Watermelon season prompts farmers to feed hogs, wartime echoes
Augsburg 1918 notes show rural life in Lawrence Kansas during watermelon season as farmers compare hog feeding to Pershing's war plans. Forty three young men came of age since June fifth and sixty registered in the county. The piece contrasts Topeka and Douglas county enrollment and comments on farm life and enlistment expectations.
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Pershing
Rhine
Topeka
Douglas County
Public Health Shift Opens Discussion on Venereal Disease
Fragment from a 19th or early 20th century editorial notes a change in reporting on venereal diseases. It contrasts past silence with today’s open discussion, implying a shift in public health framing and awareness.
Belly Smith's Big Vote Highlights Public Service Record
The piece notes W R Smith’s commanding primary win as state printer with 8 595 votes about 73 percent, praising his efficiency and low costs at the state painting plant. It hails his long service and county pride in his re election showing the public’s support for an effective administrator.
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Smith
W. R. Smith
W. R.smith
Billy? Smith
Mose
Third Step in Kansas Prohibition and Suffrage Votes
Two major Kansas amendments head to the November 5 ballot in a push for Prohibition and Woman Suffrage. The ballot asks for limits on voting to full citizens and marks the third step in the state's reform progress amid national focus on defeating the Kaiser.
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Kansas
Amendments on education and war talk dominate council notes
Fragmented report shows debate on state education funding with a proposed amendment to safeguard common schools and a state scholarship fund. The piece also echoes wartime discourse urging civilian resilience, criticizing peace terms and predicting continued Allied victory, citing General Foch and worldwide politics.
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Liege
Oder
Enen
Foch
Francois
England
Atlantic
United States
Conscription Debate and War Duty Exposed in Letter
A letter denounces food administration orders and government coercion urging voluntary service, claims conscription is necessary for national plans, and attacks Mr Smith for selfish appetite while praising patriotic democracy and the need for every man to contribute to war effort. The author invites strong action against perceived freeloaders and stresses duty over authority.
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Hevn
Food Administration
Pusson
Els
Atlantic
Home Fires Burn and War Supply Linked in Rural Notice
The article links keeping the home fires burning to sustaining the war effort and warns that complacency in business harms the economy. It notes farmers face feed shortages as mills run at half capacity due to food rules, with bran and other wheat byproducts scarce while eastern demands rise. The piece mentions sorghum and other roughage as alternatives for cattle.
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Osborne Farmey
Trubs 4 Trifles By Paul Rankin Heart and Grief Theme
A fragmentary recital discusses Trubs 4 Trifles by Paul Rankin with musings on sorrow, marriage influence, and limited hope for a lugubrious performance. The text cites Mohler as a past master and hints at sympathetic yet discordant reactions to artistry and deity.
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Trubs
Paul
Rankin
Ve Bellans Imagined Superstitions From the Past
The fragment describes lingering beliefs and cautionary superstitions linked to ancestors, urging readers to notice ancient omens and avoid modern hazards such as bright headlights and black cat crossings. It references Everett True and C. W. Smith discussing heed of the law against dazzling car headlights.
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Everett True
C.W. Smith
Lawrence on the Raw in a Oz book package mystery
A city editor and a rival quarrel over ownership of a literary editor role as a wrapped book titled The Tin Wood of Oz arrives. Lieutenant Charles Topping recovers in a French hospital from gas exposure. city drug store promotes mineral oil. Anderson arrested for drunkenness at Eighth and New Jersey streets. Hackworth faces draft-related charges amid loss of wealth.
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Beth
Adidre
Officie
Topping
Charles Topping
I Mi
J. Re Topping
Ahospital
France
Thid
Lieut
Jopping
I Division
Anderson
Eighth
New Jersey
Ayel
Police Find Stolen Bike Near East Fighth Street
Police recovered a bicycle reported stolen from Marshall Harvenhitl in front of Uw telephone exchange Sunday night. The wheel, damaged, was located yesterday on East Fighth street as officers publicized the case amid local campaign banter.
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Marshall Harvenhitl
East Fighth Street
Fragmentary vow text from unclear source passage
The readable lines hint at a chant or vow about powers and spirit. The fragmentary text mentions bodily and spiritual aims and a form of automatic action, but lacks coherent context or identifiable names, events, or location.
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