Trappings of War Beautiful in Variety
Vivid scene from Varnes in West Flanders shows a war portico of khaki columns and armored cars in front of Hotel de Ville. Allied officers in varied uniforms mingle with French Belgian troops and pack mules, while war vehicles, saddles, and tailors mark a desertlike tableau amid the square’s bustle.
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Varnes
West Flanders
Melgian Vermy
Hotel de Ville
Scenl Cs
Wlite
Rocky Mountains
Vousiuut Iy
War skewers chill amid tavern talk and siege memories
In a wartime scene a foray forces soldiers to repair trenches while a pig wanders into a square and vanishes into a garrisoned house near a ninth century church. Officers debate spies and executions as famine and fear mingle with jokes in a quiet hotel dining room. Public life fades, monks tend the wounded, and civilians rare.
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Leon Bocker Improves After University Student Injury
Leon Bocker, a University student injured during Christmas vacation on Tauhana hill, has improved enough to move from the hospital to Mrs. Mervin's home at 947 Indiana Street. He is cared for by Mrs. Backer, who traveled from Scolonion, Kansas, to be with him, and continues light university work through correspondence.
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Leon’ Gocker
Tuthana Hill
Snatched Girl Handbag Report Sparks Police Alert
Santa Fe police respond after a handbag snatch from a University event. Two girls describe a male robber who appeared to be young, tall, and wearing casual clothes. The missing items include two dollars in cash a check on Watkins bank and a London wire transfer. A second note reports on London city directory shrinkage from 1914 to 1915 attributed partly to enlistments.
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University
Ie Santa Fe
Santa Pe
Watkins Bank
London
Fragmented Classified Snippets List Local Firms
A garbled page shows partial entries for businesses and services. It names firms like Automatches and Supplies in a Vermopt area with Bell phone references, a chiropractor entry, florists Brooks Mrs, a sheet metal works listing, and a clothier Stein Bloch Smart clothes line.
Lawrence City Directory Fragments and Local Services
A fragmentary Lawrence directory page lists numerous local businesses and services with street addresses and phone numbers. Notable entries include Griffin Coal Co on West 7th, Pardee and Ernst at 826 Mass, University Music Studio, and Lawrence Bottling Co. plus assorted shops, cleaners, tailors, and auto firms. The dense listing preserves names, places, and contact info in a snapshot of commerce.
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Sin
Neiler
Seins
Ene Xork
TORIA
Bears
Castoria
van Cutin
Deans Ciood Asparragis
Hedin
West Bight St
Stadt
Miter
Tin
Suvatey
Leon Bocker
Indiana
Gniek
GEO. & Sox
Rooint
Bell Phone
Mom
Abstractor, Loans & Ins
Brooks
Paut. R
Bell
Aun Sheet Metal Works
SIG Mass
Clothiers
Obes Clothier
Kasit Kiloko
Stein Bloch Smart
Snegas Bros
St. Bell
OPEL
Mth
Sams
Mass
Home
Whitbuead
Clark
Lh. Rt. M. No.3
Lawerence Natl Bank
Tabroor
Kentucky
Mary
Bat
Griffin Coal GO
7Th Street
Brussen
General Merchandise
Perkins
BR. M
Kerins Truest
Palace
Francis
Geo
Terriwoon
W. Pleasant Grotell
Stewart, C. C
Spoths,r
K. Rodgers
Watineins National
A. A. Whgrer
Lone Star
Mecconnell
W. C. Homie
Clinton Beasley
s.Bell
Dexkley
Quint
Vermont
Jenthet
Windmill Grocery
Klock
Hack
Bagcage
Grabber Bros
Perkins Bilg
Jor Rapp
River Pattee Sickel
Lawrence Lumber Yard
Sachugetts Street
Bennett, VT
Cannery
Jeriik
LE. Vue ‘Peoples Bank
Holloway & Jones
Nome
Srcalef
Wilder
Alrich
A. G
Kaw Valley
W. TH. Pendleton
Tenth St
Stevens
Jackson
Kennedy & Ernst
Carpenter & Contractor
Raymond Drug CO
A. Zimmerman Bell
Ind
Price Merc. CO
9Th St
T Smith
Tland
University Music
Pot U AS CO
Marble & Granite
Reeves & Coleman
Real Estate & Loans
IR. & CO
Brig
Home Phone
Bower & CO
Selz ‘Shoes
Koon
Syiee Lalty
H. V. Stunz
Bridge Street
Lawrence Transfer & Storage
Undertakers Bank
BOUL
J. W
Howell
L.A
Good & Richards
Vernient St
Water. Co.'s
Mount Hope Water CO
Mr. Kelsall
W. Limits
McNish
WM. Adams
Hemephone
Lawrence Botfling
Ee Lawrence Auto CO
Dicnst
Literary Digest
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