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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
7
Allied calls for more bread relief grow as Argentine arrivals lag. The U S Food Administration urges reduced bread consumption while relaxing meat restrictions, citing increased meat supplies and better transport to meet urgent needs.
The Red Cross uses every cent of donations for war relief with overhead covered by interest from funds. Relief spans wounded care, famine, homelessness, and care for veterans, children, families, and repatriates across France Russia Romania Serbia Italy and Armenia. Your donation funds a broad mission of mercy and delivers 100 cents of aid per dollar.
In Bay City Michigan a Red Cross chapter rallied to make 150 duonage bags in 48 hours. Two sisters aged about ten and twelve spent the day sewing and washing early to finish the mission for soldiers going to the front.
Red Cross hospital supply service in France operates 16 warehouses stocked with drugs medicines surgical instruments and supplies. It serves 3428 French military hospitals and associated facilities.
Mrs Shirer of western Kansas plans a visit with Mrs A C Hess this week. Mrs Dewey Woods returns to Lyndon after visiting her parents. Br Eugent McKone returns from Lawrence. Numerous locals travel to Lawrence to see The Beast of Berlin at the Bowersock. A wartime Society meeting in Lawrence adjourns with strawberry ice cream and two cakes. Multiple notes of visits, drives, and farm tasks fill the week in and around Tonganoxie and Lawrence.
Reader tips advocate using plain refined cocoanut oil as a shampoo. Moisten hair, rub oil in to create rich lather, rinse to remove dust dirt and excess oil. Resulting hair is silky, bright, and easy to manage. oil is inexpensive and widely available.
Sunday school convention announced for the 23rd. Miss Georgia Bleakley returns from the University for the summer. Residents report eclipses viewed on Saturday and numerous visits to Lawrence and Kansas City. Families and neighbors mention mailings, canning, and small errands around Pony Creek and Matthews.
Mrs John Heim and Mee Stafford worked their chores, paying thirty three cents for her checks and over seventy three cents. Charley Kirchner’s family spent Tuesday with his mother. Mrs Fle’s condition improved and she expects to return home this week. Miss Tlattie Harris resisted work after a visit with home folks. The Gibson Brothers hauled to Baldwin market. Conrad Gastrock, John Stafford and Mr Montgomery visited Baldwin. Montgomery brought a hive for bees and found a stray, and Mrs Brubaker is having dental work done. Word has come from Ed Swimly that he is in New York.
An old advertisement extols Pierce’s Irontic tablets as a blood-boosting iron tonic that increases vigor, vitality, and courage for battle and daily life. It urges immediate use, claiming quick energy and success through better red blood, sold in sixty cent vials at stores.
The Women's Missionary Society met with ten members and six guests forming a Young Women's group. Officers listed include President Gladys Flora and Treasurer Clara Fleer. A report showed ninety three dollars and fifty cents donated in the year. Local social updates cover visits, funerals, births, and community ties around Lawrence, Baldwin, and Worden.
A long listing of Sunday visits and local gatherings across Fairview and nearby towns. Families such as the Harolds, Ridingers, Gress, Scheer, Murphy, and many others are recorded visiting relatives, attending services, or hosting dinners. The Junior Red Cross fundraiser and a note on Marines draft releases are also mentioned.
Notice from the Marine recruiting office in Kansas City states that men who registered on June 5 may enlist now. Provost Marshal General Crowder via telegraphic advice orders local boards to release any men who wish to enlist. Crowder had ruled on June 5 that these registrants would wait for four to six weeks while classifications were completed.
Senate Agriculture Committee hears that Germany has more gas and better masks for defense. The article notes increased German gas use and protective equipment, while a recruitment push seeks 4,000 volunteers for the YMCA across the United States with H. We Holtz coordinating locally.
In this reader testimonial from Athol Massachusetts and San Francisco California a woman shares relief after using a well known female medicine. Mrs Arthur Lawson of Cottage St Athol says she found no help for years until trying the remedy and notes a life change. Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass invites further advice.
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