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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1918
Page
3
Government guidance outlines daily and weekly employment Condition reports. The United States Employment Service will stay in constant touch with labor trends. Branch offices send daily updates to Washington and submit two paragraphs detailing demand and supply of workers.
April 8 marks a preliminary elimination contest in English classes for a reading promotion event. Three prizes and $3 will be awarded from a dedicated fund. Final round will select two contestants to vie for honors.
The text extols a disc of the will offering sturdiness poise and confidence, urging laying aside money as a concrete asset for future needs and possession of a secret to self mastery. It promotes financial self discipline and future security through prudent saving.
Obscure notices report Lawrence Optival Co. and Jackson Builder involved in legal or local matters, with references to fines, a death at Simmons Hospital, and funeral details. The text includes fragments about residents Myr. Robert Orotonsin and others, a June date, and various local community notes.
An old remedy promises quick relief from a dry or tight throat and bronchial irritation. The ad extols sugar and pine resin mixtures, claiming rapid thinning of mucus, breakthrough in minutes, and a money back guarantee with refunds.
The annual Society Banquet of the appa Phi Methodist girls lab will be held tomorrow evening at Myers Hall. Proceeds go to French orphans. The event features a camouflaged table setting with little to be served, and lists several local correspondents and guests from Topeka and beyond.
Lawrence chef L F Holt argues potato bread is cheaper and more nutritious than wheat bread. He claims one baked potato equals two slices of bread in food value, and potatoes with corn bread beat wheat bread on calories and cost at the Solingon and Tuttle Cafe.
The high wind disrupted the campus whistle causing officials to suspend sound for two days. Students missed classes and professors delayed lectures while experts repair the damaged device. R A Dunmire visits relatives en route to Camp Lee aboard aviation cadet training duties.
Readable lines discuss sore throat and cold symptoms with scattered, unclear text. Mentions Lutern or Looper and Abate Peed in odd phrasing. Content is fragmentary and lacks coherent facts or identifiable events.
C A Dykstra of the Civic Improvement Committee announces a supply of garden and flower seeds from the Department of Agriculture for Lawrence gardeners. The distribution is organized under Congressman EF Cr Little with Mrs. George Barker in charge of flower seeds and the Chamber of Commerce secretary handling garden seeds.
A long mix of social visits, retirements, hospital news, travel to Canon City Colorado, church services, and family events. Mentions include Miss Anna Pavler, John Maloney and family, the Reardon hospital stay, Mrs Amanda Sheri moving to Canon City, and Mrs Armstrong’s church music group. Also notes on sleep advice and a historical note about Three-Dollar Geld Pieces and their 1860 coinage.
A fragmented reflection urges certainty only in the present as the speaker notes human aid over other knowledge sources. The passage emphasizes living in the moment and learning from hardship to counter decay and waste.
The first sermon at the revival meeting conducted by Rev. Given at the United Brethren Church in Lustadele drew attendees. The series continues this week and next with evening sessions, inviting the community to attend.
Dr Ortiup is connected with the Eye Ear Nose and Throat practice based in the Dick Building. The article mentions Mr and Mrs Learnard and their grandsons with context about family and relocation to California amid a community notice.
A flag with forty three stars was presented at a community service on Main Street. Rev Ermond J Ruip of Topeka led the event which featured hymn singing and prayers. May OL Fuller accepted the flag on behalf of WC FC at the ceremony.
A fragmented poem note discusses Tadalence Lins and James Themennel as notable figures. It mentions Fame, poetic craft, and a dubious claim about a poet picking a pea from a wall. The passage links these ideas to December writings and the Allies.
Disjointed reflections mix thoughts on sailing speed, letters and future plans. A young man and Mrs Manter appear amid stray lines about wagons, aging, and an odd sense of disruption on a street scene.
Reader advised that applying four ounces of plain liquid argon at night to moisten and rub into the scalp dissolves dandruff. Claim states morning results show reduced flakes and itching stops, with hair becoming fluffy glossy and soft after repeated applications. Product said to be available at drug stores and inexpensive.
Intra-mural basketball events proceed with Alpha Trio facing Kinpe Ann Nheta and Alpha Ni Dulty meeting Alpha Chi Omega. Faculty games include Aletawania versus Kappa Kappa Gamma and VY against W C A Cabinet as new round action continues tonight.
An odd meditation on military greatness tied to unusually petite figures. The prose mixes jumbled names and phrases, depicting tiny soldiers facing battles with coughing fits, skeletal resilience, and unexpected survival against rigors.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the harp’s invention by Tubal and biblical references to David playing the harp. The text mentions timeframes, places, and scattered names, but details are garbled and inconsistent across the fragment.
An article explains that uric acid from meat may provoke rheumatism and that kidneys must filter and excrete it. It recommends a cheap, safe lemony effervescent drink with grapes and lithia salts to help kidneys rid blood of uric acid, claiming widespread reported benefits.
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