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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
3
A 1921 bounty bill seeks a five dollar wolf bounty and ten cent jackrabbit rewards to curb pest damage. Legislators from the former assembly back the plan, arguing uniform payouts and reduced carcass handling would aid counties. Senator E F Frizell touts cost savings from protecting calves and improving tax relief.
The 1920 ore season saw 55 527 226 tons moved with freight rates 1.10 to 1.50 per ton. Delays at Lake Erie ports due to equipment shortages and a railroad switchmen strike were the main drawbacks. The year was the fourth largest on record, with an 11 349 831 ton increase over 1919.
A reform measure in Kansas faces passage in the upper house. It would allow Deputy Factory Inspector Miss Alice McCarthan to qualify for work, but the law’s provisions could bar her with stricter qualification rules. The meeting of the Lawrence company board on January 25 aims to elect directors and address further business.
A wheel board meeting discussed publishing the recent school survey report and inviting bids for the work. The board selected a representative to attend the Council of Administrators Topeka meeting and recognized Miss Einet Hoar and Mabel Swell for positions. John R. Barnes was elected a part time teacher.
The Lindshere mayor says citizens donated substantial sums to Bethany College last year, highlighting ongoing gifts from Lindeberg and Lawrence benefactors. He notes continued community support from Kansas towns with colleges and emphasizes how these gifts bolster local higher education and regional ties.
An official notice from correspondents area to lay to rest rumors denying reports that the Hohenzollern family was ordered to depart the Netherlands. It stated Allied diplomats had told the Dutch government the family planned a counter revolution in Germany.
Misags Winifrid and Ruth Bess and King Warner visited Baldwin friends in Lawrence last weekend. Mrs. Jenkins hosts her daughter Marie Hahn of White City. W. Rapp, stricken with paralysis, declines rally. son from Ponca City stays beside him as another son arrives to help. Leisure Hour Club meets next Tuesday with Mrs. Leach hosting. Several Baldwin residents travel to Wichita, Lawrence, Ottawa for visits and duties. The article catalogs community illnesses, social visits, church group events, and academic talks at local institutions.
In Baldwin, June events will attract workers from Oklahoma, Kansas, and western Missouri for a national set of seven religious training schools. The town hosts the Undergraduate Preacher's School Rural Preacher's School and Epworth League Institute, among others, marking Baldwin as a key convention site.
Thousands of American school children vote this week to select a national tree as the national tree referendum winds down after a three month campaign by the American Forestry Association. The effort doubles as an education campaign with leaf samples, tree growth studies, and debates among supporters of different species.
Washington reports December 1 farm price averages from the Department of Agriculture show corn at 20.93 per acre and hops at 486.10 per acre. The 1919 values list corn at 328.49 and hops at 8775 per acre, with broad declines across crops except rye cranberries soy beans and sorghum syrup. State averages vary widely, reflecting large price declines.
Florida hosts more automobile tourists than ever as northerners seek warm weather. Summers in January report hotels and lodging taxed to capacity. Tent cities spring up across counties with conveniences for travelers. estimates say over 200000 people will visit this winter.
Pottawatomie Indians held a two day New Year feast and dance near Mayetta Kansas with many guests attending. Barbecued beef is a favorite dish and the community of about five hundred lives on land twenty five miles from Topeka. The white man’s civilization has encroached yet English is widely spoken and motor cars are common among the people. John Eliot’s Bible translation took over three years to complete and the tropics receive more rain than temperate zones while Arctic regions are among the driest areas.
A consumer notice urges using the product labeled California Syrup of Pigs for children’s laxative needs, highlighting fruity taste and full directions on each bottle, and instructs caregivers to say the word California to ensure proper usage.
An advertisement offers a free trial of Brownstone tint for gray hair, claiming it safely tones gray or faded hair and makes users look younger. It promotes two shades, Light to Medium Brown and Dark to Black, with a paid sample bottle option and requests a 1 cent postage payment to Kenton Pharmacal Co in Covington, Kentucky.
Peterson's ointment promoted as a cure for eczema and piles with many testimonials. Readers cite long-term skin and itching relief and praise health improvements from brief use, including head itch and dermatitis.
Mrs Hart reports lasting relief after taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound following illness. She describes restored strength, ability to work and perform daily tasks, and a natural birth after previous infertility fears. The account underscores the product’s perceived benefits through personal testimony.
A well known authority urges a meat reducing plan to prevent kidney trouble. The message warns that high uric acid from meat burdens kidneys and offers Jad Salts as a remedy to flush and stimulate cleansing of the kidneys and urinary tract.
A noted skin specialist touts Mentho Sulphur as the best treatment for breakouts and irritation on the face neck or body. The sulfur preparation is claimed to destroy germs, relieve itching burning and disfigurement, and heal eczema leaving the skin clear and smooth. A small jar is sold in stores as a cold cream.
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