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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
8
Kansas proclaims a go to college week as in past years about forty events occur in Lawrence annually. Kansas City police arrest a murderer two hours after the crime in a surprising but expected outcome for officials and the public.
A regular army sergeant, promoted to captain in the National Guard at the war’s outbreak, now commands a Topeka company rather than returning to his former sergeant grade. The piece notes the contrast and asks how they will be kept from returning to peacetime norms after their wartime service.
Secretary Mercer of the Kansas Livestock Commission notes uncertainty on where increased meat margins go. He cites higher overhead costs for retailers and increased waste as contributing factors, urging reconsideration of pricing margins amid falling demand.
The article notes two million railroad shop workers could disrupt traffic if a large protest succeeds. Police in Chicago arrest several suspects in recent race disturbances, signaling readiness to prosecute. Officials warn that further unrest remains possible and that enforcing the law may deter future violence.
An Iowa editor cites farmers as example of working without strikes while Indiana’s 100000 farmers back a plan to pressure strikers by withholding farm products. They oppose tying up transport and industry, favoring adjustment of grievances without strikes.
Charles F. Scott of the Fola Register recalls how University of Kansas students began summer trips to Moraine Park Colorado in 1889. Fréd Funston and others rented a log cabin, fished, explored, and told tales that inspired subsequent faculty summers, linking Mount Oread to Estes Park in a lasting university tradition.
W Y Morgan reports from Hutchinson News that Paris waiters across major hotels and cafes walked out smashing tables and vacating establishments. They fought for an eight hour day and to restore mustaches as part of personal freedom, including women waiters in some venues. The strike ended with the eight hour day and tolerance of mustaches returning.
An essay argues that democracy rests on majority rule but risks collapse when money or official favor overrides fairness. It warns Bolshevism as tyranny of moneyed or organized minority and stresses a middle path where merit can rise without money pressure.
The Empire Gazette argues democracy must stay pure and undefiled, beyond money prestige and special privileges, warning that survival hinges on integrity. The reflection centers on safeguarding civic virtue against corruption and patronage.
A brisk collection of humorous notices from Wamba features a barber cashing postwar prices, a bath tub trade scheme, and jokes about May-I-Knots in the post office floor. It also riffs on Bermuda highs, road cooties, and weather figures as locals quiz each other on quirky observations.
Fifty years ago Tom Anderson and his brass band planned to travel from Topeka to the Lawrence state fair. A Storm, a local hardware and slave merchant, departed eastward. The mayor set a special third ward election at Sampson's livery stable to fill a vacancy from Councilman Brinkham's removal. An eclipse of the sun was noted with journal coverage. Professor Fraser of the University was at Des Moines to observe it. A county clerk communication outlined half the blinds cost for county officer rooms, referred to the market house and city property committee.
Mrs L E Mayes publisher of the Pensacola Journal becomes the first woman elected to the executive committee in the history of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. The note highlights the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania endowment fund drive and its unique status as the first and only US medical school admitting women only.
A young matron named Myrtle Kennett has painted some of Cincinnati's tallest steeples and smokestacks earning a good living as a steeplejack. The article also notes Dr Orelup operates an eye ear nose throat office in the Dick Building.
In Vladivostok 29 generals from multiple nations are noted but the city’s real leader is Lieut Col Boris Vuchertle a Czech who served in the Austrian army until 1916 and now commands the town and oversees patrols amid the foreign presence.
A reader letter condemns the weekly baby clinic as run by an examiner who belittles mothers and family doctors. The writer argues public health efforts are valuable but questions the treatment and regard shown to attendees, labeling the interaction as insulting and foreign.
Readable fragments recount anniversaries and events from 183h to 1917 including births, retirements, eclipses, capital moves, labor strikes, battles, and wartime declarations. Mentions Therisa New York, Eastport Maine, Manila, San Francisco, and Governor Harrison with a voyage on Empress of Russia.
Today marks anniversaries for Maj. Gen Evander Law born in Darlington South Carolina 83 years ago. Rear Adm Spencer Wood born in Brooklyn 58 years ago. Charles Crane born in Chicago 61 years ago. Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton born in Westerly Rhode Island 55 years ago. Billie Burke born in Washington 34 years ago. Mrs W S Howlett traveled to Kansas City this morning.
A dated advertisement promotes quitting smoking, arguing nicotine causes fatal diseases and offering a purported detoxification drug with a money back guarantee. It urges readers to stop now and promises a health turnaround through a “Holancary Habit” remedy and tablets.
Major General Graves reports progress near the Seine as U S Liberian conting ent Gen March notes plans to raise an army of 5 000 000. Lloyd George states in the House of Commons that 150 German submarines have been sunk.
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