Old Ben Coal Promoted By Local Lumber Co
Logan-Moore Lumber Co advertises Old Ben Best Storing Coal with phone orders for winter needs. In a separate note Franklin County and Douglas County committees plan Liberty Loan drives with Tom Harley as Four Minute Men chairman organizing about sixty speakers across school districts on Friday April 12.
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Franklin County
Old Ben
Illinois
Logan-Moore Lumber Co
Ben
Liberty Loan
Tom Harley
Douglas County
Harley
Pythians entertain Twenty-Six Topekans in Lawrence
Lawrence Lodge No. 2 of the Knights of Pythias hosted twenty-six visitors from Topeka Lodges 38 and 251 at the Pythian hall with supper and initiation. G. R. Liggett of Lawrence and C. W. Charanhas of Topeka received the Knight rank from the visiting team. E. L. Briggs of Maxwell, New Mexico, spoke. banking hours and a patriotic observance impact local schedules. Ottawa evangelist Dr. E. S. Stucker named religious director for Camp Funston, after tours in Lawrence and Williamstown.
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Lawrence and
Topeka
E. L. Briggs
Maxwell, New Mexico
Ottawa
E. S. Stucker
Lawrence
Camp Funston
Varsity Beats Freshmen In Seek Scoreless Debut
University of Kansas varsity defeated the freshman baseball squad 2 to 0 in a four inning opener at Hamilton Field. Pitching held steady for both sides as Smith and Weltmer led the varsity hitting while Uhrlaub and Johnson showed potential in fielding and defense. Spring practice continues with open season slated for April 21 against Ames at McCook Field.
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University of Kansas
Hamilton“ Field
K. U
Smith and Weltmer
Jay Bond
Dutch Uhrlaub
Uhrlaub
Johnson
Wreshman
Pierce
Schoeppel
Bunn
Marxen
Kaler
Ames
McCook Field
Hamilton
City Commissioners Plan Clean Up Days and Sidewalk Grade
City commissioners met at 400 Illinois Street to decide sidewalk grading and to issue a proclamation for Clean Up Days from April 14 to 20. A remonstrance on Elm Street against sidewalk construction was received, and a petition to vacate the alley between Seventeenth and Geneva streets was referred to Commissioner Cleland.
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Ilinois Street
Illinois Street
Elm Street
Third
Sixth Streets
Seventeenth Street
Geneva Streets
New Hampshire Str
Barker ‘Avenue
Canker Fight: Property Owners Pay for Lot Trees
City commissioners renew tree bands on parsonage and parkings twice weekly to curb canker worms. Property owners must cover protection on their lots. seven renewals completed with seven more planned as young worms hatch. Unpaid accounts will be added to tax rolls on April 10, potentially doubling costs. Mrs. Arthur Oatman leaves for Lawton, Oklahoma to visit her husband.
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J. Hunter
Arthur Oatman
Lawton
Oklahoma
Liberty Day Parade Sees Women Lead Float Section
The city women will join the Liberty Day parade Friday at 2 PM with finished floats. The National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee directs the women’s portion, led by Mrs. H. E. Don Carlos and Mrs. Bechtel. Mrs. J. L. Kilworth will marshal the women's section on a gray horse. The parade ends at Bowersock Theater with an address by Mr. Leon W. Birkhead.
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National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
H. E. Don Carlos
Bowersock Theater
Leon W. Birkhead
TO BE DISCONTINUED The Church Netey Ball Games
Notice announces discontinuation of church events due to changes in schedules. Text is partial and garbled, but conveys a plan to stop or suspend activities. No specific entities or dates are clear.
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Cardinals
Jack
Hendrick
Teague
Ofth
Church
Emsc. A.s
Lowdermilk Poised to Power Browns This Season
Grover Lowdermilk’s pitching could determine the St. Louis Browns’ fate this year. Once faulted for control, he reportedly gained it while working with Joe Tinker in Columbus last year, positioning him as a potential all time great.
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Lowdermilk
St. Louis Browns
Cowdermilk
Joe Tinker
Columbus
Daylight schedule and league standings noted
Evening activities expand as daylight lingers with regular classes unchanged and business and young men sessions scheduled five to six and eight to nine thirty. League standings show Methodist leading then Baptist Christian Presbyterian Methodist B five Evangelical Congregational Lutheran Union Swift Divers. A harpooned whale reportedly dives up to 300 yards in a minute. Also a humorous note about someone refusing to retrieve a lost umbrella.
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Methodist
Baptist
Presbyterian
Lutheran
Union
Lieut Nance Praises French Resolve and Draft Policy
Lieut Nance, who served six months with the American Ambulance on the French front, spoke at Fraser Chapel. He said the French patience and determination sustain the army, and that college men remaining in school are not slackers while the nation endorses the draft, which allows enlistment but does not require it. The talk urged students to stay in college as Wilson advised.
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Marne
Verdun
Lieut
KF. Nance
Fraser Chapel
Lawrence
Pour la
France
Wilson
Lieutenant Nance
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Jack Hendricks
Dorwan
W.F. Francisco
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
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City Waters
HP. Olliver
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East 18Th St
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Clinton
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Lawrence National Bank
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