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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
4
Front includes subscription rates and addresses for the Journal-World with notices to readers about delivery by 7 pm, plus scattered editorial comments and local items reflecting Lawrence Kansas life in December 1916. The text mixes business notices with stray editorial snippets and odd quotations about Christmas and wartime topics.
A fragmented column critiques wartime issues and public affairs with pithy quips. It notes liquor discipline, peace prospects, a possible viaduct over the Union Pacific line, and farmer hopes for relief from local woes. It also references Gallipoli, Cetinje, and Buezen, plus Greek royalist actions and Allied involvement in Greece. The piece rails at political posturing while urging cautious peace talks.
Dispatch reports an Austrian prince selected under altered political conditions. The note notes no Polish selection occurred. Mentions ring event prices and a Jasta destroyer Grilse, and a message stating a vessel was sinking off Little Hone.
The text argues the National Guard stood as second line of defense while militia defects slowed recruitment. It claims matters would have improved with the continental army, criticizing recruiting delays and urging quicker action to fix the present recruiting crisis.
The piece urges new appeals for various relief funds aiding war prisoners civilians pauperized by the war widows and orphans across more than a dozen lands. It highlights the large need and calls Americans to extend their good will as winter brings hardship to devastated Europe.
The text hints a link between rising prices and a political movement likened to a boy senate. It mentions an oil pact and a reference to French Ivory as a comparison while naming McColloch and Prrolin Tvory.
Book review lauds "Other Pee or, The Romantic Cz i: Misa Pale" as a vivid tale of Miss Dale and her delayed love, comparing its atmosphere to Mary E. Wilkins stories. The heroine joins a vivid cast including a “General-uncle” and a daring defender of France, delivering a readable, popular Christmas novel.
Veterans recall Battle of Prairie Grove and the Civil War through memories of Webster and others. They reflect on changes from then to wireless age, the end of fighting, and the enduring call to national unity and sacrifice.
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