Bantam Regiments Considered By War Dept
The War Department recently announced it would not object to forming bantam regiments. Small men asked for a chance to serve, noting famous fighters and athletes who achieved success despite lesser height. The article highlights Rabbit Maranville, Jack Ditlow, Elmer Olphant, Dick Rudolph, and Paul Jones as celebrated athletes and war era standouts.
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Rabbit Maranville
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Jack Ditlow
Lawrence Rotary Club to Aid Army Camps Recreation
The Lawrence Rotary Club will cooperate with Kansas clubs to organize recreation and entertainment at U.S. army camps. A state commission will include representatives from Rotary, the YWCA, and the state, with Topeka hosting the initial meeting on Friday July 27 to select a state representative for the effort.
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Lawrence
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Lawrence Rons
Kansas
WY. M.C. A
Rotary Clubs
Topeka
Veonin Wey Pex
Wills Wee
Peculiar Death Mystery Carried Through Generations
An aged text fragment notes a man died in Tos and a peculiarity persisted for about 500 years across fourteen generations, suggesting a long familial or cultural trait surviving despite time.
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Tos
A Reporters Heaven reflects a dream of meeting friends
In the Atchison Globe a columnist imagines heaven as a place where a reporter can meet all his friends without intruding on their lives, a quiet, idealized escape from public scrutiny.
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Atchison Globe
Rotary meeting set in Denver. local figures travel
Mr Barnes will meet with the Colorado Rotarians in Denver tomorrow. George F. Haines left Lawrence for Bellville after visiting his father. Haines is advertising manager for the St. Louis Lumberman. Shin Ichi Takaki left yesterday for Yokohama.
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Colorado Rotarians
Denver
George F. Haines
Lawrence
Bellville
Alas Hain
George Haines
St. Louis 1 Lumberman
Shin Ichi Takaki
Yokohama
Obituary note recalls Hosford family and Wilson kin
The obituary commemorates Flora H Dick Hattie H Garrett and three Hosford brothers and details Mariah H Wilson born in Ashland Ohio in 1840. It traces her life from Kansas settlement in 1855 to Springdale Friends Church work and her marriage to Theoas Jefferson Wilson. She leaves her son Eli Wilson five granddaughters and Alberta Wilson Green of Junction City with lingering family memory of her motherly care. Alberta Wilson Green is noted among those in Kansas. The piece ends with a general note from Journal World and a subscription prompt.
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Mariah H. Wilson
Ashland
Ohio
Wm. Hosford
Kansas
Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
Springdale
Johnson County
Theoas Jefferson Wilson
Friends’ Church
Eli Wilson
Kathryne M. Wilson
Lillian Wilson Perkins
Hazel Wilson
Helen Wilson
Lawrence
Alberta Wilson Green
Junction City
Kan
Kate Cadwell
Eudora
Bad Verse and Youthful Contact Reconsidered in Atlantic Monthly
The essay argues bad verse emerges at life’s crises and from vanity, not magazine policy, praising its raw honesty. It critiques the belief that contact with youth rejuvenates teachers, noting the pressure of public opinion on aging mentors and the social drift toward middle age.
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Maeterlinck
New Republic
World’s Largest Rattlesnake at Raleigh Museum
A Raleigh North Carolina state museum houses what is claimed as the largest rattlesnake in any collection. The reptile measures six feet eleven inches long and weighs eleven pounds two ounces. It has twelve rattles.
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Raleigh
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