This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1919
Page
2
A fragmented report notes a local track event held Saturday where an athlete or team scored 52 points. The text is unclear about names, exact event, or location, but indicates a significant scoring result.
Valley Falls led by Lewis dominated the big school class at a muddy Saturday track meet, scoring 88 points to Perry 19 and Florence 28. Winfield won Class A with 62 points. Kansas City Kans 24 and Lawrence 13 placed behind. Lewis set a KU record by finishing the 220 yard low hurdles in 24.3 seconds. Dobson of Winfield led in points with 22. Mounts of Wichita won three firsts and a 4th in the 220. Kept from graphic detail, the brief notes a strong Valley Falls team, Perry, Kansas City and Neodesha contenders, and a final relay winner by Florence in Class B.
Land deals recorded by multiple parties in Kansas involving Fort-to-Fort Highway tracts and Elm Street Baldwins parcels. Transactions include Frank Durow and partners conveying strips to county commissioners, various $1 to $15,000 exchanges, and a $50 conveyance by A M Leamer with attorney. listings mention lot blocks in Lecompton and Tenn Street Lawrence. Also notes Pure Linseed Oil at Matthews Lumber Co.
Postmasters of Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma will hold a Tri state Convention in Kansas City Missouri on June 6 and 7. Sessions will cover expediting delivery of Special Delivery mail and closer cooperation between trailers handling second class matter.
A garbled OCR fragment shows stray words and unusual capitalization. The legible bits include phrases like pigs e cares and a note about action being gentle, with scattered names and terms. The piece resembles a damaged page segment with no clear event.
Fort Leavenworth in Kansas plans more than 500000 dollars in improvements to the disciplinary barracks after an initial 300000 dollar appropriation. Construction to remodel and enlarge its facilities will begin soon with the War Department assigning one captain and five lieutenants to supervise funds and work, mostly labor from prisoners with civilian foremen. A government auto truck depot for about 800 workers is included in the plan. Reserve seed stocks remain scarce as Kansas farmers hold minimal wheat and corn reserves, with only 3.28 percent of the 1918 wheat crop and 8.7 percent of the 1919 corn crop still on farms.
The Kansas State Sunday School association begins its forty fourth annual convention in Wichita May 6. Expected attendance tops 5 000 with delegates from every state Sunday school. Speakers include M H Henline E W Halpenny Hazel A Lewis I W O Shea and D H Hietz. The Wichita municipal chorus will perform The Heavens are Telling from Creation tomorrow evening and Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah on Wednesday night.
In Topeka on May 6 the question arose over who bears the expense when soldiers are admitted to state hospitals under the new law allowing entry without a declaration of insanity. Des Moines army hospital sought admission for a patient, prompting the dispute.
An Atchison soldier requests that the state bear all expenses. The state board of administration believes the federal government should cover costs and has advised Des Moines hospital that the matter must be settled. Pending settlement the soldier will be admitted to the hospital.
Kansas cities show bond indebtedness up three and a third million dollars in the past year reaching a new peak. Townships cut debt by two hundred thousand and county debt fell eight hundred fifty thousand. A slight decline noted thereafter.
State Auditor Fred W. Knapp reports a rise in city indebtedness split between municipal ponds about 1.7 million dollars and city school funds 200 thousand. Total county bonded indebtedness stands at 8,441,559 with township 58,393,615 and road bonds 834,219.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.