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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
8
Newly papered and painted room house on South Kentucky Street with well and garage offered at 1500 dollars with easy terms. Address 7 Yeo Jianse appears in OCR read.
City clerk announces bids June 2045 for piping, sanitary services, concrete paving, and gutter work on Louisiana streets. Plans include 3 inch concrete pavement, iron water piping, and gutter installations. proposals may be rejected at the city’s discretion.
Freese's brother and sister from Chicago join next Saturday. Ernest Ralston was in the neighborhood last week electioneering. Harold Marshall called at N. B. Brown's Monday morning. Fairview Vinland and Welcome Sunday schools plan a June 15 picnic at the Atwood farm. Mr and Mrs Frank Smith spent the day in Lawrence with Mr and Mrs Geo Edmonds. the Edmonds prepare to go to Kansas.
Reports indicate Nanking may host the new parliament within three months and the cabinet may revive the 1913 national assembly to reconstitute both bodies. No official word yet, while premier Tean Ghi-jui instructs provincial militiamen on the cabinet’s powers amid north south tensions.
Sibley notes Ina Cowles left Monday for Ventura to spend the summer with the Cowles family. The column lists numerous locals visiting, hosting, and attending events including Mrs. Frank Hovtrell, Miss Mabel Peters, Bertha Cowles, and others. A local automobile accident near Fairview is reported with no injuries.
A writer recalls a crowded streetcar ride where a young boy sat between two well nourished women and, after a few blocks, asked his aunt to come sit with him. The scene underscores the boy's loneliness amid the bustle.
The article notes tarantulas bred in Mexico grow to six or seven inches and deliver painful stings though not fatal. It mentions smaller spiders and venomous snakes that marksmen can shoot, plus other harmful creatures being troublesome when teased. It closes with a quip on secrets ceasing to be monopolies becoming public property.
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