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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1918
Page
6
Fragmented OCR combines a Lydia E Pinkham testimonial with village happenings in Topeka area chatter. Mentions residents traveling to Topeka for fairs, school events, Grange meeting, and farm club activity with names like Miss Adah Pearl Chadwick and Mr. Campbell, amid scattered local business notes.
An October note lists students and staff invited to a school event in Lawrence with expected attendees. It mentions Mr Lioyad Young starting high school and a contingent from Douglas County preparing for departure to France, with earlier August dates referenced.
Wichita reports on Food Administration actions to curb butter profiteering. Statewide inspections begin Monday for wholesalers and retailers with margins set for handling butter. Wholesale price tops 56 cents a pound. storage totals show large year to year gains. Newlin Henshaw visits city while en route to Denver with U S Medicine.
An old advertisement touts a blood purifier as removing scrofula and impurities to restore vitality. It promises complete cleansing of disease germs from the blood, offers free medical advice via the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, and urges readers to purchase a bottle today.
The Kansas health department launches a school based birth registration drive to fill gaps in official records. Pupils fill blanks with name, birth date and parent data, returned to teachers and then to the state for permanent filing. Wichita and Sedgwick County have ordered thousands of forms for student completion.
Miss Adah Pearl Chadwick spent Thursday night with Miss Matie Husted in Midland while Miss Vera Garvin travels to Manhattan for a ten day visit. Several townsfolk, including Mr. B. Smith of Eldorado and Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner, shared gatherings at Husted and Wagoner homes with their families and friends. Topeka travelers, Evelyn Garvin and Frances Hursch, joined others for the fair trip.
Mr and Mrs M Schutz Anna Arthur and Emma rode to Ft Riley Saturday to visit Oliver. After a four hour visit they returned home arriving 1 am Sunday Bertha left Sunday noon for Ft Riley to see him. Oliver left Ft Riley Monday with 340 soldiers bound for Maryland. Wheat sowing has started in the neighborhood.
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