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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1927
Page
8
Community news notes visits by local residents to neighbors are interspersed with a report of the death of Mrs Ezra Wishburn near Overbrook. Funeral plans announced. Worries over illness noted as Johndy Postma is listed as sick. Families share visits and sympathy across the area with several named households and local residents mentioned.
Washington Creek W. C. T. C. met at the home of Mrs. William Ewing with Mrs. Owing presiding in the leader’s absence. The group prepared a comfort for flood survivors in Arkansas, planned Temperance Sunday in October, and scheduled a Lawrence food sale for October 8 with the next gathering set for November 2 at Mrs. George Miller’s home.
Oscar Webber and Mrs. Fred Phillips purchase the R C Schoole store in Big Springs and plan a full line of groceries and auto accessories with appetizing lunches ice cream and drinks. The column notes many local events including sales farms meetings and social visits as autumn activities unfold. Great Britain is spending 8750 DM on two new airships.
The Minervian club will meet Wednesday afternoon October 12 with Mrs Barr Gorrill. Many local residents attended gatherings and visits in Topeka Lawrence Richland and surrounding towns.
Mrs Albert Filer traveled to Ottawa for a Farmers Union meeting with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Vitt and sister Mrs Herman Bohnsack Also visiting were Henry Rohe and Miss Ruby Rohe and Mrs Roche attended the M A Martin sale William and son Wilfred went to Kansas City Roy Bruithaupt attended the Ottawa meeting John Chaney called on Henry Rohe Charles Soward spent time in Ottawa Helen Selzer shopped in Eudora and hosted a hamburger fry for Union school pupils many neighbors attended and exchanged notes with local families
Reports on hog feeding and raising will be discussed at the Kansas hog raisers meeting at Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan. Delegates will inspect breeding herds and animals bound for the American Royal and International Livestock shows while a program covers hog production, cholera vaccines, and feeding experiments from the past year.
A vintage advertorial promotes Creomulsion as a remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims creosote and additional healing elements soothe inflamed membranes, stop irritation, and inhibit germ growth while boosting overall health. The ad offers a money back guarantee if relief isn’t achieved per directions.
The South Side Times, Kansas City's smallest big newspaper, is issued in a 2 by 3 inch format with four pages. Edited by 18 year olds William Koenigsdorf and Herbert Statts, it serves 600 homes in the boy editors’ school district and covers petty vandalism at the memorial tower along with enrollment news and three ads sold by Sisters. Herbert Statts is managing editor, while Koenigsdorf is head reporter and business manager, using a chair and a typewriter in Herbert’s bedroom. The editors aim to expand both the paper and their office.
News report notes dogs serve as night guards in the French Bibliotheque Nationale, housed in the Cardinal Mazarin building with its additions. A single supervisor directs three dogs guarding the premises.
Fifty years ago women faced limited jobs such as teaching or housework. Now many fields are open including architecture law and medicine, yet economic independence can threaten health. Elizabeth Chamberlain of Trenton credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with positive results and promotes it to coworkers and others seeking wellness.
The text describes dogs roaming dark corridors, some nearly half a block long, under a youthful librarian Roland Marcel. The dogs replace elderly watchmen, covering vast distances while seeing and smelling with fear, signaling an efficient patrol. Two of the dogs are from the ...
Fragmentary text describes a local Greensburg matter involving Edouard and A Burt. Mentions McKinley and a city context but lacks clear events or dates.
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