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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1915
Page
5
Baldwin week reveals a flood of small notices and social updates. Residents like Frank Wilkie Weary and George Lopez visit kin, while traders prepare a new candy shop and a local bakery expands operations. Local gatherings, fair attendance, and school moves fill the page with community life.
Market report shows corn market unchanged with assorted bids for No 2 mixed and white corn. Rye remains steady with small shifts noted. Wheat futures steady with Sept and Dec figures. Pork and lard prices referenced for September, with general market tone unchanged.
A reader notes widespread ailments including headaches stomach aches and fatigue and credits Foley Kidney Pills with rapid relief. The notice cites urinary symptoms and general weakness and mentions P Barber Simon endorsing the remedy as restoring sleep and vitality.
Fragmented notes describe a dog’s death, a superintendent’s mood, and scattered events from a spring camp day. References to local people, a county transfer, and an unclear prosecution scene hint at a wider community story unresolved in the fragment.
A readable fragment notes the Kansas Wesleyan squad visiting Lawrence for a late evening game. Details are incomplete but indicate a sports event on a Friday night with teams preparing to meet in Lawrence.
Miss Gladys Waters and Rolland Wis enroll in Bolker Tni varsity this year while Miss Malta Shepkent teaches in Bellville schools. Ralph O7 Neil enters K 8 AAO as a senior and C C Waters exhibits some nine stock at the Douglas Fourth Pair show. Black Jack Improvement Club held its regular meeting last Friday. Mrs Albie O7 Tipman urged a large audience to attend the next meeting a week from Friday with a program of local talent.
A fragmented health note advises using Vicks and inhaled vapors for asthma, hay fever, and bronchitis symptoms. It mentions rubbing the spine to relax, and cites a price of 95 cents for a product. The text appears as a garbled excerpt from an old column suggesting home remedies.
A large rural auction list notices sale of horses mules cattle and dairy stock with many names and locations. Items include yearling Jersey cows Guernsey cows heifers a Chester White sow and multiple poultry and farm implements. The sale is hosted by W T Wrede with Bull Brothers Auctioneers and date details given for October 7.
Auction notices describe public sales at multiple farms near Lawrence and Sibley. Items include bay and black mares, cows, heifers, bulls, breeding stock, pigs, farming implements, hay, and household goods. Auctions list dates in September and plan for terms and helpers.
The City of Lawrence invites sealed bids for a reinforced concrete bridge over the Sli Kansas River at Lawrence. Plans and specifications are available at the County Clerk office and contracting firms. A certified check equal to 2 percent of bid is required. bids opened Wednesday in October.
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