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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1914
Page
3
Ladies host garden gatherings and dinners while student groups plan parlor events. Isabel Kent entertains guests for a four course meal. Symposia Embroidery Club and S S Society meet at homes on Speaker notes, roll calls, and summer plans cited.
A jumble of personal notices shows residents planning summer travel and visits. McVarian of W44 Alabama Street sails to Denver and Colorado Springs for ten weeks while Charles Greenlees departs for Denver. Others, including Kate Wright of Kilbourg and Grace Hornaday, swap Lawrence for Kansas City and Nebraska trips as summer plans unfold.
Robert Smith, 17, captured in Union Pacific yards for breaking into a caboose. He admitted taking four handkerchiefs a necktie shoes and a razor. Detained by police and sent to juvenile court. Accomplice William Price, 19, arrested by Officer Ed McKissack and turned over to authorities.
Gets! Watch for Abstinence manager of Grand R [One & ny, Ft. Smith, Ark, on July p presented hisi'son, Warren: B. Hansiel, how! employed at Wolf's Babk St re, with-a $40.00 'Howard owates askfulfillment of, a promise, made 15 years, age by the son that he pwould not use intoxicating lquors or tobacco in ary form, which has hen faithfully kept. Mr. Hanson expects to pay 'a similar promise in tWo yen's' to his son Geo. N., Jr. , :
Classified notice from a Valley_L brand listing the Kaw Ankeny company seeks galilen wax or green beans for supply. Wording suggests a procurement or purchasing request with minimal detail.
A Rock Island freight wrecked early yesterday when a passenger train collided with derailed cars near Whiting. Twelve freight cars toppled. ten passengers bruised and several crew members injured. The line remained closed until nightfall as survivors walked the wreckage and waited for repairs.
A Kansas City delegation led by J.R. Long Charles Keith and J.B. White protested definitions in the Clayton anti trust bill passed by the House. They met with President Wilson to urge changes, citing unfavorable Midwestern business conditions but expressing hope for improvement soon.
A received message from the Superintendent of the Superia State Asylum states Lamb has been discharged as improved. It instructs evacuations for U S S California and Mazatlan options, referring to Guaymas and Mexican federal actions in July.
Reports cite arrival of steamers Benilo Jpare and convoy to Rear Admiral Howard as agents of a day-long sequence of conferences between Federal and Constitutionalist generals. Prisoner exchange negotiations continued, with progress near completion amid ongoing talks.
Jefferson City reports a July d6 petition requests President to appoint Judge W W Graves of the Missouri Supreme Court to the federal bench to fill the vacancy created by Justice Lurton.
Fragmentary OCR text offers no clear names dates or events. The readable bits resemble a garbled line likely from a notice or caption, lacking coherent details for a factual two-line card.
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