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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
5
A dense roster of church announcements lists Sunday schools morning services and evening sermons at Unitarian, First Baptist, Centenary Methodist, Susie Wilcox’s church, First Christian, Germantown, Evangelical Association, and Plymoath Center. It notes pastors like Rev Cooper and Rev Alexander Edwards, with themes including Living Message and The Last Coin, plus midweek meetings and missionary updates.
Polls open in the Parish House from 11 30 until 6. Annual Bazaar Thursday all day at the Parish House. Various churches list services Sunday School times sermons and gatherings with pastors and organizers named including McCuney first church of the Brethren and First Methodist Episcopal. Spiritualist and Christian Science details appear with meeting times and locations.
University changes Parents and Mothers Week from the week after Thanksgiving to December 1–16. S. O. Rice of the journalism department states the shift lets families visit Lawrence and return home for Christmas holidays. Student Council President Greever says the council will assist with the special occasion.
Berlin reports that local authorities failed to force removal of foreign words from use. The interim minister advises abandoning forced replacement, urging common sense and acceptance of words hard to translate, and notes a plan for German substitutes drafted by Berlin’s former police president von Jagow.
A fragmented text notes diverse trades and the Generally German Speech Association discussing use of foreign words in business ads. It references translation challenges, debts for translations, and anecdotes about individuals’ struggles with language, medicine, and everyday work.
Professor Lapyrence Des, of the University of Kansas ceramics department, promotes a public course on practical accounting for merchants. He argues accounting acts as a periscope revealing a business in a compact view, promising simple, efficient methods to price, control losses, and settle insurance adjuster evaluations.
Community Club meeting drawn strong attendance with Dr. Naismith’s talk on militia experiences at Mesidin border. He later saw high school athletes in volleyball and basketball and praised promising talent while stressing need for better training.
A parent guide highlights California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative to aid stomach, liver, and bowels in children. It claims quick relief from feverish, irritable, sour-tongue symptoms and warns against counterfeits, urging readers to buy authentic bottles with printed directions.
An advertisement touts Mentho Laxine cough syrup and describes its preparation at home from sugar and water. It claims the product is free of harmful drugs, offers quick, lasting relief for colds and bronchitis, and guarantees customer satisfaction or money back from Blackburn Products Co.
Obsolete cough remedy promotion promises quick relief for chronic bronchial coughs using Pinex with sugar syrup. Claims theater reader health benefits, tastes pleasant, and offers satisfaction guarantee. Directed to ask druggist for “2145 ounces of Pines” with directions. Fort Wayne, Ind.
A local obituary notes the death of a 68 year old woman after a three month illness from liver cancer. She served as President of the North Lawrence W CLT and led during difficult times. Survived by her husband one son and a grandson. Died Friday December 1 at 800 a.m. at home.
A vintage ad promises fast relief from sour stomach heartburn and indigestion with Pape’s Diapepsin. It claims five minutes to calm stomach misery, warn of gas and nausea and suggests a fifty cent bottle for family use.
An old health feature urges adoption of a morning drink of warm water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims internal cleanliness improves complexion and prevents headaches bad breath and indigestion, urging all to practice daily internal sanitation.
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