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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
2
A fragment recalls Balzac's famed cane studded with rubies emeralds and sapphires with a gold knob holding a lady’s hair. Contemporary observers note Balzac carried the caned ornament as a symbol of vanity and public bravado.
In Birmingham a man named John Turner was fined 2.50 for obstructing traffic by reading a newspaper in the street. The arresting constable testified Turner bought a paper from a newsboy and stood reading it attracting a crowd. The newsboy also paid 2.50 for selling papers on the sidewalk. Newsboys are ordered to keep moving.
The modern banjo was introduced into England from America, likely carried by African slaves who learned the idea from India. The word banjo may derive from banya, a Senegambian instrument term.
Story blends a superstition about rosy cheeks with a local sales pitch for Cleveland Caterpillar tractors at Banker's Garage. The ad urges readers to buy a tractor this week before stock runs out.
A riddle stating I lack something I do not want yet would not part with if possessed. The answer is a bald head. Appears in the Edin Gurgh Scotsman.
In many places in England it is customary to present each pallbearer at a funeral with a pair of gloves. The practice reflects a traditional courtesy and formal respect shown to those who carry the coffin.
Dr Saltan Fenwick spoke at the Institute of Hygiene about indomitable appetites and digestion disorders. Tales included an eight year old who devoured seven times her share and a girl locked in a garden gnawing leaves and bark while a dairy intruder ate eggs butter bread and milk.
The article asserts Indian cities like Calcutta Bombay and Madras imitate European urban design with English street names European shops and Indo Saracenic architecture. It notes Hindu and Parsi merchants in Bombay and Bengali landlords in Calcutta shaping the city’s modern face, reflecting a deliberate transplant of English life onto Indian soil. It cites William Archer's Life and the Future as the source opening discussion.
Ellsworth Mounting ton reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that human work efficiency peaks at 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. He notes the lowest death rate in spring and autumn around 64 degrees and finds outdoor work strongest near 62 to 63 degrees across the eastern to southern United States. Muscular effort of students and workers also reaches its maximum when the thermometer sits between 60 and 65 Fahrenheit.
A North side resident found a robin with string wrapped around its neck wing and feet. He freed the bird with scissors, and it quickly flew off singing. The incident remains a curious cause for wonder how the string got there.
A New Member in the House of Commons misaddressed the chamber. He began with you gentlemen, prompting cries of order. The member apologized, saying I am sorry I made a mistake in calling you gentlemen.
Mrs. William Fowden and Miss Trene Fowden returned to their home in Dewey Oklahoma today. Mrs. Paul Stubbs and Mrs. F J Searles traveled to Topeka in the morning.
A. J. Cotton, master engineer with the 20th regiment of engineers and former chemical engineering student at the university, spends a few days in Lawrence. He served eighteen months in France and landed at New Port News on May 20 before being discharged after twenty months in the service. Miss Eva Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Curtis drove to Baldwin today and planned to continue to Wichita.
Miss Martha DeWalte returns to Russell Kansas after university graduation. Miss Winnie Roberts departs for Pittsburg Kansas. W E Emick comes back from an extended business trip in Mississippi.
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