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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
3
Turkiye faced unease as three Turkish armies near Konia Balikesri and Amakia reportedly refuse to obey Constantinople orders. The stance risks independent movements in Asia Minor and weakens the central post in Constantinople amid stalled Turkish delegate proposals.
Chicago police issued orders to enforce the state liquor law to the letter. The rule bans beverages over 1 percent alcohol from being drunk, given away, transported, or sold, with arrests and prosecutions to follow.
Open session for the peace treaty was discussed with sentiment against early open consideration. Leaders expect the decision may wait until the treaty is submitted but anticipate most sessions will be open.
Fire at South Ferry terminal destroys one subway car and damages another. Passengers, mostly women, flee as casualties could not yet be confirmed. In London a Bolshevik claim reports seizure of Perm from Kolchak forces, signaling a setback for the northern defense west of the Urals.
City records show fifteen deaths in Lawrence over the last thirty days, twelve of which were over sixty. Only four were of colored individuals. During the same period there were fourteen births, seven girls and seven boys, all children of white parents.
In Rio de Janeiro on July 2 crowds demonstrated against cafe owners who sought to double prices. Patrons refused to pay more than the traditional five cents for a small cup, causing several cafes to close temporarily before shops announced a return to the old price.
The American Red Cross responds to the Florence Italy earthquake disaster offering aid through headquarters in Geneva. Resources and facilities are arranged to assist thousands made homeless by the quake. Potential cooperation from various areas is noted in the cablegram.
A British government officer urged business leaders in New York to spread Allen's Foot-Ease as a relief powder for tired feet. The ad claims it soothes swollen, aching feet, corns, bunions, blisters, callouses and reduces shoe friction for soldiers after long marches. It recommends soldiers shake it into shoes daily and suggests buying for sons or friends in the military.
Omaha visitor C W Roberts and Topeka resident F A McCoy are among those listed in greetings from Lawrence. Several relatives travel, including Miss Dorothy Dirge heading to the Ozarks for summer. The note closes with a July 4 plant closure and extended office hours.
Paris July 2 Louis Loucheur minister of reconstruction said the French government will import 1 million tons of coal from the United States. A special fleet will be used for the import. He told the chamber France may face winter with doubt on fuel but should tide over the coal crisis.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes early hatch improves vitality and growth, with pullets becoming profitable layers in the following winter. Early season eggs show higher percentages of success.
The guide outlines selecting even shape medium eggs for saving, cooling storage no more than ten days, and daily turning. It emphasizes cleaning the incubator with hot soapy water, wood alcohol inside, clearing lamp flues, and boiling the burner. Run incubator 48 hours, test eggs after five days, then clean the brooder and prepare a disinfected, separate space for hatchlings.
A statement from the Ohio College of Agriculture argues caponizing yields larger, more economical birds that are easier to handle and fetch higher prices. It warns against selling late hatch cockerels as broilers and recommends caponizing and marketing after the holidays at six to ten pounds each to boost meat supply and profits.
Berlin July 2 The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports Germany has taken no definite steps toward speedy ratification of the peace treaty. Preliminary questions, especially frontier boundaries for seeded regions, must be settled first.
A vintage ad promotes S. S. S. as a great vegetable blood medicine to revitalize the blood and restore vigor. It urges readers to visit druggists and order bottles, naming Swift Laboratory in ante, Ga as the address for the remedy.
A. W. Logan of Quenemo visited the city to enlist P. C. Stewart and Ben Brown for an air flight over Quenemo on the Fourth. He offered a Lawrence man a ride to deliver the address but the man declined due to distance from family. Logan also tallied his southern department’s I A U contribution, totaling over half a million.
A collage of aphorisms on character and hope. From Castoria reflections to Martha musings and the power of hope, the snippets praise resilience and caution against envy. Quoted lines urge moral restraint and fair regulation in daily life.
Saint-Saens showed extraordinary musical talent as a child able to identify notes from house chimes. Mrs George Chambers and daughter plus Miss Eleanor Ames of Los Angeles will join Mr Chambers in Oil City Pennsylvania.
The guide emphasizes proper brooder density for chicks, feeding practices, and barn hygiene to reduce losses. It warns against overfeeding and stresses dry coops, vermin control, and clean litter to promote healthy growth in eight to ten weeks. It also oddly shifts to a historical note on Jews and disease immunity and mentions a Nashville campaign tied to a denomination.
A garbled recipe of home tips covers stain removal with peroxide and sun, lemon salt for rust, candle prep, beeswax repairs, and garden greens like Swiss chard and Chinese cabbage. Advice on baking, cleaning, and cooking stresses practical hacks such as pineapple juice for digestion and fillings with pineapple bananas and orange.
A fragment quotes Samuel Johnson on man’s value and worth noting that every person holds quality deserving reward when applied wisely. The aphorism emphasizes inherent value and merit in all individuals.
A reflective musing on waiving rights and protecting others property. Also mentions percolators at Parsons jewelry store and a brief dialogue about age and “old times.” The piece notes the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in northern Arizona as a geographic fact.
A fragment reflects on how a comfortable salary can wreck genius and push great minds to the edge of employment. The quote from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes men with ideas may despair when success becomes a cage. Reform or risk may be implied.
An old advertisement-style piece urges readers to treat gout and kidney issues with Dr. Pierce’s Amurit and Anuric. It promotes hot water intake and warns of backache headaches and insomnia from kidney sluggishness. It claims a free medical consultation from Dr. Pierce at Buffalo and instruction to mail ten cents for a trial package.
A brief, fragmented quotation contemplates worry and fear within a relationship and hints at doubt about upheaval, suggesting a tension between personal bonds and political upheaval without concrete events or details.
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