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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1918
Page
4
A 1882-imported hog cholera overview warns of transmission through contaminated material, waterways, and infected carcasses. It outlines symptoms from rapid death to prolonged decline, post mortem signs, and stresses prevention, quarantine, sanitation, vaccination, and prompt reporting to authorities. Federal and state officials offer support and guidance.
Columbia residents and visitors share a string of midweek trips between Lawrence Lone Star Parsons and Kansas City. Social calls include Mrs Curry Ruth Mrs Curtis and Frances, while Red Cross meetings feature bandage making and singing There is Power in the Blood. Clifford Berry suffers facial burns under medical care.
An old advertisement touts iron blood theory and Trontic tablets from Dr. Pierce as strengthening for soldiers and civilians. It claims high iron content, improved circulation, and vitality, with trials and 60 cent vial pricing. The piece also notes local social updates and Red Cross fundraising in the community.
Mr J D Martin travels on business to Town while Grandpa Stevens stays at the Martin home loading walnut logs. Family members visit. Mary Shaw joins John Whitelaw and others return from Kidder. Young folks rehearse for Parents Day. A birthday surprise honors Mr Carl Hefty with many relatives and friends attending.
Mrs. Charlotte Robertson achieves a notable victory in a local race. The event highlights community engagement and marks a positive turnout for the contender. Local observers note the win reflects strong support from residents and organizers.
Count is held in Sinn Fein plot reports as residents extend visits with relatives. Numerous locals and visitors appear throughout the week, including Schenck of Kane Wyoming, Miss Irene Steeper, Mrs. Phenicie, and Mrs. Fisher. The page notes church figures, draft news, and community events with meetings, travel to Kansas City, and Camp Funston visits.
Pleasant Grove reports Elmer Flory and family returned from Ohio after ten days at the Yearly church meeting in Lawrence. The group, including Wesley Flory and others from Willow Springs, also notes Hallie Peterson’s return and work at the Flory farm. Red Cross drive in the area, hospital visits, and local road work are mentioned alongside rain aiding wheat and corn at farms. Mrs Boots’s death is recorded with funeral details and family attendance.
A Kanwaka area bulletin mixes a WWII era letter from Private Avery Hibner in France with local society notes. It reports Bible classes in YMCA squadrons, a birth announced as John George, various visits and church events, and a minstrel concert at Kanwaka along with a classifieds nudge about an odd piece of furniture for sale.
Floyd Ratliff furloughing home from Camp Funston with weight gain and good health. John Nirseh headed to Leavenworth for military service exam before likely training at Camp Funston. Residents, visitors, and students travel for summer sessions and exams.
A report from High Prairie notes a guest at Mrs Archie Knox with J H Dreisbach buying a new Weile sport four passenger automobile. Wilber and Cam McKone visited Lawerence on Friday. Mrs John C Laming and daughters Thekla and Leonor returned from Kansas City. Mrs Dana Sanders to represent A T of P E O at Pittsburgh convention. Ladies Aid postponed due to rain. last week meeting at Mrs Martha Price with eight members. Alice Gleason guest. work on pillows continued. Baldwin visitors Charles Gleason and Mrs Will Woods attended Red Cross auction in Lawrence. High Prairie Aid represented.
Sunday visits and calls described for residents including Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Randall, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and children in Lawrence, district Red Cross canvassing by Mrs. Burgtorf and Mrs. Sample, Fred Morton’s Lawrence business trip, Seile’s call at Schafstall's, Wilson and Elizabeth as Lawrence visitors, attendance at a Vinland MethodistYoung People play, the Happy Seven threshing machine Company separator sale to Nick Thorne, Emil Saile and George Pardee delivering it to Lawrence, Saile family visit in Lawrence, lightning strike damage to Saile’s house covered by insurance, Fred Morton repairs, and other local visits.
Mrs Sophia Menger a pioneer of Douglas county died at her Lawrence home Saturday aged 85 Two sons and four daughters survive The family recalled her early life including baking soda biscuits for Quantrills raiders during 1863 Lawrence raid The Rev H M Menger her husband died at Parsons twenty two years ago burial set at Oak Hill Cemetery with services from Second Methodist Church Tuesday at 2 30 PM.
Kansas State Agricultural College expert Frank E. Fox urges farmers to swat roosters June 3 to 8 to improve egg production and conserve resources. He says infertile eggs and culls save feed and aid war effort, noting fertile egg production wastes feed and infertile eggs are better for human food.
Sarah Morrison, a Kansas City Kansas University alumna, has been commissioned as second lieutenant in the Red Cross ambulance service. She awaits orders to depart for France to drive an ambulance and serve active mil ita ry duty. Morrison is listed among university women who joined wartime service.
Harley Moody of the 900 block on New York Street was arrested Saturday night on a charge of threatening to kill his wife. A warrant had been outstanding for nearly a month. He has been in and out of town for business between here and Topeka. He is held in the Douglass jail in default of 300 dollars bond. Arraignment is set before Judge J C Mutley on Tuesday at 1 30 o'clock. Edmond C. Fletcher of Kansas City spent the weekend in Lawrence.
A trimmed archival fragment presents a personal claim of enduring seven years of hardship. The unreadable source text limits further specifics, but the quotation marks emphasize a prolonged period of suffering associated with the individual.
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