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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
6
Motor car owners seeking low numbers should apply at the county treasurer's office tomorrow or the next day. Applications will be sent to Topeka on Saturday. 1919 tag applications for unlicensed cars will be accepted June 20, and renewals may be filed now. Some icefields in Greenland are half a mile thick. A pigeon coos without opening its bill is noted as a remarkable fact.
Francisco sevenback edged Hartig 3 of 4 in a close Elks club match. William Savage led Francisco with 218 while Pierson posted 227 and Hartig peaked at 310. Final scores 309 272 311 293 for Francisco and 237 275 310 301 for Hartig. The note closes with an odd shark oil line.
A trained nurse from Pittsburgh will supervise Lawrence Public Health Nursing, taking charge of organizing local nursing work from city hall. The loan closet will stock medical supplies and wheeled chairs for loan and return, with sustaining memberships at $2 annually to support the service as it replaces the Social Service League and Red Cross efforts.
District Judge C A Smart ruled this morning that the Kaw Valley Interurban Company must transfer track ownership from the south end of the bridge to Seventh Street to the Lawrence Street Railway Company. The decision, after two years of suit, clears the way for reciprocal track use and potential North Side car service this summer if the ruling holds on appeal.
Mexico reports a potential Zapata successor Forting Ayaquica, an outlay chief tain and Zapata’s nephew, issues a manifesto declaring himself worthy to lead the movement after Emiliano Zapata’s death at the hands of Gen. Pablo Gonzales. The document reached federal military authorities.
George McLaren former Pittsburg All-American halfback is named head coach for Kansas State Normal’s football team for the coming season. The schedule lists games against Ottawa, Kansas, Kansas Normal, Cooper College, Fairmount, Washburn, Southwestern, and College of Emporia.
Chancellor Strong praised rapid growth at the University of Kansas from 1200 to 3500 students and projected 4000 next fall. Mrs. W B Thayer donated 1000 dollars for an architecture prize while the First Baptist ladies hosted a 1000-guest dinner in under fifty minutes. Mrs. Thayer and Dr Jardine were recognized for support. Fair Board called to meeting June 20. Mrs. Robert Lee Morrell noted as American Automobile Association vice president and pioneering female law degree recipient and bankruptcy referee.
Mrs. C L Watson of 714 McCook avenue died yesterday while visiting Merriam Kansas. Funeral notices to be announced later. Harry Tyler Ward died in Colorado Springs after treatment. He leaves a wife and three children. funeral at First Christian church with body to be brought by Santa Fe train. burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Also notes Samuel Longfellow’s centennial birth anniversary and Yale commencement honorary degrees. London School of Medicine for Women founded 1874.
A fragment notes Murray Price owner of a new Chalmers touring car bought from Charles P. Banker, and mentions Alice Corry of Denver visiting in Lawrence. Also a curious aside about Napoleon and a diamond on his wedding sword.
Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn will speak at Alliance Ohio today for the dedication of a memorial grove honoring 600 Mount Union College students and alumni who answered the colors in wartime. In Paraguay a tea custom uses a long ornamental tube to sip tea from a goulet rather than pouring into a cup.
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