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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
3
Report describes a female duckbill laying two to three eggs about three quarters of an inch long in strong white shells. Young are suckled by the mother. Ducks have been kept in Melbourne gardens but attempts to transport them alive to Europe and America failed. the text laments the broader fate and future hope of the species.
A brief excerpt explains sharpening a lead pencil by slicing the blade through a sop of paper to create a guard. The paper keeps lead dust off fingers and protects the blade edge during shaving.
The Betty Washington Chapter of the D A R will meet Saturday at 2 30 with Miss Edith Mattoon. An ice cream social at Lake View school house Saturday evening August 17 funds the Red Cross. Music by the Lecompton Glee Club. Also notes on Chautauqua attendance, hospital musicales at Camp Funston, and various visits and local greetings in Lawrence and Topeka towns with families and guests.
Dame Fashion parades a velvet mood with a blue crepe brim hat and dark net accents. The item pairs with silk and serge frocks for late season elegance as Mr and Mrs Tom Sweeney and others travel between Kansas City Portland and Welborn. An August sale by J B Cohn offers fall and winter goods at low prices, urging readers to shop now as economy is urged.
Topeka August 14 Kansas livestock commissioner J H Mercer counters claims of severe drought noting livestock health is excellent with no statewide epidemic. He cites effective serum from Kansas State Agricultural College against black leg and hog cholera, but warns contagious abortion remains the major unseen risk with no easy quarantine. Local water shortages affect western regions while long grass areas face the worst shortages and some cattle have been shipped to market.
The Reatz team stayed atop the Elks Club standings by sweeping three of four games against Rising. Reatz led with 203 by Aceing, while Rising’s top score was 192 by Acining. Pierson and Stevenson set to bowl tomorrow as five delegates from Siloam Order of Eastern Star head to Kansas City Grand Chapter.
An old and well known ditty, For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, survives from a twelfth century crusader song. It exists in many variations and has priceless verbal appendages through the ages.
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