Certificates Issued To The Threshermen In Douglas County
Clarence Hall food administrator for Douglas County begins issuing threshermen certificates this week after pledges to prevent wastage. About sixty threshermen exist in the county but fewer than a dozen have signed so far. certificates require agreeing to keep machinery in good condition, prevent grain loss, and avoid wheat entering stacks. The first batch was mailed last night.
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Clarence Hall
Douglas County
Hall
New Clinton Presbyterian Will Use New Building Sunday
Clinton Presbyterians plan Sunday services in their new church edifice with a 10 30 Sunday school start and 11 60 preaching following. The congregation has met in the Methodist church during construction and the building dedication is slated for early July. A rummage sale is set for Saturday June 15 at 444 Locust Street North Lawrence and includes a handy container tip from Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Clinton Presbyterians
First Presbyterian Church At
Clinton
Locust St
North Lawrence
The Perennial Pest Arrives Selling Many Goods
A notorious agent, described as perennially pestilent, hawks insurance for fame and wealth while touting books, filos, automobiles, razors, cures for the Itch, and other stacks. He appears in the morning and lingers all day, with a wild hanger and a grandiose dream of riches, as Kansas City Star notes.
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Holt
le “Gion
Kansas City Star
The Outsider verse fragment on corsetry and body image
An enigmatic fragment notes a corsettiere shaping a stout figure while lamenting the double chin. The line hints at satire or social commentary on fashion and body norms in relation to an Ohio State Tour context.
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Ohio State Tourpal
J. R. Metmack
Blanchant
Ja. Ry BR
Army School To Open On Monday
Army school resumes normal routine with 486 national army men laid down for drills and instruction as preparations begin for Monday opening.
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Army School
National Army
Army College at Mount Oreai to train 260 men
The University will host 260 National Army trainees for six and a half hours daily of vocational work at Mount Oreai starting Monday. Khaki unionalls replace uniforms during training with four divisions for chauffeurs and auto mechanics, radio operators, machinists, and concrete workers.
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Mount Oreai
National Army
Fords
Ford
Dodge
Chalmers
Buick
A. H. Sluss
M. E. Rice
L. A. Hartley
Fowler Shops
Sibley
Maxwell Touring Car Bought by F W Mann
F W Mann drives a new Maxwell touring car purchased from Charlies P Banker. The items list includes a sick call at 4 15 retreat at 6 00 and laps times 99 20 99 45, indicating a procession or event timing.
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Maxwell
Charlies P. Banker
New Year Bells In British Navy Tradition
In the British navy the year ends when eight bells toll at midnight and the new year begins with sixteen bells. The youngest officer strikes the bell while the ship’s youngest boy echoes by hammering the smith’s anvil.
Diamonds and the changing diamond cutting trade
The article notes a shift from Amsterdam held diamond cutting prestige to modern methods. It describes a diamond being cut by two thin copper discs spinning about 8000 times a minute. It mentions the Cullinan diamond being cleft in two in the past.
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Amsterdam
Man Warned On Icy Street About Skid Chains
Lawrence observes a man nearly fall on an icy street and jokes that the man needs skid chains. The exchange reflects a cautious, light moment as winter hazards are noted in everyday life.
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Lawrence
Ancient Gaza landmarks and a prison rat tale
The piece mentions Al Mintar watch tower east of Gaza where Samson myth places the gates, ancient olive trees along the Gaza to Jaffa road, and a legend crediting Gaza with early mechanical clocks. It closes with a prison anecdote about a prisoner befriending a gray rat that tolerates and forgives.
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Al-Mintar
Gaza
Samson
Jaffa
Christian Science Monitor
Social Structure and Criminal Reform Idea
The author argues reforming criminal law is hard but possible as society improves. The criminal is seen as a by product of an evil social system, and better social structure will solve crime according to Alexander Karlin in the Humanitarian.
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Alexander Karlin Io
Plants That Have Emigrated
The laburnum and the common lilac are not native to this country. Laburnum came from the Alpine region of Europe while the lilac originated in Persia where the term lilag is used for its flowers. The horse chestnut, originally from Asia likely northern India, was introduced to Europe mid sixteenth century.
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Europe
Persia
Asia
India
Stump Speaking and Lightning Beliefs in Early Times
The article recalls stump speeches in early campaigns using tree stumps as stages. It also surveys beliefs about lightning, noting Romans thought mulberry, laurel, peach, larch, and box trees were lightning proof and that some modern foresters doubt these claims.
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Threshermen
Eckman’s
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Jaedicke’s Hardware
C. P. Barber & Son Druggists
Herbert Hoover
United States
Threshers
National Food Administration
New York
NEW Church
Popular Mechanics Megazine
Kansas
Va Yeniaesses
A Wars
Eontigh
Foch
K. U. Army College
F. H. Sibley
Marvin Hall
B. F. Rice
Fowler
Blake I
Ney
Bane Elle
Ayaas
Ayjorg
Jay
Dodge Bros
Butler-Sanderson Motor Co
Dodge Bros. Motor Cars
East Ninth St
Peoples State Bank
Brown
Cub
Mordecai Brown
Chicago
Tinker
Columbusiclub
Sfingers
Diana Miner
Perlooks
Columbus
Nial RF
Aaojy
Joseph Moq
H. D. Lee Mercantile CO. Distributors
Kansas City, Mo
Salina, Kansas
Yodrus
Lens
Uierok
Journal
Helen Ga
Teddy "Hea
B Handker
Elizabeth Wains
Firestone Tire
Kentucky
Monisetts
Orks F& See Flory
Tim West Sixth Street
California Road
G. T. Jeffries
Lawrence Steam Laundry
Masa
Lion Eldridge Bidg
David Babb
Lawrence National Bank
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