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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
11
The 1908 state high school basketball tournament began with 64 teams entered for the honors, marking a growth from earlier years. The event, described as the biggest tournament for high school basketball in the state, features boys and girls divisions and travels across sections to bring together top teams from cities such as Iola, Lawrence, Baldwin, and Arkansas City.
The Lawrence girls will represent at the state basketball tournament today with Oread High School. Ruth Dunmire, a former Lawrence High and University of Wisconsin player, coaches the Oread girls. They face a strong Olathe team in the opening game at 3 p.m.
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London reports the Royal Air Force operates a long distance airplane mail service from Boulogne to Cologne with balloons marking routes and landing grounds. A wireless network and motor trucks enable weather reports, location signaling, and mail recovery. Pigeons accompany crews as a backup in case of accident.
The Kansas Association of Display Men holds its annual convention in Topeka with Merely 26 members. Whitnah of the city, a resident of the association, has announced plans. More than Potvine dow trimmers, demonstrators and members attend.
Thirteen girls teams entered the state basket ball tournament starting Friday in Chanute and Rosedale. About 105 players from Kansas high schools compete for the title, with Chanute the defending champion and Rosedale the runner-up. Star players and schools from Burlington Leavenworth Olathe Wellsville Oread Training School and more are listed among entrants.
Indian students at Roe Indian Institute in Wichita protest a cemetery project on eighty acres near the campus. They say ancestral traditions forbid sleeping near graves and an official says students have threatened to leave the school if the cemetery is built.
Kansas high school athletes from all sections will gather in Lawrence on May 3 for the sixteenth annual state interschool track meet at McCook field. Classes A B C results from last year show Abi-Jene, Valley Falls, Belle Prairie and Kincaid as champions. Coach W Q Tramston pushes early prep as the meet arrives earlier than usual.
Epley high man with 224 leads four straight wins for Sevenback team as Elles Club hosts tourney. Beatz and Dick also score for their side. Foley Victories, S36 to B25 etc. Hults Graeber clash tonight. Maxwell already clinches title at 22–11. Edmondson still trails at 21–22. New tennis tourney entries being lined up for next week.
March 28 Miss Elizabeth Wyandt daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Wyandt of this city has acted president of the student council at Smith College Northampton Mass She is co junior and president of her class.
Three cups are up for university athletic teams at Kansas this year. Two cups have already been won, while the third awaits the fourth annual girls meet. Wk. UL dn pest.
Evidence gathered by a Wichita high school club led to convictions of thirty proprietors in police court for selling cigarettes to minors. Each defendant was fined 25 to 50 dollars. A club member signed the complaints.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for tired swollen muscles stiffness and joint pain. It claims fast penetration without staining skin, easing sprains strains bruises rheumatism stiff neck sciatica and toothache, with generous size bottles sold at druggists nationwide.
In perfect health you may still see impure blood signs such as sluggish circulation. The ad urges taking S. S. S. to cleanse and strengthen the blood, claiming it builds the whole system. Sold by all druggists with free blood supply information from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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