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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1916
Page
4
Country correspondence notes Leigle Smith contracts smallpox after quarantine lifted. Several neighbors, including Leo Patterson and Mrs. Liggett, remain ill or recovering. Community activity continues with postmaster adding lock boxes and local visits by families and candidates. visitors from Topeka and Lawrence frequent the town as clerks and residents move through summer illness, repairs, and harvest travel.
Bethel reports no rain yet but a temperature shift expected Wednesday. The Featherston machine threshing for several locals. Families from Ottawa Lawrence Willow Springs and nearby visited E S Clark and Albright homes. Grange picnic at Overbrook drew many locals. Bethel to have preaching next Sunday evening. Kodak finishing and 24 hour service mentioned.
Tonganoxie announces a community picnic at Hoge on Tuesday July 25 with noon chicken dinner and an evening dance by Linck's Orchestra of Leavenworth. Daytime events include contests exhibitions and a boxing bout featuring Tommie Murphy with a partner from Kansas. Baseball Leavenworth versus Basehor. prizes offered.
Mr and Mrs Emery Will and son Arthur of Oklahoma are visiting relatives in Willow Springs, staying with extended family and planning local outings during their stay.
A Richmond reader testifies after seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites relief from hot flashes dizziness headaches and nervousness during menopause and endorses the remedy for others experiencing Change of Life symptoms.
Miss Elsie Evans and Harry Phelps traveled from Leavenworth to visit Miss Alicia McNaughton. Lawrence residents John Robinson Nellie Viets Grace Zoellner and Addie Cox arrive for visits. Mrs. J H Dreisbach ill. Local social events include a Country Club dinner hosted by Mrs Freienmuth with eighteen guests and a planned chapter meeting.
Mrs Ida Brown of Chicago reports her daughter suffered a severe burning itchy rash from salt poisoning that spread from hands to elbows. She used four boxes of Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap after a doctor advised them, and the itching and burning disappeared completely. Free sample promotion offered by mail with Skin Book.
High Prairie notes recap visits from Warmer Dillon and Anna of Kansas City return home after two weeks with Campbell family. Local care updates include H. H. Ulrich stacking wheat for Dan Beeghley and Dr Liston treating Marcella Woods for hand injuries with no lasting damage. Herbert Marshall under care for asthma. Farmers Union picnic at Hubcon's Grove. Ladies Aid retiring president W. D. Lyons enjoys an outing. Various visits, travel plans, and weather notes wrap with a request for reader submissions and a sentiment to treat the column as a Home-to-Absentees letter.
The community reports hot weather affecting crops and roads while residents visit kin. People arrive from Buffalo Montana and Lawrence for gatherings with Freese Johns Ott and Dorothy. Mrs Freese hosts and Harriett Cowles returns from Dr Jones hospital as dry conditions begin to take a toll.
Eagle Pass residents read a feature on Dr James Naismith chaplain of the First Kansas regiment and originator of basketball. The article notes his early zeal for physical education at the University of Kansas in Lawrence and recalls a seminary era as a student who favored endurance sports. A disputed moment in a heated game is described, illustrating his influence and character.
A doctor proposes removing rough play to curb violence in sports. He envisions a switch from football to basket ball, arguing the ball carrier should not be pursued by force and that a less aggressive, more popular game would benefit both country schools and high schools.
Wheat crops report record yields in Russell and Smith Center areas. Farmers Conrad Letsch and Frank Woll posted signals of strong performance with yields near forty to sixty bushels per acre, while John Dannenberg and Pete Vandea also reported high outputs. Overall county average heads toward about twenty bushels per acre amid favorable conditions.
Charles W. Nelson, once a Singer Sewing Machine agent in Lawrence, now sells life insurance for Farmers & Bankers. In six months since February he delivered over $30,000 in policies, earning entry to the One Hundred Thousand Dollar club. The club convenes at Hutchinson on the 28th and 29th with attendance by Terry.
An advertisement urges readers to seek relief from overwork and digestive discomfort with branded capsules and remedies marketed as cures. It emphasizes independent druggists and a money-back stance, noting specific price points and product names while urging immediate action.
The final registration day drew a large turnout with about 250 people registering at the last moment to vote in the upcoming primaries. Officials cited low early-week interest as the reason for the late surge. A promotion offered two months for 25 cents with a Journal-World subscription.
The record notes C Ol Hess and wife Lawrence Nan transfer the Baldwin, Wan property to W E B and FP Thudium for consideration. The transaction covers lot 8 and a share of interest on High Street, Baldwin.
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