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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
2
A brief notice lists the Business Department of TELEPHONES News located at 722 Massachusetts Street. No additional details are provided about services hours or contacts.
A wartime notice explains Red Cross, Red Triangle, and Red Circle as emblems of mercy and humanity. It describes their roles in American camps and trenches to support soldiers, families, and communities, boosting morale and welfare through wartime service.
A detailed survey on the 1917 food situation in Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey has been published as Bulletin 242 by the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics. The study is based exclusively on laws decrees orders utterances of public officials and civic bodies of the countries.
A survey of daily press and economic journals shows Turkey starving due to official corruption and German greed, while Germany and Austria face fierce feeding challenges. Hungary fares better than either, Bulgaria suffers less, and Germany’s food policy has failed. Civil populations in Germany and Austria deteriorate due to malnutrition, tuberculosis rises, and underfed workers rise concerns about logistics, profiteering, and transport breakdown. A notable finding is growing Austro-Hungarian tensions over sharing abundance, reflecting enduring hostility between Austria and Hungary.
An editorial in the Country Gentleman last week rebukes loyalty as the keynote of the Non-partisan League doctrine. It criticizes anti-war pacifists and Bolshevists, condemns Townley’s La Follette meeting, and accuses League leaders of labeling the war as a rich men’s war while ignoring efforts to wage it. It alleges League politicians trailed I W W trouble-makers and anti-war hyphenates amid Teuton sympathy in compact neighborhoods.
A farm paper attacks the League Organizers for demanding sixteen dollar memberships and a War Chest while branding Uncle Sam loyalty as poison. Editor Barton Currie, once favorable to the League, is cited as having helped seed anti League materials. Mrs. Glenn Moon and children visit relatives for the weekend.
A wartime column notes current events and humorous asides. It satirizes soldiers schedules, declares a columnist not old fashioned, and imagines unlikely tradeoffs involving Kaiser Wilhelm era figures, rail travel costs, and Emperor Karl of Austria in a light, ironic tone.
Daily London reports Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, introducing a credit vote in the House of Commons for 500,000,000 pounds as Britain’s current financial quarter shows a daily average expenditure of 6,848,000 dollars.
From Lawrence two weeks ago W H Moys announced that two hundred clerical positions at Washington have been filled. The report notes the steady recruitment from Lawrence and details the successful placement of numerous workers in federal offices.
A Washington letter states that up to that time 187 employees in the departments listed Lawrence Kansas as their home address. Since then 21 more have left, increasing the total departures from Lawrence.
The Bismarck Ridge auxiliary hosts an ice cream supper at the Bismarck school house on Britey night to raise funds. Mrs Will Wise visited her mother near Number Six. Recreation folks met at the Manning home. Dr. Jones from Franklin Ice Cream Condensing tested cows for tuberculosis and found all clear. Mrs. Hammig hosted dinner for her sister Grace Perky with guests Grace Jerky Mina Diaz Pearl Pew S A Perky Leslie.
In the capital city 208 a number probably that is not. Feeds by any other town in the country of the same size. The store has been located about where it is for the past twenty five or more years. Mrs J A Henley spent today in Kansas City.
Homer Leigh and a companion from Jefferson county have been chosen to train this summer at the University of Kansas military camp. Homer Leigh, son of Mr and Mrs Jas Leigh of Lawrence area, is well known in Lawrence and is the brother of Clarence Leigh.
R. R. Hickson has rented the room recently vacated by the Ed Anderson Restaurant and plans to establish a City Drug Store there. The move signals a new retail presence in the area and updates on the former dining space.
A Lawrence real estate dealer described a large farm in a Journal-World classified ad. A reader saw the listing, contacted the dealer, and the deal closed quickly, illustrating how a well placed ad can move a part of the world today. This touts classified advertising as an easy path to success.
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