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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
3
Women are urged to save five to ten dollars by dry cleaning at home using gasoline and Solvite soap. Place a gallon or more of gasoline in a dishpan, wash items such as suits coats waists silks laces gloves shoes furs draperies and rugs, and rinse with Solvite soap. The ad promises no fading shrinking or wrinkling and warns to dry outdoors away from flame.
Personal notices list Gladys Henry and others traveling to Linwood, Kansas City, Ottawa, Franklin, Peabody, and Topeka for business and visits. Several residents return from trips to Okla and Nashville while others attend events, birthdays, and school, with Mrs. Winey’s illness prompting Lawrence transport calls. a Rotary Chamber discussion and Rev. Milton’s planned funeral for Mrs. Winey are noted in community announcements.
An advertisement touts Gets-It as a safe quick cure for corns and calluses. Two drops remove pain and allow peeling corn away without cutting or bandages. It claims a guaranteed money back promise and wide distribution through drug stores and named retailers.
Mrs. McKitrick to host a musical at Dicker's hall on Saturday March 29. A varsity dance to follow at F. A. U. hall, under student council auspices with Haley's orchestra. Trinity church Young Women's Auxiliary meets tomorrow at the chapel at 8. Mrs. Frank Strong hosts a birthday party for Mrs. Mary Strong on the 85th birthday with pink and white decor and a two course luncheon for about fifty guests.
Recreation Club plans a Thursday meeting at Mrs. G. T. Dunigan's home. Merry Matrons convene Wednesday at Mrs. C. W. Gould's residence 630 Indiana Street. Home Aid Society meets Thursday at Mrs. W. P. Olmstead’s home 912 Alabama Street.
A resolution by the national American Woman's Suffrage Association executive council, presented at its annual convention in St. Louis, bars affiliation with political parties or endorsing platforms or candidates unless directed by the board. It preserves members' individual right to join any party. Also notes Kansas troops arriving in New York and a Des Moines bank hold-up, with other brief items including Queen Maud of Norway's sporting interests.
Miriam Johnson, 14, of Kansas City Kansas slept five weeks after a flu left her awake only for meals and brief intervals. Doctors call it Kansas's most notable sleeping sickness. She later woke briefly, then fell back asleep and now recovers faculties with no recollection of the dreamlike episodes.
In Douglas county a wall being torn down for a rock road yielded two pint bottles of whiskey, described as perfect and full. The incident reportedly spurs faster progress on the Fort to Fort highway from Lawrence toward Shawnee county, with surveying nearly complete and land acquisitions ongoing for the widened road.
A benefit road district boosts a plan to build a rock road from Fedora to Lawrence. The petition drive is under way this week led by Dorn supporters John Dolosi and Pred Starr heading the campaign for the goo roads district.
The new short motor jackets in heavy tan flannel with blue collar and blue silk braid offer a comfy substitute for old time sweaters. They feature a snug belt and collar and are described as essential for a smart and comfortable wardrobe.
Governor Carey names Miss Funice G. Anderson of Cheyenne as the first state historian a post created by the legislature. Anderson has led the state workmen's compensation department for three years and served nine years as deputy state treasurer.
Wages of women have risen 60 to 70 percent in five years in New York box paper shirt and collar industries confectionery tobacco and mercantile sectors yet 59 percent of state women and 22 percent of New York City women over 16 working full time in these industries earn under 14 dollars weekly. The Roosevelt memorial committee meets in New York to decide the memorial form. The American Red Cross launches a seven day drive for used clothes and shoes to aid European peoples.
Earl Peterson was released from city jail today after paying fines and costs for a revoked parole. He had been serving a 30 day sentence tied to a previous drunk charge, the same offense he was arrested for most recently.
Mrs. Sophia Redman traveled from the Arctic circle to Seattle to hand over 206 dollars from the sale of a sweater she knitted for the Red Cross. The act highlights her charitable gesture and supports the society’s relief work.
Five candidates contest the mayoralty nomination in Leaver Kansas today under the plan of government. Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad vote on a proposed 75000000 increase in the company's indebtedness.
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