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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
4
A vacant house on U Street becomes the center of eerie tales as flickering lights, phantom figures, and a passing electric car beam spark fear among residents. Neighbors recall the building’s unsettling presence with reports of sudden illumination and abrupt darkness, echoing old ghost stories told by locals.
Seven of forty two girls from the wealthiest public school in Brooklyn refuse to graduate in self made gowns, opting for lace trimmed charmeuse outfits. The Mothers club awards silver medals to the others, recognizing their restraint in fashion costs during graduation exercises. The piece also notes papyrus uses in Egypt and Jordan Valley, and modern crafts in Jaffa such as sandals and furniture.
Fragments suggest 19th or early 20th century advice on aging appearance and seriousness for women. A shoemaker exchange hints at daily life, humor, and caution about confidence and attire. The text blends social admonition with a vignette about a client requesting her money back for shoes.
The article recounts Liszt traveling with Virginia cigars in his valet's baggage. A customs officer confiscates a large cache and imposes a $100 fine. Liszt declines to smoke thereafter, later regaining the cigars and paying the fine through Ricordi. Reger recalls a similar vent with Liszt in 1876.
Calcutta’s water system features the world’s largest water tank, spanning two and a third acres with a full 72,100 ton weight. It holds 9,900,000 gallons and uses 32 miles of steel joists plus 20 miles of tie bars. The tank balances supply, storing excess water at night and feeding mains as demand rises.
A college girl, newly graduated, sits with chin in her hand and contemplates the future. The piece credits instructors for shaping her and predicts she will drive progress through philanthropy as she departs in a new pannier skirt suit. A London and Melbourne contrast notes domestic service as a common start for women abroad.
In a strategic overview from Engineering Magazine, the Byzantine Empire faced immense foes from the Saracen empire in the west to Seljuk Turks in the east and Bulgarians to the north. Military leaders, skilled in feints, treachery, and espionage, argued that strategy could compensate for numerical inferiority, turning war into a game of wits rather than brute force.
Harvard professor George Reisney reports a rare find from the city of Samaria in Palestine. In excavations linked to the Harvard Palestine expedition, inscriptions on wine and oil jars reveal early pure food laws and bonded wine storage dating to King Ahab around 880 B C. The inscriptions describe wine cellars and district origins, with jars labeled “A jar of pure oil,” and jar neck seals or labels likely intended for attachment.
A long known 1836 sudden cold event in Abraham Lincoln’s biography recalls a brutal December 20 drop from warm rain to freezing. A horseman for a marriage license saw raindrops turn to icicles. livestock perished in a prairie blizzard. hog drives formed heat piles, and men sheltered in horse bodies to survive as pockets ruin clothing and pockets become a tyrant to coats.
A historic health note warns tomatoes may trigger gout and rheumatic attacks by adding acid to the body. It suggests avoiding tomatoes for those troubled with rheumatism, noting citrus fruits like lemons and oranges also raise acid levels and strawberries peaches as familiar acid sources. Meat is described as a generator of lithic or uric acid.
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