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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
4
Associated Press reports reach from England after a long censorship period. A Topeka warning cites a seven year old boy who fell overboard while canoeing as an example of water dangers and the need for extreme caution on rivers and lakes.
In Douglas County efforts to meet the Victory Loan quota face strain as gratitude for returning servicemen grows. Officials acknowledge others struggle to raise funds and call for renewed local commitment to reach the target.
A Lawrence council debate urged forming a Lawrence Public Health Association with 27 directors and a $2 yearly membership. The group would coordinate nursing guidance, diet and care tips for homes, aiming to reduce costs and improve community health while integrating with existing social service bodies.
An editorial argues for a versatile memorial at the university that doubles as a public venue. The writer envisions a large auditorium in Vangerr e with capacity for five to ten thousand, featuring a grand entrance and statuary honoring soldiers, rather than a simple monument.
Advertises Pepulian as the top spring remedy after wartime strain. Claims it strengthens nerves, improves digestion, increases appetite, and promotes sleep. Markets Pepulian chocolate tablets from Lowell Massachusetts and urges readers to try the product for renewed vitality.
A proposal envisions a new music hall in Lawrence with room for thousands, to honor soldiers and host national and world artists. The plan notes a campus of 700 students, a Lindsborg hall, and advantages of location, rail access, and population for making Lawrence a leading western musical center.
The Fort Scott Tribune weighs Japan and Italy over Fiume and Shantung with Italy favored in Fiume, while Japan faces criticism for harsh occupation of Shantung. A Asia salon article condemns Japan as avaricious and unfair, predicting the Shantung and Kino Chau issue may be seen as a peace conference mistake.
La Prensa of Buenos Aires faces a labor dispute as editors and business staff are discharged and a federation strikes. The action highlights rising union influence in Argentina and potential risks to press operations amid organized labor gains.
National Geographic Society notes Kiaochow as the central issue in Sino Japanese tensions. German seizure in 1897 and lease at Tsingtau influenced future East Asia relations, with Japan's 1914 invasion ending German control and shaping regional power dynamics.
The list notes 1837 William B. Ogden elected Chicago’s first mayor. Other entries mark birthdays and deaths of Dr. Theodore Herzl, Clyde Fitch, and Prince Albert Victor, plus military and political events from 1900 to 1917, including Russian and Austrian actions, Italian mountain battles, and a French war mission tour of the United States.
Jerome K. Jerome humorist and playwright born near London 69 years ago. Harold F. McCormick president of International Harvester born in Chicago 47 years ago. Margaret Hill McCarter Kansas author born Charlottesville Ind 59 years ago. Allie Erminie Rives author born Christian County Kentucky 41 years ago. William S. Goodwin Arkansas congressman born Warren 53 years ago. Plus Matthews Lumber Co offers paint bargains. Taylor Petefish moves from Lawrence to a farm near Sigel, buying from Thad Stevens.
Frank Grover born March 28 1839 on his father's Kansas homestead died April 27 1919 and rests on the farm. Barbara Magdalena Haas Schwarz born June 24 1885 in Ingelfingen Germany died April 27 1919 nine miles east of Overbrook at her daughter Mrs Albright's home aged 3 years 10 months and 3 days after confirmation in Germany and active church life.
An early 20th century advertisement asserts rheumatism comes from uric acid in the blood and warns against relying on salves. It promotes S S S blood purifier as a long tested remedy to remove rheumatic poisons from the blood. It offers free physician advice from the Swift Specific Company in Atlanta Georgia.
Born 1853, she united in marriage to Charles Frederick Schwarz on November 1 1862 and settled in Douglas County. She had nine children and was widowed in 1909. Survived by one brother Fred Haas of Baldwin Kansas seven children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
An old advertisement fragment urges readers to mail a slip to Foley & Co for trial packages of Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic tablets. The text also notes Lulu Boowalter, a KU student, as principal of the Uduvil school in northern Ceylon and mentions a three-year term for university women returning there. A Red Cross Salvage store opening schedule and management details follow.
Tonight Yale Harvard and Princeton teams debate the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as part of Hampton Institute’s semi centennial celebration. Former President William H. Taft and Rev Dr M Ashby Jones are among the speakers on the program.
Atlanta reports on wartime innovations including electrically heated suits for airmen at 15,000 feet and higher. The design features a coat, boots, socks, and gloves with wires that heat when current passes, creating a warm environment for the wearer.
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