Lawrence Building Boom Sets 1924 Local Record
Lawrence reports 261 building permits in 1924 with 74 for new homes, total estimates surpassing 1.0 million, led by major projects like the Journal World building remodel and a new library. The year saw extensive street paving, new fronts, and university campus improvements including a $250,000 library and new fraternities homes on Edgehill Road.
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Sea TV
Évestimates
Pigtal
Reinisch
Massachusetts
Journal World
Journal- World
Ithe ‘ Journal ‘World
Abattle Creek
Mich
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Barnsdall Refining Co
L. Wagstaff
Lawrence _ produce
Arkansas’ Street
Fred Williams
Vermont Street
Mass Street
West Ninth Street
W.W. Brown
Olmstead Bros
Vermont St
Derby
W. B. Dalton
Eighth — Street
CL. B. Rollins
Wilhelmina Heck
New York
John .Carlson
Univer
University
Spooner
Michigan Street
Phil Theta Fraternity
Edgehill Road
Sizma Kapupa
United Presbyterian
Immanuel
Woodlawn
North Lawrence
Vost
Excelsior Laund
New Hampshire A
Our Boarding House Scene Sparks Wild Night
A chaotic incident recounts a late night party near Z. & Quart, with loud arguing and firing nerves. A jumbled sequence includes blown horn, redalgia and a near collapse, a fire extinguisher borrowed for a charger, and a motor vehicle mishap near a manhole cover.
Sweet Clover Emerges as Major Kansas Crop Trend
Kansas agricultural officials report strong growth in sweet clover acreage, rising roughly threefold over two years. Red clover and alfalfa show gains as the trio of legumes expands under state crop-rotation practices.
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Fays
Topeka
Ci State Dev Intment
Mohbler
State Board of Culture
Alialta
Kansas
Local anecdotes and forecasts mix in odd clipping
Francis Bashaw, 104, digs potatoes and crafts pillow cors, while bankers and economists predict bumper times and new recruits. A stray line touts business training at a college and tailoring services, reflecting a fragmented OCR snapshot of varied local notes and ads.
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Francis Bashaw
Michigan
Cadillac
Shaw
Busness College
Governor McRae Celebrates Golden Wedding in Office
Arkansas Governor Thomas Chipman McRae marks his golden wedding anniversary while serving as governor. The couple celebrated December 17 at their Prescott home with thousands of guests attending the reception.
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Thomas Chipman McRae
Arkansas
McRaes
Frescott
Ends Sympathetic Strike in Bangor Maine Rail Line
A long running sympathetic strike ending after twelve years disrupt ing Bangor and Aroostook railroad operations on Maine Central tracks. Maine Central Union officials expect no retaliation from unions as track resumes, citing financial relief for Rudolph Dietz family visits and local arrangements amid holiday notices and society updates.
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Maine Central’ Line
Bangor
Maine
Sdan
Bangor and Aroostock
Maine Central Railroad
Bagger
Aroostock
Maine Central Union
Maine Central
Barger
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George W. Keeler
Indiana
A. Fay
Winona
J. G. Alford
Sassachus John Ft. Belly
New Jersey
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Po OW. Kahn
Alabama
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A. L. Selig
Michinet
H. A. Kloch
Ississippi
P.gan
N. Firth
J. W. Gilman
New. Hampshire
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W. Dermat
E.G. Day
Achusetts
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Sebulz
Lone Star
Rudolph Dietz
Linas
Opal May
Mary
Solon Markley
Cohonbia
Will. Curtis
Margaret
Paul
Jerry Curtis
Baldwin
Will Curtis
Chesely Ward
Lawrance
William ‘Means
Hisaun
Linie’ Ulrich
Eldon. Ulrich
Kansas City
Lillip-Ulrich
B. W. Grove
Harold. Lloyd
Ralph. Ward the Merchant of Happiness
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