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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1927
Page
10
Chaliate Kansas, A Lapham dies aged in 1861 immigrant to Kansas, began law practice at Jolayle, moved to Chanute by 1870, built a long legal and political career, served as Democratic presidential elector in 1886. Widow and three children survive including pianist Miss Ages Lapham.
Washington January 25 Kitted Press removal of America's illiteracy blight urged by the government. The General Federation of Womens Clubs is asked to assist the Bureau of Education in teaching illiterates before the 1930 census. The 1920 census shows the U S tenth in literacy with about 5 million unable to read or write. Plans call for selecting a typical county in each state for a survey followed by an intensive educational campaign.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for colds with symptoms like headache fever and nasal congestion. It claims three doses over hours end the cold, relieves throat soreness stiffness and nasal discharge, and costs thirty five cents at any drug store.
A terse excerpt notes a change in command and a missionary utilities initiative ending abruptly with a sudden death. The fragment references a Dodge era figure and a successor, plus a project tied to missionary services. Further details are unavailable in the scrap.
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