Russians abandon Kalusz and cross river in Galicia
Russian forces retreat from Kalusz in eastern Galicia but secure a crossing over the mnica river. German troops repulsed near Teton in France after an assault, with casualties reported. Verdun gains noted as Hill 304 positions are retaken from German control. German efforts to retake Teen Heights fail. July 17 date referenced with war office reports.
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Associated Press
Galicia
George Michaelis
Reich
Verdun
Hill 304
Teen Heights
War Office
Kalusz
Mnica
Kalusy
Paris
Teton
American Flags Flew Over Italian Front In War Report
Leavenworth Kansas July 17 American bankers sent by Chris Ambrosini of Leavenworth to his brother Giovanni Ambrosini commander of an Italian motorcycle machine gun company describe how twelve motor cycles each armed with a machine gun carried both the stars and stripes and the Italian flag when entering battle on the Carso plateau providing a vivid note of allied cooperation amid the hostilities.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Carso
Victor Anuel III
Chris Ambrosini
Eat
Giovanni Ambrosini
Peenane Ambrosini
Ere
Germans on Front Face 155 Divisions in June
A British French offensive reduced German strength on the Franco British front to 155 divisions by June 20. An AP correspondent notes inroads in April to June and estimates German losses at about 350000, from an original 447 divisions on the front from the North Sea to Switzerland.
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Associated Press
North Sea
Switzerland
Windsor Name Adopted for British Royal House
London July 17 King George today announced the royal name will be the House of Windsor to replace German origins. The decision follows moves to drop German titles and names from the royal house.
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House of Windsor
London
King George
Oye House
Ing George
Burg and
Gotha
Kansas Men to Camp at Topeka This July
Kansas guardsmen respond to Governor's call for officers to lead the new national army. More than 1,700 men from the state have applied for the second officers training camp, with the camp opening next month. The quota is 288, and officials say about 700 of the applicants are under 21.
Red Cross Dividends Urged by War Finance Committee
New York July 17. The American Red Cross war finance committee issued an appeal to shareholders urging that millions in corporate Red Cross dividends be paid to the organization. It warns that without these funds the Red Cross cannot equip, supply, and assist wounded soldiers abroad and at home during the spring offensive era.
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New York
Red Cross
American Red Cross War Finance Committee
Lawrence urged as dairy center by chamber meeting
Lawrence is proposed as a dairy center by the chamber of commerce in a noon meeting. Plans call for loaning farmers money to increase herds and secure milk supply, cooling and shipping stations, with Kaw Valley Milk Producers Association aiding. Allie Carroll urges dust control on north approach to the new bridge and a special committee to handle it.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Kaw Valley Milk Producers Association
Chamber
Allie Carroll
Carroll
W. C. Simons
E. Otis Perkins
Governor Capper at Summit Community Club Talk
Governor Capper will speak Wednesday at a Boulder Community Club meeting in Summit hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Bullard. The program includes vocal solos by George L. Miller, addresses on club women, mothers and conservation, and Kansas obligations and opportunities, with Mrs. H. O. Garvey and Mrs. David Mulvane among speakers and Green’s Orchestra providing music.
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Arthur Capper
Boulder Community Club
H. S. Bullard
Summit
George L. Miller
Our Club
H. O. Garvey
Kansas Pederstion of Womens
Abs
Mothers and Conservation
David Mulvane
Women’s Board Council National Defense
Green’s Orchestra
Food inquiry request filed by ex-congressman Taggart
Joseph Taggart former congressman for Kansas City Kansas and now FTC special counsellor asked permission to conduct a special food inquiry in Kansas City Missouri July 17 He telegraphed William J Harris chairman of the commission to authorize the investigation The inquiry would probe a reported price fluctuation in potatoes from 180 to 300 per bushel
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Kansas City
Joseph Taggart
Kansas
Federal Trade Commission
Taggart
Wm. J. Harris
City Contemplates Kaw Beach Improvements and Bridge Plans
City commission weighs funding for a Kaw Beach swimming area and a pontoon bridge with war department approval. A Wichita bank will hold water bonds as trustee. bills including paving on Winona street and a team of horses were approved.
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Lawrence
Kaw
Tom Harley
Secretary of War
Cleland
Blair
Massachusetts Street
Wichita Bank
Young Construction Company
Winona Street
T A McNeal to Speak at Farmers Institute Picnic
Douglas County Farmers Institute Picnic set for August 9 with T A McNeal editor of the Farmers Mail and Breeze as speaker. Ed Harvey, president, announced the invitation and noted a detailed program will follow. The annual event, not held in the last two years, will be at County Farm Grove.
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Farmers’ Institute
Douglas County
Farmers Institute
Ed S$. Harvey
T. A. McNeal
Farmers’ Mail
Breeze
Tom McNeal
County Farm Grove
Harvey
Minor Hearing on Utility Service Request
Judge C F Foley for the public utilities commission presided over a hearing in which W B Minor sues Kansas Electric Utilities Company to compel service. Evidence shows the Minor home uses electricity and neighbors would accept service if affordable, while defendants argue district maintenance costs may deter extension. The judge noted the commission may send an engineer for a field inquiry.
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C. F. Foley
Public Utilities Commission
W. B. Minor
Kansas _ Electric Utilities Company
Foley
City to seek 18000 bond approval for water plant upgrades
The city commission plans to request state utilities commission approval for an additional 18000 bond issue to fund water plant improvements. Black & Veatch estimated the extra equipment costs, and the advisory water committee endorsed pursuing the bond. Delays and higher material costs prompted the reestimate, deeming the original 250000 bond insufficient.
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City Commission
State Public Utilities Commission
Black & Veatch
State Utilities Commission
City Advisory Water Committee
Poultry Department Leads Lawrence County Fair Plans
Douglas County Fair Association secretary reports an elaborate fair in September featuring school district displays on district grown materials, boys and girls stock feeding contests, a large poultry exhibit with six cups and cash prizes, and a series of season ticket balloons to be released nationwide.
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C. W. Murphy
Douglas County Fair Association
Lawrence
Murphy
W. B. Dalton
Bisonte Stock Farm
Carroll Martin
Poultry Department
Compromise Food Bill Seeks Wheat Price Fix at 1.75
Washington July 17 Senate Democrats and Republicans move toward finalizing compromise amendments to the food control bill. A three member food administration board under the president replaces a single official, and a minimum wheat price of 1.75 dollars per bushel is set along with expanded government licensing and purchasing powers.
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Washington
Senate
Board of Food Administration
Congress
County Bonded Debt to End January 24 1924
The Journal-World reported last night that Douglas county bonded indebtedness totaling 145,500 dollars would be terminated January 24, 1924. The debt will end in January 1924.
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Journal-World
Douglas County
Roedern Replaces Helfferich As German Finance Minister
Amsterdam reports that Count Von Roedern takes over as finance minister replacing Dr Karl Helfferich who serves as secretary of the interior, per Berliner Tageblatt.
Fewer Court Cases With Bone Dry Law Change Noted
Chief Boyd and Judge Finch credit the bone dry law for fewer June court cases in Lawrence. June 1916 saw 55 arrests with 11 liquor charges while June 1917 recorded only 22 arrests, mainly for speeding and drunkenness.
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Boyd
Finch
Liquor Law
Lawrence
John Barley Corn
Charles Finch
Finch Ue
Expert offers service to Hoover in food conservation
Washington July 17 Dr E E McCollum a University of Kansas graduate who has worked ten years in nutrition at Wisconsin offers his services to Herbert Hoover without pay and joins the food conservation section of the food administration. He is noted as a top nutrition specialist and former Wisconsin professor of agricultural chemistry. He recently resigned to join Johns Hopkins Rockefeller Foundation school of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore. He graduated from Kansas in 1908 and paid his college expenses by carrying the Daily Journal World.
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Washington
E. E. McCollum
University of Kansas
University of Wisconsin
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Conservation
The
Food Administration
McCollum
Journal-World
Wisconsin
Rockefeller Foundation
New School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Maryland
Hoover
Dollar Day bargains sweep Lawrence for one day
Lawrence readers are told to bring their Journal-World to town for Dollar Day. Twenty leading stores cut prices to one dollar on Thursday, with dry goods, clothing, footwear, books, jewelry, and summer items offered at deep discounts. Special windows, stock-clearance cuts, and $1 off $5 purchases highlight the one day event.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Palm Beach
Evans Drug
Spot Cash Shoe Store
Starkweather
Wolf’s Book Store
Gustafson
Ed W. Parsons
Red Cross Reduces Subscriptions and Expands First Aid
A new Red Cross beginners class is organized at the Watkins Bank building, with regular meetings to be set this afternoon. Membership certificates will be mailed to yearly members, detailing expiration dates. Western Union gives 250000 to the Red Cross, and national aid plans include convalescent housing and a swimming pool at Ft Oglethorpe.
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Red Cross
Watkins Bank
Watkins Bank _ building
Merchants National Bank
American Red Cross Society
The
Western Union Telegraph Company
Newcomb Carlton
Minimum wage favored for Kansas girls at $6 a week
Kansas merchants and employers urged a six dollar weekly minimum wage for working girls during a hearing before the Industrial Welfare Committee. Several owners and managers of large mercantile establishments testified that $6.00 a week should be adopted as the minimum.
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Kansas
Topeka
Industrial Welfare Committee
W. R. Smith Seeks Active Service at 64
William R. Smith, 64, of this city volunteered for the Field Artillery headquarters company in the Kansas National Guard. The recruiting officer declined due to age. A Columbia University graduate, he served seven years as a sergeant in the regular army and wished to do his bit on the battlefield.
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William R. Smith
Field Artillery Regiment
Kansas National Guard
Smith
Columbia University
United States
City Accepts Oak Hill Mausoleum Contract Work
City commissioners accepted the completed Oak Hill mausoleum this morning. Contractor A R Young agreed to finish interior decoration and grading duties when called upon. The land deed was turned over to the city as trustee.
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Oak Hill
A. R. Young
Pioneer Lawrence editor Robert Elliott dies at 88
Lawrence mourns the death of Robert Gaston Elliott at his son Sam S. Elliott’s home, aged nearly 89. A pioneer editor and politician, Elliott helped found the Kansas Free State in 1854 with Josiah Miller, shaping early territorial journalism and state governance. He served as county treasurer and assessor, helped organize the state university, and supported KU governance as a regent. Elliott's work and partnership with Miller left a lasting imprint on Kansas newspaper and public life.
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Lawrence O
Les Reet
Robert Iott
Elliott
Sam S. Elliott
West Seventh Street
Herald of Freedom
Miller
Douglas County
Kansas
State University
University of Kansas
The
of Kansas
Kansas Free State
Josiah Miller
W. E. Colemelley
Inn of Kansas
Lawrence
Robert Gaston Elliott
Union County
Indiana
South Carolina
South
Common Schools
Miami University
Josiah
Kan
Lawresn
Kansas Free Press
State Historical Society
Ent
Pethetioe
Food Conservation Advice Highlights Saving Fruit Supplies
The United States agriculture group offers suggestions to extend fruit and vegetable supplies through freezing storage. Hotels, restaurants, and pie factories are cited as users of frozen storage. No arrests have been made in Lawrence for the string of arsons as most motorists now use lights.
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United States
Lawrence
Euigers
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