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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
7
Washington reports question the President's condition as doctors hesitate to deny rumors of incapacity. Speculation grows on who would run the government if the President cannot perform duties, with McAdoo suspected and cabinet discussions underway. Constitutional questions linger on disability and the authority to act.
Reportedly a 32 foot fossil was found in Mexico while a 12 foot Michigan find drew university professors’ interest until it was revealed as a sawdust stuffed fabrication. The tale mirrors sensational ancient giant myths.
A national budget plan is described as relief for the people, yet a genuine system will emerge only after sustained public demand. The Kansas City press accuses police of leniency toward vice, but police may disagree on what constitutes vice and how to handle it.
The passage argues power of unions is waning as new leaders like steel workers push an ideology that harms trade. It claims these leaders seek to overthrow the industrial system and replace it with a radical theory, undermining member conditions and broader prosperity.
Disturbances by La Tex leaders aimed to halt railroads and close steel mills until demands were met. Railroads continue to run and mills operate, but labor leadership has damaged public confidence in unions. Growth of distrust widens view that unions fail to serve workers and public, as walkouts and contract repudiations undermine credibility. Director General Hines calls it nonsense to deal with liberal organizations.
San Antonio police raided An Attic Brewery amid reports the establishment was packed with classic items. No injuries noted and authorities continued investigations into the seized goods and possible violations.
The piece argues Von der Goltz aims to seize Riga and nearby territories, claiming his campaign poses greater global danger than D'Annunzio. It asserts his approach abandons romantic sentiment and rests on a Prussian policy of breaking heads.
Reports circulate that the government lacks a head with Wilson and House ill. The large Raw Bottom farm of 840 acres will be sold at auction beginning at 10 oclock nextWednesday morning near Lake View station. Ady advertises. Queen Elizabeth, while in America, plans to visit key medical colleges and hospitals to gather data for a Belgian medical research institution.
Turkish Premier informs Austria-Hungary that Turkey must seek a separate peace as Allied forces push from Lys River northward into Flanders driving German lines toward Ghent and Courtrai. The offensive marks a critical Allied advance on multiple fronts.
A promotional note recommends drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels removing indigestible waste sour bile and toxins. It claims this cleanses the alimentary tract boosts appetite and eases biliousness constipation stomach trouble and rheumatic symptoms. The ad notes limestone phosphate is inexpensive at drug stores and ideal for internal sanitation.
The Leavenworth Times and Minneapolis Journal quote Theodore Roosevelt endorsing decisive action against disorder and revolution. The farmer delegates to the National Industrial Conference are labeled as employer capitalists, while the Nonpartisan League push for an alliance with city socialists faces farmer resistance. The piece argues farmers profit from stability and fear revolutionary controls, opposing socialist schemes tied to urban radicals.
Wanda notes patrons at Baldwin post office received groceries, while Lawrence patrons wonder when theirs arrive. Police catch others, a state insurer says a seven year missing man may be legally dead, and Topeka Washburn students push for a no date rule for KU game amid jokes. Independence citizens petition leniency for husband who shot wife.
An early 20th century ad promotes Lowman's Taby as a mild laxative and Jerman's Active Tabs. The copy references cotton experts in the South, Miss Minnie Hamlet as secretary and treasurer of a cottons corporation in a Bay area. Policewomen in Indiana form a state association.
A married woman in the south part of the city, two years wed, feels complete harmony at home until a new neighbor couple arrives. She notices the bridegroom returning earlier each evening and visits the couple to compare menus. Seeing their lavish table, she rushes home to style her own, then asks her husband who their company for dinner is.
The list notes Mrs Woodrow Wilson born Wytheville Va 47 years ago and other prominent figures born on this date including Sir Edward Walker Francis Macmillen Jonas Martin Bergman Rt Rev Patrick A McGovern J William Thompson Jane Patterson and Wannal Patterson Also mentions a National Women’s Party suffrage drive and census focus on women in business and professions with no details on dates or places beyond their birthplaces and titles.
An old health ad urges stopping tobacco use with geometicotol tablets sold at drugstores. It claims thousands of men would be in perfect health today without nicotine and promises a refund if the remedy fails. The copy uses garbled branding and dubious proof while urging readers to act now.
Four senior generals tour the Dominion to reorganize the militia with aim to preserve units that fought in France under the Canadian corps. The reorganization committee includes Major Generals Otter Gwatkin Morrison and Brigadier General McNaughton. Ridicule cure urged for prisoners by Chicago grand jury.
The page lists notable anniversaries and historical events from 1712 to 1917 including George Grenville’s Stamp Act links, Anne Warner as author, Marquis of Licenswen, Henry W. Shinings, Frank Warren as Wyoming's first governor, Belgium's suffrage election, and wartime events in 1914 1915 1916 1917. It includes dates like November 13 1770 February 1 1918 and mentions Ypres Genermont and Liberty Loan in 1917.
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