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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1917
Page
2
After Mrs Coddings talk the motion was carried that the Federation should extend appreciation to Mrs Johns and others for securing through the legislature a home for delinquent women. The chairmen of the committee coordinated the vote and gratitude for notable legislative work.
An old advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as helps for indigestion and weak stomachs. It urges taking a tablet after each meal and before bed to aid digestion, claims lack of digestive juices causes discomfort, and offers a free trial via coupon.
A city department partnered with the public school to host a picture exhibit at the Chamber of Commerce in April. School children will sell tickets to raise funds for classroom pictures. Milk ordinance updates were provided by Mrs. Sterling with notes from Commissioner Holyfield about the Kagi suit and Judge Smart’s ruling. A circular was sent to dairymen on handling milk for quarantined cases. Thirty club women from Kenner Spriggs attended. Lawrence Union met March 15 in the Watkins Bank building, with reports on temperance work, a gift to Mrs Plowman aiding Indian work, and plans for membership drives and an entertainment event.
An advertisement urges treatment for catarrh and related deafness or head noises. It promotes Parmint as a constitutional cure, claims long use in Europe and growing use in America, and directs readers to obtain an ounce from a druggist and mix with sugar and water for four doses daily. Dick Bros. is named as a local supplier.
County commissioner and Engineer Burton of Hedrick Cochran Kansas City inspected the new river bridge to see if broken light globes were caused by vibration. They found vandals removed bulbs and decided to build a concrete blanket on the west side of the fill to its top. Removal of the old bridge may require treating the east side later.
James Davis was arrested by police last night and turned over to county officials this morning on a charge of violating the bone dry law. He allegedly brought a steamer trunk full of booze to town and fled as officers watched him, with the trunk still missing.
Lawrence High School hosts a debate Friday night at the auditorium with Leavenworth and Kansas City participants. The Leavenworth team visits Lawrence as they tackle the Monroe Doctrine topic.
An assembly will be held at the high school Friday morning featuring a program prepared by the students in the English department. A pep meeting for the debate team will follow the program. The report also notes a naval incident involving an American and a Norwegian steamer Davenport moving earlier in March.
New York doctors outline reasons for prescribing Nuxated Iron to boost vitality in women and men. They cite improved strength, clearer blood, and enhanced vigor, urging readers to test iron intake through the product and noting reported benefits across ages while warning against weakening foods and iron deficiencies.
March 21 Topeka Kansas Colonel Tyree Rivers commandant received word from Chicago central army department that an inspector would arrive in days to pick a site for a permanent encampment and buildings for the Kansas National Guard. Officers treat it as part of the annual state troops encampment plans. The message carried no further details.
About 300 farmers and townsfolk attended Santa Fe special dairy and poultry lectures at Baldwin and Vinland yesterday. Speakers from Kansas Agricultural College demonstrated milk cow judging with Canary Bell, cited dairy profit potential, and urged a dairy cow club. Train runs through month-end with strong interest and expected results.
Mrs Clyde Lederer narrowly escaped serious injury when an automobile struck the buggy she rode with two sick sisters on a Sunny Friday. The car damaged the shafts and threw her from the buggy, but the driver sped away after offering no aid. Local residents hope the offender will be held accountable on public highway safety grounds.
Alarming complications cited as Dr Barl Uhl attends the case. Friends express anxious hope for a permanent recovery. G W Hardtarfer and his son Howard visited the Rockhold home on Thursday amid the unsure outlook.
Dispatch from The Hague says Germany is pursuing a new peace initiative. A German envoy in Switzerland and another visitor to Halle are gauging the attitude of Great Britain and the United States toward possible hostilities cessation. The Russian revolution is cited as enabling Germany to seek terms favorable to the Entente, including autonomy for Poland and Baltic regions. Panama Canal security is affirmed by Army officials as highly secure amid crisis.
London reports the Russian government declares the deposed emperor and his consort deprived of liberty and to be brought to Tsarkoe-Selo. A Petrograd dispatch confirms the order. Also notes a marriage license issued yesterday to Merrill A. Taylor and Nina DeLong of Tecumseh Kansas by probate judge C. C. Lindley.
The Girls Glee Club of the University of Kansas will sing at Fraser Hall Thursday evening in their first concert of the season under Prof. W B Downing. Admission is 25 cents, no university funds aid, Olga Hitner will perform violin, and the program features Brahms, Bach, Tschaikowsky, and more. A big shipment of Ajay tires was received by C P Banker the Maxwell man.
DeMolay Commandery No. 4 Knights Templar held its annual election and installation at the Masonic Temple last evening. Newly elected officers include John Bell eminent commander John B Russell generalist Euther N Lewis general Beard Bumgardner senior warden Sam'l S. Baty junior warden Fred K Morse prelate Simon A Wood theater Henry B Sparks recorder Henry Bowman standard bearer Wm H Quaken sword bearer Geo T Reynolds Warder Wm H Eastman sentinel.
William Crutchfield, early Lawrence settler, died this forenoon at his South Vermont home at 11 30. He came to Kansas in 1855 and was 88. Funeral services set for Friday at 1 pm from the home. Oak Hill Cemetery to receive the burial. A fuller life sketch to follow. Meanwhile a separate probate matter concerns Arthur Underwan’s corpus proceedings and custody of Aileen Underwood.
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