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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1920
Page
3
A Polish woman recounts her wartime experiences amid a fierce battle scene. Her account conveys fear, resilience, and the emotional impact of fighting conditions on civilians and combatants alike.
A Polish woman veteran recounts ten days without changing clothes and hours without food or water as she and other women fought Bolsheviks near Warsaw. She describes a 14 hour march with 60 pound packs, sleep on straw, hunger, thirst, and cold at night, yet she felt fulfilled by serving Poland.
Death notices from Law rence areas including Mrs Mary C Johnson and Mrs Catherine Jenkins. Johnson to be interred at Twin Mound after Kansas City arrival. Jenkins burial at Oak Hill after Atlantic City death with Unitarian service led by Rev Mark Mohler. Also note Mrs Sophia Richards dies in Eudora after long illness. family plans pending eastern contact for funeral. Missouri Jump and Matthews Lumber Co. note and T N Smith travels to Kansas City.
The Big Springs fair starts tomorrow while First Republican meetings run tonight at Pleasant Grove and tomorrow at Eudora with Tom Harley as principal speaker. Farmers plan to vote against the road amendment next Tuesday as a special train for the Kansas Aggies football game travels to Manhattan. County clerks prepare ballots and election supplies. weather shows fair but chilly conditions with rising barometer.
Miss Rena Lazelle professor of voice at the University School of Fine Arts will give a recital in Fraser Hall on Wednesday evening November 3 at 8 20. The program marks the second faculty concert of the season. Lazelle has extensive experience as a recital and oratorio singer and has performed in major U S cities. Trained by Mme Varesi Oscar Saenger and Victor Maurel she has held soprano positions in New York churches and her voice spans three octaves to F above high C. She is a lyric soprano who has also sung coloratura solos. Admission is free and the public is invited.
The Kiwanis club holds its weekly meeting at the Elks club rooms at 12:30 pm. Members are invited to attend and discuss community projects and upcoming events.
Dr Doran arrives in Lawrence as a specialist offering non surgical care built on a quarter century of experience. He emphasizes hands on expertise and conservative treatment options. The report notes his avoidance of surgical procedures unless absolutely necessary.
Dr Doran, a licensed medical graduate from Kansas, offers a one day free examination and consultation with treatment at patient expense if desired. He travels to towns for at home access to medical care, noting he does not operate for chronic appendicitis gall stones ulcers of stomach or adenoids and cites success in stomach liver bowels blood skin nerves heart kidneys bladder bed wetting catarrh leg ulcers and rectal ailments. Married women should bring husbands and children with parents. Address Medical Laboratory of Dx Dr Doran 285-56 Boston Block Minneapolis Mizn.
The notice warns that genuine Aspirin bears the Bayer name on packaging or tablets and warns buyers to avoid non Bayer products. It lists uses from colds to pain and notes Bayer's 21 years of physician recommended safety with cheap twelve tablet boxes and larger packs sold by druggists.
Tomorrow luncheon will be served and Ed Arnold will be in charge of the meeting.
The advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest relief for colds and grippe. A dose every two hours until three doses, no quinine, relieves nasal congestion headache feverishness sneezing and stiffness. It claims relief with no assistance and low cost at drug stores.
The story of Sarah Lingerfelt 119 in December 1920 depicts a life of extreme longevity and vigor. Born December 1801 in Cherokee County North Carolina, she moved to Tennessee as a child and has spent most of her life in Polk and neighboring counties. Widowed twice, she raised 13 children, worked plowing and cultivating on the farm before vision loss twenty years ago, and now helps her grandson A Frank Smith and daughter Stargaret Smith. Her grandson notes she uses herbs and Thedford's Black Draught medicinally, reflecting a hardy, self-reliant era woman and a record of heroic struggle against poverty.
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