Use Horse Sense With Automobile Says Motorist
A reader column urges safer driving by analogy to horse sense warning motorists. The piece highlights shared responsibility on roads and warns of dangers when others ignore safe driving practices.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1920
Page
4
A reader column urges safer driving by analogy to horse sense warning motorists. The piece highlights shared responsibility on roads and warns of dangers when others ignore safe driving practices.
A Lawrence note urges careful driving on Craword Streets highlighting pedestrians and the danger of ignoring other road users. Advises motorists to yield, check intersections, slow down away from main thoroughfares, and stop for streetcar movements while signaling turns and maintaining space for slower vehicles. Author emphasizes Morse sense and courtesy behind the wheel.
Motorists face closures on both East and West routes around Lawrence due to wet construction. Repairs aim to restore normal service soon, with drivers promised compensation for current delays as crews work on the Golden Belt route and nearby Topels area.
E Knowles reports limited access to bicycles and motorcycles over weeks. Strike ties and material shortages hinder supply, leaving him with only one bicycle and no motorcycles for a month.
A Christian church will be torn down to make space for new apartments. C W Smith plans to move extra stock to a service station on Massachusetts Street and enlarge storage capacity. The site behind the Studebaker sales room will be cleared for Fordson storage.
Widespread breakdowns last Sunday blocked travel between local cities and Kansas City. Many vehicles failed in transit causing delays on major roads and prompting roadside assistance efforts. Officials urged drivers to seek repairs and expect lingering congestion through the week.
A garbled OCR passage describes a crowd on a road where a car approach caused trouble and a youth reacted. Details are unclear, with missing names and places, making it hard to identify the event or entities involved.
A damaged text fragment mentions a C300 cause and includes stray words like Leahkes and numbers, but lacks clear details of parties, location, or deadline. Further readable content is needed to produce a coherent legal notice card.
A ministerial session with 14 members concludes as officials review agenda items. Attendees include officials and staff, with plans announced for future talks and potential policy actions. The record notes attendance and preliminary outcomes from the meeting.
A terse notice states an appeal or appeal filed in a justice court case. The action appears to involve formal review or challenge within the local judiciary and potential further proceedings.
A local court fined an individual named Mugily after a seating dispute at BL ing Mopethe. The report notes the case proceeded through the standard court channels with a monetary penalty imposed.
The Prairie Pipeline Co has started work on a new line connecting facilities to the main route. Local workers and officials anticipate completion updates as the project progresses through Baldwin and surrounding areas.
A jumble of words references Princeton, New Jersey era topics, oil interests, engines and operations. The readable bits mention Princeton, Fairbank, Treves, and engines, with scattered dates and places that lack a coherent event or outcome.
An OCR fragment promotes Mentha based cold head relief with directions to take two ounces and reduce to once daily. It mentions buying from a reliable druggist and a hot flannel throat application as a remedy. The text references a price range and a New York vendor in a damaged notice style.
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