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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
6
The United States Navy has perfected a smoke screen device used to blind the enemy by masking the vessels that emit it. German forces previously employed a similar smoke method at sea, now advanced by American industry and military research.
The Nautilus Club of Baldwin entertained about fifty members and guests at Mrs. Chas. Lisherness home for its annual party featuring a three course banquet. Jennie McMillin and Mrs. Downs led toasts, followed by a short play in the parlor and a violin performance by Miss Swagger. Next Friday in Centenary hall, baritone Chas. W. Clark headlines a festival under Baker Lecture Association. A large crowd attended, with notes on deaths, travels, and campus updates interwoven through Baldwin community notes.
Tonganoxie residents and others frequenting Lawrence and Leavenworth spent time in town Monday on business or visiting relatives. Many travelers, including M Carpenter Frank Lenghay and Miss Newsome, returned from trips to Kansas City Leavenworth and Lawrence.
Advertises Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion acid reflux and gas. Claims quick neutralization of stomach acidity, relief from dyspepsia gastritis and sour stomach, urging readers to keep a fifty cent case on hand and try it at first sign of discomfort.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for stomach, liver, and bowels in children and adults. It claims quick relief from feverishness, sour stomach, and constipation, urging readers to buy the authentic 50 cent bottle and beware of counterfeits.
A column lists multiple Kansas and Missouri residents visiting, traveling, or attending events in towns like Leavenworth Lawrence and Kansas City. It notes weddings, birthdays, and births with names such as Miss Estella Leighty and Mr Leighty, along with several travelers and a birth announcement on Tuesday March 26. It also advertises a cough remedy, praising Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for relief without opiates.
Local notes report Ben Hoffman and four children with measles as March weather arrives. Nearby residents joined in social calls, including Charley Jones helping Hoffman, while Forth and Jones families visit Ed Forth and others. Wheat crops suffer moisture shortage as Brubaker school plans a closing next Friday due to the outbreak.
A Philadelphia area advertisement touts Bon-Opto as a cure for eye strain and weaknesses. It cites Dr. Lewis and Dr. Levis, with testimonials from users regaining reading ability and dropping glasses after 15 days. The ad promotes a one week to one month course, claiming notable visual improvements and relief from headaches.
Valley Grove reports K-12 students planning program and big dinner as school year ends. Mr and Mrs Cook visit Claud Williams while Mr and Mrs J H Jones spend Sunday with John Jones. Easter preparations and sermons noted plus multiple local visits and church events. Wheat sowing and garden tasks listed as seasonal work. residents urged to attend Christian Endeavor and a forthcoming play by C E B youth group.
At the annual session of the Evangelical Association in Jewell Kansas Rev J F Young formerly pastor at Lawrence for one year was reassigned to Mound City B Bermeyer to serve as new minister at Lay I 7 poe Seh?
Police detain a suspect linked to a plotted act at Matthews Lumber and Coal Co near Amite. A man claiming Perth Amboy, New Jersey, ties is described as a wrecker plotting a large-scale explosive act with forty pounds of detonating material found in a discovery that alarmed local authorities.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatic pain remedy for joints, stiff muscles, and conditions like sciatica and neuralgia. It claims instant relief, skin safety, and quick limbering without internal treatment, urging readers to buy at local drug stores.
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