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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1918
Page
2
Fragmented OCR reads indicate a local disturbance with roaches near food at City Drug Store. Mentions police detaining a man believed asleep and county authorities, with scattered notes about deaths, funerals, and wartime dispatches interwoven in the page.
The Graeber team swept Rising at the Elks Club, taking three of four games while Beatz rallied to win the last. Reatz led with 921 series and Graeber totaled 220 in individual highs, as standings show Keatz and six other teams tightly bunched with only two games separating them in week three.
A damaged clipping notes 19 were lost with the U S S President Lincoln when the ship sank. It mentions a serenade enjoyed by 1,000 letters and 14 regiments, with hope the men would return another night to serenade.
Local post office reports received inquiries about mail lost at sea. Bulletin notes no losses from the Carpathia sinking and mentions sacks of letters from U Naval Bases incomplete but indicates ongoing mail disruption and inquiries about damaged rails and shipments. No specific names or dates are fully readable.
Lieutenant George March son of Frank March of the State National Bank recalls serenading General Pershing during a stay in France. The American officers were guests with two Red Cross majors’ families and performed old home and soldier songs from an upstairs window. The next morning the women revealed Pershing slept at their home during the night.
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