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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1917
Page
7
Proceeds from a planned Lawrence country club dinner will go to the local Red Cross Fund. The charity golf tourney is postponed due to rain. matches from last week were incomplete and two teams have yet to be announced. Members will host a dinner for winners, with a nominal plate charge.
Readers hear calls to boost home canning and drying efforts while golf enthusiasts brave showers on the country club course. A local notice urges Douglas County to grow food and urge aid for the needy, stressing collective action and early winter planning.
A LA couple were married by Judee de Lerneon, with Riley of Ron and Lindley as the involved parties. The event occurred Saturday.
Reported results show Rick won the high jump event at Penn Relays with a five foot three and eight eighths inches leap, breaking the intercollegiate meet mark. Brigham Young University’s CL Larsen topped the field, with Kansas entries Carl Rice and Tiehard Treweeke noted though Treweeke’s exact placement remains unclear.
Carl Rice of the University of Kansas displayed notable form at the Penn Relay Games in Philadelphia, finishing second in the high jump with a six foot leap. The event was won by C Larsen of Brigham Young University with a six foot five and three-eighths inch jump. The meet saw limited Kansas participation aside from Rice, with other details fragmented in the report.
About 200 athletes from thirty Nish schools are expected to compete in the H. S. athletics event. The contest, held at the high school, will feature top contenders from each district with prizes for top finishers.
Thousands of New Yorkers prepare to submit wage increase petitions tomorrow as Loh WAGE INCREASAs Sork Industries threaten strikes if demands are unmet. City and state officials warn of a broad walkout by workers including bakers, bottlers, riveters, and hotel staff, with the International Typographers and other unions likely to join.
Fragmented account shows Chicago bakers confronting a bread shortage as federal authorities intervene. The brief notes discontent among a dozen large and smaller bakeries unable to supply daily needs, with widespread effects on city residents and businesses.
May reveal plans. Indications that German Navy Captain Frans Rinflen, on trial with seven others, will explain activities in York County about strikes to hinder manufacture and shipment of wear and armor for the Allies. Names and roles referenced amid scattered, partial details from the damaged OCR text.
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