remark frames criticism as the sole available path for the uninformed, reflecting a skeptical view of expertise.

Ote Toledo

Weather Report for November Sees Fog Record and Low Rain

November brought exceptional fog levels with seven days above the fog record, plus low rainfall at .10 inch. Mean temperature 47.51F, 5.52F above typical. Winds varied, with a peak of 52.2 mph on the 22nd. Relative humidity averaged 80.1 percent, barometer averaged 29.258 inches. Two earthquakes were recorded on the 6th by the University seismograph.

Sheen University Seismograph

Milliken Quips On Wagner Score Upside Down

In Milliken's room Pingley finds him hammering the piano, trying Wagner's score upside down. Milliken admits he initially inverted the page to cope with the difficult piece and hoped for a better result.

Milliken Pingley

Oldest Inhabitants of Europe Albanians Prominent In Europe

Albania with about a million people is described as Europe’s oldest inhabitants. Nine-tenths are Muslims, half of the rest Roman Catholic. They speak a Slavonic Greek mixed language, follow primitive occupations, and maintain a primeval social life. Their history supposedly goes back immemorial.

Europe Albania

They Were Not One Thing We Know For Sure

A Whitmore Times letter laments that grandmothers did miracles of baking brewing spinning and weaving while raising large families and lacked telephones to endlessly discuss neighbors. The writer nostalgically contrasts past work and domestic duties with modern chatter and neglect of chores.

Tom Harry Whitmore

Room for Everybody There in Western Siberia

Western Siberia between the Urals and Yenisei is described as capable of supporting vast human activity, with claims of 800 million people possible. Currently 9 million of Siberia’s 21.5 million people reside in the region, according to contemporaries.

Western Sieria Ural Yeneset Ane United States Siberia

Notation on Trust Amid Honest Men in Ohio State Journal

A reflective note cites that truthfulness is typical of an honest man except in letters of recommendation. The Ohio State Journal remarks on how trustful behavior can be expected, recognizing caveats in evaluative endorsements.

Ohio State Journal

Best Carnations Near Coast and Popcorn Center

Californians know the coast yields premier carnations while interior growers spray salt water to stiffen stems. In Idaho, Sac and Ida counties claim the world’s popcorn center with 5,345 acres producing 197,322 bushels in a 180 day growing season.

Sac Ida Countie Idaho

Emeralds in Spanish Royal Treasure Link to Aztec Find

Royal Emeralds of Mexico story notes exquisitely cut Mexican emeralds as the source for Spain’s royal collection. A light anecdote follows about an egg cooking expert answering a question, with a quip on surd mistakes causing unhappiness.

Mexico Spain

Jayhawker Basketball Prospects Begin Building Nucleus

Captain Uhrlaub and Scrubby Laslett anchor a small returning nucleus for the Jayhawker team as football stars join the roster. Practices twice weekly since school start, with four football players likely to join, including Laslett and Knoles. Positions contested include guard and forward with Claude Matthews favored for center. Missouri Valley Conference meeting in Kansas City December 7-8 will finalize the season schedule for six valley schools.

Jayhawker Uhrlaub Laslett Mandeville Lonborg Knoles Cai Sealett seine e@ quits Ubehia Olin Fearing Howard Miller Claude Matthews Kansas City Missouri Valley Conference

FOR SALE AND WANTED Classified Notices Collected

Several small ads and notices from a Kansas City area paper list items for sale including Holstein bull, pigs, furniture, a Grafonola, and farm land offerings. Also found are jobs wanted, a lost pocketbook, and an Associated Press market report detailing cattle hogs and grain prices locally and in Chicago with various prices and locations.

Associated Press Kansas City Chicago

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