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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1919
Page
4
A vintage ad promotes Cascarets as a pleasant laxative that relieves biliousness breath and discomfort from colds or digestion. It targets both adults and children and contrasts with harsher remedies like Calomel oils and violent pills. The copy emphasizes ease and cost.
OCR notes a Lawrence teachers gathering with numerous committee and department meetings scheduled. The program lists speakers from University of Kansas, Baker University, and Haskell Institute, plus district superintendents and principals discussing professional training and public education topics.
A noted authority warns meat forms uric acid that paralyzes kidneys and causes dull kidney ache, back pain, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, and nocturnal urine issues. Flushing with four ounces of red Salts or taking Jad Salts may neutralize acids and aid kidney function.
A dense report from a Kansas teacher association event lists sessions on physical education science and rural schooling, with discussions led by university faculty and teachers from Topeka Lawrence and Wichita. It outlines a Spanish round table, grade teacher luncheon plans, enrollment details, and room reservation procedures.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a modern, tasteless calomel tablet for bedtime use. It claims the next morning liver cleansing and restored appetite with no griping or unpleasant aftereffects. Mentions a refund policy and notes a Topeka chamber of commerce involvement and voting arrangements.
A fragmented passage discusses a now outdated social custom in which bachelors wore skirts to denote their status and to signal income. It notes a preference for defined fashion in society and references a tradition of men supporting wives in their station, with gender norms tied to attire.
The article notes that early printers printed only on one side of a page and then joined sheets with blank pages to create a left reading edge. It highlights a historical practice tied to manuscript reproduction and binding methods.
A Jesuit missionary Fr Maneehle Espermea is said to have found rubber among the Carabelas Indians in South America. He named it sin gukir nite of the setingueira noting the savages used the nap o of the tree which hardens quickly to make crude bottle like syringes.
Chinese engine drivers are praised for superior sense of touch and brake control. A break in two is almost unheard of and damage to cars is minimal on Shantang railways. The North Carolina State Fair opens in Raleigh and the Mississippi Fair in Jackson.
Ad copy notes low price for cranberries at Allen's Grocery. It also makes a generic remark about Russians favoring attractive footwear and boastful boot fashion.
Farm goods and equipment including buggies saddles harness horse collars leather nets a slop cart and a 75 gallon iron kettle. Hay and grain offerings list 12 tons alfalfa 10 tons prairie hay 200 bushels red Texas oats 50 bushels corn Kaffir in shock 10 dozen chickens and more items.
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