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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
3
University of Kansas students faced warnings from acting Dean D L Patterson after freshmen without their caps were required to wear nightshirts on campus. The Senate had banned hazing and paddling, but student sentiment favored the cap tradition.
A warning from W. B. Moss of Ogden Arkansas notes many men and women remain ill without knowing it as kidney trouble often shows only when applying for life insurance. Symptoms include backache side pains rheumatism fatigue swollen joints and derangement of the kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills helped Moss after three years of severe trouble. City Drug Store advertises the remedy.
Nearly every KU student is expected at the University Y M C A stag party in Robinson gym Thursday night. The program centers on a competitive drill between drill companies with a $10 prize and a feed for winners. Wrestling boxing musical numbers athletic events and a universal mixer follow. Two bits for eats and tew cent admission. The KU band and faculty mandolin club are featured.
A district court yesterday saw a divorce action brought by Mrs Blanche Pelztic against Ma Abe Pelztic. The filing outlines the dissolution of the marriage and seeks appropriate relief through the court.
The Vatican is expected to issue a fresh peace offer on Whit Sunday May 19 with concrete mediation terms and possible help from neutral sovereigns. German and Berlin reports reflect cautious optimism as Munich papers note the pope may warn the world’s conscience ahead of a new phase in the western offensive.
Grandmother’s plant based cures move from fields to shelves as Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound gains popularity. The product is touted as a long standing standard remedy for women’s health issues, trusted for generations and now a top seller in prepared medicines.
Three official delegates and several members of the Lawrence Lutheran church depart for Topeka to attend the seventh annual Luther League of Kansas convention opening at First Lutheran church. Delegates include Madeline Schultz Hope Selig and Robert Al Baci. Gov. Capper will speak on Kansas and the War with a reception and welcome addresses to follow.
Lawrence Optical Co at 927 Mass reports fine glasses. WKUL elects Fred Leach as cheerleader by a large majority and Herschell Washington as president with no opposition. George DeVoe elected vice president. Some elected may be ineligible and council member votes were very light, as low as fifteen.
A Lawrence youth demanded writs to free his 22 year old sweetheart detained by her parents in their Pleasanton home. The couple planned to wed last Saturday but the father halted the ceremony with a buggy ride home. County Attorney Wilson and Sheriff Woodward investigated the allegations after the girl denied forcible confinement.
Sigma Kappa plans lettuce radishes and other vegetables in the George Washington University annex yard and hopes to beautify the Arts and Sciences campus with flowers. Chi Omega has permission to plant flowers around the administration building. Dinner parties and visits fill the society pages with notes on members and relatives traveling to Kansas City Topeka Atlanta and Camp Funston. many plans and hostings are listed with dates and names.
The KU Military Band under J C McCanles performed a patriotic Fraser Hall concert that impressed Lawrence, rivaling Sousa’s Great Lakes Band. The program opened with America and closed with The Star Spangled Banner, featuring a large service flag and KU banner. The crowd cheered McCanles’ self composed piece KK U Band, while Dean Harold Butler was absent due to illness.
W S Clawson of 522 Tennessee street received a letter from his son Edgar H Clawson with the 12th Ambulance Company in France. Edgar describes heavy duty and exciting front line experiences, mentions censorship preventing details, recalls traveling with Pershing's expedition through Mexico, and notes four years in the regular army.
The funeral of Mr. William Watts, who died yesterday, will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon from the home at 946 Connecticut Street. Rev. F.E. Stauffer will officiate and burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
The women’s department of physical education at Baker University staged a May Festival in Baldwin to honor the seniors. Miss Opal Williams was crowned May Queen and a large crowd of students and Baldwin residents attended. Miss Atler directed the event and led the girls’ drill.
A festive program includes English and Swedish dances such as Hyacinth and Reap the Flax, with selections by the orchestra and multiple folk pieces. Edith M. Bailes Bailey died Tuesday night, with burial in Partisan, Missouri. C. O. Morrison of Topeka visited his daughter. Fireman C. Guthrie of 802 Lincoln Street enlisted in the engineers reserve after two years in service. his wife adds a second star to the Guthrie service flag for their son Ralph in Jacksonville, Florida.
An wartime style public health notice extols iron as essential for courage, stamina, and nerves. It promotes Frantic tablets a soluble iron herbal blend by Dr. Pierce of Buffalo N Y, claiming it boosts blood, energy, and vigor. priced 60 cents per vial or a test package for 10 cents.
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