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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
6
Local social and travel updates include visits from relatives and friends to Independence and No Ten residents. Mentions of Royal Stock Show attendance, Kansas City trips, school staffing changes, neighborhood visits, birthdays, union meetings, and various family gatherings fill the column.
Community notes list names and travel as residents and visitors engage in social visits and family events. references to dental work and local shops appear amid a string of names, places, and personal updates reflecting a small town record.
Belleview residents share weekend visits with relatives and friends across Kaw Valley. Families such as Braer, Bartz, Shirek, Ott, Conner, and Russell appear in gatherings, church work, and parades. Lawrence High School parade, football game results, and upcoming social events are noted along with bridge work and educational club activities.
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Franklin, Lawrence, Glen Elder and nearby towns. Families share meals, attend funerals, and host guests with frequent mentions of the Trueblood, Davis, Wilson, Michael, White and Schutz households amid weather, church and school events.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as fast, effective relief for sour acid stomach, indigestion, and dyspepsia. It claims the preparation calms stomach misery in minutes, allows fear-free meals, and offers a large fifty-cent case as the quickest stomach relief known.
Lloyd, Geneva and Evelyn White spent the morning with Neill Elganor and Joann Whitelaw in a social gathering.
The Baldwin College students enjoyed the annual fall holiday last Wednesday with many heading to woods for the day while others rode in jay racks or buggies. Football practice was held at 8 and players were to return by 1. Mrs W F Slaght returned from Ontario after summer with relatives. Baldwin hosts Gardner next at Cyavisness Park with Ralph Taylor coaching Gardner and Baldwin showing new plays. A large Baldwin turnout rode to Lawrence for the Laplad sale and many locals visited relatives in neighboring towns.
A health column urges daily hot water with a teaspoon limestone phosphate on an empty stomach to wash the stomach liver and bowels. It claims the practice cleanses internal fermentations and toxins, boosts appetite, and aids digestion, advising a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from a drug store.
Local residents report visits and travel across Kansas. Horrell spent Wednesday in Lawrence with friends and relatives while Mr and Mrs Wm Clark were in Kansas City visiting friends. Rev S L Chase returned from Topeka after weeks aiding church work. The Nuutilus club met at Mrs Co’s home and Federation of Women’s Clubs plans in Osawatomie next week.
A dated, garbled judicial aside shows a judge chiding a defendant for attempted self harm and prompting reflection on consequences. The text then shifts to a curious, unnamed dialogue between a mistress and a cook with references to places and odd phrases, creating a disjointed historical fragment.
A Missouri College of Agriculture faculty member details best practices for collecting fruit and vegetable juices, emphasizing waste reduction and economical methods. The article describes pressing and soaking techniques, plus canning steps, to produce juice for beverages, syrups, puddings, and sauces, and notes readers may request Circular No. 9 from the Extension Service.
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