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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
5
The readable parts mention barred mail, a 3795 schoolhouses painting scheme, references to Flying motores and Glenn Curtids, a Missouri woods incident with a hollow leg, Middletown jail bed incident, a beer sign, livestock at large prohibition in a Tennessee county, mortgage notes, an Orchard in Babylon, a $120 000 000 mortgage, Salvation Army riches in court papers, and a private soldier enlistment reward.
The Panama Canal authority reports ongoing, strenuous work to open a navigable channel through the Cucaracha slide after the Gamboa dike blast. Despite dynamos and suction dredges, the half mile obstruction remains, with sluicing water rising and 7,000,000 cubic feet daily passing over the slide as efforts continue to allow steam dredges to operate in the two miles to the Pacific locks.
Paris reports a new method for moving live fish using a railroad car converted into a water tank system. The Fish Trade Company, led by M Nig, rented the car to keep water fresh and oxygen levels suitable for various fish. The first voyage from Dordogne to Paris yielded about 800 kilograms of fish with minimal losses. Large receiving tanks were set up in Paris to facilitate sale.
The race shows Gladys Cre today ahead in District Two with Gerald Lockwood and Leroy Kraybil second and third. Nadine Morrison and Marguerite Meary run well, while many other listed names and addresses appear in a district fundraising/subscription context.
A December 1933 Lawrence city council regular meeting approves a paving resolution for Rogers Avenue and nearby streets. The plan calls for grading curbing and paving with vitrified brick and concrete, including inter intersections. The official city paper publishes the resolution for consecutive days.
Ottawa Herald quotes sharp criticism of Lawrence street naming scheme linking to Lawrence figures. The piece denounces the move as incendiary and disruptive, blaming signers of the Declaration and local promoters for stirring trouble and harming property rights. It questions motives of Lawrence citizens and contrasts with orderly respect for history.
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