Lawrence Boy Reports Action Overseas Trip
Lawrence County soldier Charles F. Oehrle, head of the company of the 137th Infantry, recounts a voyage to New York and Baltic missions, describing submarine encounters, lifeboat drills, and trench hardship from training to the Argonne drive. He mentions miles to St Mihiel and Metz and asks when they will return home.
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Geant
Charles F. Oehrle
137Th Infantry
Fitten
Nce
Liverpool
Ing
Southampton
le Ha
Bethrécourt
Switzerland
Vosges Fax Mountains
Nancy
Argonne Forest
Utd
Ampigny
St Mihiel
Metz
Rivere
Panamnine
Ave Basketball League Opens Juniors Seniors Plans
Sunday Schools announce junior and senior divisions opening at the Y M C A with games starting the week after January 11. Teams not yet selected as schools submit entries and schedules will be set by late next week.
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Orid
Y.M.C
Satiniays
Junieee
Hi 'Ongue
Yosen
Syphone
New Sevenback Bowling Teams Picked at Elks Club
Elks club announces teams for the new sevenback bowling tournament with matchups listed Monday through Friday and next week’s schedule. Additional notes cover tenpin team selection tonight, a coffee promotion, and local history on Teutons and a rare 1821 Bank of England note.
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Elks
Elks Club
Hartig
Teter
Riling
Wilson
Mitchell
As Epley
McKone
Sweeney
Bullock
Bassett
Buau
Graeber
Banks
Carl
Keilman
Anderson
Hultz
Hetzell
Gustafson
Achning
Schultz
University Greeks feud over kitchen pay and cook shortages
Fraternities and sororities at the University of Kansas face severe cook shortages after demobilization left wages high. Cooks at 22 dollars weekly and other staff costs strain house budgets, sparking alleged bribery and kidnapping accusations among Greek groups. Some houses turn to restaurants while waiting for meals to resume. Water notice warns residents to boil city water until further notice.
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University of Kansas
Betas
Thetas
Gamma Phi Betas
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sisters of the Golden Key
Lawrence
Accacia Fraternity
Sizma Chi
Allemania
Hunnese
Castillian
Hoover
Berlin
Phi Psi
Phi Psis
Kansas Vy
Baldwin Social Notes from Laramie and Baker
Mr Russell Baldwin of Laramie visits Sigma Phi Epsilon. Miss Claudia Steele returns to Baker after Barnes Hospital training in St Louis. How Campbell was in town yesterday. Mr Newman Bear, Navy hospital corps, on ten day furlough from California, enjoys the work. Drew Pearson visits Baldwin, at Prof and Mrs Wolf’s home. son of Prof Paul Bench. Art Week relief Christmas program postponed to January 12. Regular church services on Sunday. Alfred Bunyan moves from Camp Funston to Baker to finish college. Poisons accumulate when kidneys sluggish, Hood’s warning ad.
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Russell Baldwin
Laramie
Wyo
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Claudia Steele
St. Louis
Barnes Hospital
Baker
How Campbell
Newman Bear
Navy
Cali
Drew Pearson
Baldwin
Kansas Casualty List Names Fifteen Soldiers
The war department released a casualty roll totaling 841 with Kansas entries. It lists 115 killed in action 120 died of wounds 13 died of accident 1 died of aeroplane accident 0 died of disease 320 wounded severely 6 wounded undetermined 8 wounded slightly 112 missing in action. Kansas names include Private Lloyd L. Ashley Private Earl Arthur Edward W Hullé br Topeka Lieutenants Roscoe W. Kingrey Caspter J Middiekauff Private John C Mathewson Private Bradford L Swan James Jones Archie L Arnold Robert Dunn William K Ingraham Private Earl J Hudson Carl V Nelson Ralph Schrader Frank S Wilkerson.
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Kansas
Earl Arthur
Goodrich
Edward W. Hullé
Topeka
Roscoe W. Kingrey
Galena
Caspter J. Middiekauff
Hays
John C. Mathewson
Edward
Bradford L. Swan
Washington
James Jones
Plainsville
Archie L. Arnold
Larned
Robert Dunn
Burlingame
William K. Ingraham
Earl J. Hudson
Neodesha
Carl. V. Nelson
Iola
Ralph Schrader
Rush
Frank S. Wilkerson
Buckin
Kansas Nears One Fourth of U S Winter Wheat Crop
A report for Edward C Paxton shows Kansas with 11 184 000 acres or 22 8 of all winter wheat in the United States The state could yield about 200 000 000 bushels at 2 a bushel worth 400 000 000 to Kansas The December condition is 98 percent Bourbon county leads with a 232 percent acreage increase The report notes large cultivation grows in Missouri Oklahoma and Nebraska and announces a labor mobilization campaign for the 1919 harvest in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Edward C. Paxton
Federal Department of Agriculture
Kansas
United States
Texas
Bourbon County
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
A. L. Barkman
Federal Employment Service
Dlaskiycar
Wheat Will Not Wait: Workforce Mobilizes for Kansas and Oklahoma Harvest
Federal employment offices supplied half of the 40,000 men in Kansas and Oklahoma harvests and anticipate thousands more needed for the 191% yield. Women, children, and business and professional men answered the Wheat Won’t Wait call to gather the vast crop.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Remarkable Egg Producing Tonic Praised by Experts
Poultry experts at the New Jersey and Kentucky experiment stations laud a new egg producing tonic. They report it boosts hens egg output and recommend its use amid rising egg prices. A Kansas City lab offers 100 tablets for one dollar with a money back guarantee.
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R. R. Harras
New Jersey
R. L. Putins
Kentucky
Stock Yards Veterinary Laboratory
Laboratory
Kanznas City
Kansas City National Bank
Adv
Cause of Roar of Waterfalls
The roar of a waterfall is produced almost entirely by the bursting of millions of air bubbles.
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Ral “Edwards
Hero OF
Argonne
Charles Whittlesey
Edwards
Whittlesey
Lawrence Boy
Charles Oehrle
Bf McNish
Australia
Germany
United State
Haworth
Gallipoli
Long Pines
Egypt
France
Ordnance Department
England
Ardnance Department
London
Johnston
Rankin’s Drug Store
Beant Paul
Belgium
Paul E. H
Army
California
Wiedemann’s
Europe
Germania
Vesey. Holt
Bank of England
Ppateeritbee
State Board of Health
W. W. Cleland
Com. Lewis-A. Quigley
Hood
Ludendorff
America
Baron von Richthofen
U.S
Federal
Dr. Orclup
Dick Building
E. W. Mowe
Mexico
Achning’s
Skofstad
Plymouth Rock
Harrison
Aspinwall
Frank Patty
Ford
Shuphky
O& J. Carburetor Co
Iva Wedrudigon
Blvd
Cheago
Arthur Pine
EL Ro & Tel
Evans Auto
Evans Auto Supply
de Lane Uate
Mass
Scottish Rite Odoon
Knights ‘Tenglar
Dilek
Wilk
A. Hagmart
Hass
Ri Maine
Vermont
BO Black
Flace
Hone
Kansas City Star
Sam Galitzky
Mass. ST
Stark’s
Illinois Street
Lee's Goods
Detroit
Cutter & Smith Bros
Mass. Street
Dunmire
Te Bes
Ajaipi Mather
Fian Lon
Speevinl
Pscdrr
Weber
Citizens State Bank
Massachusetts
Wotf
Boox
Lawrence National Bank
J. D. Bowerlock
Geo. W. Kubne
W. S. Metcalf
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