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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
8
Berlin reports in October that seventy four hostile aircraft were shot down in September by German forces. Twenty one were French and fifty three British, challenging Premier Asquith's Commons assertion of British air domination.
High school notes report Miss Tibby Tibs and Lucile Tibball ill with fever, possible typhoid. Red Rose Club hosted a wienie feast with about thirty attendees. W C A and YWCA meetings set for October with candy sale at a football game. Local pages mention speakers from Oklahoma, seed wheat purchases, and community meetings around October 16 to 24. Several residents visit or host others, with mentions of Sunday school, county convention, and farm news.
South Louisiana street paving forced a return to the old streetcar method as cars cannot cross Louisiana street and run in both directions from that point. The system resumes in the same direction as before, with a new concrete float at the Bowersock Milling Company nearly finished. The University Club plans its annual meeting Friday at the club house with officer elections to be announced.
The Musketry School of the United States Army opened at Stillwater under Colonel RK M Blatchford. The class includes officers from the regular army and national guard drawn from across the states and will receive instructions in handling machine guns and other weapons.
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