Sraith Auto and Buggy Goods at 842 Mass St
Local ad for Geo H. Sraith offering robes and blankets for autos and buggies, horse blankets, and maintenance services. Emphasizes saving money by oiling and repairing harnesses at 842 Mass Street.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
3
Local ad for Geo H. Sraith offering robes and blankets for autos and buggies, horse blankets, and maintenance services. Emphasizes saving money by oiling and repairing harnesses at 842 Mass Street.
Four winning essayists argue for women proposing in a Hobson's Choice style contest. Nettie G Nordeen and Nora Lee among authors, essays celebrate women taking initiative, with others citing readiness to choose a partner and pursue home life. Tickets to Hobson's Choice awarded to winners.
Topeka reports $76,292.34 in land royalty taxes on navigable streams collected to date under a contested pact. The state auditor notes possible total receipts up to $100,000 by December 1, with drainage districts taking one third of royalties. Costs of administration and collection are disclosed along with other local notices and Christmas visits across several families and towns.
An old advertisement extols Quaker Oats as superior oat food made only from large oats and promises unmatched flavor. It promotes Pettijohns bran flakes for daily laxative health and Pettijohns Flour as 75 percent patent flour with 25 percent bran flakes.
Lawrence listings show Allen's Park Grocery and many others in a rundown of area grocers preparing to showcase a cooker sale next week. Desoto and Eudora also list department stores and cash groceries among local merchants.
An advertisement claims Adler-i-ka clears the entire alimentary tract and instantly benefits a patient named Lawrence's wife with severe stomach trouble. It cites Buckthorn bark and glycerine and touts the product as the fastest remedy among those sold by Dick Bross druggists. A theater ad notes Hobson's Choice touring in a limited Bowerystock engagement starting Friday December 29. A literary society at Mackey School reports a December meeting with readings debates and a Santa visit. Funeral notice records the burial of Francis Beatrice Willey from the Catholic Church at Oak Hill cemetery.
An advertisement claims St Jacobs Oil quickly eases aching joints and rheumatic pain with a harmless liniment. It asserts most cases need no internal treatment and urges a trial bottle from any drug store for relief from soreness stiffness and gout sciatica neuralgia and backache.
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