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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1914
Page
2
Country correspondence chronicles visits and daily life around High Prairie including residents traveling to Waverly, Ottawa, and Baldwin. Mentions of threshing crews, crop reports, family visits, and social events such as a Farmers Union picnic, a piano recital, and church gatherings.
The General notes that Certain-tied Roofing has grown to enormous proportions and he is having trouble obtaining enough high grade tags to meet the demand.
Mrs Cilees of Baldwin visited her daughter Mrs Frank Verrell while Mr and Mrs Chad Davis shopped in Lawrence on Tuesday. Frank Freese visiting relatives. F S Cowles filling a job for Mr Whitelaw in Franklin neighborhood. Mrs Howard visiting at Lake View. Mrs R Weeks sold produce last Saturday total week’s gain. Mr and Mrs Frank Horrell, Virgil, and Mr and Mrs A E Buretor went to Kanwaka on Sunday. Eckman spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Alfred Anderson. Mrs John Morrison of Iola visiting Mrs J H Freese. A nice rain Sunday evening and again Thursday night. More is needed for wells. Fruit shelves filling with tomatoes peaches and jelly. Peaches $1.00 and $1.25, tomatoes 50 cents a bushel.
Norway and Sweden announce a new joint military pact to protect neutrality in the Scandinavian peninsula. Prime Minister Gunnar Kuudsvik states the alliance binds land and sea forces to act if neutrality is threatened, hailed as a pledge that the two nations will not go to war against each other again.
Dr Grlamman advertised as a specialist for eye ear nose and throat care. Glasses fitting offered. Obscure phrasing suggests an old time medical ad from a historical newspaper page.
Dispatches from Austrian headquarters report a 100 mile front from the Vistula to the Dniester in fierce fighting. Russians say they have penetrated over twenty miles into Austrian territory and captured thousands of prisoners while Austrians lose Esp. three thousand men. St Petersburg says Russian advance continues in all theaters as German resistance wanes. Front spans Lublin in Polish Russia to beyond Lemberg in Galicia with scattered encounters widening.
Samuel Woodworth born January 19 1785 in Sevante Massachusetts grew up poor but found fame writing the Old oaken bucket and bucolic farm imagery. While in New York City he dreamed of a draught from the old oaken bucket and drew on childhood memories to craft the poem. He died in 1852. The Heart Songs collection is offered with a coupon and purchase terms advertised by WTET.
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