Fraternal Aid Union Stays Strong in Lawrence
The Kansas City Star debate on a union merger is dismissed as untrue and unnecessary. Breyfogle says the Fraternal Aid Union will remain independent, grow, and offer safe, adequate rates with leaders like Dr. W. A. Young and TyroSweeney cited for strength.
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Breyfogle
Kansas City Star
John W.breyfogle
Fraternal Aid Union
Knights and Ladies of Security
Order
K. & Vad Ot S
Aandon
W. A. Young
Pou
Okline
Tyrot Sweeney
Oder
S. Ehould
Dr. Young
Lawrence
Lawrence plans Fourth of July address and road bids
The Lawrence committee secures General Wright for the Fourth of July event, hoping to boost turnout for the celebration. In junction city and Lawrence, highway bids come in under engineers’ estimates, signaling potential progress on the Fort-to-Fort road project and broader road improvements.
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Wright
Lawrence
Doudas County
Elade
Douglas County
Geary County
Junction City
Wheat Harvest Report From Ottawa County Sunday
Ottawa Herald notes a farmer reporting large wheat harvest in Ottawa County on Sunday with robust yields and local farming conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Herald
Boys in North Carolina A boyhood in 1870s guidance
A fragment discusses 1870s North Carolina youth guidance from the Atlanta Constitution via the Buffalo Commercial noting daily fruit vegetables water and swimming as good for a boy. It lists green fruit pine resin cucumbers raw potatoes blackberries doughnuts and two hours swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Atlanta Constitution
Buffalo Commercial
Sput terings on war quality matches and public wit
A collage of humorous snippets critique wartime products and social trends. References include penny match boxes labeled war quality, Abe Hefflefinger on relative values, Otto Floto on Toledo dope, daylight saving laws, and chatter on movies, bay windows, circuses, and Fourth of July humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Fifty Years Ago Notes on Press, Prices, and Weather
Fifty years ago the Associated Press faced criticism from a rival press group in San Francisco. A Kansas storm damaged homes in Kanwaka with a wash tub blown a half mile. Strewn goods include Strawberries Wilson Albany and broad lists of prices for textiles, tea, coffee, sugar, flour, candles, salt, butter, lard, eggs, wheat, corn, potatoes and candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
The
Society For the Suppression of Newspapers
San Francisco
Kanwaka
Jos. Raymond
The Queer British Times Personal Columns Juxtaposed
A fragment discusses The Times mockingly for its self serious tone and a famed personals column filled with odd intimate notes. It cites a sample exchange about emigration and affection and notes other humorous personals in the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
London Times
James A
Leavenworth
Lawrence Notes Sketch Local College Moves and Transit Talks
Rev E B Stauffer touts Therans support for combining colleges including Midland move from Atchison to Fremont amid farm and family labor needs. Lawrence streetcar wiring ties to interurban. service to North Lawrence may begin in July after legal issues. Major H L Chambers notes veterans face post service exploitation. Dr Chambers paid extra fare on a Pennsylvania Train. others saw no charge. Local bids for United Presbyterian church conversion to a carpenter shop uncertain until sale closes. A new sleeping porch rises for teachers at Haskell Institute. Jawes
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Kansas
Braska
Midland College
Atchison
Fremont
E. BE. Stauffer
Stauffer
Nebr
H. L. Chambers
Notable Births Today Highlight Stage Actor And Noted Figures
Cambridge born actor Otis Skinner is 61. Dr. Alexis Carrel, famed physician, is 46. Lyman Gage, former U S Treasury Secretary, is 83. Emerson and Ton, Iowa, and other figures are mentioned in this brief birthday roundup.
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Otis Skinner
Cambridge
Mass
Alexis Carrel
France
Lyman 3
Gage
Flour Quality Move Hinges On Next Winter
A discussion notes that improving flour quality hinges on changes for the coming winter. The idea suggests a tangible difference beyond what housewives perceive, implying a measurable advance in flour production and performance.
Private John J Farrell Receives Medal of Honor Posthumously
Private John J Farrell of Company B 54th Infantry earned the Medal for conspicuous gallantry near Remenville France on November 1 1918. He crawled to a machine gun nest under fire bayoneted the crew and enabled the advance before dying of wounds. His home was Paterson New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Farrell
Farrell
Remenville
France
Paterson, N. J
French and British Rigs Continue in Flanders Battle
Fragmentary text shows French and British forces continuing operations in Flanders with artillery and troop movements. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate ongoing Allied combat activity in early engagement locations.
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Flanders
Political satire on Republican stance after peace treaty
A critical column mocks Republican Senators and editors over their opposition to the League of Nations and the Versailles treaty. It cites the Kansas City Journal and Springfield Republican, contrasts labor support for the League with GOP resistance, and condemns partisanship and dishonesty while praising international cooperation. It ends with a sharp jab at a star figure, urging restraint and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
The
Kansas City Journal
Springfield Republican
United States Senate
America
Great Britain
New York Times
League of Nations
Senate
National Grange
Farmers
National Chamber of Commerce
Lodge
American Federation of Labor
Davy Crockett
William R. Nelson
Wilson
Star
Notable historical dates and deaths list
A compact archival snippet chronicles various figures and events by year, noting births and deaths such as Charles Mathews in 1283, Royle O Reilly in 1814, Lord Raglan in 1855, and others. it also mentions events like rail openings, college anniversaries, executions, and diplomatic shifts, plus a brief modern ad for Western Electric fans.
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Charles Mathews
Plymouth
Engpee
London
Tehe ‘Royle O'Reilly
County Meath
Ireland
Hull
Mass
Lord Raglan
Russia
Crimea
Louis
Bowdoin College
Ibrahim Wardant
Cairo
Ith
Italy
Turkey
Kovel
Russian Congress of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegetes
Council of the Empire
Duma
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the Journal-World
the World Company
W._C. SIMONS
Zeren
Chicago
A. R. Xeator
eeRed Hemer
New York
Theorge Hi
Alcorn
West 31St Street
New York City
Mgwa
Ember— Audit Bureau of Circulations
Posteffice
Domin
Everett True
Y Edmund Vance Goke
Donah
A. U
Isle of Man
Island
Mutchinson News
Hutchinson
Joplin
Atlantic
Myust
Abe Hefflefinger
Otto Floto
Yesteryear
Toledo
Euriongs
Mr. Burr
North Lawrence
Old United Presbyterian Church
Haskell Institute
Jawes
Ier
Por
Party of the
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Arthur Sears Henning
Arthur Sears
Belgium
Albert
Knox
Leason
Steen
Wiedemann’s
Western Electric
Kennedy Plumbing Co
Assaas i
P. Ts
Mscalls Magazine
McCall's
Eike Harold MacGrath
Louis Joseph Vance
Eleanor H. Porter
Jennette Lee
Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Mary Heaton Vorse
McCall
Farmers State and Savings Bank
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