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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
2
Advice urges vigilant hygiene and simple tests to differentiate polio from common illnesses. It notes most children with polio recover with medical care and emphasizes cleanliness, avoiding fatigue, and limiting crowds during an epidemic. Vaccination may come later, but protection relies on general measures.
A fire damaged a residence in Jarbalou causing serious destruction. Paul Schmutz, identified as a resident, lost his eyeglasses in the blaze and faces an uncertain restoration of his belongings.
The 9 by 14 foot flag with 35 stars, linked to Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train, resurfaces in Bloomington as the McLean County Historical Society takes possession. An affidavit linking the Beidler family to the flag’s casket cover was reportedly lost in a fire, but references describe its journey from Washington to Springfield and onward to a Springfield merchant.
In Trinidad Colorado Gilbert Fernandez, a husky coal miner, turned to rug and sweater weaving during the 1931 depression after a YMCA class. He has created about 1600 items, earned as much as 150 dollars for a rug, and patterns inspired by Chimayo weaving. He spends 50 dollars on wool and 250 to 300 hours on a 5 by 7 foot piece, earning top honors at the Colorado State Fair and Los Angeles County Fair.
A dredge off San Francisco Bay digs up oyster shells for concrete making in Redwood City California. The operation recovers shell stock to be used as material in cement production and related construction projects.
Belcherville Texas lacks a mayor school telephone exchange and post office after a federal economy closed the office. Despite 51 residents and a monthly community supper the town was burned and rebuilt in a neighborhood feud ending with total destruction.
A Knoxville man charged with gaming pleaded not guilty claiming he was about to join the game when police arrived. City Judge Charles Kelly dismissed the case.
A 200 item collection of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley papers arrives in America via Lord Abinger. The material covers Shelley's diary from his elopement to Mary Godwin and includes Mary's early Frankenstein manuscript. The set traces the couple and Mary’s parents, with notes on dangerous inserts.
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