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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1919
Page
5
An advertisement urges readers to dry clean all household items using gasoline and Salvite soap. It claims coats, silks, furs, and rugs can be cleaned in a dishpan with a gallon of gasoline and Salvite soap, without fading or shrinking. It warns to dry outdoors away from flame and notes Salvite soap directions are in the package and inexpensive at drug stores.
An advertisement extols a New York street cream called How ward e Buttermilk Cream claiming it vanishes whitened skin with no residue. It promises dramatic lightening of dull complexions and rough arms with a gentle finger tip massage. The notice also includes a birth announcement for Barbara Jane Marjorie Copeland born April 16 at 1318 New York Street.
Miss Welen Moore of Galena returns home tomorrow after a visit at the Sigma Kappa house. Numerous locals and guests including J W Davis DeSoto, Dr OL Wa Sprouse Hutchinson, and others travel to Kansas City or nearby towns on business or to join family, with several discharge and travel updates.
Probate Judge Lindley marries Harriette Brash to Craig Kennedy at 1301 Louisiana Street with only Mr. and Mrs. Amick and Miss Annette Fugate present. Mrs. Kennedy, a college junior, will continue studies and they plan to live in Lawrence. Church supper hosted by Mrs. E M Topkins with 18 officers, delegates elected for Dioresan convention in Topeka May 18 21. Clinton schoolhouse to host free entertainment of moving pictures music and games Wednesday evening under community council.
Discharges bring service members back to Lawrence and surrounding areas. Lieutenant Colonel Carl Phillips sits on a fifteen day leave after serving as chief medical officer with the 35th division. Many relatives travel to Topeka and Ellsworth for reunions and duties, while Red Cross workers are urged to report in uniform at South Park for assignments.
South Side Reading Club schedules its regular meeting for Tuesday May 6 at Mrs Albert Gishs home 1h0L New Hampshire. The article notes other society meetings and a Camp Fire Girls hike on the university campus.
An old home remedy claims combining juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white creates a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. It urges daily massage on face and neck to fade blemishes and produce clear rosy skin at low cost, noting the mixture is harmless.
The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor plans the Friendship club program this evening at the Congregational parish house and urges full attendance. Asparagus is noted as the cheapest vegetable on the market.
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