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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1920
Page
4
A town resident argues leaves should not be raked but spread on lawns within thirty feet of properties as protection against cold. The leaves act as mulch and fertilizer, rotting to enrich soil for spring growth and potentially reduce street debris. The plan aims to keep bluegrass lawns healthier and easier to care for through winter and into spring.
A London theater scene described two smoking women in a spa box puffing pipes while a man in the gallery objects and anti smoking patrons grab the cigarette, leading to a magistrate hearing. A California note mentions a peculiar heart shaped furniture motif in a home.
Kansas State Agricultural College engineers publish tips to save fuel and heat. Guidance covers furnace settings, humidity control, weatherstripping, chimney care, and balancing draft. Also notes rising hair market prices and a futuristic automatic home in Evanston Illinois. Uruguay prohibits intoxicants for women.
Rome, Nov. 6. Benedict XV enables two artists to work on Vatican grounds, Quadroni remodeling a life-size Gardina Rampolla statue for Santa Cecilia and Antonelli painting a vast canon law codex scene with 52 figures. The grand frame features portraits of past popes including Pius IX and Benedict XIV, with a 19-ton Carrara marble block for the statue. Benedict XV visits their studios to oversee progress.
Forty or more airplanes will race over a 160 mile closed triangular course starting and finishing at Mitchel Field Mineola New York on Thanksgiving Day The event offers 4000 in Liberty bonds for top finishers and includes entrants from the Army Navy and international clubs The race features speeds over 100 mph and four laps around the 240 mile course.
The Good Roads Association and state leaders plan to raise the automobile license from 6 to 10 dollars for most cars, with a horsepower based scale up to about 20 dollars. In Kansas an estimated 200,960 cars by July 1, 1921 could yield around 3 million dollars, doubled by federal matching funds plus 24 percent county shares.
A reader submits a fragmented letter urging publication of concerns about backache remedies and work conditions. The readable text includes scattered phrases about timing, readiness, a boss, and financial or personal issues, but lacks coherent structure. The piece resembles an improvised public note rather than a complete editorial.
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