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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
8
A 1919 letter from Lawrence Kansas rails at profiteering and rising living costs. It recalls muckraking era accusations and notes grasshopper control efforts while lamenting price increases and the impact on daily life. The writer mentions regional issues and wartime references.
A column critiques Governor Allen as he targets dirty jails, notes potential friction with Lawrence, and uses satirical asides about officials and reform. It also discusses influenza planning, the near east crisis, and railroad labor demands amid cost of living pressures.
A Lawrence school board selects an experienced architect to design a high school building within the $230000 appropriation. The choice aims to maximize results while staying within budget amid changing conditions after recent bond votes. The interview references Bolshevik critiques and Lenine’s revolutionary aims influencing public discourse.
Fort Scott Tribune editor reports on a Winnipeg labor dispute, noting how public support, essential services, and a coordinated strike committee shaped events. He quotes Mr Boyle on unions, the city’s response, and the thrust that no strike wins without public backing, while cautioning against radical leadership.
Fragmentary OCR text recalls Paris under German air attack and distant long range fire from a year ago. The readable portion mentions a French city and wartime bombardment context with references to German forces and distant fighter activity.
Colonel J. S. Dennis, returning chief of colonization and development for the Canadian Pacific Railway, warns Siberia offers little current trade for North Americans amid chaotic finances and ruble collapse. He compares Russia’s upheaval to France’s revolution, foreseeing a possible constitutional shift as Russia’s peasantry awakens. Dennis reports on transit and commerce hardships while preparing to reassume his Canadian duties.
The Lawrence fair ran September 8 to 1th with abundant grains fruits and displays. A telegraph line planned between Lawrence and Ottawa and later to Garnett. Wheat nearly all saved as farmers cut oats. A gas company formed with E S Alia J W McMillan George A Reynolds and others. Ex Governor Thomas Carney visited. Kaw Valleys beat Grasshopper Club Perryville 83 to 47 in a ball game. Sidewalk work across Henry street ravine began and horses entered in races at Lawrence Driving Park.
1811 Ambroise Thomas born in Metz died 1896 Paris Feb 12. 1830 First steam vessel enters Charlottetown port. 1888 General Sheridan died Nonquitt Massachusetts born Albany March 6 1831. 1889 German Emperor reviewed British fleet at Southeast. 1908 Count Zeppelin airship destroyed by fire. 1914 Montenegro declares war on Austria. 1915 Warsaw captured by Austro German armies. 1916 Russians win road to Lemberg. 1917 National Guard drafted into US service.
Retired Rear Admiral Theodore F Jewell born Georgetown D C seventy five years ago. Senator J G W Beckham from Kentucky born Bardstown fifty years ago. Dr Frank Strong KU chancellor born Venice sixty years ago. Blanche American stage actress born Port of the Americas around two decades ago.
The Journal-World promotes the New Atlas of the World by Frank J. Lovell as a timely, affordable graphic history of the Great War with color maps showing old and new boundaries and nations. Limited stock targets families and students, sale begins Monday, order by mail if needed. Also notes John Bilwell’s centennial and North Carolina Bar Association events with T W Gregory address.
A column blends political jabs on railroad nationalization and McAdoo with social quirks from dress to prohibition. It riffs on profiteers, grasshopper pests, and a Notre Dame Euch"ristic Congress gathering, merging humor with current issues and a dash of satire.
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