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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1922
Page
4
Scattered notes from Concordia Kansas reflect a mix of national and local concerns. Items mention labor disputes in Kansas City, military manpower debates, exiled royalty, a Kansas town rejecting Ku Klux Klan expansion, and evolving political expectations.
Edward J. Pegsgon, aging into his sixties, is highlighted as a prominent railroad executive. The New York New Haven and Hartford system presidency led his last five years, following a Cornell education and early roles with Northern Pacific and Missouri Pacific. His career spans Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound line work and New Orleans Texas Pacific terminal construction.
The first international exhibition of liquid fuels opens in Paris today under official French government auspices. The event coincides with a centenary celebration of the Franciscan order founder and regional anniversaries, as diverse civic and religious events unfold across Europe.
A Douglas county dispute criticized officials for selfish governance in funding out of district tuition and university support. The Wellsville Globe questions road maintenance and county benefits, noting a lack of due care on a border road and contrasting Franklin county’s improvements. A local reply defends actions and laments mischaracterization by a Wellsville editor.
A busy Lawrence morning with no police disturbances and a quiet police court. Town talk centers on the football team’s West Point encounter Saturday, while the Tuberculosis clinic saw many patients turned away. Baby day at city hall and mothers conference feature free health checks for young children. Lawrence High houses multiple clubs and an active student scene. Registration deadline looms for the November election, and transit notes recount Santa Fe engine movements. Local figures react to prohibition stance and a mayoral quip. road accidents headline the day.
G E Kretsinger, Douglas County Commissioner, refutes a Globe claim that Franklin County took over a mile of Douglas road. He states Douglas took over a mile of Franklin road instead, dating back to the original mile divisions and later exchanges during the Eudora Black Jack road opening. He urges the editor to quit sensationalizing the matter.
W A Dill director of publicity at the University will address the high school press club on the Associated Press. The meeting starts at 7 15 in the high school assembly hall. Mr Bill has years of experience with the Associated Press. The address is open to all interested.
A historical note recalls that ancient knowledge of healing resided with Wise Women and women across ages. It highlights Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, created by a woman, valued by women, and made from roots and herbs with medicinal action for women’s ailments.
Popular comedian Clyde Rube Hooper brings the Oh You Wildcat show to the 81st Division in France with a musical tabloid production written by Hooper. Cast features Harvey Gatehett, Bliss Connolly, Helen Huntington and others in a comedy and blues singer lineup. The company opens a seven day engagement starting October 9.
A fragmented column notes assorted items from elections to dances, jokes and curiosities. It mentions a November 6 and November 1 armistice, taxes humor, a Polish president, and a migration of minds, with a relocation notice for Mansfield Land & Loan Co.
The Americanization department of WGTA opens a night school in a local Emporia school for Mexicans. Twenty seven men enroll while sixteen boys tried to join but were not admitted. Mrs H E Hembling teaches with assistant interpreter Miss Florentino Mota.
The notice announces a move from 846 Vermont to 916 Mass street and ongoing interest in buying second hand goods. It lists J Colbert as proprietor and mentions sales of Jonathan apples for canning at 50 cents per bit, fresh apple cider, and a phone number 835 for Lawrence Cider and Vinegar Co. It includes coal ads from Griffin Coal Co with phone 88 and Kaw Valley Fuel Co with phone 219, referencing Spadra Arkansas anthracite and Jenny Lind semi anthracite on track.
A Bonner driver in Ranaae City attempted to share space with a Ford on a culvert, causing the Haynes vehicle to tip but injuring none. Lawrence residents crane to view Kansas City floats of the Priests of Pallas, while Kansas City early morning crowds are startled by blue light on courthouse walls from a welding torch on Massachusetts Street.
William and Mrs Taylor hosted the Golden Eagle Club at their farm home one and one half miles east of town. Nettie Baker led the meeting with supper and warm hospitality. Members and guests enjoyed a pleasant evening with plans announced for the next gathering.
An advertisement touts Cascayets as a gentle laxative for adults and children. It promises quick relief from constipation with minimal griping and a candy like ease of use. The copy urges use when feeling sick dizzy headachy or stomach upset and presents single or double doses as enough.
A testimonial describes years of stomach trouble and gas, doctors' doubts about ulcers or cancer, and a move to Rochester for surgery. After trying Mayr's Wonderful Remedy via a friend's guidance, the claimant reports improved digestion with no dietary limits. The ad claims the product removes mucus and inflammation in digestive ailments and offers a money back guarantee.
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