Harvest Sale at The Fair to Cut Prices Significantly
The Fair announces a Harvest Sale beginning Friday with the entire stock reduced below current market levels. J H Colm relocates to the Ed Anderson building at 715 Massachusetts, promising bargains 25 to 50 percent lower than future prices, with Henry Durst of the Durst Sales System managing the sale. Durst cites prior successes in Quenemo and expects strong turnout as prices rise soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Colm
Henry Durst
The
Durst
Mr. Durst
Lawrence
Quenemo
Dorst
Fair Food Prices June 26 1918 Report
A fragment from a June 26 1918 notice discusses fair food prices and rationing. It mentions lists and specifications for items to be sold at controlled rates, including grains and produce, with emphasis on fairness and accessibility for residents. The readable portion references a schedule or price guidance but lacks complete details.
Camp Lewis head demoted to brigadier general
General Henry A. Greene who led the National Army division at Camp Lewis Wash has been demoted from major general to brigadier general and given command of the Philippine department. He will travel to Washington to seek rescission of the order. No reason for the demotion is given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Greene
National Army
Camp Lewis
Wash
Philippine Department
Washington
Fairbanks Film Draws Los Angeles Society Crowd
Los Angeles women motor to Pasadena to watch Douglas Fairbanks in Say, Young Fellow, using three loads of Cooper-Hewitt lights to shoot athletic scenes after sundown. Fairbanks plays a newspaper reporter and donates the collected hat sum to the Red Cross. show runs tonight at two theaters and tomorrow at the Varsity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks
Pasadena
Cooper-Hewitt J
Douglas
Fairbanks
Red Cross
Te Varsity
Outdoor Summer Play America First at Kansas University
Summer session students at Kansas University stage the five act outdoor play America First on July 4. The setting uses trees north of Marvin Hall with colonial costumes and tableaux between acts. Directors include Miss Thyrsa Amos and professors MacMurray Shinn Dykstra Melvin Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
America First
Kansas University
Marvin Hall
Department of the Interior
Washington
Pension Office
Thyrsa Amos
Arthur MacMurray
H. A. Shinn
C. A. Dykstra
F. Melvin
Cc. G. Dunlap
Too Hot For Her Lawrence Woman Takes Family To Topeka
A Lawrence woman, fed up with an inattentive husband, strapped herself and two children to a horse drawn wagon and headed to Topeka. She arrived, unloaded the burdens at the Provident Association, but was urged to return home. The family is reunited. Auto Chamois and Sponges at Mc Culloch's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Topeka
Kans
Mercury
the Provident Association
Fourth of July Celebration at Woodland Park
Woodland park hosts a full Fourth of July program with an athletic lineup, speakers, and music for guests. A noontime basket dinner features free hot coffee from the Chamber of Commerce, followed by afternoon and evening activities ending with a pavilion program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Park
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Yyith
Sec
Getting Real Dope Professor L N Flint Sending News Paper Men
A Kansas Advertising Bulletin copies the latest bulletin from the Department of Journalism by Prof L N Flint. He presents a cooperative clinic based on letters from advertising men in five states on improving retail copy and key advertising rules. Also mentions Anseo Gameras and Films and MecCulloch's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Flint
Kansas Advertising Bulletin
Kansas
Department of Journalism
State Editorial Association
Wichita
Advertising News
New York
Flint
Police Court Finds Keepers of Disorderly Hotel
Mrs. Toots Coleman was found guilty of conducting a disorderly house and fined $50 plus costs with a three day stay of execution and orders to leave town. Maree Smith received $25 and costs with an eight day stay and instruction to depart. Ethel Newton was acquitted. The Cottage Hotel raid followed by inmates being jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Toots Coleman
Maree Smith
Ethel Newton
Coleman
Noted Editor Coming for Summer Journalism Sessions
Edwin Slosson of the Independent will lecture at the University July 5. A graduate and author, he will address journalism students in an open public session and speak at convocation. Slosson, class of 1900, holds a master’s degree and is a noted lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Slosson
The
Independent
Edwin FE. Slossom
the Independent
New York
L. N. Flint
Slosson
Dues From X Ray Former University Student
Dr Eugene Wilson Caldwell a Kansas State University graduate died in New York from burns suffered in long ago X ray experiments He was a major in the Medical Reserve Corps and authored The Roentgen Rays in Therapeutics and Diagnosis with Dr Pusey He helped develop electrical devices and taught medicine while visiting Holden Mo relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wilson Caldwell
University of Kansas
New York
Caldwell
Medical Reserve Corps
United States
William A. Pusey
Eed
Fraternal Aid Union Growth Claims National Lead in New Insurance
The Fraternal Aid Union of Lawrence reports rapid expansion with new business nearing two million for the month, led by East and Midwest states. Kansas, Missouri, Texas, and Arizona show strong gains while twenty states report new business. by mid June totals approach one and a half million and are expected to surpass two million. The insurer emphasizes sound rates, basic business principles, and staying solvent as it expands, with community notes on local events and Red Cross work accompanying the report.
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Fraternal Aid Union
Lawrence
United States
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Arizona
California
Oklahoma
Iowa
America
Howard Erwin
Camp Funston
Paul Shrader
Minnesota
Goldie Schrader
H. Erwin
Pearl Corder
W. Toms
Watson
Frank Toms
Red Cross
Thee
Louie Harr
Harr
Santhe Hill
Navy
President Lincoln
T. Wiley
H. Bruckmiller
Ed. Parnell
Burlingame
H. M. Corder
Waroner
Anderson
W. Spray
Elmer Weibel
Colony
Sunnyside
Community Red Cross
Union Pacific
Golden Belt Road
Midland
Henry Young
Carl Young
A. Morris
Carp Funston
Mexico
Do Not Get Aeeless Your Bloods Ings
Fragmentary ad text touts a blood health product offering bottles at low or no cost through Swift Specific Co. Write to a director in Atlanta, Ga, claiming blood purification strengthens the system against disease. The copy urges readers to notice signs of blood weakness and to secure the product for vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryore
Swift Specific Co
Eit Laboratory
Atlante, Ga
Mexicans Arrested For Violating Bone Dry Law
Magildo Navarro and two women Juanita Fernandez and Cattarina Veneterino were arrested at Union Pacific station on bone dry law violations. Navarro and the three others carried eight and a half pints of whiskey each. They were fined 100 dollars and costs in police court, paroled after paying, and Navarro ordered out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magildo Navarro
Juanita Fernandez
Cattarina Veneterino
Union Pacific
Navarro
Cuticura Heals Stubborn Eczema Case
A patient reports recovery from stubborn eczema after using Cuticura with three cakes of soap and two boxes of ointment. Treatments centered on Cuticura products, showing noticeable skin improvement and relief from irritation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R-L.stronan
M. D
Unionville
Mrs Vose Returns Home From Lawrence Business College
Miss Ruth Vose, previously attending Lawrence Business College, returned to her home in Ossawatomie this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Vose
Lawrence Business College
Qssawatomie
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