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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
10
Weatherby replies to Lawrence acquaintances with a noted message in a formal note or letter. The communication reflects relations between the two parties and suggests ongoing dialogue or updates on shared concerns.
S. S. Weatherby notes Delaware Ohio hosts a Methodist Centenary featuring a grand pageant in a Coliseum arena drawing seven thousand five hundred, with a two hour parade of nations and church activities. He compares town life to Lawrence Kansas, praising the festival's religious drama and democratic civic spirit. The event culminates in a mass public impression of Christian service and universal fellowship.
Local classified notice advertises Logan Moore Lumber Co offering Old Ben Franklin coal with contact at phone 113. The short item highlights a regional supplier and product for residents seeking home heating coal.
The case of Bill Walling, son of O M Walling, shows a motorist may not be liable if a pig and car contest road right. After running over a pig on Lake View road and becoming lost, Walling refused to settle with the pig's owner. An attorney advised that the pig had no exclusive claim and that the motorist had equal rights to the road.
An advertisement claims Sour stomach and constipation cause pimples and foul breath. It touts Hot days and nights upsetting the stomach and urges use of cllister's Rocky Mountain Tea to purify the stomach clean the bowels and restore appetite, listing City Drug Store as the seller.
Switz plans repatriation of about 3000 German prisoners. Swiss government arranged with the allies to send the last interned Germans home shortly.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Corbin of Eldorado Kansas are visiting Mrs Corbin's parents Mr. and Mrs. Rapp this week.
University lab tests show Potter lake water far freer of dangerous bacteria than the Kaw river. Kaw water pollution reaches 100 percent, Potter lake near zero. Sewage from Topeka and western towns contaminates Kaw water while Potter lake drains through grassland runoff. Typhoid and other disease bacteria found in Kaw water. inoculations are offered free by Dr. A. W. Clark at city hall or his office for those swimming in the Kaw.
A note cites caps on fraternity phone use with a possible nickel per call. The message implies such charges could take effect before the school year resumes.
University students may see higher costs as Kansas Home Telephone proposes nickel pay telephones for fraternity houses. A $3 monthly charge plus 60 percent of nickels kept by the service would replace unlimited calls. house mothers pay regular rates. Superintendent H E Kepler cites wage and expense rises and environmental changes. Greek houses will be consulted as university open approaches to determine the best arrangement.
Deputy Sheriff Crowder spent the day in Toneka on business. Mrs Frances Woodward of Great Bend stopped off between trains yesterday and visited Sheriff Woodward's family on her way to New Mexico. Allen's Foot-Ease touted as quick relief for tired feet, corns, bunions, and calluses, claimed to make walking easy.
Miss Gertrude LaCoss departed this morning to visit relatives in Strong City and Cottonwood Falls Kansas.
Private exchange rates jumped from 18 dollars to 131.15 dollars monthly as university cost increases end the free service. Fraternity members in Lawrence face new complications under the plan with pledges duties rising and the old telephones no longer monopolized by one user. Letters to fathers for more funds may arrive more often than before.
Branham Bros owners of a successful Columbia Missouri Ladies Ready-to-Wear shop rent the former H L Winey space at 815 Massachusetts street and will open a similar store in Lawrence. Robert Branham will run the Lawrence store while Warren Branham stays at Columbia. Local admirers expect the venture to bolster Lawrence as a merchandising hub.
Miss Merna Uttinger traveled to Eu dora to visit Mrs Louis Bartz, meeting at a local residence for a brief visit and social call during the day.
An advertising blurb touts Freezone as a cheap painless remedy to lift off corns and calluses from feet and between toes. It promises instant relief after applying a few drops from a tiny bottle bought at any drug store, claiming the corn or callus lifts out root and all without pain.
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