War Work by School Children Expands Across Five States
More than 771,680 school children in Missouri Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma and Texas have joined the Junior Red Cross and 6,731 schools became auxiliaries since February 12. Juniors engage in farming gardening knitting garment making salvage and other patriotic tasks to aid soldiers and French refugees while county agricultural experts organize Boys and Girls Clubs under the USDA. Proceeds may fund Red Cross supplies.
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St. Louis
Junior Red Cross
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
Ned Cross
United States Department of Agriculture
State “Agricultural “Colleges
Department of Agriculture
Red Cross
Local Social News From Tonganoxie and Pittsburg
Walter and Rufus Klinkenberg returned from Pittsburg Kansas after attending the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters. Miss Winifred Luther arrives to spend the summer with her parents Mrs and Mrs FE Luther. Mrs Todd elected Grand Chief of the Pythian Sisters for Kansas. Mrs McNaughton returns from Seneca after a Federation meeting. Ben Wade and Mrs Wade announce birth of a daughter. Richard Bowman to Lawrence for Bell Telephone job. Ruby Warner to Kansas City for extended stay. Leonor Laming returns from Kansas City trip.
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Walter
Rufus Klinkenberg
Pittsburg
Kans
Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias
Pythian
Winifred Luther
Luther
Webb City
Morirs
John Todd
Fred D. Angell
Pythian Sisters
Todd
Kan
Wade
Marie Lawrence
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Benefits and Vitality
The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe purifier tonic and vitalizer with a forty year track record in treating scrofula eczema rheumatism loss of appetite and general debility. It claims it aids digestion provides red blood and is pleasant to take. Local notices list residents travels and military draft preparations.
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Hood
Iron tonic touts Tremendous vigor for men of history
An advertisement extols Tron tic iron tonic as a health booster for men and women. It claims high iron content improves blood color and appetite, boosts energy, and endows readers with vigor for daily tasks and war effort alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
France
Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
British Beauty Expected to File for North England Seat
Mrs Paililpy Snowden wife of the eminent British statesman is reported by Tendon dispatches to be a candidate for one of the North England seats in the House of Parliament.
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Paillipy
Snowden
North England
Personal Notices and Weekend Visits in Kansas
Miss Stuby White of Kansas City spent Sunday with friends at Tonga Noxio. Mr and Mrs Charles Ellis of Perry Kansas spent the weekend at Amos Wilson Jrs home. Prof John W Harbeson will attend the summer session of the university. George Brosius has gone to Lexis and Louisianan on Kemper-Fair Milling Co business. Mrs Freeman Munson of Indianapolis is visiting her parents. Rev BE Stauffer went to Atchison this morning. Mrs L Severns went to Richmond for several days to visit relatives. Mr J Brock spent the day in Kansas City. Mr Fred Myne returned to Kansas City. Mr William Reinisch spent the day in Kansas City. Mr Sam Bishop spent the day in Kansas City on business. Miss Kate Caldwell A went to Eudora. Mrs Carrie Plum is visiting in Burton. Mr F H Haversham spent the day in Kansas City. Mrs Lizzie Wert and daughter Mary Carpenter went to Cedarville for a visit. Mr N B Whitzel returned to Chicago after visiting. Mr Cargill Sproull transferred back to Rantoul Illinois. Mr Noah Weimer, ill for weeks, was operated on at Jones Hospital Saturday night and is doing well. Mr J B Russel spent the day in Kansas City.
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Neva. Dodd
Kansas City
R. Gladman
Anoda
Frank
Lenahan
Carlos Evans
Ray Ridgeway
Lansing
Michigan
Marcus Peterson
Peter Peterson
Laverne Jones
Camp Funston
Dana Sanders
Margaret
Margaret Sanders
Six Corners
Dorothy May Bleakley
Ered Springer
Lawrence
FE. C. McNerne
Fourth
Main Streets
Marie Peters
Business College
Jacob Peters
Alicia McNaughton
Leavenworth
Howard ‘Moore
Piper
Harry Lewailen
Lewailen
Philip Kreigh
Washington
Whitsed Laming
Kansas
Foster Laming
Fort McArthur
San Pedro
Calif
Frank Jenkins
Audrey Stewart
New Jersey
France
Stuby White
Tonganoxio
Charles Ellis
Perry Kansas
Tene
W. P .Stew
Amos Wilson, Jr
Frank Zoellner
John W. Harbeson
University
Prof
Huard
Tonganoxie
George Brosius
Lexus
Kemper-Fair Milling Company
Ceeepee
Freeman Munson
Indianapolis
Ind
Henry Metsker
BE. E. Stauffer
Atchison
L. Severns
Richmond
Brock
Fred Myne
William Reinisch
Cargill Sproull
Dallas
Texas
Rantoul
Noah Weimer
Jones Hospital
Weimer
J. B. Russel
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Claims Long Use
A vintage advertisement promotes Boschee's German Syrup for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles saying it has been used for fifty two years across the United States. It promises restful sleep easy morning expectoration and relief to help the patient recover. Sold by the City Drug Store.
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Boschee
United States
Adv
Mackey Bismarck Community News Roundup
Thursday visit by Mr Edd Peel to a Red Cross sale. attendees include Mrs Edd Peel, Mrs C J Moon, and Ross and Ortha Moon. John Reese donated a steer for the Red Cross sale. Edd Schaake injured his wrist at work. X ray confirmed a fracture. Dr. Simmons expects splint removal in weeks. Thomas Graham of Kansas City helped prepare a tractor for fall plowing. Red Cross drive coordinators listed. progress noted as favorable. High School commencement attendees from the neighborhood included Elmer Wise Rhoda McClain and N Paronta.
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Edd. Peel
Kansas
Kansas City
Edd Peel
Red Cross
Leavenworth County
John Wilson
Nels. Parente
John Reese
Kansas‘City
Kent
Baversock Theater
Elmer. Wise
McClain
N. Paronta
Freezone corn remedy advertised amid local notices
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless cure that instantly relieves corn pain then removes the corn. The blurb notes it costs a few cents and is sold by druggists. The rest of the page lists dozens of household and social notes from Eudora Missouri and nearby towns, including visits, travels, and health updates.
Real Estate Men Offer Free War Appraisal Service
Nine thousand Realtors from the National Association of Real Estate Boards volunteer to serve all government departments without pay for the war. They aim to save millions by preventing excess profits in government property sales or leases and will organize through Special Appraisal Committees in 130 boards nationwide. Howard buys a country home in Yonkers, New York, and will move in after alterations are finished.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
William M. Gatland
Los Angeles
Calif
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
The
Shipping Board
Bureau of Housing and Transportation
Department of Labor
Garland
The Swine Scourge How To Fight It
H. M. Grafe, federal veterinary adviser to the Douglas County Hog Cholera Control Association, explains remedies and measures to combat a swine disease outbreak. The article outlines prevention, detection, vaccination ideas, and cooperative farm actions.
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H. M. Grafe
The
Douglas County
Hog Cholera Control Association
Spring drive for hog cholera sanitation in hog houses
Now is the time for a spring drive to rid premises of hog cholera infection. Outbreaks arise from harbored infection in wallows litter and manure. Remove contaminated material burn it or haul to fields for sunlight exposure. Cleaned premises receive free sanitariant service using 2 percent Cresol solution.
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State Live Stock Commissioner
State Agricultural College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
City Buys Three Acres for Oak Hill Cemetery
The city commission accepted deed and transfer papers to add three acres to Oak Hill Cemetery from Irving Hill, trustee for Lawrence Light & Power Co. at 300 dollars per acre. A claim for the payment was allowed after reviewing the transfer documents. Jean Lawrence Optical Co. Jackson Brig. 927 Masa.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hilt, Cemetery
R. E. Rice
Irving
Hill
Lawrence Light & Power Company
Jean
Rush the Courts Many Soldiers at Funston Want Naturalization
Riley and Geary county district courts will hear about 5000 naturalization applications from foreigners who are soldiers stationed at Camp Funston. The government plans to keep hearings near Camp Funston unless absolutely necessary.
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Funston
Topeka
Kans
Riley
Geary Counties
Manhattan
Junction City
United States Army
Camp Funston
Federal District Court
Camp Funston Funtess
Foreign born soldiers seek citizenship shortcut
An item notes Thane thousand foreign birth soldiers eager to use a new naturalization rule to gain faster citizenship. It also lists real estate transfers in Lawrence Kansas with names such as John W. Miller Chas F. Greaser and Elizabeth Plank and parcels on Conn Street and Babcock Place and mentions Florence G. Clark and W H Montgomery among others.
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John W. Miller
Chas F. Greaser
Conn
St. Lawrence
Albert J. Smith
John Moody
Joseph E. Edwards
Elizabeth
Plank
Babcock Place
Lawrence
Kansas
Chas. R. Greaser
Jos
Eph Edwards
Florence G. Clark
W. H. Montgomery
General Leonard Wood Seeks More Active Duty
Washington May 28 Major general Leonard Wood asks for more active duty beyond his command of the western department. It was understood the War Department granted the request and will assign him to another division, likely Camp Funston.
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Leonard Wood
Washington
War
Camp Funston
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Theron Men OF History
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Bismarck
Frances Kaiser
Frank Johns
Jacob Hammings
Eurike
Enterprise
Johns
John Wise
Wilks
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Wiedemann’s
Real Estate Menolunteer Services
Howard
Joe Howard
Yonkers
N. Y
Lawrence Optical Co
Jackson Brig
Masa, Fine Glasses
Witich
systemvTaUe Company
Hawe Hece —— Ad
Matthews
Jennie Lind
Baldwin
Matthewa
Tunston
Wn McNish
Nujol
J. A. Smith
Nujol Laboratories Standard Oil CO
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