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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
6
Local residents share updates on visits to Unger and Gress homes, health concerns including a Hod poison reaction, and family gatherings in Putildred Kloek and surrounding areas. Guests from Lawrence, Philadelphia, and Colorado visit neighbors, with several Sunday and weekday calls noted.
Community activities include picnics at the school on Wednesday afternoon and an afternoon visit with parents in Ress ka. Mrs. Charles Gleason and Mr. Lawrence Gleason are noted as residents of nearby areas. A Sunday dinner featured Mr. and Mrs. Hersehell and others. A heavy shower interrupted plans but did not dampen attendance at the Baldwin convention preparation.
A crowded weekly digest records social visits across Baldwin and surrounding homes amid a heavy rain and lightning storm that disrupted telephones. The Wakargza river flood halted crossings while crops like wheat oats and potatoes suffered, yet corn looks promising. several residents report gatherings, errands, and storm damage including a barn fire and livestock loss.
The High Prairie church notes 41 in Sunday school with several attendees. Mrs Heas was missed at the organ and Luther Daniels stood in. Rev Mut preached two sermons, praising joy and diligent planting over weeding. Threshing reports include a $3 due today delayed by rain. Joe Bleckley, Ed Heaston and Miss Carolyn Ulrich are helping with farm tasks.
The excerpt lists visitors and arrivals in Belleview and nearby areas including Mrs S Ferayihe and Viols Warner of Winfield Kansas, Mr and Mrs S Still of Kirksville Missouri, Mr and Mrs Bert Dearbert, Mrs J Freese and Geo Ott Jr traveling to Ottawa and Chicago, with multiple family gatherings and calls noted across the weekend. The text reads as a social notes snapshot with names and residences.
A busy Friday evening program at the church features a recitation with community members assisting. Visitors include Halke’s sister Mrs Theolor and family from Oklahoma, with sermons planned for Sunday and an invitation extended to all.
A fragmented week in Banff includes a forced delay for a patient, Mr. Pierson returning to Fort Worth to guard the penitentiary, visits from Frank Jennings in Mars Margaret, and family gatherings at the Bree and Willer homes. Threshing began after a week of rain and flood disruptions. local residents and kin are mentioned in brief, scattered entries.
In a six inch night rain event many roads and bridges failed as floodwaters rose along the river. Residents report high water on Lawrence road and near Dutton bridge with several homes and wheat fields ruined. Local families including the Campbells and Avery endured flood impacts as authorities warn of continuing danger.
Fragmented local notes describe Mr John Churchbaugh visiting Greve this morning and Miss Ethel Campbell visiting from Teikz. Charlie Williams and others assist in stacking items while tales of a social at Wakartva and a baseball game are noted among residents and seniors.
In a brief ad style notice a remedy is promoted for freckles. The product claims to reduce freckles with a stronger formula and offers a cheaper half strength alternative.
The readable fragment notes a Cincinnati reference and mentions a tiny bottle of something used to treat corn. The rest is garbled, with no coherent event, date, or identifiable entities beyond Cincinnati.
The readable text mentions a place near Franklin county and references names like Petersen and Teters, with partial scene of a spree item. Readers see scattered fragments about a journey or incident north of Waka involving several individuals and families.
An OCR fragment notes Bayer Aspirin as a trade mark with Bayer Manufacture Monca cetic uriigester of Salicylic acid. It mentions boxes of 1 dose costing a few cents and lists ingredients like Rheum and other terms.
Fragmented ad copy describes a hair dye product with exaggerated claims and user instructions. It mentions a mixture labeled 70 and a coupon like offer, then gives odd guidance about applying small strands and noting reactions. The text reads as garbled promotional material from a bygone era with many misspellings and unclear references.
Fragmented ad text touts cleansing the body via a “block” impurity theory and urges readers to write for a general tank and system builder. It references appetite, energy, and “valuable literature” from a Swit Specific Co. atiznt.
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