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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1917
Page
2
The World Company announces subscription rates effective January 1 1917 with monthly and annual options. Notices urge prompt payment and provide contact details for the New York representative and circulation information. Articles comment on U S topics including debate rules in Congress and pacifism in Texas amid national tension.
Government focus shifts from steel trust scale to the methods used to build its power. Separate note mentions anxious parents worried about their three year old son amid unfolding events.
A student play titled If I Were Dean prompts debate on deans as tyrants or humans. Lawrence readers are urged to support Belgian relief through a concert fund drive, noting war burdens and Swiss military training as examples of democratic armies.
The text praises medicines promising strength better sleep and restoration of health while criticizing wartime hysteria. It argues for prudent spending on treatments and contrasts this with aggressive arms expansion, noting Europe’s use of forces under necessity and urging realism in US defense discussions.
A New York judge rules it is not a crime for a wife to rifle her husband's pockets and notes no law against ransacking last year's inquiries. The piece satirically threads headlines, anecdotes, and quips on crime, aging, travel, and social manners with quirky misprints and cultural allusions.
A live business figure, J R Holmes, presents as a candidate for Lawrence Commissioner of Utilities. He emphasizes integrity, service, and city growth, noting his agency’s impact in bringing families to Lawrence and promoting local commerce. He favors beautification through gardening and flowers, aiming to elevate the city to rival show spots. Holmes is seen as people friendly and right-minded, with broad community support expected. He previously promoted keeping Kansas money in Kansas and built a large agency. Local real estate figure Culver, formerly in grocery business with J P Roberts, was noted visiting Lawrence recently.
Polling equipment is prepared with ballot boxes and voting booths ready for placement at polling places. Judges and clerks are lined up and appointed by the city days ago. No public meetings or events have drawn notable attention as candidates work quietly toward the Tuesday primaries next week.
Mrs Georgia Brown known in Lawrence as Georgia Brown died in Kansas City eight days after her husband Edwin Brown's death. She had been ill for years and suffered a relapse of grief. Funeral services will be in Lawrence at the Catholic church Monday morning. She was born in Paris seventy years ago and educated in Canada. She leaves a son Dr Bayne of Kansas City, a granddaughter Evelyn Vaughn of New York, and four other grandchildren.
Tomorrow marks a key occasion for the Haskell YMCA as multiple Lawrence churches join in welcoming new members. The First Baptist church will baptize fifteen new members during the evening service. Also noted is a new fire hose for the Lawrence fire department, improving readiness, with a fire engine still awaited.
A Lawrence voter urges readers to register and vote, arguing that patriotism includes exercising suffrage. He criticizes inactive citizens and emphasizes the need for responsible ballots to prevent bad leadership, promising reform from Streets and Public Utilities.
An 1860s affidavit from J. Cheney & Co. claims a $100 reward per case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document, sworn in Toledo, notes the firm’s partnership and notary acknowledgment. It promotes Hall's remedies and urges readers to send for trial information and testimonials.
In a rallying appeal Lawrence residents hear a plea for city backed employment bureaus to aid the jobless at no cost, plus calls for street car service expansion. Candidates Neville and Cleland announce runs for Commissioner roles, while a board of education slate seeks re election ahead of March primaries.
W Bickel announces candidacy for the Lawrence Board of Education subject to the primary on March 13, 1917. Holmes also proclaims candidacy for Commissioner of Public Utilities in Lawrence with the primary set for March 43, 1847.
Mr and Mrs Weaver return from a east coast business trip. Ray Dunmire of Atchison spends the weekend here. Butcher was in Kansas City today. Richard Cox of Topeka stays a few days. Mrs Otto Rust will spend time in Leavenworth. Mr Jack Walton and Mr V John leave tonight on business trips. Helen Jones went to Kansas writing.
Mrs McColloch has shown steady health improvement while her spouse in town for a few days before returning to Colorado to spend the summer. The couple, tied to Me Cal BayeColloch, are addressing winter health concerns with travel and rest.
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