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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1919
Page
3
A fragmented reminiscence follows Sak Schaffer a wirelen member who volunteers to tend a garden with Marga ot'. The narrator recalls guarding tiny plants Red Beet Tomato and Mrs Bean while dreamily imagining being a king among plant people. After illness they return to duty with renewed resolve and friendship among garden guardians.
Wounded soldiers received help through convalescent hospitals and county agents during and after wartime. Agricultural plots, crop cultivation, and educational lectures supported veterans, with organized efforts coordinating work, training, and recovery.
A wartime bulletin from the War Garden Commission in Washington urges early potato planting and soil prep. It advises deeply prepared ground, well-raked manure, seed pieces planted inches deep, and seed potatoes treated for scab. It also covers sprouting seed tubers before spring planting and careful handling to avoid breaking sprouts.
A meeting at the university formed the first YWCA cabinet in Kansas with Nellie Evans of Lawrence as president, Lillian Cottrell of Irving as vice president, Marion Bradley of Lawrence as secretary, and Edna Burch of Missouri as religious meetings head. Other officers include Grace Gask AWIONCE from Wisconsin, Wanda Ross of Oklahoma City, Lucille Ramirez of Minnesota, Mary Sampson of Topeka, Gladys Griffin of Wire Nitay, Danet Caffrey of Mt. Hope, and Mary Hawkins of Lawrence, with the group comprising Kansas civic leaders and student affiliates.
A vintage health ad promotes starting each day with a glass of hot water and a teaspoon of lime stone phosphate to wash the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this clears sour fermentations gases and acidity, improves appetite, and benefits those with constipation bilious spells stomach trouble rheumatism and dull complexions. It urges readers to buy a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
Yutaka Minakuchi, noted Japanese orator, will address the University convocation at 4 30 April 3 in Robinson gymnasium on American Japanese relations. He will discuss past diplomatic history guiding current ties and future world politics.
Federal authorities slowly restore public power policy as the Public Power Commission race gains attention. Wemberzoaf notes federal momentum while the railroad administration debates central control of meter extensions and improvements to stations.
A Wichita man, John Franklin Green, survived a neck fracture from a colt incident in 1901. Medics say his long-term recovery was incomplete, though doctors attribute his endurance to the injury. Green's case draws local medical interest amid notes on lingering effects.
Wichita Kansas begins move to host a Thirty-fifth Division homecoming. A Wichita cooperative club committee will promote the idea with telegraphs to Governor Henry Ayers and Congress to gain war department support. If successful, a grand city celebration will honor the men on their return.
Professor C E Johnson of the University of Kansas will give an illustrated lecture at the University Club Friday night at 8:30. The talk, titled Camp Life and Big Game in the Northern Woods, surveys field experiences and wildlife observations.
An ad claims a homemade pine syrup remedy clears coughs fast, tasting good for children, with pine extract and molasses. It markets Pinex Co from Fort Wayne offers a family pint mixture and money back if not satisfied. The piece also mentions a midstream note about wildlife slides from a northern Minnesota expedition.
A vintage advertisement cites Napoleon on the ideal woman as a middle aged matron in perfect health. It promotes Lydian I. Winkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy for nervousness headaches backaches sleeplessness and the blues, claimed to restore health and strength for forty five years.
J B Holmes traveled to Wichita on business with Farmers and Barkers Insurance. Max Wilhelmi and Capt John C Amick joined the Rotary Club at today's luncheon, seen as rising young businessmen. Mr and Mrs A B Reynolds recently acquired a 100 acre well improved farm at Oak Grove Ma thirty miles east of Kansas City and will occupy it. They were offered $1000 for the farm within 24 hours of purchase. Lawrence Taxicab Co in TO8 Mass phone 509 answered calls promptly. Cars stored repaired and washed.
Miss Anna Grace Wirt, dean of women, addressed the girls on good manners and proper form during chapel on Wednesday. The high school held Hobo Day activities with costumes and parades, while Miss Frances McLead performed piano, assisted by Miss Ida Hunt, amid a small audience due to the storm. Prof. Rowland praised McLead as a top piano student. Mrs. McLead of Edgerton visits Brasv at the Delta Zeta house. A lecture by Moucher of Gingling College in China will be at the First M. FE church Thursday at 7 o’clock, highlighting the sister college relation to Baker University.
A vintage warning urges consumers to demand genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin marked with the Bayer Cross. The notice cautions that fraudulent pills from Brooklyn dealers were largely talcum powder and stresses checking the package and each tablet for the safety Bayer Cross before use.
A mangled OCR passage references Mrs Ruchty returning from Hageton for her daughter Frances's marriage to Mr Phillips, with scattered names such as Theodore Chariton and Mrs Cherles Bowling. The text shifts through marriage mentions, local figures, and stray notes without cohesive narrative or clear events.
Fragmented OCR text references Peoria and Lawrence with scattered names and places. The readable portions hint at a meeting or attendance notes involving Mr Afis, Mr ee Afis, and Patr terms. The text is garbled, offering no clear date, event, or outcome.
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