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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
4
A Kansas newspaper fragment mentions post office routine for the Journal World and offers a phone contact for home delivery. It laments readers missing leisure weather and fears a cold spell, plus a humorous Topeka girl fainting at a dance due to partner’s step and flower perfume in a light column style.
Rumors suggest Governor Allen plans to counter the brick combine by building a state brick plant while noting the cement industry in the state is not disorganized. Some sources hint cement interests have bought up certain cement plants, raising speculation.
In Kansas the aim is to dismantle or let rust any cement stockpiles to hold up cement price levels. Cement is crucial for road construction and brick making, so keeping cement prices down to a reasonable basis is as essential as brick prices, per the Chanute Tribune.
A Secretary of the Interior report warns that over five million Americans over ten lack literacy. It notes seven hundred thousand draft-age adults cannot read or write, with illiteracy affecting white and native-born populations and reducing productive power by about fifty cents daily, costing the country roughly eight hundred million dollars yearly.
A published critique claimed Dean Butler directed ushers to give a young colored woman a cheaper seat to separate her from two sorority girls. The article notes the writer erred: all main floor seats were equal, the two girls were High School students, not sorority members, and the mix up caused the seating confusion rather than a deliberate action. Werrenrath had begun a first number on stage when the seating issue arose.
It blends pepsin, nux, iron and celery to form Peptiron, praised as a real iron blood and nerve tonic. Marketed as beneficial after influenza and grip, aiding anemia and nervous exhaustion in men, women, students, invalids, and convalescents, with druggists promoting its merit.
A letter asserts a young colored woman was denied a seat for a specific row to secure the right seat. Dean Butler notes color did not influence tickets. Ten negro students in the School of Fine Arts received tickets and chose seats like white students, with no slight intended.
The Chanute Tribune urges Col John Brady of Salina to disclose whether he aims for secretary of state or secretary of war. It notes his Arkansas combat experience suggesting suitability for war secretary and calls for him to share plans to mobilize support.
In evaluating constitutional revision, the Emporia Gazette argues against a full new charter. It cites New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts to favor submitting separate, independent amendments rather than a single wholesale rewrite. This approach, already used in Ohio and Massachusetts, offers clarity and conservatism for Kansas voters.
The writer notes springlike weather quickening poetry and jokes about Villa sending a souvenir postcard while urging self improvement. He observes human nature remains unchanged since biblical times and hints at self-serving people seeking sympathy amid affliction.
A Standard Oil worker read the Bible and inferred oil in Egypt, leading to a new field. Wildcatting sometimes follows hunches not fully scriptural, while Work & Time medical firm cures many entrusted cases. Pessimism brings disappointment, yet nature's pace remains slow but bills aren’t permanently pigeonholed.
1847 The Earl of Elgin became Governor General of Canada. 1879 Francois Grevy elected president of France. 1893 James G. Blaine funeral drew many notables in Washington. 1804 Liquor raids occurred in Charleston DC. 1902 Anglo-Japanese alliance signed in London. 1905 British ambassador in Russia protested anti British placards in Moscow. 1915 Russians claimed reoccupation of Tabriz. 1916 Berlin received US note denying sinking of the Lusitania. 1917 Captain Hans Boehm of the German army, with American passports, seized by English.
Today marks birthdays of William J. Walsh in Dublin aged 78, Arthur L. Williams in Owen Sound aged 63, Walter J. Damrosch in Breslau aged 57, J. Warren Keifer in Clark County aged 33, Jacob M. Dickinson in Columbus aged 68, and Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park aged 87. Also an ad for Mutual High Test Gasoline from Mutual Oil Co. at Ninth and New Hampshire.
Topeka Kansas January 30 There appears to be a prolific crop of skunk oil in Kansas this winter judging from correspondence to the State Agricultural College. In one week fifty letters requesting information on marketing skunk oil were referred to the zoology department.
An August 1918 testimonial by W H Cocke praises Neélin Soles for lasting nearly a year with shoes still in good condition. The ad claims scientific durability, flexible waterproof soles, and wide availability, noting Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron also makes Wingfoot Heels guaranteed to outwear rivals.
A college official said over 500 gallons of oil in the state await buyers. Efforts to find a market show that modern science has stripped skunk and rattlesnake oils of medicinal powers, leaving them mainly as lubricants today.
Public notice warns that the final 30 percent instalment on the United States Liberty Loan subscriptions is payable today. The advertisement, from Wiedemann's, promotes pasteurized ice cream and lists phone number 182 as a contact.
The fragment notes that some ancient or primitive cultures held that humans could be transformed into animals via charms and magical practices, reflecting early myths about metamorphosis and witchcraft.
Fragment describes wearing animal skins and drinking water from an animal footprint as part of a distant practice. It presents a snippet without clear context or attribution, leaving readers with an impression of cultural or ritualized behavior in a historical setting.
The fur firm states prices will be higher than ever, yet they are selling all furs at six months ago's cost. They claim none can be replaced at their asking prices, urging buyers to act now.
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