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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1918
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered names and phone numbers, including references to Perkins, Tris Boating, Bishop, Lawrence, Kanne, James, Mitchell, and Bell. The text lacks coherent events or context, rendering a minimal local-notice item with ambiguous details.
A scrambled OCR of a grocery page lists canned fish and fruit, evaporated items, sweets, condiments, nuts, peanut brittle, and household goods. Items include apples, corn, shrimp cans, sauerkraut, vinegar, Menthol cigarettes, baking powder, and toilet rolls. Prices appear inconsistently, with several entries incomplete or garbled.
A classified notice offers multiple Kansas farm properties for sale. Properties include 120 acres near town with 100 acres in wheat, a 117 acre parcel with 60 acres in wheat and 10 acres alfalfa, and 240 acre tract with a 5 room house and barn. Prices range from 100 to 260 per acre with various improvements and distances to town.
The text presents a garbled OCR dump with numerous proper nouns and fragments. It hints at meetings or votes, mentions people such as Dyer and Soha, places like WVittet and Bae WVittet, and assorted terms like Payue and Phare. The readable content is insufficient for a coherent event.
Kansas City market report shows cattle receipts around 12 000 with prices nailing up to 14.50 for dressed beef steers and cows and heifers trading between 8.00 and 12.90. Receipts total approximately 14 000 while hogs reach near 20 000 with cash prices around 15 to 25. Government prices for wheat noted in the report.
Receipts of wheat listed at 25 cars with Kansas City prices noted as close and not quoted. Oats mixed steady with gains. No 2 white and No 2 mixed rye priced at 365 and 8929 cents. Hay in Chicago markets quiet with close wheat at 26.20 dollars per ton.
Fragmentary report notes German forces intensify a major offensive drive with high command activity. References to Lindequist and a privy commander imply a forested front, though details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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