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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1920
Page
4
Lawrence tire dealers push for one day of rest and closing all day Sundays and holidays and six o'clock on weeknights. A meeting to vote on the action is expected this month with plans to coordinate fewer open days for tire sales and air service.
A reader warns that some fuels contaminate oil, reducing lubrication as gasoline mixes with oil under heat. The article notes oil can lose body after about five hundred miles, causing bearings and pistons to starve of proper lubrication and starter failure despite a healthy battery. It advises monitoring oil condition and speedometer to gauge lubrication.
The Kansas state commission reports 11 percent of roads improved with sand clay in Kans as. Massachusetts shows 45 percent of road miles hard surfaced. Farm land values differ sharply, with Kansas land worth about ten times Massachusetts land, despite road improvements.
A Lawrence truck dealer says buyers should choose a truck based on capacity and adaptiveness. Five ton trucks often cost only slightly more to operate than smaller ones and deliver more tonnage, proving efficiency over two ton or one ton options.
Observers say states that spend most for highways and rely on motor trucks are farming states. Kansas plans about 8 million dollars on road work and projects to buy 20 000 motor trucks this year.
The Great Bend Tribune reports tartan county paving at under 20 000 per mile while state highway engineers estimate about 73 000 per four miles. So far the project has cost under 306 000 with Barton County drawing 450 000 federal aid for hard roads. The notice promotes a COLE AERO-EIGHT demonstration at 700.
Lawrence car dealers report slow business due to tight auto supplies and limited rail shipments. They say demand exists but few cars are on hand, with rail traffic only gradually improving after the strike impact.
The National Motorcycle Gyps Tours will be held June 18 19 under the M and ALT A governing body. Local clubs promote short sociability runs and outings across the country. Last year about 22 000 riders joined the 850 mile four day event with an estimate of 20 000 this season.
The report details international motorcycle competition from Paris to Vice with American and French machines scoring high. It notes the Pennsylvania State Constabulary adopting motorcycles for patrols, a contract for 70 modern machines, and training for mounted officers. It forecasts a big season with many events and a 200 mile road race at Marin on Labor Day.
Bolshevist attempts to threaten China from the Ingoda valley northwest of Chita were frustrated by Japanese and all-Russian forces after a battle on April 12, according to a war office report released April 23.
Read Admiral Wenrysh Commander of the Atlantic Fleet allegedly shot himself yesterday while on duty in Cuban waters. The news item notes the event as a death by own action during active service. The record mixts with local advertisements mentioning a soda case, McNish phone, and drugstore banners.
Mayor A Lo Slie signals a structural change as R C Manley is chosen to take charge of the Fire and Tornado Insurance Department. Friends note the move benefits both parties and strengthens city services.
C C Manley will assume full control of the insurance and fire and tornado business in Lawrence. He has been known locally as a boy student lawyer and police judge and will run the enterprise along the same lines established by Selig. Insured interests will be safeguarded and policies will be honored with notice if any lapse occurs.
The advertisement links spring illnesses to impure blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a root and herb based remedy for blood, stomach, liver, and kidney diseases. It claims to purify and revitalize blood and increase resistance, and suggests Hood's Pills as a laxative.
A damaged OCR fragment references Alabama drug matters, May publication, with unclear names or dates. The readable bits indicate a legal or public notice item left vague, lacking concrete details about parties or actions.
Robert Underwood Johnson arrives in San Remo in April to serve as observer and ambassadorial liaison for American interests in Italy. The morning arrival sets the stage for ongoing diplomatic engagement between the United States and Italy.
A fragment mentions the Supreme Council site within the United States, with limited readable context on its purpose or location. The text lacks clear dates, participants, or outcomes to specify further details.
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