Journal-World Declines Mormon Sheriff Campaign Stance
Lawrence Kansas July 25 1918 The Journal-World weighs in on the Republican sheriff race naming five candidates and noting past rivalries involving Sel Ray Buck Woodward and W T H Banning While not endorsing a candidate the paper signals it will fight back against attempts to revive old grudges and stresses its stance on enforcing the law and public duty
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Journal-World
Sherif
Buck Woodward
Sel Ray
W. T H. Banning
Ventocrat
Buck Wooleach
Ray
Mr. Rat
Lawrence
Nuys
Weathered quip on turnips and bank robbers tale
A fragment hints at agricultural folklore about planting turnips on July twenty fifth amid discussions of current farming, then pivots to a cynical line about bank robbers who lost cash to hot lead. It closes with a humorous note about Kansas bathers facing only mud turtles and long horned catfish.
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Kansas
Bank Robbers Seen In Dodge Car
Last sighting places the robbers in a Dodge vehicle. The report notes they observed the rhythm of fate in the moment, reflecting on the eternal fitness of things as they escaped.
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Une
Bank Robbers Activity Sparks Rifle Club Plans
In Kansas, the bank robbery activity prompts the rifle club to organize for a busy and highly useful season, signaling readiness and potential goals for the coming period.
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Kansas
Rifle
Cobb Family Tops Popularity in Nation
Three members of the Cobb family, including Living and Cornanthe, hold key spotlight roles, making the Cobb clan among the nation’s most popular social figures.
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Fam T
Cornanthe
Cobb
Verdun Fighting Review Sparks Kansas Towns Wishful Plan
Citizens in several Kansas towns hope wartime losses at Verdun could be redirected into relief and conversion projects. Local leaders urge practical steps to aid families and support war efforts, proposing fundraising drives and community aid for veterans.
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Verdun
Kansas
Washington widow weds sixth husband after many losses
A Washington widow aged 33, who married her sixth husband last week after burying the others, appears to share a repeating fate with her spouses. London reports on popular girl caddies in golf, noting tall players and the sight of a young woman carrying golf bags for capable men.
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Washington
London
Englind
Indiana Seeks Title as Mother of Vice Presidents
The state probes how kinship networks link notable figures across classes and backgrounds via the name K. It suggests Indiana could claim close ties to a wide range of public figures through family connections.
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Indiana
Hlsin
Denver baby raised without affection faces grim future
A 13 month old Denver infant is described as being raised with deprivation, denied typical infant care and "baby talk" toys. The infant will be exposed to Santa Claus only when able to understand. If he survives, he may later read Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, treasures his parents are withholding.
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Denver
Santa Claus
Grimm
Hans Christian Anderson
Kansas Facts From 1915 State Report
Kansas 1915 data show farm products valued at over 340 million dollars and manufactures at 325 million. The state leads in wheat production and bank deposits per capita, with widespread wealth and education investment including 12 million annual education spend and a 16 million permanent school fund. Enrollment exceeds 27,000 with literacy high.
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Kansas
Natio Kansas
Union
Properta
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward and Testimonials
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy. It lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and claims the product acts on mucous surfaces. testimonials are offered free and bottles sold everywhere.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mily
Fitla
The Associated Press and its nationwide network
The text explains The Associated Press as a mutual organization of over 900 newspapers with its own leased wires spanning Bangor to Seattle and Duluth to New Orleans. It notes day and night wire mileage totaling about 50,000 miles and describes revenue sources and word flow, clarifying that there are no franchises.
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Associated Press
Bangor
Maine
Seattle
Wash
San Diego
Cal
Duluth
Minn
New Orleans
Galveston
Havana
Brewer’s clever beer gag on church page prompts reply
The New York Tribune sport page carried three inches of baseball language about Alexander the Great and beer. Brewer’s money paid for the ad with a quip about conquering the world before 32. The next day a rebuttal appeared from the Anti-Saloon League of New Jersey noting Alexander died at 33 in a drunken debauch.
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New York Tribune
Alexander the Great
Anti- Saloon League of
New Jersey
the Christian Herald
George Lloyd George: Man of the Hour in Britain
The piece lauds David Lloyd George as the key figure in the UK prior to and during war. It highlights his roles from chancellor of the exchequer to secretary of state for war, noting his pacifying impact on labor disputes, involvement in Ireland home rule, and expected leadership of munitions and Allied strategy under Gen Joffre, while praising his practical grasp and decisiveness. A local note mentions Kate Riley and Annie Kosanke visiting Franklin, Kansas.
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George
Great Britain
David Lloyd George
United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Kitchener
Sec
Department of Munitions
France
Orge
Ireland
Earl Kitchener
Joffre
British Empire
Globe
Lightning Strikes Tree, Rain Floods Lawrence Area
Twenty five years ago a bolt hit a big tree in Geo Barker’s yard during a storm, injuring Mrs Sheen nearby. Rain reached 1.57 inches as Wakarusa and Franklin bottoms flooded, North Lawrence bayous boomed. Mrs Sarah Ann Welsh of Wakarusa township dies at 61. Dr and Mrs Wil lis ton welcome a daughter born July 12 in New Haven. City Attorney Spangler returns from Great Bend with wheat interests. Miss Clara House returns from Kansas City. A. G. Landis rents 9 room house at 925 Indiana, moves to Lawrence. A boy at Allendorph bitten by bear at grove. Solon Thacher-Williams sick with typhoid in Seattle. Mrs Williams caring for him. Caleb Evans and wife visit Judge Horton. Evans from Ohio stove manufactory.
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Geo. J. Barker
Rest Home Treatment for Hairy Growths
The Modern Beauty urges women to carry a small Delatone kit for quick use. A thick paste made with Delatone and water is applied to hairy areas, left a few minutes, then rubbed off to remove hair. Ensure you use genuine Delatone to avoid disappointment.
McNish Concord Gripe Prized Over Grape Juice
A note from Soldier Kansas reports Mr Edward Bumgardner returning today with his mother Mrs Elizabeth Bumgardner who has stayed three months. Mrs Bumgardner plans to return in the fall and a case of the product is requested to be sent home by order.
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McNish Concord
Edw. Bumgardner
Soldier, Kans
Elizabeth Bumgardner
Nature
Bradfield Regulitor Co
Lamar Bidg
Atlanta, Ga
Gospel for Mexicans a surge of demand for Bibles
The Mexican division of the American Bible Society, headquartered in San Antonio, reports unprecedented eagerness for Gospels in Spanish among Mexicans. Rev W F Jordan notes tens of thousands have been sent, driven by war limiting Spanish reading material, as many can read in neighborhoods and gather others to listen, though funds are scarce.
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New-York
American Bible Society
San Antonio
Texas
W. F. Jordan
Traynors and Viets Plan Lake of the Woods Visit
Mr and Mrs B L Traynor Miss Mrs Emma Viets and granddaughter Anna Johnson with Miss Dorothy Dunakin Clyde and Opal Pringle will depart tomorrow for a visit with friends in Lake of the Woods Kansas City.
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B L. Traynor
Emma Viets
Johnson
Dorothy Ter
Clyde
Dunakin
Opal Pringle
Lake of the Woods
Kansas City
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