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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
8
A fragment notes making small springs by winding wire into machine screw threads to form a resilient spring. It argues wealth obliges useful service and cites Houston Past. A stray line mentions straw hats as modern headwear with ancient Greek roots and European adoption around the halt.
The Journal World notes candidates for Douglas County offices led by O W Weber the Democratic nominee for Probate Judge with others including E Lindley facing renomination and J B Wilson for County Attorney plus Brune for County Clerk and Housford for County Treasurer among Republicans seeking August primaries. Local farm students and teachers discussed under Smith Hughes act and agricultural education with Prof Hine and Director H L Nent inspecting plots and student crops as records kept for fall outcomes. Community updates cover numerous residents visiting relatives in Kansas City Leavenworth and nearby towns with exams and travel notes from Tonganoxie observers.
A personal campaign for Thrift Stamps began among University of Minnesota students under Prof. John Ise as chairman with Prof. P V Farragher and Prof. C A Dykstra. Stamps available at Fra ser Hall Post Office. National Thrift Stamp Day Friday features Prof. Ise speaking on thrift as a savings method. Lawrence quota set around 2,000,000.
The piece discusses martial law as an emergency legal override and contrasts it with ordinary governance. It cites caution about forming new habits, warns that small slips undo progress, and references Baroque quotes about hope, disposition, and character from Caldemith, Burne-Jones, and Burne-Tones as cited by the New York Herald.
Optimistic Thought, True royalty consists not in pomp but virtue. The fragment mentions Gulbons and a belated warning, with a note about pir died this Tachi and a Saturday Journal header.
Market report notes cattle and steer prices with quotes for fed steers at about 15.00 per cwt and dressed beef at 14.18, with cows and bulls around 6. Other items show feeder and light cattle values near 9 to 14, including heavy steer notes and regional price variances. Also mentions a French surgeon claiming a method to plant eyebrows and eyelashes.
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