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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1919
Page
3
A general primary is held today across New York to nominate candidates for judicial posts county offices and local positions to be elected this fall.
Baldwin residents and guests filled the week with homecomings and weekend trips. Edward Hahn, Hazel McClure, Edward Kinzer, and families returned from visits in Kansas City Leavenworth Hopkins or Michigan Valley. Dorothy Bunyan and Elsie Maroyle joined friends and relatives before resuming stays, with several trips by car to Iola LaHarpe Darling ton and nearby towns.
Prof and Mrs John Wellborne will occupy the Murphy house at Baker University this year. John, a Baker graduate of 1917, serves as mathematics professor in the high school. Miss Hattie Osbern resumes duties as Baker University librarian after a year on leave for library work at Fort Leavenworth. Mrs Guy A Weakley arrived from Test Springs with her brother Paul and sister Anna Margaret. The Shirks move to Baldwins home on South Eighth street, and their son Charles will be a Baker freshman this fall. Miss Grace Wiley returns from summer in Wisconsin.
District No 1 plans a watermelon feed at the schoolhouse tomorrow evening. Patrons will meet Mrs Vern Breithaupt who will teach the term starting next Monday.
Judge Lindley faces a civil action as a marriage license is issued to Powerl Matthews and Lucie Vivian Baie, both of Topeka. The couple are bound for Topeka ceremony today amid the legal challenge to the license.
Lorena B. Cannon filed a quiet title suit in the equity court seeking to affirm ownership of a Douglas County property against Richard Stephens and others. The action requests clear title and resolution of disputed claims, with details pending court action.
Recently discovered methods of converting familiar substances once thought valueless as food into palatable mixtures will be discussed at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society opening today in Philadelphia.
Robin J. Cooper was killed by two or more men near Nuvaville Tennessee. Investigators work to confirm bootlegging suspects and motives as the death appears linked to nighttime driving and a return trip from Oak Grove. Local notices and names appear among routine travel updates and business calls.
Miss Sophia Armstrong and Miss Opal Woodruff return from Colorado. Mr and Mrs J W Miller and Miss Wilma Miller back from coast trip. Mrs W B Hansen spent day with Miss Marcella Lyman in Wichita. Several Kansans travel to Kansas City for visits while others head to Topeka and nearby towns.
An old newspaper ad from Chicago company Hohawtenre & te promotes a corn remedy named Ustat t. The copy boasts rapid action with 2 or 3 drops and compares it to nasal decongestants. It lists Lawrence as a selling location and Found Corner Drug as a recommended source.
A joint conference of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters and the United States Potters Association will meet in Atlanta today to press for a 32 1/2 percent wage increase for thousand pottery workers.
An ad for Firestone tires by J. L. Hanks & Company mentions Firestone tires and tires sales. A special election in Kenosha Wisconsin will decide on a proposal for the city to purchase and operate street railways and other public utilities. The text also notes the Prince of Wales ending a visit to the Dominion capital and heading to the Cobalt region before westward travel.
A brief ad urges callers to Wiedemann's for ice cream delivery by phone at 185. It promotes taking supper to the air with sweet treats from the local shop.
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