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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1912
Page
2
A quirky mix of health ads and local notices, including an antiseptic Balm pitch and drainage district plans. The piece mentions Dr. Meritel tonic praise in Lawrence Kansas and a tale of a 93 year old Japanese man who learned to read at sixty after early rag picking, selling crystal bills for fortune.
MONKEY AL A SPOOK Citizens Pussled by Mysterious Actions of a Monkey Lander identifies a pet monkey owned by Jennid Boland. North Lander residents report nightly disturbances and displaced furniture after the creature wandered through homes. A dog chased it up a pole and the monkey slipped away by collar, then returned home later.
A massive project in Butler County Missouri promises to drain 127422 acres around Poplar Bluffs to transform forests and low lands into fertile farmland. The plan aims to reclaim waste lands and boost farming potential through an inter-river development initiative staged September 10.
In Erie on Sept 10 Miss Grate Riley, 20, died after a foul ball struck behind the ear at a game between Jas. Sue Erie and Hepler last Saturday. She had been unconscious since the accident.
Reports from Fort Riley describe the Thirteenth Cavalry ordering hurried preparations for departure. Troops will move Wednesday in three train sections with mounts, officers, and men separated and field rations provided. The regiment, about 3,000 men strong, is ready for a long journey with transport by special cars and tourist sleepers.
Nostalgic reminiscence on harsh early 20th century pediatric medicines contrasts with modern gentler methods. It endorses Syrup of Figs and Senna as a safe laxative for children, claiming quick relief from feverish, fussy, or constipated stomachs, and warns to seek only the genuine California Fig Syrup product.
Cavalry machine platoon and Uber band troops are summoned to report to Recompany for a hike. The regiment may be split into sections and sent to strengthen guard, with a likely halt in El Paso and possible mobilization for active service despite fatigue from a recent march.
David Mulvane of Kansas announced Whitmore Center as rector of the women's bureau of the Western Section of Taft campaign. Mrs. Whitmore will organize women's clubs across Colorado Idaho Utah and Wyoming. Senator Lodge and former VP Fairbanks to speak in Columbus. Also notes Republican and Democratic campaign plans and a wedding incident in Bay Head New Jersey. Submarine F1st rests at 283 feet off Point Diablo.
Boston on September 16 saw waiters at the Touraine and Parker House walk out refusing tips, joining a broader protest against the tip system. Waiters seek higher pay to render tips unnecessary, while porters object to head porters hiring and taking a share of tips, a practice seen at these hotels and claimed nationwide.
In New York the mayor and police department clash under intense cross examination as Police Commissioner Wall questions Mayor Gaynor’s stance on liquor excise and public decency in the Cornelius Hayes Mulder Haynes case.
A fragment list records debts including four twenty-fifth dollar figures and a two dollar seventy-five cent owed amount. Local residents, Mr. and Mrs. White, Arlie Weiding, Ralph Dalvis, Sayle, Terril-Davis and families, plus Keller and Davis households, spent weekends visiting and attending events. Further items note town labor on a school site, Topeka visitors, and local helpers on corn and stock tasks.
Kansas City stock yards market report for the week ending Sept 9 notes cattle receipts of about 65 000 head with 7 000 halves. Beef demand improved despite heat while feeders and stock cattle weakened. Country movement over 20 000 for the week and a 30 000 head run expected today. steady to uneven prices across cattle. Hog arrivals around 3 000 with top near 5.85 and prices from 8.50 to 8.80 for the bulk. Sheep and lambs rose 10 to 30 cents with a 20 000 head run. Utah lambs cited at 4.00. sheep buyers view roughed stock as feed stock.
A toast contest at Lawrence ends in a tie among Reiley Light and others with 18 pieces each, total toast consumed 155. Winners receive $1 prizes while the event, held in a company’s electric toaster window, lists finishers including Lupton Roy Markie Endiboth Bryant Shirley, Shannon, Jarvey Bryant, Thodium, Atkinson, Ulme, Peterson, Ballard, Fischer, Allison.
Kansas University Chancellor Frank Strong quietly acquired a forty acre Colorado farm near Pueblo, intended as a summer home. The purchase, revealed locally, places the property a few miles east of Pueblo with plans to use it seasonally by the university leader.
The Douglas county republican central committee is called to meet Saturday at 1 pm in the Lawrence court house to fix campaign assessments and plan the effort. An executive committee session will precede on Friday to prepare recommendations. All candidates are invited to discuss the campaign as rallies at Bowersock theater are planned for the eve of the election and other meetings in September and October.
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