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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
10
The report notes near normal temperatures for November 1919 with a mean of 41.9 degrees, rainfall below normal by about an inch, and 0.7 inches less snowfall than normal. A major storm on November 27–29 produced freezing rain and ice coating trees, with northwest and southwest winds dominating. Barometer ranged 28.671 to 29.576 inches, mean 29.181 inches, corrected for old station elevation.
Dr. James Naismith reports 185 volunteers signed up at the university office with more than 200 expected before new orders from Topeka. He doubts a third contingent will be sent tonight or tomorrow, though further directives could arrive later.
An advertisement claims meat eaters should flush kidneys with Jude Salts a tablespoon in water each morning to prevent back pain cloudy urine and bladder issues. It touts salts as a grape and lemon acid lithia blend that cleanses kidneys and purifies blood, costing little and safe for regular meat eaters.
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey is praised as a non experimental cough and cold remedy that quickly eases sniffles sneezes hoarseness and chest irritation. It offers anti septic healing properties for phlegm congestion and inflammation and is marketed as economical with bottles at 30c 60c and $1.20.
The column records visitors in Lawrence including Lawrence Wilson staying over to Saturday and attending school with George and Amos Martin. It notes Mrs E Leary and Eugene visiting Mr and Mrs Henry Shirar Sunday evening and reports damaged telephone poles from ice and storm with repair crews eating at the Griffin home Wednesday. Friday callers at the school included Mrs Moore, Mac Jones, Mr Kochler, and Roy Johnson Catarrh mention and Hood’s cure advertisement follow.
Social notices from Independence detail Eugene McCullough visiting family in town, Howard Moore's Lansing trip, and Mrs. Hollis Marsh's St. Louis visit. Civic League dinner lists members, gifts of clothes, and upcoming January meeting. Also reports on club activities, illnesses, trips to Lawrence and Topeka, and a closing historical note on ancient Greek door practices.
An advertisement extols Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a laxative to improve internal cleanliness. It contrasts clear skinned healthy-looking girls with dull lifeless individuals suffering headaches, blemishes, and fetid breath, claiming colon stagnation poisons the blood and urging health improvement.
Anuric claims to remove uric acid buildup and prevent kidney failure symptoms. The advertisement urges drinking hot water before meals and consuming Anuric to stimulate kidneys. It credits Dr. Pierce of Buffalo with the discovery and says Anuric is harmless and effective.
Indiana and eleven states join a public appeal to buy Red Cross Christmas seals to fight tuberculosis. The message urges widespread support as 400,000 residents in the North Mississippi Valley States suffer and 40,000 die yearly without prevention. Proceeds fund state tb societies and health services.
Airplanes could map the Amazon valley as Brazil studies using hydroairplanes similar to French efforts in French Guiana. A Cayenne company reportedly operates 25 hydroplanes to map routes and transport freight, mail, and balata timber, with profits from gold and sandalwood exports.
A description notes bands of fifteen to twenty armed workers hired to survey forests. They travel well armed and carry supplies for many months, indicating sustained operations and plans to cover extended areas and time.
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