Missouri Valley Track Meet Relocated to Columbia
The annual Missouri Valley Conference track meet shifts from Ames to Columbia on May 25 due to Iowa releasing students for farm work April 19. Iowa athletes may compete. Missouri dominated the event last three years, and the move favors the Tigers this time as schools negotiate dates amid wartime constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa -Aggies
Columbia
Ames
Iowa
Rothwell Gymnasium
Missouri
Tigers
Real Estate and Service Ads Mixed in Town Notice
An assortment of ads offers rooms for rent furnished or unfurnished boarding, a hilltop house for lease, real estate listings, and a general call for references. Other items include lawn mowers for sale and a reward notice for a missing envelope with a check. Local contact numbers and addresses appear throughout the notices.
Teachers Tie K U In Nine Inning Tie Game
K U and Emporia Normal opened the 1918 baseball season with a 4 to 4 nine inning tie at Emporia. Slawson Caler and Schoeppel held KU hitless except for Lonborg's three bagger and Foster and Smith two extra-base hits. Emporia scored in the third and sixth while KU added in the third and fifth. The game ended as KU chased a train to Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Emporia
Kansas
Lawrence
Jay Bond
Emporians
Slawson
Caler
Schoeppel
Jayhawker
One Pig Brings $125 for Liberty Bonds Drive
In Lone Star a pig donated by Roy Meisker and auctioned by Henderson Martin raised funds for the Red Cross and Liberty Bond drive. The auction netted $145, with $25 from the sale to W R Williams, plus $18 from a collection, totaling $3,800 in local subscriptions. 135 people attended at Weber Hall.
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Douglas County
Carl Neider
Lone Star
Hed Cross Fund
Roy Meisker
Henderson Martin
W. R. Williams
Red Cross
D. Fr. Smith
Weber Hall
Liberty Band
Helen Weede
Marie Raub
Carl Ward
W.R
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Ideal Clothing Co
Sam Galitzky
Sam
Mass
Mesco
Save! Ideas Clothing CO
Sam_ Galitzky
Liggetts and Lowney’s
McCulloch
Terials
City Drug Store
Sommers
Lawrence Iron Works
Gecuwe
Putnam's
P. Barber & Son
Itc
Ober
Ptt
Cirl
Cheuse
Walter Pine
Hudson
Lawrence Buick Co
Cood Band
Merchants National Bank
Cordley School
Tperkins
Cardley
Mr. de R. Hamimond of
Portesvile
Will Gorrill
Tonganoxie
Axwell’ Touring Car
McKeehen
Tong
Charles PL
Liberty
S.C
H. L. Winey and Sons
H. T. Rule
Mercantile
Winey’s
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