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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1919
Page
7
A garbled OCR fragment mentions two planes, cooling tanks, and a basement scene. It references a person under observation and possible hazard in a house with a tank, suggesting a potential safety issue or investigation. The text is highly fragmented with unreadable sections.
The narrator describes creating a cooled space using attic refrigeration and asbestos insulated piping to blow cool air into a room. By recirculating air from the ice plant era, he claims a comfortable 65 degree environment despite heat outside, praising the comfort and freshness of the indoor air.
A humorous note from the Owl’s Digestive Apparatus describes how owls eat everything they find and swallow the whole meal, including plates and utensils, with waste expelled as hard pellets. The piece compares the owl’s digestion to a human dining scene and notes it as a department interior tidbit from the Omaha World-Herald.
The Lincolnshire Arch Soc presented a fibula from Edward II or Richard II era to the Lincoln City and County Museum. The circular brooch, about half an inch, originally bore six emeralds. one emerald is missing but the rest are intact. An inscription on the back confirms a fourteenth century overtoken origin.
National progress centers on industry energy and upright ness as Samurl smiles.
Mrs. Belle Wilmott travels to Colorado for summer. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Taylor of Baldwin visit. The Becks and Claude Poe of Baldwin spend the Fourth in Lawrence. Elks chicken dinner featured. J. D. Rogers of Dallas and Mrs. Rogers visit Mrs. H. C. Still. Miss Et Jones and Miss Doi visit Topeka. Mrs. Alief Green of Onega joins Sig Ora house guests in Saco. Windy Campbell from Baldwin attends events. Flintom of Kansas City plans to attend next week.
Seager Wheeler, famed Canadian wheat breeder, promotes Red Bobs a new red grained, early ripening variety and Marquis wheat. Red Bobs, developed from Red Fife, yields earlier and resists hail, aiding western prairie expansion. Wheeler, based near Seskatchewsa, holds a world wheat record of 82.62 bushels per acre.
San Diego visitor to see daughter Mrs E S Sample while Baldwin resident Clyde Stuart visits Lawrence. Lawrence hosts out of town guests including Charles Bailey and family, Miss Sylvia McConnell from Chicago and others from Kansas towns. Local social round mentions Elks Club dinner, visitors from St Joseph, Gardner, Iola, Paola and Muncie Ind. plus university figures and a playful proverb closing the item.
A London magistrate asserts there is no such thing as a man who must take his own life. The piece questions moral rightness and notes oddities in the law. The Vancouver Sun quotes the remark about attempting death by one’s own hand and failing.
A compact note cites David Pryie on biography as a cure for affectation and mentions a remark about Japanese babies with heads shaved until age three, reflecting dated attitudes and phrases from a historical observation.
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