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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
8
An advertorial snippet claims SPEEDOLINE will vaporize more readily and become highly explosive. It asserts a quart saves 40 to 50 gallons of gasoline and that the product prevents carbon buildup, reducing motor troubles, with distribution via The Speedoling Company's Local Representative.
The fourteenth annual Kansas University summer session opened with record attendance. Dean F J Kelley notes last year’s 580 students will likely rise to about 700 this year. Courses in twenty departments run in two terms from June to August with engineering, architecture, sociology, journalism and more. Notable outside instructors include William Bawden and Jesse Band among others.
City officials weigh a gas supply policy amid stalled talks and public concerns. Residents, business leaders, and energy advisers gather to debate price impacts, service reliability, and future infrastructure plans. A vote or formal recommendation is expected after committee discussions.
A Kansas farmer outbreak shows cotton rats invading Chase County from Texas, damaging grain and corn and prompting KU biologists to seek a pied piper solution. H. Householder reported extensive spread, with attacks on barns and fields and farmers counting losses. The piece also covers a Kansas natural gas rate case, noting court-ordered 32 cent rate with a required bond retirement and extensive capital extensions to ensure future gas supply.
The city commission passed a resolution this morning to extend the white way on Ninth Street from New Hampshire to Vermont Street, initiating work on the project and outlining the route for utility and pedestrian improvements.
Five Baldwin residents M.8 Collins O Ke Smith J Ashley H L Henney and university student Jack Carter left Baldwin last night bound for Colorado for the Sumner Conference. The party includes members intending to stay in Colorado for the summer.
Allen Sterling won the first annual Lawrence Country Club handicap golf tournament by four up and three to play against runner-up B Lindley. The Gustafson trophy will bear Sterling’s name. prizes included irons for semi-finalists Otto and A Barteldes. W H McKone won the third flight with an iron club. second and fourth flights reach semi-finals. The club’s handicap leader with three strokes continued to hold top form. Funeral services for William Johnson were held at North Lawrence Baptist Church with interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. Samuel Piggs and son Harry Riggs of Ann Arbor are visiting Lawrence relatives.
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