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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
7
A report from Mafekuta Island in the New Léb rides notes Malekula villagers are quarrelsome yet largely honest. While government forces protect planters, travelers find no danger to personal property. Villages feature social clubs, communal discussions, and children at play under lamp trees despite their fierce reputation.
A misrecorded name at a Toulouse polling booth leads a young man to believe he has voted, only to learn the voter was his father Gonzague Tartarin who had died four years earlier. The tale ends with the man expressing regret at missing his father.
Maj. Gen. Wuth bert Wallace recounted a hospital ward nurse in France who returned to aid a bedridden patient during a night air raid. She was killed by a bomb while comforting the man, who survived. The nurse's name was not revealed.
Two hunters on a trip joke about a pheasant that turns out to be a cheawl. They trade quips as one man insists the bird is a pheasant while the other mocks the identification. The exchange highlights playful misnaming and banter between companions.
In 1872 on May 23 the first national convention of workingmen in politics in New York nominated Gen. U S Grant for president. Grant was the regular Republican candidate.
A brief, stylized line shows a character noting belief in sympathy and congratulations. The speaker predicts that some will envy another's luck, reflecting social perspectives in the dialogue.
Kansas orchardists will view eastern orchards over five days in September traveling from Newton Wichita Ottawa Lawrence and Atchison. E G Kelly extension specialist leads the tour with 35 to 40 orchards on the schedule and open participation at assembly points along the route.
An advertisement touts Lavoptik eye wash as a quick relief for eye inflammation using witch hazel camphor and hydrastis. It claims an elderly user improved after two uses and offers a small bottle with an aluminum eye cup free.
Uncle Eben argues imitation is flattery only when it is honest and respectful. He quips that a burglar paying for water would still be theft, comparing counterfeit praise to a crime and emphasizing the value of true originality.
The article discusses Chinese cooking basing dishes on chicken broth or poultry stock. It notes a common sauce accompaniment and mentions ingredients like pimento, mutton, horse, and camel meat, with an annual estimate of five million such dishes eaten in China.
Spectroscopic measurements from Mt Wilson show star G Berlin approaching our solar system at 380 kilometers per second, the highest constant speed observed. Lelande follows at 825 kilometers per second in the opposite direction, indicating dramatic motion departures.
A college principal lectures teachers on efficiency and asks what a glove maker would think of 10 percent stock returned for failing to meet standards. A teacher replies that the glove maker can select big kids, implying selective hiring.
The text questions colored rains and whether dust in the atmosphere can explain the red tint and other effects. It notes no record of tadpoles washed from the air and mentions phenomena like colored rain forming bloodlike hints.
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