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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
4
The excerpt outlines policy on political announcements including monthly and minimum charges, payment in advance, and rates for display and reading notices. It lists office contacts in Lawrence Kansas and Chicago New York, along with distribution notes and archival references.
Reports say allied armies in Saloniki spend millions weekly at the port as Thracian Greeks show appreciation for foreign presence. Kansas retailers visiting Daniaite next week will find the town at its best and will be welcomed with good times and hospitality. Southern women claim 100000 supporters for Hughes, showing their stance by voting.
Though time has left its mark on their bodies the spirit of the G A I members remains unconquerable as they were in the sixties. They announce they will march in parades at the national encampment this year and refuse offers to transport them past the reviewing stand in motor cars. The Emporia Gazette notes a police dog donated by A H Gufler to aid in locating criminals but suggests Emporia needs a police dog to locate officers when needed as a long felt want.
A report says domestic servants in Denver will resort to sabotage and discipline their employers by smashing the chi. It is unclear whether employers can detect a difference from the usual run of affairs.
The cavalry of the European armies has had comparatively little to do in the present war since its opening days. Yet the mounted arm remains ready and deployed where needed, with swift reconnaissance and counter movements noted in recent operations.
A Burlington group of farmers plowed forty five acres of fields last Sunday to honor a neighbor serving with the National Guards. The act reflects patriotism and community spirit.
A Kansas State Agricultural College initiative promotes a students loan fund to aid financially pressed learners. The Kansas University model, established years ago, has loaned thousands at low interest with few losses due to borrowers’ nonpayment, reflecting trust in students striving through college.
The article notes that wars influence English vocabulary with words like kultur and embargo entering use. It cites a sixteenth century war with Spain adding terms, and later campaigns in the Low Countries supplying words such as freebooter, stalwart, cashier, sconce and domineer to the language.
The Deutschland arrives in American waters with a small cargo of dyestuffs and will return with nickel and rubber amid debate over neutrality. The piece argues that lawful traffic at sea under U S protection sustains commerce and opposes embargoes that would surrender sovereign rights and provoke war. It asserts that German success harms no one when trade remains open and lawful.
A nostalgic ad style piece contrasts vacation joy with dietary misadventures, praising Triscuit as a Summer snack and recalling labor unrest and a Kansas Colorado migrant issue. It rails at relief burdens while detailing misdirected public aid and local commentary by Td. Gray, Commissioner of Poor.
A dated diatribe claims Hiram Johnson supporters sap public sanity as sixty or seventy inmates from an asylum are shipped across the Pacific coast towns in new clothes. Dropped at stations from Emporia to Athens, one ends up in Lawrence under gentle care and a harsh assessment of modern politics. The piece contrasts punitive reform with political expedients and calls for real solutions to the “undesirables” problem.
In Pleasant Grove neighborhood the threshing engine returns with Mr. Laster threshing Saturday and Monday. Edgar and Ward Landis visit home folks Sunday. Peter Riley helps W. D. Lyons put up hay Friday. Mrs. Lyons goes to Lawrence. granddaughter Elva Badsky visits until Sunday. Mrs. Rhoda Ellis from Lawrence visits her daughter Mrs. E. S. Law. May Capper and daughter from Lawrence visit Ed Shields. Bud Purdue’s of Model visits Noah Eberhart. Mrs. Barnhart calls on Mrs. Ornie Herr. Row and Gustie Puckett go fishing. catch weighs six pounds. Bertha Boehle goes to Lawrence Tuesday. Elva Badsky spends Friday night with cousins Walter and Gordon Lyons. Audrey Tandis spends Friday night.
Local residents share weekend visits and farming tasks. Edna Lyons and others attended a social after a past ball game where the married men lost. Hibner left for Graham county to harvest. Several families hosted dinners and Sunday church services were held with Rev. Cakrive preaching at Pleasant Valley. High Prairie Ladies Aid elected officers for the coming year. next meeting planned for July 26.
A fragment notes plans to visit Miller Kansas and Queemo then return plus a soda brand recommendation McNish Concord Grape. It mentions Early Fisher of Hiawatha in Bourrehice, letters from home, sending the Journal-World, and a two month subscription for 25 cents.
Candidate notices reveal SAM STANLEY announcing for County Commissioner Second District and Allison Andrews filing for a Republican nomination. The statements indicate candidacies in the Douglas County race subject to primaries.
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