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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
8
Professional Homer Talbot secretary of Junigigal Lezante notes rising interest in league membership across Kansas towns. Already fifty four cities renewed their membership for the year. Community updates include Belt Road meeting results and local social visits to Lawrence and Belton.
To Play Williamstown reports temporary manager J. P. Galbraith has signed new players and arranged a game against Williamstown for next Sunday at Woodland Park. The note mentions Can taidupes and Easy Bee desserts as incidental fragments, with other ad like lines about knitted bathing suits and ice cream testing.
Union Pacific officials authorize extensive improvements on the Kansas City to Denver segment. Planned work includes ballasting with Sher granite between Oaks and Ellis, 74 miles, plus steel boiler, 90 lb rails, new bridges at a total cost near $1 million. Electrical block signals to cover 308 miles, with upgrades at multiple terminals.
A Douglas County Republican committee signals no special session but plans a large ratification gathering this week to back Hughes. Chairman T will summon the county committee to attend as supporters show strong enthusiasm for Republican victory and the ticket.
Fragmentary notes mention a sophomore guard Paul Brindet and team hopes, plus scattered local items about families visiting, a cleaning remedy for a cat and miscellaneous social notes. The garbled text includes references to local people Os H Aver, Hubert Lat, Stella Tine and Mrs Schattall with sparse context and dates.
Mrs. Coffin and Lucile plan a Chicago visit with grandmothers. Dine girls of Lawrences region stay with Schatstall grandparents. Schatstall family attended North Lawrence Methodist Children’s Day. Howard begins digging a new house cellar. Oscar Brownlee left Friday for Fort Wayne and attended a K A C Tas ing lecture. Calvins relocate from Kansas City, Mrs. Ulrich ill with tonsillitis. Several residents helped with haying and house tasks Thursday. Lottie Brown visits Hopkins. Mrs. T Whedon visiting Carlesa County. Mrs. Gibson returns from Schaal’s after two weeks and cherry harvest. Lawrence Gibson and family moved to Gypsum City. Mrs. Hines visiting from Los Angeles. Mrs. Lewis Howell and Grandma Whedon spent Monday at Charlie Whedon.
Coroner William Rankin of Lincoln County reports unclear findings on a young person’s death amid a crime scene involving shooting. The investigation mentions Walker and Hartsord with references to Limweed Kansas and Topeka friends, leaving details tentative and still under review.
M. B. Cole a longtime aviator with exhibition work plans to join the aviation corps on the border. He described flying at 2000 feet and surviving a crash when a spectator narrowly avoided being struck as the plane landed. Cole credited the aviation corps as the safest place in the army and recalled a dramatic stop of a descending machine.
Rev C C Brown of the Baptist Church will speak on The Romance of the Greatest Classic at 7:45 PM in The Airdome on Sunday and city churches will join in worship. Rev E Stauffer of Trinity Lutheran will preside and lead singing with special music by Baptist Church members. Meetings run each Sunday through the hot months. Get your swimming suit at Carroll's.
Receipts higher, prices largely unchanged for cattle, cows, and calves. Chicago feed markets show steady bids with lactating cows and calves trading around 8.50. Hog futures widen as June and Sept oats drift with July contracts. Overall, market tones reflect cautious trader sentiment amid mixed commodity lines.
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