Salvation Army fund drive planned in Douglas County
William D. Wolfe of the Salvation Army announces a county wide drive to fund relief work and a maternity hospital in Wichita. The campaign, led by local officers and university groups, seeks to shift to an annual subscription to cover all budgets, freeing workers for direct relief and expansion into new areas.
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Douglas
Salvasion Army
William D. Wolfe
Kanatid
Missouri
Wolfe
Salvation Army
Lawrence
Douglas County
Wichita
Basis
Win New
Hodge
James Aismith
F. J.ly
A. G. Mitchell
B. Walker
Helen Hoopes
A Bacon
Al‘Corbin
Natace
Freany
Exeet
Kansas
Carters
Piet J
Goldfish Arrive At Hess Drug Store Aquarium Display
The Hess Drug Store fills an aquarium in the south window with fine gold fish and carries fish globes and aquarium supplies. A Leavenworth pep club meeting at Vera Fairbairn's home discussed plans for poultry and pig clubs, with members and fathers traveling twelve miles round trip. Members reported a very satisfactory meeting and interest in forming a county club for 1921.
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Hess Drug Store
Leavenwrth
Topeka
Riness
Pep Wehey
Leavenworth Oe
Tales From A Town: Ads And Bits Of Daily Life
Colorful local vignette showing house heat upgrades with Radiantfiné heater from C. J. Dodds and family piano upgrades from 3B Edwin Lang. Kitchen chores eased by Holt Bros Laundry and handy electric lamps from Kennedy Plumbing Co. Community chatter mentions Bell's Music Store records and Guenther's Grocery refreshments.
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Elesson
Edwin Lang
Kennedy Plumbing Co
Armistice Day Observances Set Across Kansas 1920
Armistice Day activities are planned in Kansas with bells and whistles in cities including Topeka and Atchison. The program features parades, speeches by Legion leaders and local officials, and Victory medals for veterans pending War Department approval. Substantial celebrations are planned in Leavenworth Junction City and Wichita with closures of some businesses.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Frank E. Samuel
American Legion
Allen
Samuel
Atchison
Thomas A. Lee
Leavenworth
Junction City
McGlaughlin
Camp Funston
Cameron
Fort Riley
James G. Stronz
Kansas City
Lawrence
Wichita
Hutchinson
Demand for Dismissal in Kansas Grocers Ouster Case
Attorneys for Kansas wholesale grocers ask supreme court to dismiss the ouster suit filed by the attorney general. They contend the court lacks authority to impose penalties and that the AG has not stated a sufficient basis to prosecute price fixing meetings and information sharing by the wholesale grocers association. The demurrer’s filing is seen as significant for potential legislative fixes if the law is found deficient.
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Kansas
Supreme Court
Marriage License Granted in Douglas County Court
A marriage license was issued in the Douglas County probate court by Judge C. E. Lindley this morning to Ernest W. Irish of Topeka and Alice McGaugh of Richmond Missouri. Ride a bicycle for health.
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Douglas County
C. E. Lindley
Ernest W. Irish
Topeka
Alice McGaugh
Richmond
Missouri
Tax collections grow at W H McKone office
Tax payments received by county treasurer W H McKone on a single day totaled 2880 with deposits rising daily. He also took in a government draft for the Fort to Fort rent improvement fund worth 7937 dollars and 6 cents.
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W. H. McKone
Barker address copies arrive for Rotary club subscription
Copies of the Barker address on boys delivered under Rotary auspices in Lawrence last week, for which Rotary members subscribed, have arrived and may be obtained at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, announced by H. B. Sparks. Ottawa merchants attended the Merchants’ Institute held the week of November 16, featuring talks by business experts on mercantile methods and salesmanship.
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Barker
Lawrence
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Sparks
Ottawa
Kans
Merchants’ Institute
Chamber of Commerce meeting to hear committee reports
The Chamber of Commerce will meet next Tuesday at noon with the same program as last week. Committee chairmen will give reports and members present will vote on the club’s work. Miss Leone Hilkey travels to Topeka for a Christian Endeavor convention and weekend visit with friends.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cclub
Leone Hilkey
Topeka
Christian Endeavor
Sting
Italian Leader D Annunzio Seizes San I Promontory At Fiume
In Trieste reports say Gabrielle D Annunzio commands about 500 troops who occupy the promontory of San I in response to an alleged firing by Serbian coast guards on the Italian steamer Isaboria from Buccari. D Annunzio faces the Jugoslaw frontier as tensions rise.
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Trieste
Gabrielle TF Annunzio
Fiume
San i
Soria
Buccari
D'Annunzio
Rheumatism relief sought in blood purifiers claims
The notice asserts rheumatism is a blood disease that enters the bloodstream and settles in muscles and joints, causing sharp pains. It promotes a blood-purifying remedy described as curative with positive relief, urging reliance on the medicine.
Head Cold Relief Cream Ad Sparks Quick Breathing Claim
An old advertisement promotes a head cure claiming instant relief from nasal congestion. It highlights open air passages, reduced snuffling and headaches, and suggests applying the antiseptic cream near the nose to soothe inflamed tissues. The ad urges readers to obtain the product from their local druggist.
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Judhine
Black-Draught Praised For Fifteen Years Of Use
Local testimonial from Sinperton, US, extols Liver and Stomach Medicine Black-Draught. Me WF Rister describes relief from indigestion sour stomach and a heavy bowels after long use. He claims it steadies the liver and renews vigor and urges others to try two packages now.
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Steples
WF. Rister
Mr. Rister
Fard
Rister
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