Italian torpedo boats set daring naval record in Adriatic
The Italian navy reports two bold actions by torpedo boats against Austrian ships. A second class boat sank a 20,000 ton battleship and damaged others near the Dalmatian islands, while Lieutenant Luigh Rikzo's small craft crew sank a battleship and damaged another in Pola harbor. Revived hero myth in Italy follows these exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szent. Istvan
Dalmatian Islands
Zeebrusge
Ostend
Luigh Rikzo
Stizze
Pola
W S 5 Blue Mound meeting and local notes
About 25 attended an assembly at Blue Mound School last Friday with only about a quarter subscribed to the quota. The district voted to let refresher men go home for supper. Community visits, Red Cross work, and local travels fill the week as residents report illness, visits, and farming activity. Ernest Brown of the 35th Division is in front line trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. 5
Blue Mound
Frank Smith
John Akin
Ina Cowles
Frank Horrell
Raymond
J. H. Breese
Tom White
Lawrence, Chester
Fred. Howard
Henry Bowerman
Ed. Howard
Birch Tuttle
California
Ernest Brown
Horrell
Baldwin
Isaace Horrell
Will Freese
Sundaly
J. H. Freese
Mary Freese
George Ott, Jr
Gerald
Frank Freese
Charles Sanders
Cora Eckman
Chas. Yandel
War Savings drive tops Excelsior district effort
Excélsior reports district quo ta at 2210 with over three thousand dollars in stamps sold. Nineteen families participated, six not yet interviewed, as locals share news of funerals, accidents, Red Cross work and travel to Lawrence and Camp Cody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excélsior
Ernest Brubaker Teft
Lawrence
Leonard Newlin
Camp Coil
New Mexico
Brubaker
Soys
Ed Hyland
Milton Kring
Isaac Flory
High Prairie Church
Pleasant Grove
Flory
Old Home
Sutton Cemetery
Schwalm
Wintermantle
Regular monthly Helpers Class meeting slated next week
Miss Mark Rappard will host the Helpers Class monthly gathering on Thursday. Community notices list several visits by locals to nearby towns and farms. The piece also notes Elmer Schwalm's death, funeral arrangements, and War Savings Stamp meeting results with a short prayer. Threshing began at John Lyon and George Hardtalks farms as weather allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Leaf
Willard
Graves
Bucheim
Clinton
Kansas City
Mark Rappard
Charley Haas
Wright
Baldwin
Stafford
Ruth
Albert Dyer
Werder Hartford
Alta Heim
Topeka
Brubaker
Elmer Schwalm
Worden
Union
John Lyon
George Hardtalks
Tonganoxie Area Notes Swell With Social and War News
Castoria ads aside, local happenings include residents visiting town for business in Tonganoxie and nearby towns. Several locals travel for health and family visits, with Mrs. J A Stevenson and Mr. Mary Stevenson from Lawrence staying at S J McNaughton’s home.
Local social notes and street improvements in Tonganoxie
Miss Nina Stanford of Bonner Springs attends the Friday dance in Tonganoxie. Doloretta and Lima Burns visit town Monday. A W Pfalzgraf of Chicago and C E Johnson of Stanwood spend business days in town. S McBroom and son Frank visit on Saturday. Margaret Mordaunt returns to Leavenworth after visiting her sister Mrs Frank A Henry. A new fifteen foot concrete sidewalk is under construction in front of Dessery Green Fincher and Hammond stores. Parking cars with painted center lines is being tested as a practical system in town.
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Lillie M. Umboolz
Whitney
Neely
Bert Harmon
Honey Valley
G. England
Julia. Green
Jarbale
May, Stevenson
Alicia McNaughton
Imwrence
S. J. McNaughton
Harold C. Short
Leavenwor's
Tonganoxic
A. Kimball
Leavenworth
Bittman-Todd Grocer Company
C. H. Cain
Lawrence
Sara Mae
J. A. Stevenson
Marry Stevenson
France
Richardson
Alabama
Chazr
Europe
Tonganoxie
Camp Funston
Frank Henry
Kansas City
Genevieve
McNerney
Seufert
John McMullen
Minnie
Flora Slaughter
Dr. Slaughter
Mrs. Slaughter
Nina. Stanford
Bonner Springs
Doloretta
Lima Burns
Frank A. Henry
Dessery Green
Fincher
Hammond
Kramer Fair Mills
Advertised Medicinesworthless or Worthy
Opinion argues not all advertised medicines are useless comparing the claim to physicians and druggists. It cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a forty year proven remedy for female ailments with nationwide recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
State Canvassing Board Drops Some Primary Candidates
The state canvassing board eliminated several hopefuls for the Democratic ticket to the primary. B. J. Carver of Paola and J. H. Simminger of Hays failed to file petitions with enough names for attorney general. W. M. Hudson of Chanute was ruled inadequate for Congress from the Third district. Dr. Henry J. Waters withdrew his gubernatorial bid. No changes occurred on Republican or Socialist slates. The ad also includes an unrelated health ad for Mayr's Wonderful Remedy.
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State Board of Canvass
B’inds
Topeka
Kans
State Canvassing Board
B. J. Carver
Paola
J. H. Simminger
Hays
W. M. Hudson
Chanute
Henry J. Waters
Street Car Collides With Truck on Tennessee Street
A northbound street car on Tennessee Street collided with a northbound truck owned by the Lee and Supply Co. Early, the car struck the truck’s gear. the street car lost a step and the truck sustained light damage. Motorman J. E. Robinson reportedly gave details of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Lee and Supply Co
Harry Barber
J. E. Robinson
Sas
Pershing Decorates 32 Americans for Bravery in France
General Pershing announced awarding 32 distinguished service crosses in France at that time. Among the honorees are Capt Randolph T. Zane Lieut Jus McBee Sellere and several sergeants and corporals including Raymond W. Boone Harry B. Fletcher David L. Spaulding Harold J. Randles Roland R. Shalt and others with three posthumous awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
General Pershing
Randolph T. Zane
Jus. McBee Sellere
Pop. Harley
James Podertson
Charles Murray
William, Moore
Willian A
Lady Pink Toes Has Her Inning
A Cincinnati chemist unveils Freezone a magic drug that relieves corns and calluses instantly. Apply a few drops to tender spots and soreness vanishes with the corn or callus loosening enough to lift away rot and all. No pain before or after use and the skin remains unirritated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ali Fraceraceae of Scrofula Cleansed from Blood Impurities
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a cure for scrofula and blood impurities. It claims the medicine purifies blood, removes disease germs, restores vigor, and offers medical advice via Medical Director at 30 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Beratyula
S. S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Posthumous military honors listed for local servicemen
The article names several private soldiers and one sergeant among the local war dead and honors, including John H. Ingalls Kay W. Chase Frank A. Vial Fred W Hil Joeph A Gar ges Benjamin Tgham Howard Childs Albery R B Brooks John C Flecken Eric Ay pteder Rar Belfry James W Carter Herman L McLeod William A Sigg Bull Rockwell Weedon C Osborne Grover G ORGY Herbert D Bunlay Wiedemann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Ingalls
Kay W. Chase
Frank A. Vial
Fred W.hil
Joeph A. Garges
Benjamin Tgham
Howard Childs
Albery RB. Brooks
John C. Flecken
Eric Ay Pteder
Rar Belfry
James W. Carter
Herman L. McLeod
William A. Sigg
Buell. Rockwell
Weedon
C. Osborne
Grover G
Freshmen Up as Kansas Colleges Rebuild Football Roster
Wartime shortages push Kansas conference toward freshmen eligibility. With upperclassmen abroad, Washburn and other schools may field largely freshman teams next fall. Coaches attend programs at Harvard as colleges reassess autumn athletic plans amid wartime disruptions.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Tengis
Éam
Elmer Bearg
Washburn College
Harvard University
Warner
Inge
Bolsheviki Print 3 Billion Rubles Monthly in Moscow
Moscow July 5 Bolsheviki presses are turning out about 3 000 000 000 rubles in paper money monthly amid financial reform plans. Old money remains in circulation with no direct tax measures announced, and new issues are deployed as stated by Lenin and the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolsheviki
Moscow
Associated Press
Bolshevike
Lenintta Menth
Calls for More Men to Serve in Alaska and Across U S
General Crowder orders 460 white selective service registrants from Alaska to Fort William Leeward Alaska for mobilization. New York to furnish 300 limited service men to Camp Johnson Florida and Connecticut 150 to Camp Meris Washington D C for clerical duties and to entrain on July 15.
No Excuse for Blundering in Optical Co Speech
A terse Boston Transcript note hints at a guarded speech by Lawrence Optical Co official. The speaker allegedly aimed to conceal thoughts while addressing women, seemingly limiting opportunity to speak. The fragmentary text references Jackson Blog and 927 Mass. Fine Glasses.
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Womin
Boston Transcript
Lawrence ‘Optical. Co
Jackson
Casualty List Totals Twenty Three Names
The army today reports twenty three names on the casualty list. Of these, five are killed in action, seven died of wounds, one died of accident, one due to other causes, two by disease, and two are missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sully
Cardinal Martinelli, former papal delegate to U S, dies
Cardinal Martinelli, papal delegate to the United States from 1896, died in Rome. Born August 20, 1548 in San Anna Italy he was elevated to cardinal on April 15 1901 and served as chamberlain of the sacred college. He ranked among cardinal priests by precedence.
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Rome
Sebastiano Martinelli
Wats
United States
Cardinal Martinelli
United Being
Rom
San Anna
Italy
Sacred College
Union Worship Schedule for Baptist and Presbyterian Churches
The Baptist and Presbyterian congregations will hold six weeks of joint morning worship starting July 21. Services will alternate between churches with each pastor taking one week off and supplies filling the pulpit. The article notes a brief visit by Mrs Chass Wrishhee Gione Tesao and a return to Lawrence.
Beful in Using Soap on Your Hair
Advice favors plain coconut oil as a shampoo alternative over commercial soaps and shampoos. It claims coconut oil cleanses well, is greaseless, inexpensive, lasts months, produces rich lather, and leaves hair soft, bright, and easy to manage while removing dust dirt and dandruff.
Miller's Antiseptic Oil Promoted as Snake Oil Remedy
An advertisement touts Miller's Antiseptic Oil as a universal cure for rheumatism and many ailments. It claims rapid pain relief within minutes and internal as well as external use for coughs, croup, diphtheria, and more. The copy promises deep penetration and bears bold guarantees for bottles priced at 50 cents to 1 dollar from the Round Corner Drug Co. and The Nyal Store in Lawrence, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Uinhtheria
Round Corner
Drug. Co
Nyal
Massachusetts St
Lawrence
Kang
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Mr. Schwalm
Lutz
Mr. Harris
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Red Cross
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Beck
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Alta
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Mable
Will Price
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Mary of Lawrence
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Church Lawn
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Batonic
Tonganorie
Pershing
Lady Pink Toes
Osage and
Franklin County
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Dansas City
Santa Re
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Cicerney
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Quenemo
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Martinelli
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Dick Building
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