Red Cross Drives Paris Shelter Rise From Garrets
Refugees and wounded from the west front overwhelmed Paris. The Red Cross organized rapid rebuilding using vacant spaces and damaged hospitals to create new apartments and wards. Civilians and ex soldiers aided as architects and laborers to house the homeless and restore morale.
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Paris
France
West Front
Faris
Red Cross
Beccame Architech
Jecturch
Red Cross Fist
Thue
Pleasant Grove and Lawrence Threshing Social Notes
Coluambla and Pleasant Grove residents visit, travel, and family gatherings unfold through a busy Thursday to Saturday around Lawrence Kansas. Local threshing crews share duties with the Rothrock and Whipple households as wheat yields near forty nine bushels per acre.
Japanese Red Cross Mission Arrives to Study Local Work
The Japanese Red Cross team arrived to study our Red Cross operations. A distinguished visitor, Prince Yoshiki ai Tokugawa, impressed observers with his bearing and recalled Russian siege memories at Port Arthur.
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Red Cross
Yoshiki Ai Tokugawa
Port Arthur
Community neighbors attend Jed Rothrock home party
Claudie reports a Saturday gathering at Mr John Florys in honor of Homer Rothrock who has enlisted. Attendees include Miss Opal La Duke Miss Zella Markley Mrs F L Flory Edith and others. Several visits and trips to Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City follow with family and friends sharing news and local chores.
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Bart Higgins
C. O. Rayson
W. A. Weisner
Lawrence
W. J. Curtis
J. K. Boyd
Riley
Pleasant Grove
Frances
Margaret
Myrtle Jacobs
Markley
Ira
Lone Pie Sundey
Duke
John Hallmark
Flory
Robert Markley
T. A. Rayson
Kansas
City
W. J. Cure
Hulsoe Aet
Billie. Hegeman
Bertha Hareman
May Smith
R .A. LaDuke
Charlie Raymond
Miss Maple
Mary Sutters
AL H . Godding
Howard Clark
Lin
R. A. la Duke
Alfred
Charlie Corbin
Will Jacobs
Myrtle
August Bocle
Topeka
Milton’Diel
Johnnie 'Dickens
Curtis Home
Emery Tee
John Gimlet
O. Markley
Curtis
C. Q. Rays
Ira Bothrock
Miss Fay
J.K. Boyd
Rothrock
N. E Whipple
Whipple
Milter
Diel
Mary
Sutters
Max
J. L. Jones
Ira Rothrock
Fred ‘le ‘Flory
Edith
Frances Curtis
C. C. Kayson
W. Markley
Kansas City
Messers Charle
Harle Higgins
Charlie Jones
A . Rayson
Charli Higgins
Fred L. Tlery
Will Banning
O.¢Rayson
A. E. Martindale
Little Son
Poe
Weisner
Lee Fiery
Fred Fiery
Mr. Jacobs
Opal Jones
Myrtr He Jacobs
Price Indicated After Conference By Rolph Chairman
A statement issued today by Geo M Rolph, chairman of the international group, notes a price of 1 1/2 cents per pound after a conference held in Wick on July. The document outlines consumer measures and confirms the rate as the current standard.
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Geo. M. Rolph
Strikes and Draft Talks Dominate Washington Dispatches
Reports from Washington and London reveal ongoing labor unrest and wartime policy moves. References to machine guns used against strikers in Amsterdam echo global tensions, while U S Britain and Canada study draft treaty ramifications effective immediately. The War Department announces an infantry regiment for the University of Kansas Reserve Officers Training Corps with Major Bruno T. Scher appointed commandant.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
London
State Department
University of Kansas
War ‘Department
Epch P
Bruno T. Scher
Ivory phonograph needles offer longer wear in records
The vegetable ivory phonograph stylus lasts for six records before filing and can be used for six more. The ivory is produced from the phytelephas palm native to Central and South America, which yields large seed clusters.
Will Do Better Next Time Kansas City Star
Fragmented quote reflects a tense, unclear report with gun violence imagery. The text hints at a speaker recounting survival and a determination to improve circumstances, but specifics such as names, dates, or events are missing.
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T Dent
Jins
Kansas City Star
Ocean composition and familiar beasts in youth
The article notes ocean salinity and mineral content, citing that about 334 per cent of minerals and 9634 per cent fresh water comprise the oceans. It lists common salts and traces of minerals. It recalls two familiar beasts from childhood, the bare-eyed bear and the equator as a speedy, entering creature, referencing the Boston Transcript.
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Dar
Boston ‘Transcript
Reassuring Thought On Rat Population Surges
Ohio State Journal notes a biologist’s claim that a single pair of rats can multiply to 37 million in two years if undisturbed, yet the editorial reassures readers that such populations are usually disrupted.
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Ohio State
Where Sardines Are Found
Sardines are abundantly found on the Galician, Andalusian and Cantabrian coasts. The fish vary in length from about 4.44 to 7.44 inches and weigh from 24 to 8 crams with occasional larger specimens reported.
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Andalusian
Cantabrian
World map changes introduce new names and brands
Fragmentary text notes that as map names are altered new terms like American and business appear to be stamped onto the map. Mentions manufacturers who have advertised, but the passage is incomplete and unclear about specifics.
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Imap
Busintée
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Office of Horticultural Ank Pomilogical Investigations
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