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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1919
Page
4
A meditation on Proverbs wisdom and righteous living contrasts with 20th century notes on political regret. Reports mention Russia apologizing to the United States over a corporal flogging, a cabinet push to curb prices, soldiers taking on unusual duties, and a plebiscite plan for Silesia with Allied election oversight.
W H Kerr librarian at Kansas State Normal School served as rector of the educational department of the American Library Association in France. The group supplied 2.5 million books to A E F with 1.5 million funded publicly and privately. Books reached 625 camps and hospitals and were mailed to soldiers across Europe. About 100 000 volumes went to French universities and permanent European institutions.
The Bolsheviks may move the capital from Petrograd amid high living hazards and population losses. Kansas expects 600 box cars daily from next week to move crops, after initial delays by the railroad director. Paris tourists face curtailed nightlife as wartime habits linger and city lights fade.
The piece argues that labor agitators improperly press for unionization and strikes not tied to local conditions. It asserts mill owners resisted outside influence and the public opposed it. It favors direct dealings with employers and supports an open shop for stability and public welfare.
Fifty years ago a new Western Union telegram tariff cut rates to New York and Lawrence to Junction City. The Kan s river survey for a railroad bridge progresses, and Garnett road prospects improve. Lawrence Turners rent a hall for a new venue while local legal cases pile up before Judge Bassett. Marital woes, divorce tales, and a cautionary note on marriage round out the column with rustic whimsy and local ads.
Miss Harriet Smith, a student secretary in China, describes how 20000 students organized themselves amid government controls. She portrays the formation of youth groups, shifts toward republican ideals, and the role of the Young Women's Christian Association amid unrest as stores, markets, and tramways buzz with tension.
In Washington the employers' group at the industrial congress endorses collective bargaining while defending the open shop. They say these matters are for each enterprise to arrange to suit its interests, avoiding an attitude that thwarts negotiations.
The Senate vote on reservations shows the United States will not alter the Shantung clause by changing the treaty text. Reserving the treaty is viewed as the means to express American opposition and influence Japan to honor a promise. Republicans voting to keep Shantung seek to use reservations to frame the U S stance while pursuing China’s eventual restoration of the peninsula. The strategy mirrors potential action on other treaty points, with doubts about signaling a clear national position to the world. Let L L Phillips paint our tin roof Phone 192.
The notice lists figures such as Isaac B. Woodbury born 1819, Helen Hunt Jackson born 1844, and events from 1844 Buffalo gale deaths to 1916 German attack on Russia. It notes Woodbury a Beverly blacksmith turned hymn writer, Jackson’s claim on her Indians writings, and various historical milestones including debatable dates, positions, and interments.
The item lists several individuals with birthplaces and ages, including Henri Bergson born in Paris and Dr. David C. Barrow born in Arkthorpe County Georgia, noted as 67 today. Other entries mention Frenel in Paris, Nikols Tesla in Antria, and Jacob Schaefer in Chicago with various ages and descriptors.
Census clerks wanted for work in Washington D C earnings $200 to $180 per year plus $20 monthly after one month service examination date November 15 Saturday class of fifty or more. apply quickly for details W H MOYS secretary local Civil Service Board. Dr Burdick Speaks Epworth League to hear Dr W L Burdick speak Sunday at 7 00 pm on A King Way inquiry with music by orchestra. Halloween party October 24. meetings and social urged.
The Czecho-Slovak National Council in Paris formally proclaims independence marking a pivotal national milestone. The assembly consolidates authority amid wartime shifts as European borders reshape.
The brief note praises excellent conditions for photography with Kodak cameras. It mentions a display of seven Kodak models and includes fragmented mentions of names and locations, suggesting a local interest in photography gear and showcase items.
Piano service advertisement notes Timing Call 646 A Weber offers top piano work at 500 II Street and nearby areas. Includes location and contact hint for booking.
The piece blends warnings about counterfeit twenty dollar bills, praise for the Post Office under Postmaster General Burleson, and assorted quips about marriage ads, Wilson era politics, and Washburn KU football history. It mentions topeka hopes, endearments to Wie demanns and a plea to order Apricot and Pineapple Ices early.
Lawrence officials plan a finance ordinance banning bill board displays in the city. A Lawrence delegation of insurance agents may travel to state department to push for permission to raise plate glass insurance costs ahead of local parades in the village. Crevens Mixture English nose to tobacco sold by City Drug Store.
Kentucky and Oregon tobacco men rally behind Allied Tobacco group to fight a Woman's Christian Temperance Union anti-tobacco campaign. The push centers on a plan to file with state officials to ban cigarette sales after January 1, with severe penalties for noncompliance.
Lieut John Sousa, born in Washington DC, told Cleveland Advertising Club members at a banquet that he never changed his birth details or identity. He refuted rumors spread by a persistent agent claiming his name was John Pullip So and that he connected his past to patriotism, noting that such tales led to unfounded claims he was Greek Italian French or Spanish.
Water consumers in a wide area will experience a Sunday service interruption for tank cleaning. The outage runs 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on October 19 along Indiana street and adjacent blocks from 6th to 9th, 11th street to Mass to Rhode Island, and all North Lawrence. Water will resume by 7:00 a.m. Sunday.
Mr. Dobbies hires a discharged soldier as a farmhand and jokingly treats his aid tractor as a tank. The ex soldier from the tank corps is praised for his excellent field supervision, described with admiration and humor.
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