High Prices Fail to Scare Faculty into New Homes
Three university faculty members will occupy new or remodeled houses when school opens next fall. Dean P F Walker of engineering plans an 8 room colonial at 1314 Louisiana, delayed by war and entry into the army. Prof W M Hekking of fine arts remodels a house at 15th and Massachusetts into a modern colonial dwelling. Prof R Grider will begin work on the historic old house on 4th Street at the end of Louisiana, with materials on hand for repairs and debris cleanup underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F., Walker
School of Engineering
Louisiana
Dean Walker
W.M. Hekking
School of Fine Arts
15Th
Massachusettts Streets
R .Grider
4Th Street
Lawrence
Senate Declares No Power to Approve Reparations Appointments
Washington July 22 The Senate foreign relations committee adopted a declaration that until the peace treaty is ratified no power exists to approve provisional appointments of an American representative on the reparations commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Senate Farcign Relations Committee
Hoppers Bound Out West After Kansas Outbreak
M L Pearson resumes duties as Santa Fe ticketman in Lawrence after an eastern Kansas excursion. He reports grasshopper damage across the western counties with 24 counties in the infested district as government workers attempt eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoppers Bnd
West
M. L. Pearson
The
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Kansas
Mr. Pearson
James H. Mitchell Visits Garnett Yesterday
James H. Mitchell traveled to Garnett yesterday for undisclosed reasons, with local observers noting his brief appearance and departure from the town. No further details were provided on the purpose of the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Mitchell
Garnett
Is Your Blood Hungry For Iron
An old advertisement touts Nuxated Iron as a remedy to enrich blood and rebuild energy. It urges readers to test strength before and after two weeks of taking the tablets, claims easy assimilation, no tooth staining, and stomach tolerance, and guarantees refunds. Sold by local druggists including Round Corner Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iim
Round Corner
Ady
Anc Suter Laboratories
Etroit
Fame Co
Detroit City
Round Comer Drug Store
Sarbers Worus
Beauty secrets and health through Dr. Pierce tonic
The piece argues real beauty stems from health not cosmetics. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a fifty year tonic to improve digestion and nerves for women. It suggests cleansing the intestinal tract with castor oil or Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made from May-apple aloe jalap root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Wedding and community notices from Kan sas area
Local notes report weddings, visits, threshing activity and farm mishaps. Vernon Deholt injured finger while cranking a tractor. Perry Ford hit by bolt causing chest and wrist injuries. Osborn and Osborne family wedding featured with Vernon Pehof and Alice Conrad attending. Kansas City visitors, farmers and neighbors engage in farm chores, threshing, and social events amid weather and wheat prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam Welder
Ehar
Toreshing
J. He. Gharlton
Mornaing
Aed. Castedl
Tonanthesie
W. Dhemicie
Lawrence
H.L. Miller
J. MM
Nevenger
Wim. Zimmerman
Perry Ford
Vernon
Tierry Conrad
Wayne
Kansas City
Roy Barnes
Conscrad Ware
Californias
Tley
Los Lone Ranch
San Diesa
Tohn
Kelsey
Ea O'Dea
Agnes Keating
Kansas
Dodge City
Dental practice reopenings and relocations announced
Dr. A. R. Kennedy announces the reopening of his dental practice and Dr. PLN Stevens relocates from the Jack building. Both are now at 4 St over A. Marks Jewelry with office hours 0 to 12 A. M. and HI Mo. Phone 1505. Dr. Kennedy resides at 2526 White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Kennedy
Pln. Stevens
Jack Building
Local social notes from Ridge area July gathering
Community calendar of visitors and residents across Ridge area including Woolf and Lambert households, Sutter family events, and numerous calls. Mentions Jim Lavin, J B Fincher, Mrs Leonhard, Rhoda Vialt, Stanwix families, Knop siblings, and plans near Leavenworth county line. Hospitalization note for Mrs Norwine and several Kansas City hospital trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dames Woolf
Sunda Evenin
Paty
Dienarnin
Elfisen
Lande View
Aid
Edinry Lambert
Tidgertom Stud
Albert
Pesmire
Ohithe
Duity
M. Sutter
Rhoda Vialt
Manteno
Phebe Biesby
Kanwaka
Florence Claxton
Walnut Grove
Ssther
Louise
Gertrude Knop
John Clevenger
Joe Hemphill
Hemphill
Mackey
John Norwine
Jinken
Bella
Grace Stanwix
Dorothy May Bleakley
Troy Ford
Miller
Frank Leonhard
Scheopde
Keneas City
TW. Schaake
Ilinous
Nelle
van Neste
Jasper
Missouri
Dave
Bertha Knop
Lawrence
Albert Knop
Faily m
C. Herriott
Rush
Lewrence
Katte Smith
June
Fort-To Fort
M. Miller
John. Lawson
Jim Lawson
J. Tison
Flying at Leavenworth Flights by Stewart and Brown
F Stewart and Ben Brown, who operated a Curtis-Canuck aircraft at Lawrence earlier, are making flights at Leavenworth this month. The item notes ongoing aviation activity by the two pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
F. Stewart
Ben Brown
Lawrence
Hold Risky Liberty Bond Trades and Thrift Outlook
The piece argues that selling Liberty Bonds below market value is folly and shows that most sales move into thrifty hands who will hold to maturity, likely at par or above. It cites Treasury interest, a Chicago fire safes example, and notes on the Zuyder Zee and Tolanders land reclamation as contextual thrift and recovery themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
Chicags
Natonal
The Value of Thrift and Character in Leadership
Theodore Roosevelt warns that extravagance corrupts character while thrift strengthens will and brightens energy. He urges saving over hostilities and careless spending, advising a shift toward wise saving and prudent purchases as a path to brighter energies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Fivesevelt
W.s. S
Haney Oil to Have Expansion Use in Drafty Areas
An odd, fragmentary note indicates Haney Oil to Have expansion for automobile air use and various leasehold purposes. The text mentions applying a drop to relieve squeaks on hinges and to ease a heavy running mechanism, with a suggestion to wipe away with absorbent cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haney
Baby Shoe Ornament From First Baby Foot
A jeweler plates the first shoe of the first baby in gold or silver preserving the creased worn shoe as an ornament with intrinsic and sentimental value. The item captures the baby’s initial foot shape and serves as a keepsake.
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Beauty
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Song
N. Clark Smith
Sandmaster
Mother of the Fields
Paul Laurence Dunbar
University of Kansas
C. A. Preyer
Major Smith
Tuskegee Institute
Western University
REND
Mogeuw
Debn O'Dea
Hugoton
Cimarron
Nekls
Deeny Woods
Abilene
Alma
Aline Davis
Tonganexte
Jnva Graham
Kate Povle
Mike Foley
Dwyer
Frank Barnes
Hugh Hutchins
Alma Gilliske
May Dickinson
Dehoff
Dwyer Bros
Mildred Roberts
Teddy
Davin
Gece
Hetdek
Evag
Miso
Alice Conrad
Inghbonor
Mir
Alys
Vernon Boanid
F Amn Dawyer
Lawrence Yy Puestiey Meridag
Famo
Special Agents
Qak Ridge
Gilte
B. Beaton
Zuyder Zee
Zuycer Zee
Tts
Lam
Waaxmenbeads
C. W. Smith
Mass. St
W. Smith
Wrigleys
Ruit
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