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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
8
Reports indicate heavy losses on the Great Lakes with estimates of 6 to 8 million dollars in shipping damage. Mention is made of 78 sailors from two French sweepers missing after an incident on Lake Superior on November 24. A food sale is planned at Pinckney to benefit the school library.
Lawrence citizens are told of the Emick Brown Investment Company Ltd a Kansas incorporated firm with 10000 capital at 704 Massachusetts street The officers are W E Emick president W A Brown vice president and J G Emick secretary treasurer The firm will handle real estate insurance and loans and will not issue city property loans The building and loan association handles city loans Brown is described as a recognized local hustler and the office is open to the public The notice also mentions the O L F funeral gathering and local residents visit to Kansas City.
A Kansas Methodist Church hosted a temperance rally led by the Douglas County W C T U with Miss Helen Backer and Mayor George L. Kreeck. Speakers included Rev. S A Lough who credited Frances E. Willard and stressed ongoing fights against vice and liquor.
Piano tuning orders booked this period at two dollars and ninety cents each. Vionce reportedly rehired and available for service, with appointments aligned to customer needs.
Ed W Price & Company of Chicago sent the 1919 spring line to E Wilson of Lawrence, featuring pure wool cassimeres at 25 to 28 50 and 35, worsteds at 35 to 40, and blue serges and worsteds at 31. The styles range from conservative to extreme, with options for custom tailoring and guaranteed color and workmanship.
Kansas fans get a preview of a tougher stretch as the Jayhawker squad, led by prep for tough action, readies to host Missouri at Robinson Gym on January 31 and February 1. W. O. Hamilton notes the Tigers, with a fast, fighting unit, have beaten Ames twice and could derail Kansas early Valley play. Roy Bennett shines as guard forward versatility emerges among juniors and letter men.
The University of Kansas plans an annual banquet to honor football players and will elect a captain for the next year. Coach Jay Bond urges awarding sweaters and letters despite Valley decisions calling this a blank year. Athletic manager W C Hamilton says the athletic board needs reorganization and has not received recommendations.
The Francisco and Hartig tailender teams split the four games in the Elks sevenback tourney last night, each taking two wins. Peterson led Francisco with 201, while Hartig posted the high score of 209 for his team. Evening totals show Hartig 226 286 219 226 and Francisco 215 234 224 244.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the bereavement of Everett D. Wood who died in France on November 17 1918. Special thanks go to the High Prairie Church members for their sympathy. Signed by Mr and Mrs J R Wood and others.
Kansas will have a baseball team this season with three game series planned at Lawrence and Ames. Key players return from last year’s squad, including pitchers Marxen, Slawson, Harms, and leadoff stars, while Missouri drops baseball for 1919.
Report notes that hydrophobia or rabies is not known to exist in the Pit South of the Sahara region, though it is common in the north of Africa. The statement highlights geographic distribution concerns for the disease.
A compact remark notes that English thrives on a rich tone driven vocabulary, enabling quicker expression than many languages. It emphasizes the language’s unusual abundance of tone and syllable variety that aids concise communication.
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