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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
3
Widefi Li Wilkerson, a Durant farmer, was shot as he slept when 8 year old Otto pulled a shotgun trigger while 10 year old Ruby held it to his head. The children confessed the murder saying their father had been rough. they planned the act for four days and were sentenced to the state reformatory.
Dykstra of the Kansas State Agricultural College faculty in Manhattan Kansas has been appointed special examiner of recruits for the U S Army Veterinary Reserve Corps. The government seeks 2000 volunteers for service. Examinations can be taken at any time and application blanks are available by writing to Dykstra.
Plain cocoanut oil, unmarred by alkali in soaps, cleanses hair and scalp without drying. Moisten hair, rub in oil to produce rich lather that rinses clean, leaving hair silky and manageable. Available cheap at drug stores, a few ounces last months for the family.
Weather summary from Topeka reports crops improved in the week ending June 12. Rain aided needs, sun and warm spell arrived late, enabling corn and alfalfa cultivation. Wheat in southern and eastern counties begins heading as Southeastern counties near one week from harvest.
The fragment cites Adam Stralth and mentions Mrs. McKimmey of Gilead Nebraska visiting Lawrence en route to Kansas City. The text contrasts present industry efforts with those of earlier generations, noting greater labor and productivity.
The article notes replanting and variable maturity across western and northwestern counties with oats barley alfalfa and sorghum in progress. Potatoes truck crops and gardens are in excellent condition as cherries ripen and strawberries near finish in the southeast. Sugar beets in Garden City damaged by hail and being replanted. A separate item reports a French official discovering £20000 in securities hidden behind a buffet tied to a German cook suspected of espionage. The fortune was seized.
An all day convention of the Evangelical church Sun day school and Young People's Alliance is set for June 17 at the Evangelical church in Lawrence. The program covers devotionals discussions and instruction for teachers and pupils with meetings led by Rev M C Platz and Rev J K Young and includes a fellowship lunch and evening sessions. The event aims to boost attendance and strengthen Sunday school work.
Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Merrill Maine testifies that Foley Kidney Pills bring relief for persistent headaches nervous tension and fatigue by improving kidney function and filtering poisons. The ad urges readers to buy genuine Foley Kidney Pills from C P Barber & Son.
The Douglas County Horticultural Society held the June meeting at Woodland Park with a picnic lunch. A eulogy honored member A S Mendenhall, and speaker Hoskinson described an acetylene spray method to ward off canker worms, noting its effects on fruit set and tree health.
Topeka reports Kansas has formed a Third Infantry Regiment for state and federal service with 15 companies and 2062 men. Col. Lewis M. Koehler will inspect the unit this and next week at various Kansas towns including Coffeyville Iola El Dorado Wellington Newton Marion Herington Abilene Junction City Oskaloosa Leavenworth and Downs.
Work to repair the east wing of the state house and install flood lighting in the dome will begin soon. Bids are invited by the state executive council under Charles H. Chandler plans and specifications, available after June 14 at the secretary of state office. An indirect lighting system in the senate chamber and connecting rooms will also be installed.
A Hutchinson resident, Myers of 315 Eighth Street, declares Tanlac cured his kidney and bladder troubles and boosted his energy. He credits the tonic for improved health and blood purification as it reaches the seat of the trouble. Tanlac is being introduced in Lawrence at the Corner Drug Store.
Mrs Raymond Robins of the national defense women's committee says 55 percent of U S women are flappers defined as women who do not work. She argues flappers live off relatives and hopes to recruit this group for war service after women’s wartime regulations end. She cites 85 percent of women in England Scotland France and Germany at work during wartime.
Wartime tale recalls a Union soldier from Wisconsin storing a hamtack cracker with his family in Janesville after 1861. The piece of food traveled from Virginia battlefields to Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley before returning home in 1864, becoming a curiosity for curious locals.
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