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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
6
A youth seeking thrill via an unauthorized watermelon patch expedition finds the fruit lackluster and the danger imagined far from real. The narrator, a teen craving adventure, recalls the failed caper and its dull outcome as he and a friend sample melons in the quiet field.
British forces report 339 German aircraft destroyed or driven down in the past week, with 125 British planes missing. Allied bombing squadrons struck airfields and railways, dropping over 320 tons of bombs, while night and day bombing targeted bridges over the Somme to disrupt German reinforcements. Concurrently, notices mention Mr and Mrs G W Steeper visiting Kansas City and a Baltimore paper advertisement.
General Cyrus Radford of the U S Marines has been promoted to brigadier general. He previously led depot supplies in Philadelphia before this advancement.
A dainty 50 cent jars promotion for Jonteel face cream advertised at McCulloch's Drug Store with limited stock indicated by the notice.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines essential steps to improve farm butter quality. Key actions include clean milk and cream, immediate cooling, sterilized utensils, timed ripening, controlled churning temperatures, thorough washing, gas release, and precise salting and packing for home use.
The readable text mentions butter wrapped in white parchment and a painful carton. It questions why a card gate is called a bridge, suggesting a game reference and a Boston transcript. Determining context is unclear with the damaged OCR.
Miss Fayette Scott and Emmett R. Elledge were married Saturday at four in the Christian church parsonage by Rev M Sorey. Attendants included relatives from McCune Kansas and Lawrence. Mrs Elledge a KU student in voice and piano, Mr Elledge a KU junior engineer. Ice shortage notice from local creamery follows.
Kansas City market notes show cattle receipts around 20 000 and hogs about 6 050 with prices mixed across categories. Reports list butter eggs hay oats and corn values with multiple dates and irregular variations, indicating a cautious market across livestock dairy grains and byproducts.
Classified item notes a small adjoining lot for sale described as very reasonable. Fragmentary details mention location on the west side and a bone fest blue pea phrasing, but the readable text is incomplete for full specifics.
WANTED corn binder in good working order Frank Horrel Vinianud phone 748 Special paying for sale, or will take good Lawrence property in trade Lovejoy Land Co Fair Store phone 352 or 2039 White Clean Sweep Sale Saturday Aug 31 One half mile north of California road Mosherplace Aud Farm for sale Kaw bottom 119 acres improves 11 miles from Lawrence Priced right 125 per acre Sixy Toews See me before buying H Stone phone White For sale acres corn for silo J Starnes R mile west of K For sale best dry land farm in Douglas County 12 miles from Lawrence near downtown university To Acres plowed 20 acres alfalfa balance pasture Helen house and phe utettigs For sale one tent ten ten land 5 ars of APSO For sale baby eri high chairs library table Phone Fugates Bank modern barn shed and Yer house West Eaton phone 2 For rent % juts 4 er house nor ked
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