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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
6
Goodyear publishes a tire conservation booklet outlining prevention of blowouts and wear. Keep tires inflated and aligned, avoid harsh jolts, careful tube use, avoid tracks and skids, apply chains properly, remove contaminants, carry spare tubes, and inspect rims for irregularities.
Lawrence welcomes a new auto outlet representing Velie Skelton and Premier cars. W. W. Klass of Lawrence has acquired the steroo agency and set up offices and showroom in the Eagle Building on east Eighth street. Prices vary from high to roughly low with Premier electric wear shift priced high, Skelton about right, Velie medium.
May 2 San Antonio reports a new climbing record as Lt. W Wellington and four passengers flew to about 10 8560 feet. The aircraft climbed for one hour ten minutes and returned in twenty minutes. Three enlisted men occupied the rear cockpit. One man rode in the front cockpit with Lieut. Weddington.
Cr W Smith Ford dealer announced the nation now has produced over four million Fords since 1910, with production starting toward a five million mark. The figure, received yesterday, highlights rapid growth of the Ford car program during this period.
The State Pharmaceutical Society met in Ottawa on May 25 for its annual convention and announced the formation of a "Daddy Sayre" Club by students and alumni of the University of Pharmacy. The note urges timely car inspections to prevent larger repairs.
Prices across Tulsa trend downward with sugar down from 35 to 32 cents per pound. Creamery butter falls about 20 percent and milk prices tumble. The rest of the items include a note on Commencement gifts highlighting jewelry from Ed W Parsons, Miss Emma Emery heads to Liberty Missouri, Bascomb Fearing and a Y M C A hike.
A humorous note left for the motor page shows a spoof pledge from the American Federation of Car Owners. It requires women to vow not to nag or talk unnecessarily at the wheel, especially in heavy traffic, framed as a tongue in cheek oath directed at husbands.
A feminine motorist laments that after several days of sun an inch and a half of rain Wednesday and Thursday turned roads into a hazard. She notes the highways deteriorated from Topeka eastward past Bonner Springs with little dry surface, predicting it will take a week to recover.
The graduating recital of Mrs Sylvia Alford Osborn the organist will be held in Fraser Hall chapel Monday evening at 8 o clock. Miss Clara Scheurer contralto and Miss Frances Allen pianist will perform. Program includes Toccata in F major Bach The Flower by Campbell Moonlight by Karg Elert and more. Olive Constant pianist assisted by Ray Gafney tenor will later attend the next Fraser Hall recital in fall.
The University of fine arts galleries will be open Sunday from 2 to 4 PM featuring the Thayer and Wands ward painting collections and an exhibit by Mrs. Ferne Edie Knecht. Also on display are student drawings and paintings from this year's classes. the department professor called this the best year in the school’s history. Jewelry and new designs are highlighted by Ed. W. Parsons at 725 Mass.
Kusal Riza Pasha a general of artillery Michi Pasha former commander Turks Dar danelles and several others were arrested charged with plotting to kill Damid Ferid grand vizier The assassination was to have taken place today Damid Ferid warned and for three days has not been at the war office. Mrs George Marshall pioneer Concordia died in San Diego Cal while there she was mother of George and Joe T Marshall funeral set for Concordia Monday. Mrs George J Barker of Lawrence to attend.
Miss Bertha Pardee and Mrs. W E Lawson received calls Tuesday while Mrs. Lewis Georgii visited the Pumroy home. Several residents prepare for Children’s Day on June 7 at Vinland High School, with Lucille Craig and others among the workers. The week included visits, a new telephone line, a business trip, family dinners, and a rain event with varied precipitation nearby.
Local residents accompany L A Lawson and relatives to Clinton for fishing in Tack Creek and to Lawrence for games and visiting. Miss Gladys Waterson will teach Independence next term. Many residents attended a funeral in Vinland and watched a Vinland win over Wellsville. Public sale announced by C E Griffis for June 2, plus local shopping and theater notes.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla for spring debility marked by loss of appetite and tiredness. It claims the product strengthens white blood cells, helps resist germs, and improves eating and sleeping, with Hood's Pills as a laxative option.
A physician from Buffalo promotes Catarrhemy a home remedy. Mix a pint of the druggist Catarrhemy with boiled water to gargle the throat and spray the nostrils two or three times daily. The method allegedly clears a cold and weakens germ exposure within a week.
A testimonial from Mrs. Alce M. Huntley of 152 No. Pearl Galesburg credits Milks Emulsion with ending a two year persistent cough after Denver doctors could do no more. Ad promotes the palatable emulsion as a builder of flesh, improves appetite, aids digestion, relieves chronic stomach trouble, and offers a money back guarantee with bottles priced 60 cents to $1.00. Sold by druggists nationwide.
First published May 3 1920 in the Lawrence Daily Journal World notice of sheriff s sale in the district court of Douglas County Kansas by trustees W Flory Ira Rothrock and Eli Ulrich as plaintiffs and others to enforce a judgment or lien property details and sale terms to be announced by the sheriff
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