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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
6
Indians from Chesterfield Inlet to Winnipeg join Hudson Bay Co officials in renewing a 250 year old pledge of friendship. Sir Robert Kindersley arrives from England to participate as the company marks the historic occasion with a pipe of peace.
The Pune County Horticultural Society held its May meeting in the Chamber of Commerce with small attendance due to planting and spraying work. Members shared cider like Idaho fruit growing insights, noting irrigation spraying, berry yields, and prices, while planning the next meetings for June and July.
Mrs Lottie Wilbur Bart died April 14 1920 in California at age five after a paralytic stroke. Survived by husband Martin Burt daughter Mrs Netlie Lack of Pasadena two sons Wilbur and Wilfred of Kansas one vice Libbie Largent of Colorado two brothers J P and S T Wilbur of Lawrence. Parents Charles and Charlotte Wilbur deceased. Former resident of Hesper and Bellview neighborhoods buried in California after years there.
A Cherokee Creek member named Real Indian in Opera New Yorkk becomes the first Indian prima donna to sing Grand Opera, inspiring Cadman to compose and prompting plans for a Metropolitan Opera production. The piece notes mix of cultural milestones and evolving opera outreach with community events and a ceremony at the Kansas University evening program.
Washington May 1 legisla tion aims to ease the car shortage by extending the garage incentives from five to fifteen years and expanding relief. The plan involves the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee and a promotion offering store discounts and a print from each goal. The offer is for a limited time with potential further enlargements at small extra costs.
An assortment of notes covers global quirks from Japan and Mexico to Constantinople and Africa, detailing customs, clocks, and communication, plus a look at early automobiles, naval cadet uniforms, and wedding traditions. The piece also recounts graduation ceremonies at Baldwin High School, Mothers Day observances, and local business updates including a new auto repair shop opening next to L iggen’s.
The fragment discusses daily impacts and yearly guarantees related to a water clock or similar device, noting totals like 132,090 and 157,880,000 blows over twenty years. It references a period during which a water mechanism is usually guaranteed to keep good time.
A Bayer branded aspirin product promises genuine aspirin in Bayer tablets with directions for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbar and rheumatism. The label emphasizes Bayer as the genuine article and notes its use by physicians for nine conditions.
Alpha Chi chapter advances building plans for a new house at the northwest corner of the campus, using the former Kappa Sigma site. Contractors bid on the project, with decision pending as F. E. Wolf notes no firm layout yet. Nearby, the old Alpha Chi residence is being renovated and the baseball team won a thirteenth inning game at Baker University athletic field.
For years Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is hailed as a physician’s prescription that supports kidneys liver and bladder. It is described as a strengthening medicine that works with nature, trusted by many and sold by druggists on merit. Readers are urged to start treatment or request a test sample by mail.
Fragmented OCR text describes remedies and alleged cures such as Pierice's Favorite Dreser cine and Waverite Proceiption. Mentions weak vitality, youth, and household tonics, with scattered phrases about nostrums, vitamins, and potions. Contains garbled names and addresses. overall it reads as dubious medical advertisement prose.
Readers are encouraged to place classified notices in the Journal-World to find new employment opportunities. The message emphasizes persistence and the effectiveness of local newspaper want ads for job hunting.
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