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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
2
Local Kansas items discuss Red Cross drives in Douglas County aiming for 45 000 across the county, wartime shortages, and preparations for Kansans entering military training. Articles reference American front conditions, suffragists knitting for sailors, and efforts against autocratic Germany with figures and local figures.
A garbled opinion piece blurs war mood with playful quips on Nick Romanoff and pawnbrokers, urging frugality and home tasks while hinting at mobilization and wartime shortages. The notice closes with an advertisement for Logan-Moore Lumber coal sales and contact.
Topeka June 23 Major R Neill Rahn of Clay Center is seen as likely successor to C J Martin as adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard if the state is reorganized after troops are mustered into federal service Rahn has served as assistant adjutant general since Martin began with the state nearly a decade ago He may pursue federal service in August creating uncertainty over the next adjutant general with guard troops needed to manage flood affairs and state officials expect a new leader to be chosen. For pure ice cream call 182. Wie demann's.
A humorous World War I anecdote features General Bullioud admired by troops in the Balkans. A weary soldier carries water jugs to quarters near Monastir and humorously earns a salute from the general after claiming a promotion to corporal. The scene blends grit with camaraderie in the French expeditionary context.
A reader explains why newspapers verify facts before printing and why rumor is unreliable. He argues gossip spreads false impressions while newspapers invest time to secure accurate details, warning against accepting secondhand reports as truth.
The article extols the press as a trusted chronicler of events and plans, arguing it earns public confidence by striving to verify statements before publication and thus preserving freedom against deceit and authority. It contrasts the press with priests kings and lawyers.
A brief ad notes a special Sunday at Lawrence's for chocolate ice cream made in house and pure. The fragment emphasizes home production and a patriotic tone with Uncle Sam imagery.
A tall tale about Wab the biggest bear in the woods who marks trees with his name. A roly poly cub climbs a nearby tree and outsmarts him by posting a bigger bear sign, provoking Wab to anger before learning the joke.
An advertisement touts a simple home treatment for excess weight. It claims breathing exercises and capsules aid fat reduction within days, improve health, energy, and vitality, and offers a natural figure with a drugstore purchase.
Local residents including Glenn Deselt Holt Chia and Raph Dieherweral spent Sunday with relatives. numerous households hosted visits from neighbors and kin. Events include Miss Goldie and Hagel visiting, Miss Boyd Senet and daughter Wilita arriving from Chicago, and extended family gatherings noted across multiple towns.
The record lists numerous visits and social calls around Colyer and Overbrook with families including Hornberger, Teckelind, Maier Helie, Mey, Artima Boohte, Scott, Metsker, Schwarz, and others. It notes shared meals, Sunday dinners, and casual gatherings among residents such as Mrs. Tron and Mrs. Wor in late week.
Tokyo reports enormous sales of jewels since the war began with wealthy families buying high priced items. The public sale of heirlooms from Viscount Akimoto's household raised about $750,000, and an Albany landscape sold for $70,000, claimed as a record price for a single curiosity in Japan.
In Paris on June 23 two Turks one Greek and three Spaniards with no restaurant ties were arrested for disturbances and vandalism during labor protests. They were sent to civilian internment camps while French press blamed foreign money for stoking unrest. The Y M C A reports Kuyeau cannot meet rising help requests.
A dairy project draws strong local interest as plans to convert the area into a dairying community advance. W R Taylor Kaw Valley Interurban talked with Lawrence officials H B Parks of the Chamber of Commerce, with a meeting for dairymen set for Saturday June 30. Teachers’ certificate exams are scheduled for June 29 and 30 at the courthouse.
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