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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
4
The paper appeals for donations to feed starving Armenian orphans and Belgian relief, urging readers in Kansas to contribute substantial amounts. It cites Shawnee and Douglas counties surpassing and trailing targets, and contrasts with past fundraising efforts while noting broader social commentary on fashion and prohibition.
1561 Sir Francis Bacon born in London. 1615 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette remains moved. 1871 Moselle bridge between Nancy and Thionville blown. 1814 rioting unemployed in Berlin. 1901 Queen Victoria died at Osborne born 1819. 1915 Russian advance in Galicia check. 1916 Nieces bombarded German lines. 1917 Wilson announces peace without victory to Senate.
A list of birthday acknowledgments for William H. Finley Brig Gen Edward A. Anderson Rt Rev Louis Walsh Dr Francis L. Patton and Chage S Osborn noting years since birth. Also notes Red Crop Salvage Store on Vermont St, a Mutt and Jeff in the Woolly West cartoon at Bowersock Theater January 23, and grooming products at McCulloch’s Drug Store. Ends with etymology of raining cats and dogs from England.
A dated advertisement promotes rapid weight loss using oil of Korein with plain directions. It claims fast, pleasant results and offers a free wrapper by writing to Korein at NA 6d4, Station F, New York.
Wartime piece argues Germany stole factory machinery and homes in Lille during occupation, deported women and girls, and destroyed industry. It urges punishment by present and future generations, citing French cities like Ypres and Peronne to demand restitution and universal accountability.
A speaker recalls deportations of over 10,000 youths to Germany and the suffering of Lille residents. The account condemns German war aims as rooted in dominance and details long lasting destruction, ruined factories, and mothers watching sons and daughters taken away.
Senator Laing of Russell introduces a concurrent resolution urging the War Department to release soldier-farmers at once to aid spring planting and stock feeding amid a record Kansas wheat crop shortage of manpower. He calls for a copy to be sent to Washington to normalize peace conditions.
A speech asserts that the world grants criminals equal sympathy as Germans. It argues society feeds and clothes offenders to atone, and would do so for the German people to expiate their crime, after which they may earn a place in civilization again. France and allied powers are not mentioned.
British Honduras lies near the Yucatan and Guatemala, a hot climate with lush woods, vast flowers, and abundant wildlife. English settlers arrived early, with a history shaped by Spanish treaties and empire ties. The country features marshland, fertile dry ground, mahogany and dye wood, bananas, rice, coconuts, and the port of Belize Town as a key entry point.
The Laing resolution gains support of thousands of Kansas farmers who allege women have shouldered farm duties while young men in camps in the United States are held without reason and demand swift discharge.
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