Journal World 1923 Notice and Public Opinion Commentary
The front page blends subscription details and masthead data with essays on public issues. It includes local notices about a school bond referendum and editorial discussion on Germany reparations, Kaiser era attitudes, and economic conditions in Kansas and the Midwest. It mentions unemployment, church attendance, and local responses to public health and education matters.
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Marbridge
Yeet
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Lawrence
Kansas
Chicago
Kaus
Jeus
Reasons For No Baby Show In County Fair
A busy mother of three protests the county fair authorities decision not to hold a baby show this year. She argues the fair favors livestock over babies, suggesting prosperity for the region should include infant welfare and noting infantile paralysis in Shawnee as a precaution against gathering many infants.
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Douglas County
Wri
Journal-World
United States Talks On Constitution Quiets, Odd Snippets Abound
The page blends stray notes from politics to odd items: talk of adopting the U S Constitution quiets, Notre Dame errors, a Boston robber loses money, and warnings about nosy habits. It notes long lived Jose Silva of Mazamitla at 122, scarce autos in parts of Mexico, a long watermelon crop, and officials testing a proposed transcontinental all-weather twenty-eight-hour air mail service.
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Mexico
Jose Silva
Mazamitla
U. S. Post Office Department
A Woman’s Story Of The Massacre At The Eldridge House
A Mrs Dix recounts the Quantill Raid of August 21, 1863, from 717 Vermont Street. She details her home, family, and workers, the fires and gunfire surrounding the Eldridge and Johnson properties, and her husband R C Dix staying to aid neighbors despite personal danger. The narrative captures the raid's chaos, including shots at John Crane and Governor Shannon’s office, and the peril faced by Dix's household.
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Johnson House
R. C. Dix
Chancey
Frank
Steven Dix
Hartford. Com
Eddie
Belle
Licey
Trenty
Mr. Dix
Eldridge House
Tom Pardee
Ralph
Steven
Winthrop Street
Johnson
Mr. Dis
Arsen
Quantrill's Raid Seventies Ago Sixty Year Anniversary
The sixtieth anniversary of Quantrill's burning of Lawrence and the massacre of about 169 unarmed residents is observed with reminiscences. The Journal-World reprints Mrs. Dix-Flintom's personal narrative from fifty years ago, reflecting survivor memories and the role of women that day.
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Lawrence
Quantrill
Liagrencé
Journal-World
Dix-Flintom
Kansas Governor's era and a tale of upheaval and horror
Fragment from Harper's Weekly recounts Kansas turmoil and a dramatic siege with guerrilla violence. It covers a violent incident near Lawrence including warnings, killings, a fire, and a widow's testimony of loss and resilience amid chaos and destruction.
Evocative Civil War era siege report from Douglas County
Fragments recount a raid near a fort and Johnson House during Quantrill era hostilities. A woman details terror as guerrillas threaten, fatally wound Frank Dix, and kidnap or detain men while her husband Ralph faces capture. She escapes with children to safety, recalls scenes of smoke, powder, and chaos.
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Ed Thompson
Mr. Dix
Ralph
Sully
Theorse
William Haseltine
Guenther’s Grocery
Mr.Dix
Johnson House
Phebe
John Wilder Stone
Pana
Steve
Kix
Frank
Chance Lath
Chances
Fle
The
Journal-World
Thowrhig
Unive
Quantrill
L Lane
Mr. Tis
Frank Dix
Chris Leener
Offen
N.Y
Unas
Johnson Mouse
Edie
Phaelu
Mhawhebet
Flo
Phoebe
Steven
Mr. Kaller
My Greatest Adventure: Firearms and Fear in Lawrence Raid
The Seattle Star invites readers to share traumatic Civil War era memories in its My Greatest Adventure feature. Loretta Hard Greer recalls Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence Kansas in August 188, detailing men raiding the town, vigilant gunfire, arson threats, and families frightened by attackers ordering horses and burning property while residents scramble for safety.
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Seattle
Wash
Star
Loretta Hard Greer
Lawrence
Quantrill
John B. Sutliis
Queen Anne
Ave
Journal-World
Lafyrence
Kana
Coor Villas
Salayas
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U. S
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Wwe
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