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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1917
Page
6
Walter Keeler defeated Zeisenis in a long Saturday final at the YMCA tennis tournament. The match stretched about three hours starting at four o clock with a 7-9 8-6 4-6 4-3 10-8 sequence showing a tight, evenly contested duel between longtime rivals. Keeler won through persistent fighting as both players exploited known weaknesses.
Warranty deeds recording transfers in Lawrence Kansas from W W Jenkins and others to Leroy E McPheeters Bowers and Kaw Valley Brick Company and Simon R White to Earl Lury plus university place lots 15 and 16. Transfers involve nominal consideration with land descriptions in sections 5 15 20 17 15 19 25 12 19. Local record notes several lots and land parcels conveyed.
A Santa I street car on East Lee street carried a motorcycle and rider for a distance after the rider Mr. Pearson, a Star route paper carrier, spurted in front of the car. The collision was not severe with no serious injuries reported.
Kaw Valley potato shipments Saturday were light due to weather. The market for Kaw Valley potatoes was steady with moderate demand and good quality. Early Ohio and Irish Cobblers brought 1.20 per bushel. The Journal-World offers four months of reading to a soldier in training at Fort Sill or abroad for fifty cents.
Notice that S Engle Camp No. 78 Sons of Veterans and Sons of Veterans Auxiliary will meet tonight at eight o'clock at Post Hall.
William Joseph McFarland four year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph McFarland died Saturday at their home 723 Massachusetts street Funeral services were held at Cross chapel at 10 am and burial followed in Oak Hill cemetery
In stock at C E Matthews Lumber and Coal Co semi anthracite coal offered by Jennie Lind Brand. Phone numbers provided for orders and inquiries. Local supplier advertises available coal product for heating and fuel needs.
Marriage licenses were issued last Saturday to A. W. Kasold and Ruth Reyer both of this city and to S. D. Thacher and Anna P. Crane both of Topeka.
A fragment notes a soldier named Bey in training at Fort Sill and mentions a four month period paid in advance at fifty cents, implying an advance payment or stipend related to the service.
Nearly one hundred Big Springs area farmers packed a Saturday night meeting to back a concrete road from Lawrence to Topeka. Petitions signed by farmers owning over 8,000 acres aim to secure early tax funding with two years to ease payments. Congressman Anthony pushed a front road bill in Congress, with state highway approval needed for federal aid. Douglas County ready to proceed.
Mrs Corrigan, formerly Margaret Faith Robinson Haggin, widow of Ben Ali Haggin and chief heir of James B. Haggin, a famed copper magnate, is described as the bride of a New York City magistrate in a second marriage. The fragment notes a high society context and references a strained phrase about the wife’s past.
A blenny, a small shore loving fish, roves by hitching to driftwood and seaweed, riding away across the sea. The tale notes the blenny as part of a large family with varied forms and homes. Also listed is an auto battery and vulcanizing plant for sale by R. F. Sherry at 14 E 8th, Lawrence.
A brief reflection on art appreciation arguing that aligning with future critics is unimportant. The writer urges steady, frequent engagement with pictures if interested, and infrequent viewing if not, challenging overvalued deference to expert opinion.
The passage notes that the silver trumpets Moses was commanded to make were to summon gatherings, marshal camps, announce war, and accompany sacrifices during festivals and new moons, as described in Numbers 10:1-10.
The Friendship Club will entertain members with an automobile ride Tuesday evening. Cars depart the club at 8 o'clock, with ice cream served on the lawn at 920 Missouri Street after the ride.
In Columbus Journal note, a blooming young matron of the neighborhood stands by with quiet resignation and exemplary patience as her mother kindly tends to the baby, illustrating a dutiful daughter’s role in a family moment.
The basis of bay rum is Jamaica or Saint Croix rum made from sugar boiler skimmings barrel scrapings and washings from sugar pots. For best grade the rum must be free from foreign odors and almost colorless.
Report notes large quantities of nuts, especially black walnuts and butternuts, are wasted as the kernels are hard to extract from shells. It suggests many nuts that ripen each fall are never eaten by people across the United States.
A promotional notice explains that World news and market reports arrive via private wire from the Associated Press, with city and social news by staff and rural reports by local correspondents. It urges readers to subscribe, listing carrier and yearly mail rates of 10 cents weekly and 1.50 dollars annually.
Don’t risk health by impure water. McNish offers Aerated-Distilled water. Call phones 198 for orders.
A naturalist records the weight of tomtits by placing a twig that is actually a minute scale. The birds alight and register their weight, averaging about one third of an ounce per three tomtits to the pound.
The text notes that an apothecary was a ointment compounding professional in biblical times citing Nehemiah 9:8 and Ecclesiastes 10:1. It also mentions the term defectionaries as a work sometimes carried on by women referencing 2 Samuel 8:13.
Bankers Realty Investment Company announces a three story Masonic Temple for Riverton Wyoming costing about $80,000 under its single contract system. The project includes ground floor banking rooms and stores, second floor offices, a 75 by 40 lodge room on the third floor, banquet and kitchen areas, plus basement club rooms and a barber shop. Simultaneously work begins on a modern fireproof hotel at Ogallala Nebraska for the North American Hotel Company, representing several millions in contracts overall.
Hardware store JAEDICKE'S HARDWARE STORE announces a closing out sale at cost to clear stock after losses. Shoppers can expect reduced prices on tools, hardware, and household items as the business winds down.
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