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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
4
Fragments push a 19th century style ad for a blood purifier claim to cleanse the system and boost vitality. It mentions impurities and sluggish circulation, urges readers to write Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for free information, and notes the product is sold by druggists.
A Wichita Kansas pork factory reports daily use of garbage as the hogs’ feed, with twelve hundred pounds processed today from city collections. About fifteen hundred hogs are fed mixed with corn due to limited garbage supply, yielding higher meat prices as recent hog sales topped the market at sixteen seventy per hundred pounds. A private firm collects the garbage under city permit, yielding ten percent of net profits to the city. The text also includes local social notes and community announcements.
Mr and Mrs Mark Pierson hosted a reunion in Topeka with Grace Von Wolf Rodell and several guests including GP Baldwin and the Von Wolf family. Nellie Armstrong and Misses Tucker and Lee visited, while Carl Hird, W D Wear, Atta Murray, and Fayette Murray were noted visitors. Local church services were canceled Sunday. multiple families traveled between Topeka, Lawrence, Greenwood Valley, and Dodge City for visits and illnesses.
The Dorcas society met Wednesday afternoon June 12 with Mrs Nor ris Bryan to sew and do Red Cross work. The group will reconvene June 28 with Mrs Wm Eye. Several local residents visited relatives and attended events, and others spent weekends with family in nearby towns.
Mrs Rebecca Harvey thanks Fairview Missionary Society for flowers. Junior Red Cross meets at Lucille Howard's next Thursday the 27th. all neighborhood girls invited. Senior Red Cross to meet at Fairview church June 26. Wheat harvest begins. various local visits noted. Play safe with McNish's aerated distilled water.
Mr Henry Paronto spent last week with his brother and family. Mr Richard Key is building a new addition to his house this week. Mr Dehoney motored to Kansas City Sunday and spent with his parents. Mr and Mrs J J Helms of Kansas City spent Saturday at the Jim Lawrence farm. Charles Robinson of Lawrence is cutting wheat as his father Thomas Robinson does this week. Ohfarley Miller has purchased a new automobile. A J Dicker is recovering well after his operation. Tacob Hamming is cutting wheat with his trotter this year. Mrs Glenn Moon and children Adrian and Orsina returned home after spending two weeks with relatives here. Bob A tton of Manhattan and Thomas Robinson Jr of Gam Fun Ston spent Sunday with home folks.
United States Certificates of Indebtedness Series TV A dated June 25 1918 payable October 24 1918 with 4 12 percent interest offered for sale in denominations by Watkins National Bank.
Mr. Chris Schaake started cutting wheat early in the Kaw Valley, beginning last Thursday morning. The community shared visits as neighbors and relatives traveled between Emporia De Soto and Lawrence, with several calling on Gilmore and Grostlidier families. Local residents, including Miss Edna Walters and Miss May Knopp, joined in harvest activities and social calls around Midland and Eudora.
Local Christian Endeavor collects magazines for engineers in training at the University and soldiers camped on the hill. Citizens are asked to donate current magazines and drop them at Wolfe's or Mc Culloch's drug store. organizers note many donations already come from Lawrence residents and promise pick up by telephone 1853 for tomorrow afternoon.
An item notes Mr. Frank Breese selling hogs in Lawrence. It mentions Sunday visits by Mr. and Mrs. Guy Moon and son Paul and Mrs. Glenn Moon with children Adrian and Orsina of Ottawa to the C. J. Moon home. Also recorded are purchases of new binders by Mr. E Schaake and Mr. Nels Parento.
Hammond Ind June 24 Two investigations have been ordered into the rail road wreck near Gary on the Michigan Central last Saturday that killed 85 Hagenbach-Wallace circus employees and injured about 150 The coroner was ready to hear witnesses today and the Indiana public service commission said an inquiry to fix the blame would open Thursday The interstate commerce commission may join the probe.
Mrs Toots Goleman colored of the east bottoms faced court for conducting a disorderly house. Maree Smith and Ethel Newton also appeared on charges of inmate status. They allegedly robbed a man of 10 dollars. Trials set for tomorrow. Mrs Coleman has been in Lawrence two months and previously troubled police. Miss Phyllis Dunnette returned home to Topeka after visiting Miss Eana Nebr de.
Mrs Charles and a daughter Hazel called on Miss Carrie Pratt Sunday afternoon. Many neighbors visited and shared meals as families from Eudora Fort Scott and Chase gathered at relatives homes. Harvest work continued with several farmers quitting wheat and Frank Dixon helping with Altenbrend activities. Lawrence Optical Co. is listed for glasses.
Mr and Mrs Harry Hobson hosted guests in Independence Thursday evening. Residents visit friends and family, travel to Winfield and Baldwin, census taking in Independence district, and a district representative from the Kansas children's home society solicits Topeka funds with generous contributions reported.
Local residents visited a Dyer pasture oil well south of Baldwin where casing was being fitted after the shot. The endeavor aims for better oil prospects as work continues. Nearby social notes record visits among neighbors and a Hopewell Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Fred Hindman with talks on Red Cross organization and patriotic themes.
A Nebraska reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving female ailments and helping health after childbirth. She notes both she and husband used the remedy, promising ongoing benefit for displacements, inflammation, irregularities, backache, and nerves. The ad invites readers to write for advice and lists the company in Lynn Mass.
The Sunflower Auxiliary Club gathers at Mrs. Wil Woods home on Tuesday with about thirty members. Much Red Cross work accomplished during the afternoon. Numerous local residents attend gatherings, harvest help shifts noted, and neighbors visit across nearby towns. The item also lists various social visits and harvest activities involving the Gale, Lederer, Sutton, Kinzer, and Jardon families plus others in Baldwin and Worden.
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