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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
2
The Welfare Club invites all to a free Monday afternoon picnic at Cav aness athletic park featuring a four o'clock baseball game between firemen and business men followed by a college band program until about eight. Many locals attend social visits and line parties precede the luncheon and concert.
Baldwin area farmers report ideal corn weather with a strong week of sunshine boosting crop hopes. Wheat appears solid though some rust affects western fields. Oats alfalfa and other crops look good. Lawrence visits, Topeka trips, and college events feature as residents attend gatherings and prepare for summer schooling and campus activities.
A jumble of short notes records trips and social calls among Tonganoxie and Leavenworth residents. Names include Iris Sivepor John Tauiiies Ida Pweed Robert Fbewinstestant and Mrs Witten TL Zimmer, with several mentions of spouses, kin, and companions during recent days in Iowa Minnesota and Kansas towns.
Local readers report visits and travels of residents including Ross A Phenicie and Miss Rath Phenicie of Reno, Sam H Ward, John Peirce, and Mrs Abraham. Lawrence events feature a play Old School at Hickory Holler with a lengthy cast list, Sunday church activities, graduations, and neighborhood gatherings. The piece notes the nearby lake north of Leavenworth, fishing, and town business such as a store opening survey and road chatter.
Town letters from Stony Point recounts visits by Mr and Mrs Martin Holcom and others to relatives in the area. Mentions Miss Dorens Tucker and Chae Waterson traveling, a Farmers Potluck supper with praise for the program, and several residents visiting Kansas City Lawrence and nearby towns.
Town notice shows an auction Saturday at Smiths offering various automobiles. The brief item notes a sale day and the venue, with a terse local timetable and no further details on cars or exact times.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend with numerous dinners and social calls. The notes list names including Mrs Trotter, Mr and Mrs Hanlin, Mr and Mrs Van Neste, and many others, along with a Ladies Aid Society event and a cemetery repair planning meeting.
A list shows numerous shops including Ros[h], Decoration V Spate, Crogers Strong Bros, Yoleas Cash Grocery, Kane's Cash Basket Grocery, Chowther Lawrentier, Turk Groce, Holiaway & Totes, S. & S. Grocers, Wagsta Hunter Bros, Dauinive, and Eagle Bros will close all day Tuesday with one Merchants Delivery run.
The column details daily activities of county residents including Brubaker and Maas families, Mrs. Brubaker receiving visitors, musical practices by the Barnhart ensemble, and a strawberry social planned by the Union. It also mentions court matters for Pohl, club meetings, a clarinet gift, and community events across Lawrence and nearby towns.
An old style advertisement touts Tiz as a cure for tired aching feet. It claims painless relief from bunions and burning, offering a 25 cent bottle at drug stores and promising fresh feet, no odor, and happier shoes.
A cereal health ad urges readers to start mornings with hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse kidneys bowels and purify the body. It claims improved digestion appetite and overall vitality, targeting constipation and skin or blood disorders.
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