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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
3
Des Moines and nearby towns host a kitchen shower for Miss Grace Zoellner with prizes and a trousseau viewing. Guests include Mrs. Zoellner, Mrs. Winslow, Mrs. Br Cobb Winslow, and numerous others. extended visits occur with families traveling to Kansas City and Lawrence for Memorial Day events and hospital care.
Lawrence fishermen recount a strange tale as Dr J D Holloway bragged of a big catch on the Kansas river bank. Instead of catfish a cloth sack surfaced containing four cats and six witnesses dispute the haul claiming a put up job. Mrs J C Sproull departed for Fort Sill Oklahoma to visit her son Lieutenant Lefty Sproul and his wife.
The annual convention of the United Commercial Travelers of Kansas opens in Emporia with over a thousand visitors expected. Activities include welcomes by Mayor Morse and H. E. Ganse, a grand ball, parades led by Uncle Dick Haas, and programs for visiting ladies at the College of Emporia and State Normal School along with harvest labor appeals.
The Haskell county seat dispute heads to the state supreme court as Santa Fe contests the Sublette victory. A temporary injunction keeps records and property in Santa Fe courthouse pending the decision, with Santa Fe claiming the law under which the special election was held unconstitutional.
The fragmentary notes mention Mackey-Bismarck Hammig visiting a dentist for special work this afternoon and Ter T Papplewell filling a point near the Mackey school hearse. Miss Mildred and Mr Jand Er Cane scheduled appointments. Virloa Wilson from Loring Kansas visited John Wilson’s home last week. Gay Moon supplied hogs at the Lawrence market last Tuesday.
Yates Center Kansas reports that a vast wild hay crop, valued at about 3 million dollars annually, will be cut this summer. The segment notes wild hay as an overlooked farm product and outlines anticipated harvesting plans.
Product pitch from E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland Ohio promotes a skin treatment that soothes and heals efficiently. Described as non greasy, easy to apply, cost effective, and claimed to reduce future distress with regular use.
Agricultural authorities estimate the five county region in southwestern Kansas will yield about three million dollars from hay this five year period. County dealers expect about sixty thousand tons to the Kansas City market worth nearly a million dollars with Wilson Greenwood Coffey and Allen counties to follow. The crop is heavy and quality is good with cutting starting around July 1. McCulloch's Drug store advertises Colgate and Jergens toilet soaps at three cakes for a quarter.
Miss Grace S Beecher died last night at 11 55 at her sister Mrs R B Preuszner 1229 Tennessee street after a four week illness The body will go to Kansas City for interment and funeral services will be private Flowers not to be sent The card includes an unrelated Maeterlinck quotation from To Double Garden.
A patent by HL Crans introduces a dry battery using red lead instead of manganese compound. The red lead design allegedly lasts longer, can be stored for months without deterioration, and can be recharged at least ten times with efficiency equal to current batteries.
An aphorism suggests that true knowledge lies in recognizing when to remain silent rather than speaking. The saying frames ignorance as less relevant than restraint and timing.
A Beecher quotation extols industry enterprise and intelligence as the best fertilizer for any soil. It argues that conventional amendments like lime gypsum bones and green manure are of little use without a spirit of effort and innovation.
The quote ties freedom to humanity's destinies and asserts shared gains as liberty advances worldwide. It emphasizes universal benefit and the idea that freedom strengthens all who seek it, per Kossuth.
A lighthouse employs an automatic switching mechanism that activates a fresh lamp and repositions it into focus if the original lamp goes out. The system ensures continuous beacon operation and reduces manual intervention.
Molybdenite, chiefly found in Tasmania, enhances steel by increasing hardness and toughness, aiding propeller shafts guns and boilers. Our conviction is global, not confined to one land, echoing Seneca that the world is our country.
An assessment notes the typical pastoral holding in the northern territory averages about 275000 acres, highlighting the vast scale of land used for grazing in the region.
A British patent has been granted for eyeglasses that fold to resemble a locket. The design allows the spectacles to be worn on a chain as an ornament when not in use.
Historical note describes a procedure where four men work to give an elephant a castor oil dose of 128 ounces, and mentions it takes three men and two underlings to give a small boy castor oil one draw.
A reflective note on aging and happiness notes we should grow wiser with age and look forward to what may come. Mr and Mrs Alvin Smith of Pittsburg spent yesterday with Mr and Mrs E T Smith, sharing visits and conversation.
A vintage ad touts dry cleaning by washing fabrics in gasoline with Solvite soap. It claims outfits from suits to gloves can be made to look like new, warns against home cleaning without Solvite, and notes Solvite directions come in a soap package sold at drugstores. Dry cleaning should be done outdoors away from flame.
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