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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1920
Page
6
Reed challenges a league in a bold stance calling it a league of treason and covenant of fear, framing the conflict as a high stakes confrontation within the broader power struggle.
Kansas City July 6 Senator James A Reed returned from San Francisco to denounce the League of Nations as a league of treason and covenant of national death. He told a mass meeting that the 120,000,000 man country must think, and warned that credentials committees would seat him if he kept silent about the league. He attacked the Democratic convention and urged the people to seize power to protect the republic. He criticized Robert Lansing and said his removal stemmed from warning the public about the league’s true meaning.
Livestock receipts run to 6 500 with hogs showing better grades and higher prices. Cattle in Chicago firm to higher with prime heavy steers near 16 3/4. beef steers and stockers solid. Wheat and corn futures and cash quotes mixed across Kansas City and Chicago markets.
An OCR fragment touts a free booklet on quitting tobacco. It claims rapid, safe effect on nerves, heart, digestion and energy, and invites readers to write Edward J. Woods in New York City for a postpaid copy. It mentions benefits such as no desire to smoke, stronger nerves, and longer life.
A fragmentary OCR passage blends an advertisement for a satin bandeau bra with a chaotic political rant about a Democratic national convention. It shifts to quotes from Senator Reed and comments on public officers, then briefly notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Willis of Kansas City and the Ramey family over the Fourth in Iola.
An old night watchman touts RAT-SNAP as clearing a mill of rats in six weeks. He claims nightly kills and no further infestation. The ad lists three sizes 25c 60c and $1.00 and names Green Bros Round Corner Drug Store and M W Callahan as sellers.
Babe Ruth may reach fifty homers this season but will not threaten Gavvy Cravath’s major league mark of 218. Cravath began power hitting in 1903 and has 218 career homers, while Ruth has 71 to date. Also reported are a fatal crossing accident near Pittsburg Kansas killing J Beasley and family, a train incident eight miles south, and local notes on visitors and medical procedures.
A cosmetic ad claims Danderine reconditions hair after use. It asserts no fallen hairs remain and that each strand shows new life, vigor, brightness, and color with increased thickness.
An ad promotes Aspirin labeled Bayer with claims it is genuine and safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It urges acceptance only of unbroken Bayer packaging with directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism and other pains. It notes 12 tablet tins are inexpensive and larger Bayer packages are sold by druggists.
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