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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
8
Final arrangements set for a round robin handball tournament at the YMCA. Sixteen seniors and twenty four high school boys entered. Matches run daily over about ten days with the top two in each group meeting for the final. Winners receive a silver medal. the runners up bronze. Second prize and consolation pins offered.
Lutheran boys camp near Ced ar Creek ended with 25 to 30 youths returning to town after eight days of outdoor sports led by Rev. E. E. Stauffer. No injuries reported aside from a near-accident when gas oil was poured on a stump. A later street scene featured a touring car with a novelty horn, and local notices advertise Ladies Circle No. 75 G. A. R. meeting and sales at Carroll Fortayne.
A car carrying Carl Abi than his wife and four of their children and aunt Miss Missouri Huffman was struck by a locomotive in Los Angeles. The car was thrown over a hundred feet. the fourth child escaped with minor injuries. The Huffmans had formerly lived in Carruthersville, Missouri. Huffman was wealthy.
A notice from the Richmond Trem confirms the death of I M Ridenour in Lawrence. He was 82, a brother of pioneer P D Ridenour and cousin to Mrs. P H Pierce. Many Lawrence residents knew him and mourn his passing.
An appeal was filed from Justice Wilson's court in the M. M. Adams case after Elmer Myers allegedly took liquor from Adams as he stepped off a Kansas City train. Adams contends Myers had no right to the booze. Myers disputes this, sending the matter to Judge Smart for decision.
Plan to form a state organization to improve school health and hygiene follows a letter from Dr. Thomas A. Storey urging a permanent society. W D Ross of Topeka chairs Kansas organizing committee for the Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene to be held in Buffalo, last week of August.
Classified notes list sale items including piano chairs beds dressers tables washing machine and refrigerator. A rag and recycling offer pays two cents per pound for suitable white ecotton rags. Also posted is a sale of Hammond Atlas of the World at reduced price and a job ad for special representatives with earnings during training in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Early closing horse races at Douglas county fair face risk of not filling as only sparse entries arrived by deadline. Three year old trot, 2:18 trot, 2:12 pacing, and three year old pacing races offered thousand dollar purses, but twelve entries per race and six starts required. If not met, events move to late closing on September 5 with purses reduced to 400. Funeral notice and market report items follow with Dr. E. B. Hazzard's funeral tomorrow and Associated Press Market results for Kansas City trades.
Woodward & Co outfits you to suit your expense idea with Eastman cameras as premier products. Wiedemann’s Apricot Ice offers a distinct beverage. Wiedemann’s drinks tempt thirst. T. C. Pitch leaves today to rejoin family at Maple Lake Minnesota.
Marquette Michigan July 11 Red bone Holzhay known as Black Bart after a western desperado was released from prison yesterday He terrorized Minnesota Michigan and Wisconsin with stagecoach and train robberies in 1989 He was sentenced to five years but later reduced to twenty four years A brain bone splinter pressed on the brain surgery improved his condition He had a murder conviction and life sentence and nearly died in an escape attempt He reformed becoming a prison librarian and leaves prison an educated man
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