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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
8
By request of the Red Cross a rally is set for tomorrow at 4 PM in Post Hall. Lawrence Circle No. 45 members are urged to attend. Governor Henderson Martin will speak. Mrs. S. Churchill, President.
A garbled note mentions arrests and a sergeant questioning behavior while detailing playful yard scenes. It references Mrs W H Kelley traveling to Willow Point Nevada to visit Daisy Kelley Able, and includes scattered phrases about lemons, a garden love tale, a tripping incident, and a Chicago Tribune quote.
A mixed Scotch foursome golf event begins at Lawrence Country Club today. First flight consolation rules and prize golf balls are set. First round matchups with handicaps include Skinner pair versus Sports pair, Kuhne pair versus Erna Fischer and E Uhrlaub, and others with byes and pending results.
An advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes and promotes a new malted drink at Lawrence’s. It notes F. I. Roberts and Carl Moore have traveled to Chicago to pursue Chautauqua work.
George Ware defeats Otto Barteldes in a playoff at the Lawrence Country Club to capture the Gustafson cup awarded to the spring handicap champion. After an 18th hole tied, Ware won the extra hole and the tournament amid a crowded field and local coverage.
Correspondent reports German flood defense along the Oise failed to stem pursuit by French forces. After retreat, Germans dammed sections to flood marshy ground north from Chancy to St Quertin but dry weather and soil prevented a true moat. Front line terrain north and east offered few strong defensive options.
Dr Livingstone Farrand president of the University of Colorado and head of a Rockefeller Foundation mission to France appealed for American aid in the tuberculosis crisis among French troops. He spoke in Boulder on June 15 before departing for Paris, noting the French tuberculosis death rate was about twice that of comparable groups.
A perceptive reflection on shrinking settlements as civilization overreaches itself. The author laments frost bitten, morbid, bloodless towns scattered from California to the broader continent, born from rapid enterprise yet decaying. The fragment closes noting Malted Milks as a lunch option from Carroll's.
A fragment cites Smith losing a building lot and claims it affected his brain. The lines echo themes of memory and perception, attributed to EF Post and Literary Digest at Carroll’s.
The notice touts S. S. S. as a complete antidote to catarrh by cleansing disease germs from the blood. It warns against surface treatments like sprays and douches and invites readers to seek medical advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
The department of agriculture monograph finds crows roughly half beneficial and half injurious to humans. the birds are wary and do not require protection. Farmers may protect crops as needed. Mrs. E B Schall and son Edwin depart for Atchison to settle there. Miss Nellie May Schall plans a Lawrence visit through Saturday.
Benjamin McAllaster, who has been visiting relatives, left yesterday for Oakland California after several days here. The note suggests practicing economy and piano play are similar stunts used to meet mates when they are due.
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