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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1919
Page
7
The university honors a smaller graduating class this year with three hundred forty six diplomas issued, reflecting a drop due to wartime shortages and influenza. Engineers formed the large share of graduates, numbering about two hundred.
The forty seventh annual commencement at the University of Kansas grants 346 degrees across Liberal Arts and Sciences 200 Engineering 28 Fine Arts 17 Law 14 Medicine 28 Graduate School 80 plus diplomas. Noted war service reduced upperclassmen. many graduates listed by name with hometowns and schools. several fields include Nursing Certificates and M D degrees.
A thrift facial remedy combines the juice of two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint lotion. Used daily on face neck arms and hands it promises to fade freckles and blemishes with harmless fragrance and no irritation. Grocers supply lemons and drug stores offer orchard white for a few cents.
During the war millions of women have worked in vocations new to them including munition factories chemical plants metal works street railways and ambulance services. Many desired service but were hindered by ailments. the ad urges Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health and strength aid after trial by thousands.
Purchase of Woodland Park by the county for a memorial park dedicated to Great War soldiers is near completion. Prompt payment from remaining subscribers will finalize the deal this week and allow immediate track laying to enter the park before the Fourth.
A brief item notes condition results from an option taken ten years ago and mentions ordering aerated distilled water, calling for the universal water. The note includes a phone number 198 for contact.
Millard P. Wear, the Lawrence Journal-World city reporter for months, leaves Wednesday for Casper Wyoming to become city editor of the Casper Tribune. A University of Kansas journalism student, he belonged to Sigma Delta Chi and served as university reporter for the Journal-World and correspondent for the Topeka Capital. Wear briefly joined West Point before opting for civil work, a decision highlighted by his Wyoming promotion.
The saw appears to be the earliest tool in Egyptian history, found as a notched bronze knife dating about 5,000 years before the Christian era. No dated specimens exist until the seventh century BCE, when the Assyrians used fron saws.
A brief notice calls for McNish's soda water to be supplied in sterilized bottles. Interested parties should contact by phone at 198.
A mournful man muses that someday someone somewhere will create an inspired piece of fiction free of sordid references and life’s flotsam. Also note advertisements for individual ice cream molds by Wiedemann’s with phone 182.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt, Bradder Shinbone downplays a figure’s involvement, saying he is no more dangerous than a wartime insect without mentioning concrete actions or affiliations. The dialect showcases rural humor and clipped bravado in a mock-quoting style.
Today marks Kosovo Day, the national holiday observed by Serbian people amid cultural recognition. The event emphasizes heritage and community celebrations across Serbian communities.
A surge of speeding by students and graduates over four days on East and West streets and nearby avenues led to accidents and a speeding arrest in Lawrence. An unknown woman struck a Ford driven by Fred D. Butcher on Fourteenth and Massachusetts, leaving Butcher with a damaged car and potential severe dental injuries. Claude Williams paid a ten dollar fine for speeding in police court. A. T. Hatfield faced a complaint for allowing a minor to operate a taxicab without a permit.
Carelessness in treating umbrellas speeds deterioration. An umbrella should be tipped to drain, opened briefly to remove moisture, then allowed to dry with the handle downward, and finally opened for thorough drying. This guidance stresses proper handling to extend umbrella longevity.
An advertisement promotes a weight loss method claiming to reduce 10 to 60 pounds or more. It offers a small box of oil of korein from a druggist with plain directions and a $100 guarantee, and invites readers to write to Korein Co. NA 604 Station F New York for a free book.
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