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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
6
Local horticultural society plans a gathering in Topeka next week. Growers are urged to attend and discuss annual crops and cultivation methods.
The Kansas State Horticultural Society holds its fourth annual meeting December 21 to 24 at the state house in Topeka. Awards totaling $100 will honor fruit and vegetable exhibits in the exhibition room on the statehouse’s fifth floor. The program features talks on home storage, apple and pear seedlings, cooperative marketing, orchard plans, pest control, cider production, and a banquet, with officer elections and a question box each session.
Sibley byrn and Miss noting Santee entertained to supper Friday at the Marshall home. Mr and Mrs Geo Ott and children visited Mrs J H Freese Sunday. Farmers Union officers elected last Friday. Miss Aileen Marshall spent Wednesday with Fred Cowles. Elmer Irvin visited N B Grown Sunday afternoon. Mrs Marshall lent week in Lawrence with Mrs W C Richardson. B F Cowles and Ventura CA visitors arrived Thursday. Irvin Little visited Marshall home Sunday. Ethel Cowles spent Friday with Lela Newton. Lectures attended at Fairview church Thursday.
South Eudora notes social visits as neighbors gather at homes near Wellsville and Wellman, with Baker Durr families hosting and Schetlacks visiting. Local residents attend a minister’s reception at St Paul’s, while townsfolk prepare wood gathering and join a farmers union event at the opera house.
The claimant, two years after succeeding to a title, sought to press her rights by petitioning the King for a writ to summon either the House of Lords or royal action. The text notes women as promoters and active managers in child’s bookselling, with references to New York and major cities.
Kansas highway officials propose a higher license fee for trucks over seven tons and a general license increase for all motor vehicles to curb heavy trucking. State Highway Engineer M. W. Watson warns roads cannot sustain maximum-truck traffic and favors toll roads for large haulers. The plan would use a graduated fund to finance road building, with trucks paying about $20 annually and small cars around $7.50. About 25,000 motor trucks exist in the state.
The Engineering Foundation in this city coordinates all road effort with federal, university, and technical groups to create a centralized highway research board. Prof Anson Marston will chair the advisory board under the National Research Council to guide work and share results with highway builders nationwide. A Stockton physician delivers patient care by airplane.
In Neodesha Kansas on December 14 girls in a vocational training class added leaf-raking as a paid Saturday and after school job earning Christmas money. Four girls say it is their first paid work outside home. Instructor Elsie Mallary praises their example for both girls and high school boys. A closing remark references cannibal tribes in North Australia and a quip about “Millions now living with never tie.”
A tiny dog named Flip, weighing just over one pound, can be held in the palm of a hand. Flip and its mate draw national notice as a curiosity. The article notes global sand coverage and cites Scotland Yard with about 240,000 fingerprint records.
Washington Tec 14 Nearly half of the nation s record overseas commerce in the last fiscal year was carried in American ships Secretary Alexander shows in his report The overseas trade reached 13 875 121 080 with American owned vessels handling 5 071 905 000 of it Imports rose to 238 621 000 and exports 950 425 000 The merchant fleet grew by 670 vessels totaling 3 416 900 gross tons, while American shipping capacity stood at 2 18 percent vessels of 167 tons
Wichita news notes Dr. W C Mendenhall of Brinsey University argues private colleges not funded by taxes must rely on large endowments or other income. He cites that tuition covers about one third of per capita maintenance, with annual costs around 15,600 dollars for a typical college.
Thousands of housewives can save two thirds of cough remedy costs by using this oil recipe to make syrup with Pinex. Simple mix of 16 ounces Pinex, a pint bottle, and sugar to taste yields a palatable, long lasting medicine claimed to stop ordinary coughs within 24 hours and relieve bronchitis, croup, asthma, and throat irritation, with a money back guarantee.
An article urges removing intestinal poisons to restore energy and health. It promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Anuric to cleanse kidneys and bladder, reduce uric acid, and ease rheumatic pains, lumbago, and gout, claiming benefits for tired workers.
An urging piece on vitality and age perception argues that staying vigorous extends life. It notes that strength, alertness, and fitness at midlife improve longevity prospects compared with youth-aligned weakness, urging readers to act when energy wanes.
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