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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
3
Cardinal Gibbons and other eminent Roman Catholic prelates in America assemble today at Wheeling West Virginia to attend the silver jubilee celebration of Bishop Patrick J Donahue.
This ad promotes a “Phosphate” product claiming to firm the body, increase strength and nerve force, and restore vigor. It touts ancillaries like ditrophosphate and claims pleased by physicians, with money back assurances and warnings about its strong appetite effects.
York D. Davenport aged 63 died Thursday night at the social service hospital. Funeral held this afternoon at Reno Kansas. Mrs Elizabeth Read died yesterday afternoon and funeral is Saturday at 10 from 6387 Rhode Island street. Rev E A Edwards will officiate. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
Joshaway Lum aged 69 died this morning at his home on 401 Mississippi street. The funeral will be Sunday at 4 pm from the Seventh Day Adventist church at Tenth and New York streets. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery.
Sam Dearing aged 7 died Wednesday night at the poor farm with funeral arrangements to follow. Kate Davis aged seven died yesterday at 424 Elm Street with a funeral at North Baptist church at 2 o clock, Rev TD Lee officiating, burial at Maple Grove cemetery. Burden of life and enrollment ads from Lawrence Business College follow.
Blood purifier S S S is promoted as a long-tested remedy to cleanse impurities from the blood and cure catarrh. The ad claims the tonic removes dripping in the throat hawking and spitting raw nostril sores and bad breath, offering free medical advice for long standing cases and directing readers to 259 Swift Laboratory Atlanta Georgia.
The verse from Henry Van Dyke celebrates simple prizes held dear. It praises sapphire skies silent hills woods grass birds and flowers with earth scent and welcomes friendship and mirth along the journey.
A compact assortment of kitchen ideas from a vintage column. Recipes cover baked Indian Pudding using milk, molasses, suet and spices. Peanut Butter Cookies with peanut butter flour blend. Japanese Suey Dressing for Sundae mixing dried fruits and nuts. and Cream of Asparagus Soup with asparagus, canned liquor, milk and rice flour.
Clarence L. Bpeed argues for a league of nations to prevent war, noting the US entered World War I reluctantly yet benefited from collective action. He warns that national vanity opposes global cooperation and compares it to resenting a policeman who prevents wrongful acts.
Mrs J Lane was summoned to Eudora this morning due to continued illness of her father W H Starr. The report notes Lane intends to remain nearby as needed.
In Topeka Kansas on May 23 the first woman jury acquitted a defendant charged with disturbing the peace of a neighbor. Six women jurors deliberated two hours before finding her not guilty. The defense argued that a woman's rights are supreme in her own home and that she had the right to say things there not appropriate for outdoor conversation.
A vintage advertisement offers freckle treatment promising free trial if ineffective. It touts an ounce of Othine double strength from any druggist with a money back guarantee and asserts freckles can be removed after a few applications for a clear complexion.
Lawrence Bever of Norton Kansas is spending the week visiting friends in Lawrence. He is staying with local residents and enjoying various city activities during the stay.
Grandmother's remedy for fading hair uses Sage and Sulphur to darken gray hair naturally. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound offers an improved formula sold in drug stores at low cost. One application with a sponge or brush darkens a strand by morning and enhances gloss and appearance.
The last gold star was added to the Lawrence service flag this morning for Lieut. Otto E. Dinglestedt who died at home of tuberculosis and battle-related injuries. He was wounded in the Argonne, sent home April 6, and died in weak condition. Funeral set for 2 PM Sunday from 832 Louisiana Street. burial in Oak Hill cemetery. no flowers.
A Sunday morning scene finds Pat with a prominent black eye. A friend asks about the fight, but Pat jokes that the evidence is in Murphy's wages still in his pocket, keeping the matter light yet hinting at a money dispute.
The advertisement touts temperance medicines from Loneseo Dr Pierce combining vegetable ingredients without alcohol. It promotes Pierce's Anodyne Pile Ointment as a remedy for piles and claims most cases find relief with these products, noting wide availability at drug stores.
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