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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
4
A garbled Lawrence Kansas text fragment discusses government efforts to curb war slackers, university events, and debates over German terms. It references Chancellor Lindley, a new stadium plan, and reflections on postwar self-government for Poles and others in Europe.
At a Chicago gathering of agricultural scientists and producers, reports showed ground rock added to soils boosts crops like alfalfa. The discussion warned government departments to curb overruns and keep expenditures within income, noting past deficits and war-related deafness to fiscal limits.
Reprinted from the Republican Day Journal May 5 1871 notes buffalo herds south of Fertiligne with many Igndigas present. Eldridge disuse bank lists sixty five guests. Plymesth Congregation pew renting and social last evening drew large crowds with pews rented totaling 3680 dollars. Seniors of the church have been carpeted and furnished, presenting a handsome appearance.
The Lawrence area GOP convened its second distinct congressional convention with J. N. Run of Franklin County chairing. James Humphrey nominated W. J. Carpenter of Miami County for temporary chairman, who was elected by acclamation, and W. D. Madden was nominated and elected temporary secretary without opposition.
The note lists the 100th anniversary of Napoleon’s death and the anniversary of Mexico’s independence. It also mentions the inauguration of Yat San as leader of the Chinese Republic and Lomson University granting conferrals today.
An important meeting of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor is to begin at Cincinnati. Delegates from many parts of the United States are expected to attend as part of the national labor conference.
The American Chemical Society session highlighted future fuel and food strategies. Yale’s Professor Whitfert urged tropical moss cultivation for alcohol and export to cooler zones, with support from A T Boyd Dayton Chin and Rob Taney of the Forest Products Laboratory. Hibbert stressed chemists must solve future fuel costs, while agriculture and food chemistry offered conservation and value improvements including new peanut products and ice cream methods.
The article notes a drop in the cost of rare sugars derived from unusual substances, including mannose made from Ecuadorian ivory shavings priced at $142 a pound, limiting access for many households. It mentions their laboratory use for germ detection and references American dye ministry progress and new processing.
Kaneite City May 2 The Good Roads Association of Greater Kansas City reports many roads within a hundred miles of the area are in poor condition. The group offers 10 dollars for the worst mud hole or road in need of repair on any highway. Local officials urged to inspect and fix dangerous spots, or face photos submitted to headquarters.
Incomplete OCR text mentions an army career, a Duke of York reference, and a figure named Triver or Trines Hen-7 with ties to a soldiering path. The readable lines hint at popularity and activities but lack coherent events or dates.
The fragment describes a Labrador voyage and Arctic routing from Skagway to White Horse by river steamer, with travel toward Fort Yukon and the Arctic Circle. It notes midnight sun conditions and a sequence of travel stages, including river and icebound segments, amid rough, historic travel lore.
A report outlines a new signal system intended to help more than a thousand men. Bets Parse describes how the method uses phones and telegraph-like signals to coordinate movement and contact, enabling faster communication and safer actions.
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