Unemployment Insurance Act Extends to Eight Million British Workers
London announces the Unemployment Insurance Act of 1920 applies to about eight million British workers. It sets a three day waiting period, enables weekly benefits of 15 shillings for men, 12 shillings for women, seven and a half for boys under 18, and six for girls under 18. Benefits capped at 15 weeks per year. Employers may run private schemes up to 30 percent contribution. Also notes Lithuania’s long state rate history.
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London
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pellets End Nervous Troubles
A woman notes that nerves and headaches affect women more than men and cites Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy. She claims it steadies the system and relieves nervousness, with Mrs. Wathorn of John Avenue endorsing its benefits and recommending Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to regulate the body.
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Pierce
R. ‘Pierce
Relief from cold or catarrh with nasal balm claim
An ad-style fragment touts a medicinal cream to clear stuffed noses and nasal passages caused by colds or catarrh. It promises instant relief from hawking, discharge, and headaches by applying the fragrant antistatic balm in the nostrils, claiming easy breathing and swollen membrane relief.
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Goethe
Faculty resignations push Kansas State Agricultural College demands
Manhattan Kansas December 8 193? President W M Jardine warns next legislature must raise state school funding to competitive levels. He notes 93 faculty and 78 staff have resigned in two years mostly for higher salaries at other agricultural colleges. Budget seeks a 40 percent salary rise to retain and attract instructors, with 25 to 50 percent for current staff. Some colleges have lowered standards to fill vacancies as turnover reaches 25 to 75 percent annually.
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Manhattan
Kats
Péinting
Kansas ‘State Agricultural College
W. M. Jardine
Kansas
Board of Administration
Avul
Jardine
Sons and Daughters
Agricultural College
Vinland notices and community events spread through Vinland
Rev Boyer preached Does Religion Pay at the Presbyterian church and readings run all week. Laura Roe and Rapils will give a music recital at the high school Wednesday. Lanes Aid Society holds a miscellaneous sale and lunch. Mr Deay celebrated his 86th birthday with 29 family members. Oda Laughlin teaches Prospect school, Miss Landon has resigned. Adelina Dean and Edwin Riggs wed at the bride’s mother’s home in Lawrence and will live in Uders. Roy Deay visits from Scott county. he’s worked on a 1700 acre ranch and heads to Porterville California next. Saturday cinema shows a comic fish story Love’s Letty. Numerous local visits and dinners mark the weekend with Grange events and several Lawrence and Baldwin outings.
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Boyer
Lawrence
Laura Roe
Rapils
Lanes’ Aid Society
Wm.Deay
Oda Laughlin
Prospect School
Mary Landon
Adelina Dean
Edwin Riggs
Euders
Vinland Friends
Roy Deay
Scott County
Porterville
California
Letty
Will Winter
Carl Day
Grange
Henry
Bayer Aspirin Ad Emphasizes Authentic Bayer Brand
An old warning urges buyers to look for Bayer on aspirin packs and tablets. It claims aspirin is proven safe by physicians for twenty one years and should be taken only as directed on Bayer packaging for colds, headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, and toothache. It notes small tin boxes of twelve tablets cost only a few cents and that druggists carry larger packages.
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Bayer
Hamlin
Ara
Ev Mily
Druggisia
Worden Box Supper Draws Large Crowds in 1920
A Worden box supper drew a large Friday night crowd on December 3, 1920. The column itemizes local travel, visits, and daily routines including Rev. Haber’s return from Oklahoma, trips to Ottawa and Lawrence, wood hauls, and social gatherings. A note records Willie Robert’s arrest for vagrancy and jail detention awaiting trial.
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Willie Robert
Winter social notes mention town families visiting and hosting
Mrs Dave Gilmore and Elizabeth with Mrs Will Anderson and Mary dined with Mrs Shipman while Laura Winter called on Mrs George Miller. Several dinners visits and Sunday gatherings repeat across Winter community, with numerous locals aiding, hosting, or traveling between Granby Missouri Perry Lawrence Manhattan and Galbraith locations.
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Dave Gilmore
Elizabeth
Will Anderson
Mary
Shipman
Carter
George Miller
Laura Winter
Shipman Carter
Ambrose Bigsby
Newt Hamlin
Charles Winter
Milton Winter
Howard Brass
Bert Johison
George Northrup
Robert Schroyer
Tommy Porter Aindson T. D
Elsie James
Guy McClanahan
George McCarty
George Hoag
Charles
Paul Winter
Grandma Anderson
Granby
Missouri
O. L. Palmer
Guy
Jimmie Fraker
Billy Schroyer
Wilma Evans
Ruth
Christeen Schroyer
Dave Gilssere
Elsie Evans
Ambrose Bigs
Newt Hern
Albert
Rainier
Ship Winter
My. L'Iate
Manhattan
Mitton
Angel
Perry
Lenora Schreyer
Howard Morris
Elsaabeth
Lawrence
Galbraith
Winter Community Club
Real estate Transfers and Open House Report
Real estate transfers listed include John T. Trumbull to Morris I Gardner for 850 dollars, Eliza J Hattan to Frank M McFernaid for one dollar and love, and several other transfers in Lawrence and Eudora with nominal sums. The Y M C A open house, postponed to December 17, invites all Lawrence residents to inspect activities. Also noted are local visits by Miss Lydia Hutt and Ed Hutt returning to Kansas City and Ida Swadler’s Portland trip.
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John T. Trumbull
Morris I. Gardner
Southwest Corner
Grove Steel
Baldwin City
Eliza J. Hattan
Frank M. McFernaid
Northwest Quarter
Alice Williams
Frank Shook
West Lawrence
Northwest
Hosford Investment and
Mart~ Rare Co
J. E. Shirck
Fairgrounds
City of
Lawrence
William FE
Monk O Bile M. Sharne
Vermont St
Peter Vogler
James P. Hall
Association
Papes Cold Compound Claims Quick Cold Cure
Advertising claim states a dose of Pape's Cold Compound every few hours cures a cold after three doses. It promises to clear nostrils, stop nose runnenness, relieve headache and feverishness, tastes pleasant, costs only a few cents, and contains no quinine.
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Pape
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertisement Claim
An old style advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal blood remedy and tonic for scrofula boils eruptions rheumatism and indigestion. It asserts extensive relief from pains and fatigue and recommends Hood's Pills as a preferred cathartic.
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Hood
Saint Joseph Man Praises Tanlac For Cure
A St. Joseph man recounts relief from stomach trouble nervous indigestion and gas after taking Tanlac. He describes severe pain in the right side headaches and dizziness before improvement and states he can eat freely without pain, gains energy and can work without headaches. Tanlac is sold in Lawrence by Round Corner Drug Company and City Drug Store.
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L. A. Gouuridy St
Lawrence
Round Corner Drug Company
City Prez Stove
Ady
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Lithuania
Europe
Saan
Boonting
Vinland
Kimins
Perry Brevenk
Albert Stevens
George Sturdy
Bert Babbitt
Jake Rueseh
Barrett Andrews
Colorado
Vernie Love
Byran Holmes
Walton
George Newton
Newton
Washington County
Oscar Baer
Martin Grossman
Keith
Yatex
Gonstipati
Union
Rev. Haber
Oklahoma
Roy
Laura Schwalm
Ottawa
Lola Teffley
Harry Pippert
Worden
John ‘Pippert
Baldwin
Philomena Simon
Helen Schwartz
Pippert
Elmer Lutz
C. W. Pie Wi
Women's Missionary Society
W. Haber
Dave Harris
Bob
Abe Harris
Henry Rappard
Grove Ulrich
Dudley
Glenn
Henry Boehle
Wm. Pach
Guy Deskins
Dan. Johanning
Otto Johanning
Harry Flory
Eva Haas
Jose Heffner
Henry Schwartz
John’ Schwalm
Dave Heffner
Tacha Morsens
Cascarets
Bette Bowie
Helen
Elva Hamme
Fred Neis Sr
Eudora
L. M. Menger
Julia Taylor
Simpson
North Lawrence
Lydia Hutt
Ed Hutt
Kansas City
Rachel Hutt
Ida Swadler
Portland
Oregon
Mother Gray
ST. Joseph
Tanlac
Winty
Sunshine
C. W. Smith
Watkins National Bank
Lus
Perkins & Company
Farmers State and Savings Bank
Grove’s
E Piren
Eveland
Duncan Mills
FeLey
D Ruggists
Ries
Uthura
Hantin
Iey Insurance Sch
Pertins
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