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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
8
A garbled page of notices and ads includes breedings, a sale for Ford car, items for sale, construction on Masassedy Street, a charity food event, and scattered names. Readable items mention Hunsinger, Lawrences, Masauchasetta, and Neel glide Christian Church.
A sewing machine is offered for sale at a Christian church sale event. Details indicate a community sale with likely Saturday timing and contact via church line, inviting buyers to inspect and bid.
Markets in Kans City show steady receipts and mixed activity across grains and livestock. Traders note price stability in cereals while cattle and sheep markets hold firm amid steady demand.
Stevenson and Gerhard split a four game series at the Elk's club with scores 28 to 28 in the opening, Germard winning 291 to 254, Stevenson 277 to 7T, and Gerhard taking the final 804 to 296. Gerhard led with 198 points and Stevenson’s top score was 215. Huls team meets Albach tonight in the same tourney on Elk's court.
W. C. Hamilton head athletic coach and manager of athletics at the University of Kansas will act as referee of the Drake Relay games to be held at Des Moines Iowa on Saturday. He notified the management of the event.
Haskell baseball, led by coach Tudor, opened the season with Inter-class games at the Indian school. Bushy and Chubby lead the pitching, King and Bow men provide hitting power with homers, while infield mishaps and base running issues show early rust. Dervin and outfielders Hampton Polone Carufel cover defense as Indian nine slugging, but base running remains a work in progress.
Yesterday a Drake meet acceptance signals the official start of track participation. Coach Hamilton travels with six track men to compete in the Drake games. Kansas University enters the half mile relay and mile relay, with Marshall Waddock in the hundred yard event.
Ex champion Willie Ritchie trains hard in New York for an eight round fight with champion Resuie Leo in Newark on April 28. He is set to earn about 15000 dollars for the bout, a large purse for a former champion.
The Stoic club won the opening Hash House League game at Hawiltan Field. Judkins, a Stoic regular, hit a homer as Yapp drove in two runs with a prior run scoring. Ueisner and other Stoics held Bricken to minimal offense, with Stoic pitching dominant in the first two innings.
The Delta Terms beat Sigma Nw 6 to 3 at Hamilton Field in the Pan Haellenic league third game. Beta Theta Proning and Alpha Taus also won their league fixtures. A spring fever epidemic is expected soon and people are urged to fortify with aerated distilled water.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement promotes Hamlin's Wizard Oil for rheumatic pains, backache, sprains and common ailments with a money back guarantee. It also markets Wizard Liver Whips pink pills for constipation and headaches, priced at 30 cents. It urges readers to buy from druggists and save with the guarantee.
The Rev. D Downie longtime American Baptist missionary in south India and British district official visits Prof. E M Hopkins after touring India He helped found Lone Star mission at Nellore in 1867 led famine relief from 1876 to 1878 and witnessed mass baptisms He notes Indian support for British rule and vows gradual self government with India contributing to the war effort and war loans while he writes the Lone Star mission history.
Fragmented text references Portage and Butler Tire Co with unclear meaning about heroes and support for victory. No coherent event or details present to form a full summary or identify entities.
Jayhawker nine defeated the Lawrence All-Stars 4 to 1 in seven innings on McCook Field. Pierce pitched well for Kansas and Uhriaub held the All-Stars to four hits. Boltz drove in the decisive run with a three-base hit and scored in the seventh as Kansas mounted nine hits to secure victory.
A customer service line invites callers to dial 133 for help in reducing their fire rate and asks who carries the tisk. The fragment appears promotional and requests further clarification.
The by law changes planned for the Northern Baptist Convention in Denver next month will grant women a larger recognition than ever before in the denomination's history.
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