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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
5
An unclear Macon Telegraph fragment recounts scattered lines about George Washington, Mrs Washington, a dog named Tittle File, and a boy named Robert. The piece shifts between dialogue on servive methods and a condolence scene for a lost pet, with incomplete sentences and mis-spellings.
The passage highlights Alexander Bell as a great American inventor of the telephone. Tyehlen as Belt tele. Alexander Humboldt as a German traveler statesman and renowned naturalist. It notes his discovery of decreasing earth magnetic intensity from pole to equator and his major work Kosmos written in his seventy fifth year. It credits him with advancing global science.
The Jacksonville Times-Union quotes a proverb about a mule’s steadfastness. It notes you can neither push nor pull a mule, using the animal’s stubborn courage as a sample of firm conviction.
Coach W O Hamilton selects Carl Rice Parsons Richard Trewecke Wichita and Marshall Haddock Kansas City for the Inter Allied Athletics games to be held June 22 to July 8 at the Pershing stadium near Paris. Fifty men will be chosen from the service eligible pool. Haddock excels in 100 and 200 meters. Trewecke, a Chicago Athletic Club member, stands 6 feet 2 inches in high jump and 25 feet 5 inches in broad jump. Rice jumped 6 feet 1 1/2 inches in high jump. The team will depart New York June 9.
Tax assessors report Kansas farmers have sold nearly all livestock and grain as prices rose, leaving only what is needed to run farms. Officials say valuations will decline for grains and livestock but oil and mineral wealth will offset losses, with dramatic rises in oil counties like Tulsa and Sedgwick over the past decade.
Manager W C Hamilton announced another game for the Jayhawker baseball team against William Jewell College at Liberty Missouri on May 21. The Jewell nine visited earlier but rain made the grounds unplayable and the team returned home without a game.
Market items show mixed prices for staples and feeds with a few entries like prairie hay alfalfa at 6.00 and 837.50. Road King Ajax tires carry a 5,000 mile guarantee and are advertised as cheaper than rivals without mileage guarantees. Maxwell Garage at 634 Mass. St advertises nearby tire deals.
In 1899 New York city ordinances restricted street travel to four miles per hour. The rule applied to motor vehicles in municipal streets, with enforcement aimed at regulating urban traffic and pedestrian safety.
New York May 22 Union Pacific Press Bureau describes 89th Division debarkation at Hoboken. Veterans ride via ferry and rail to camps, while families press against a high iron barrier, longing for reunion as unfamiliar French slang and deployed memories mix among weary soldiers.
Beta Theta Pi clinched the Van Hellenic track meet with 44.5 points, edging Sigma Alpha Epsilon at 37 as events concluded yesterday afternoon. Sigma Chi stood third with 25, Pi Kappa Alpha fourth with 13. Betas received the university silver loving cup.
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