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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1921
Page
7
A long dispatch recounts Kansas voters facing a 1922 general election with the sole statewide question a $25,000,000 soldier bonus referendum. It notes minimal recent amendments, past legislative inaction, and contrasts with earlier measures on tax, road, and farm tenancy issues, while detailing local community notes and social events.
Queen receives biPLOMA at the Robert Watts home Thursday evening after school. The narrative lists visitors from Lawrence and Lone Star, notes Easter activities, church services, and local school athletic scores. Termed as a community items roundup with names, places, and events from Friday to Sunday.
A cold snap records eighteen below zero Monday. Blossom forecasts for peach, plum and pear look damaged after a late frost. Local residents attend funerals and hospital visits continue. Miss Lee Winter heads to Manhattan for studies. Several families host gatherings, Lawrence trips noted, Easter services observed. The Winter Community Club plans a meeting on April 1. Sympathy extended to the Richards family of Barker.
Local items report a Salina youth group promoting a fishing project to stock the Pawnee River with 15 000 bass crappie and catfish from Pratt hatchery. Army City elections set for April 5 with two mayoral candidates and six aldermanic hopefuls.
Kansas news notes a Methodist Sunday School effort toward a new church fund, aiming to raise 844.20 by collecting a mile of pennies. The program counts 16 pennies per foot, with a 300 foot length covered weekly. Arkansas City hosts a Kansas enthusiasts convention, March 29, featuring social entertainments, a parade at Chilochd Indian School, and a 550 dollar student dress parade. A Captain Tenet plans a Kansas National Guard field artillery battery, with many recruits and officers ready to form a unit. this marks the first step toward a full artillery battalion.
A vintage advertisement touts drops of Outero to harden skin around an ingrown nail. It claims reduced inflammation and pain as the skin thickens enough to push the nail outward overnight. The product Outgro is described as harmless and antiseptic for open wounds, with directions implied from a grut? store display.
Topeka plans for a phased plan enabling districts to join later with votes expected after a year. Fort Scott gains a second colored women's auxiliary of the American Legion. Atchison also has colored ex-service posts. Wichita medical society set to meet, reduced travel fares requested for delegates. Kansas sold 307,786.81 in war savings stamps last month, verses 107,426.25 in January, driven by assessor rollover. Pittsburg led February sales with 16,370.82. Wellington second at 14,396.01. A Concordia vegetable grower expands with eleven hot houses, distributing year round. Salina festival tickets exceed 1,000 in advance sales, aiming for a grand spring event. Quakeeney plans hospital memorial sites with pledges including 1000 and 500. Wichita limits pocket weapons in show windows. legislature failed to pass a similar bill. Hutchinson lettuce under glass, Brussels University open to women since 1881.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a pleasant sleep aiding laxative. It claims gentle relief with liver activation and a clear head, noting regular morning bowels, no griping, and child friendly candy forms priced at 10 25 or 50 cents.
Economic distress grips Western Transvaal as a diamond slump leaves many without goods or pay. Starvation reported in some areas as officials struggle to ease hardship. Valuables once worth 40 ed are unsold, while diggers exchange tiny stones for maize or meal as deserted diamond camps flee to towns.
A period ad claims skin diseases stem from blood disorders and promise relief only by an internal blood remedy. It touts a famous herb remedy said to enrich the blood and ease itching, urging readers to obtain S.S.5. from a druggist and mail a case history to a medical advisor in Atlanta Georgia.
An advertisement warns buyers to look for Bayer on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuineness. It notes aspirin is prescribed for decades, safe when used as directed, and lists common uses from colds to toothache. It mentions small twelve-tablet tins cost a few cents and that druggists sell larger packages.
Public notices inform that Amy and other defendants face divorce petitions filed in the District Court of Douglas County Kansas. Plaintiff Spencer and Roberts allege absolute divorce. defendants must answer by specified dates or judgments will be entered. Attorneys Riling Riling and Chas Moss Clerk certify filing and execution of notices.
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