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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
5
The piece lists carrier and mail subscription rates, mentions the Associated Press rights and local republication terms, and notes the Lawrence Kansas paper’s post office status. It also references a Billy Morgan Paris remark and Chicago labor party plans, with a light jab at labor voting patterns.
Report notes several ships were sunk in combat this week but emphasizes they were not constructed by Bolshevik forces. The Bolsheviks deny involvement in building ships or similar naval assets.
At frequent intervals one I W W is released from Leavenworth but prison officials believe each I W W travels in a circle and expect to see most of their late guests again, suggesting recurring visits among inmates.
Senator Walsh told colleagues that national legislators waste time in talk. He proposed a new idea while many lawmakers already view time as a resource to spend in debate and discussion.
A Kansas City man lodged a complaint after a jitney driver robbed him, a case he found unusual enough to report. The discussion on the League of Nations commission focused more on phraseology than ideas, with few parties satisfied by either.
The piece muses on cartoonists and farm life, wonders why milkmaids are drawn facing the cow, and critiques Frank P. Walsh who likens the world to a jail with King George V as keeper while calling for passport reform. It notes a sojourn abroad influencing views on shaping events.
The city now can compel snow removal from sidewalks at the householder’s cost and add the charge to taxes. In some areas sidewalks are overgrown with weeds, with the city authorized to cut at the owner’s expense. Getting a man to cut the weeds is difficult, leaving lag partially inoperative.
The post office department finds that the airplane mail service is a costly undertaking and not near paying for itself. It notes the need to maintain airmen in practice and to keep the nation competitive in flying technology.
A partial excerpt discusses a theory and method of transporting mid level artistry. It suggests satisfaction if it could be brought up to the standard promptness and efficiency that was previously prevailing.
The text discusses General Dickman’s order that $15,000 be paid for the return of two American aviators. It questions whether officials want the full sum to pressure the Mexican government over banditry, noting the army captain’s reduced payment proposal and the potential motive to claim more money as a failure of Mexico to curb bandit activity.
The piece outlines Fochs ten military commandments emphasizing alert senses, strict obedience, ammo and gear care, firing discipline, honesty, mercy to civilians, respect for captured enemies, composure, courage, and preferring defeat to dishonor. It contrasts wartime discipline with criticism of wasteful destruction and mismanagement in industrial war efforts.
The House has passed the daylight saving repeal over the president while others debate tax and food price probes. Detroit is labeled an opium distribution center, with official figures claiming only about ten percent of the supply entering the U S is consumed legitimately. Publicity firms may consume most of the remaining ninety percent. A Topeka city probe targets army groceries’ quality and prices. Other notes question league enforcement, Mexico policy shifts, and potential repayment of $15,000 in Wilson notes.
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A fragmentary page lists figures and events: Pepi VI deposed, Napoleon era, Burke and Wills expedition in Australia from Melbourne, Locomotive Firemen convention condemn strikes, Curzon resigns as Viceroy, Lloyd George rail strike settlement, US troops to Nicaragua, Brussels evacuation, Meuse fighting, Windemanns ice cream ad, Queen Mary and Wedgwood collection, Chinese foot binding origins, and a note on government suppression.
A year ago today Allied forces launched a major advance along a 10 mile front between the Aisne and the Oise. Czecho Slovak units seized a key railroad node in western Siberia. Gabriel d Annunzio, Italy's noted airman, carried out a successful bombing raid on the Austrian arsenal at Pola.
The present bow shape dates from the late eighteenth century when Tourte redesigned it. Length should be 27 to 30 inches and contains 150 to 180 hairs drawn by the nut. Sticks are typically spakewood or lancewood.
Grandmothers once hung red flannel petticoats over smallpox rooms to deter pitting. Scientists now find red rays harm the bacteria and aid patient recovery. Girl Scouts in the United States exceed 60 000 members. Color blindness is far less common in women than men.
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