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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
4
A sweeping Christmas church roundup details morning and evening services across multiple congregations in Lawrence. Evangelical Association, First Christian, United Presbyterian, Trinity Episcopal, Trinity Lutheran, Plymouth, Plymouth Center, Unitarian, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, and Spiritualists Hall mark Advent with sermons, pageants, and midnight and Christmas Day rites.
Local churches announce Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services across multiple congregations. Events include First Baptist 801 Kentucky with a 5 pm program, Ninth Street Baptist youth forums and sixtime schedule, and a series of carols, recitations, and Christmasthemed lectures led by pastors and choirs.
The ad promotes Newbro's Herpicide to improve hair beauty and prevent dandruff. It claims regular use adds luster, life, and softness, preventing hair loss. Available at barber shops and first dressing parlors, guaranteed by The Herpicids Co and sold everywhere.
The United Brethren Church at Vermont and Seventeenth streets hosts Sunday school at 1 D welock and public worship with a Christmas sermon at 11. Holy Communion follows. Christian Endeavor meets at 2:30 p.m. Sunday and a Christmas program at 7:30 p.m. Pastor M. Tester Man invites all to worship and enjoy the services.
The Sunday Evening Program at First Methodist Church lists opening hymns Joy to the World and Holy Night, with scripture, prayers, recitations, and songs by the Primary and Junior departments. Featured solos, Christmas poems, and the Christmas Story are presented by Elizabeth McFarland Esther John and others. a Christmas Missionary Exercise concludes the evening.
Lawrence resident testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills eased back pain and distress, restoring strength after months of weakness. He reports improvement after using three boxes and recommends the remedy to others, noting availability through Mr. Rose and local dealers.
Florence and Lawrie spend an hour with Mildred Dey. Families visit, travel to Lawrence for Christmas, and plan gatherings with relatives. Many names from Pleasant Grove Overbrook and Columbia appear, including Beehle Flory Markley and Beegh.
Excerpts list visits and chores for Amos Flory, Ed Flory, and related families in Lawrence and surrounding areas. Residents attend sales, share meals, and visit kin. Card of thanks to friends expresses gratitude for support after a death.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a child crying at night and restlessness. It references syrup and a remedy used for 29 years by a druggist, with unclear brand names and quotes.
Berlin reports German commercial bodies condemn a wartime practice of paying relatives of conscripted workers. Employers in Rhineland require three year postwar service pledges and note agreements to repay those payments at five percent if workers leave. Chambers of Commerce urge action against what they call unsocial and unpatriotic.
An exchange reveals Algernon’s anxious pondering as he contemplates love. Angela responds with a bold confession of loving him, highlighting admiration for strength and courage and declaring love as the sole feeling in their exchange.
The former Hawaii queen, 83, weakened by illness, remains cantankerous yet revered. She assists Rev Henry Parker in compiling a Hawaiian dictionary, helping define thousands of words with nuanced meanings for an appropriation by the territorial legislature.
Panamas canal section Gaillard Cut is reported in better condition with a minimum width of 180 feet and depth of 85 feet. The Cucaracha and Culebra slides have been dredged back and look flat. Engineers expect traffic interruptions to end though further work remains to reach full 800 foot width and 40 foot above sea level.
Scores of Lawrence men and women are buying year long Journal-World subscriptions by mail as Christmas gifts for relatives. The ad pitches a 312 day plan for only 1 dollar 50 cents, keeping the giver kindly remembered throughout the year.
A Panama Canal Atlantic terminus coal plant delivered 420 tons to a ship in 21 minutes using one conveyor, handling 1 042 tons per hour. Designed for 2 000 tons per hour ongoing and up to 3 000 in emergencies, tests show capacity slightly exceeding requirements.
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