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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
2
The Journal-World will hold a summer tennis tournament at McCook field courts starting Wednesday. Entries accepted until 6 am Tuesday, with drawings and schedule set thereafter. At least sixteen entries expected, winner receives a gold medal and runner up silver.
Contenders may still enter as entries are received until 6 p.m. Tuesday. a 25 cent installation fee covers tournament expenses. Various notes mention a range of local items including river catfish pricing and new business locations.
A playful exchange unfolds with a sharp retort about a lost breath moment. An ad mentions Hyball Ginger Ales and chocolate ice cream as top choices, while McNish and O'Dell are noted with local phone numbers.
Local notes show changes to Twilight League games with Y. M. C. A. facing Haskell ap and Summer Session club meeting Knights and Ladies of Security at Woodland Park. Games set to start at six o'clock.
The Topeka Golf Club will visit Lawrence Country Club on July 15 for a one-year championship match between the two cities. Lawrence players aim to even the score after recent Topeka wins and a new course adds fresh competition.
A fragment-like scene features overheard banter about who talks too much and a comment on voting for prohibition. Characters Bronco Bob and others debate motives and satisfaction in watching others suffer, reflecting a temperate, chatty tone.
The Caspian Sea is noted as the world’s largest inland body of water with an area about 1. su and siare wiles.
An article notes Mrs H L Garland of Quelous Law has long used a single servant, a Black woman in service for eight years before the Civil War. It mentions the servant’s name and details, reflecting dated views. It also references early 17th century England and debates over coach use in Parliament.
A brief Pathfinder quip features two landladies bantering about tenants. The first claims they manage to keep boarders longer than others, while the second notes their tenants appear longer than they are due to thinness.
A fragmented historical note covers the early exhibition of the telephone in Philadelphia and the subsequent development in Porto Rico where sarsaparilla is widely grown and sold by jibaros. It also mentions medicinal use and rum steeping, plus a dated aside about a skeletal figure and arm length differences in a twentieth century observer.
A new hanlonperated machine designed to soften stiff leather is reported from Oklahoma. The piece mentions daily life scenes with a woman planning a spring hat purchase in town for forty dollars and a morning alarm setting dialogue.
A satirical remark from Fliegende Blaetter mocks a cottage owner asking if water exists after months without rainfall. The exchange implies drought or droughtlike conditions and regional humor about weather.
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