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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
4
The page includes a town notice advising readers in Lawrence Kansas to ensure receipt of the Journal-World and a plan to mail copies via Western Union. It references fireworks bans, a safe Fourth, police guidance, a dog tax reminder, a magazine ad claim, and a political column on Roosevelt and party dynamics. It discusses National Guard enlistment, peacetime training, and Kipling references in a patriotic paternal tone.
A tangled archival note quotes a commentator on Mr. Wilson's possible second term bid. It recalls a description of whiskers and adds a cautious editorial aside about loud talk, mentioning a 1916 fashion show and creating a sense of confusion between sight and style in that period.
A fragment notes a Japanese marksman allegedly fired the first shot at a U S Marines landing party in Mexico. The report suggests the shooter may have feigned drunkenness to provoke immediate hostilities. The text implies a deliberate act risking war.
A Lawrence observer asserts that recruiting colored soldiers there could fill a company within 24 hours with capable men. He notes a prominent black Lawrence youth who joined the regiment that charged up San Juan Hill to aid the Rough Riders.
A bemused note from local reporters praises Lemp Brewing Co for offering to make St Louis their convention headquarters and provide hospitality including schooners. The invitation arrives too late as organizers had already made other plans and arrangements.
A fragment argues that editorial and magazine rhetoric push the idea that party should be disregarded and only men matter, calling this a plausible yet false doctrine rooted in the Mexican system and reflecting American beliefs in its peak period.
A dated column reflects on American principles and politics. It cites Mexico’s 36 ex heads in 24 years and six-year plunder, rapes, and murders. Chicago sent a thousand back home disillusioned or angry. It praises the Hughes nomination as proof of party principles, critiques Teddy nostalgia, and promotes a lecture on poverty and Monty with K G Ketterfield.
Miss Flora Newlin Lulu Hadley and Flora Kennedy return to Lawrence after a year in eastern schools. Newlin studied at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and the others attended Barnhart College at Richmond Indiana. Colonel John E Jewett and family plan a northern summer by the lakes. Judge Riggs returned from Detroit after attending the Supreme Lodge of AOW. Mark Hackett almost drowned at Sand Hole Pond. Read saved him with aid from Read and others. Ty. Win. Carpenter announces day and night school at 724 Mass St. A presentation honors Mr. Horton for a new position with a Montana merchant establishment. Sal Lewis marks twenty one years in Lawrence. Lewiis earns trust after thirteen years at Bromersick’s. Eliza DaLee Miss is noted for a silver medal. Lola Markley leaves for Fargo after visiting in Lawrence. Ford business expands. Ruth Cady travels to Swansas for the day. A request to photograph children before summer ends.
Soldiers prepare to move to mobilization points amid heat and jostling crowds on Massachusetts Street. Onlookers, including high school girls with kodaks, exchange farewells and questions while veterans reminisce. Recruiters find crossing the bridge jammed and difficult, and a University of oskaloosa company trains for camp with old friends.
Ad copy listing lawn movers and garden tools at right prices. Mentions Jaedickes Hardware Store at 724 Mass. St. with phone number 178, in a compact ad style.
The station scene shows fathers, sons, and brides sending off Lawrence volunteers. W C Price, and Rev W S Price’s son join the K N G while Ernest Goppert, a University of Kansas student, departs in civilian clothes after marrying Eva Cook of Paola the previous day. An Army streetcar carried troops, umbrellas bloomed in the heat, and numerous company members prepared for recruitment duty at Fort Leavenworth.
Fragmentary local items list marriage licenses and personal notices involving individuals including Porterficis, Anna Elizabeth, Albert Hall, Nora M. Daley, and others. The text mentions plans for a Saturday gathering at a place named B Strawberry and a Trip to Brooklyn, with references to George Mackie traveling to spend the day.
The report notes Siberia yields the best graphite for lead pencils, supplying German pencils along with Australia. America has a fair amount of lower grade graphite, while other regions contribute to indelible pencil material.
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