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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
4
A companion piece urges readers to rely on newspaper advertisements for safe, wholesome foods and household items. It argues advertising backs products with a seller’s guarantee, promoting prudent buying in fly-breeding, lime use, hot weather, and overall family health.
The Kansas January board plans a cleanup push to improve the state’s reputation, aiming for a more orderly and efficient government. The move signals emphasis on reform and accountability across agencies.
Midland College at Atchison fails to build a winning football program. The town is noted for student arrests during street celebrations and school yell incidents, reflecting local discipline issues impacting the team.
Amid wartime censorship the British censor continues to bar certain stories while field correspondents push witty items. The debate centers on whether humor undermines or enhances morale as censors approve some tales and block others.
The text notes the Gerona government’s claim that the sabankind officer who sank the Sus sex was properly punished by the United States. It questions what the punishment was and suggests the officer’s fate may be mild, proposing a harsher consequence like losing his torpedo tube to prevent others from enjoying the act.
A garbled report shows a billion dollar total for appropriations with confusion over the actual size as Speaker Reed clarifies the nation is a one billion dollar country. Democrats later contend the figure may reach two billion dollars for the session.
The text contains incomplete phrases about German bows and expectations of Veritun falling. It references a failed attempt at something like ai vr and rush, and mentions a policy described as forward. The overall context is obscured by garbled OCR, leaving only disjointed wartime rhetoric and unclear actions.
Announcements of candidacy and notices will be charged at $2.00 per month with a $5.00 minimum, payable in advance for political ads. The Journal-World comments on daylight saving, noting proposals to shift clocks for more daylight and the public’s role in adopting time changes. It questions benefits and signals public discussion on time policy.
Speculation swirls over who will secure the Democratic nomination as debate centers on Bryan. Reports from Wichita Eagle Springfield Republican and Canonne press suggest Bryan may stay home or back a peace at any price candidate. Observers note his statements could allow alternate roles or delegation from other states, with Tribune offering chesslike interpretations of his stance.
The Christian Science Monitor notes a wide gap between talk of cheap gasoline and real savings. It argues that talking cheaper gasoline seems the only safeguard against further price increases, and suggests continuing negotiations as a prudent step.
The piece laments a reporter who struggles to spell haccalaureate and notes how contest orations settle matters for Graduates. It describes writers forcing thoughts into a slender column, touching on June brides and related outcomes.
A detailed account recalls May 21, 1856, in Lawrence when David A. Atchison then a U S senator and once vice president, urged pro slavery raiders to destroy the Free State hotel. His shell misfired, yet the event sparked decades of border warfare in Kansas. Sam Elliott preserved the missile, claimed as the opening shot of the Civil War.
A fragmentary OCR note mentions a yearly uplift period and the challenge of arranging vowels in Chapte into paper order irperia Craneite. The text is garbled, with unclear references to loans news and Erin's Eck, providing no concrete facts or identifiable entities.
A World editorial argues that after September 4 about 115,000 Catholic school pupils in Chicago will be taught only in English. It contends that while foreign language study may continue for parents’ wishes, core subjects like arithmetic and geography should be taught in the language used on the streets, to aid assimilation and prevent a one language enclave.
The text argues for home teachers over town residents, claiming local teachers secure good schools while outsiders bring new ideas. It cautions residence politics and local influence should not bias judging ability, noting the preference for qualified teachers regardless of origins.
An old ad promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as the daily backache remedy. It touts daily three or four capsules, claims quick relief, and asserts government charter approval and Holland origin. Sold by druggists in sealed packages with money back if ineffective.
Leavenworth shows a broad graduate base with alumni from Kansas University Baker University Colorado College Washburn College Southwestern College Kansas State Normal and Pitts Interamual Training School. Many graduates pursued postgraduate work at Chicago University and the University of Wisconsin. The town celebrates its strong teachers and the school’s standing among Western institutions.
A Kansan editor notes surprise and approval as a student group at the university forms the Anti Cigarette Club with over 200 members. The letter urges enforcement of laws against campus smoking and argues tobacco harms students, warning of wider societal influence. It condemns tobacco advertising in state papers and defends student freedom against temptation.
A reader condemns state education officials for hiring instructors who smoke and push tobacco habits on students. The letter argues freedom ends where harming others, urges moral uplift, and cites local plant sales at Loma stores for garden interest.
Professor Call reports experiments showing kafir excels feterita in eastern Kansas due to better wet weather tolerance while feterita suits drier southern conditions. Planting windows vary by region with timing from late April to May depending on weather, and soil moisture affects mold risk.
An agricultural note discusses bollrops needing from three to six pounds per acre for seed and six to ten pounds when grown for feed. It suggests bollrops can be grown in any good soil and that farmers use poorer land for kaffy while reserving richer soil for higher profit crops.
Mrs Prentiss at the Home Store 07 Tenn St advertises a half price sale on 20 assorted remnants including love ribbons embroidery and curtain goods with bargains among them.
Examinations for men seeking county engineer positions in Oklahoma were held today with testing continuing tomorrow. The board of examiners included Professor James Tuckery from the University of Oklahoma, T. P. Clots of Muskogee, and M. E. Binckley of Sapulpa.
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