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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
4
A garbled free‑text page blends telephony rate notes with local governance debates. It mentions rates by carrier, advance subscriptions, and out‑of‑town agents, then shifts to sheriff activity in Crawford County, rail labor strike impacts, cabinet meetings, and city sanitation debates. The mix cites law, politics, and public concerns on training and readiness.
Residents argue for preserving a playground within the city park as an essential space for children and adults. A potential plan to remove or relocate the playground face scrutiny, with debate over original park grants and the need to exhaust all possibilities before any changes.
Vormer soldiers realize politics require effort to win office. Major Carl F. White, paymaster of the Thirty-Fifth Division, seeks state treasurer while Captain Carl F. White of Kansas City Kansas aims for state auditor. Both lack strong statewide organizations but hope military records aid campaigns. City voters await action on a proposed ordinance banishing hogs from within limits as the city commission considers pork restrictions.
The people of Frankfest grow restive under French occupation and see forceful control everywhere. The German side should seize the advantages offered by the city’s situation as they pursue a cautious, labored approach mirroring past wartime experiences in Belgium from 114 to 1018.
Editorial comments contrast modern unrest with past upheavals noting its vast spread. The piece urges governments to adopt humane, principled policy and reject dissembling. It criticizes labor leaders for class selfishness amid rail yard strikes harming thousands of nonstriking workers and families. Also mentions Detroit oil stoves, a Cutter & Smith Bros. event, and aThursday Eagle Hall dance with Holyfield and Cohn.
A garbled column mixes political jabs and war talk. It references Holland and Hohenzollern, German Bolsheviks as technical officers, and Scots facing England amid April upheaval. Mentions Clemenceau, Foch, Georges, and price hikes, with stray notes on parachute concealment and penitentiary plans.
Centenaries mark births of Levi Lincoln and Dr Daniel K. Popersons with tributes to philanthropy. Titanic disaster and Lincoln's assassination anniversaries loom as events. Speakers include Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Sen. Miles Poindexter at republican gatherings. Agricultural engineering exhibit dedication and business luncheons draw officials.
A fragmented list marks events from 1802 to 1841 including Lorca’s destruction after a reservoir burst, Moses Porter’s death in Cambridge Massachusetts, and Jennie M. Drinkwater Conklin’s birth. Interleaved are stray notes on Lincolns era and late 19th century naval milestones.
Reepee Earl of Athione, linked to Queen Mary and Canada governance talks, celebrates 46th birthday in London. Princess Deatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria and mother to Spain’s queen, is noted turning 64. John J. Carty, renowned American electrical inventor, born in Cambridge Massachusetts. Dr Martin G Brumbaugh, former Pennsylvania governor, born in Huntington County 158 years ago.
The piece promotes authentic Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, urging buyers to verify the Bayer Cross on the package and each tablet as proof of genuineness. It lists medical uses from colds to neuralgia and notes small 12-tablet boxes.
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