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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1915
Page
8
An old advertisement claims Devoe Lead-and-Zinc Paint is suitable for any interior or exterior surface. It emphasizes easy assembly in the slit way and urges readers to specify Devoe to their painter.
Herbert Bunter Tudor former NSL football standout and Atchison High School coach is named football coach at Parsons College in Fairfield Iowa. He previously took a special course in athletic work at the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana and attended Illinois University.
The Folkeblad of Holding reports in Copenhagen that Germany plans to raise the military age limit to 54 and allow calling up men previously rejected for physical reasons, including those not fit for service, a German law reportedly discussed but forbidden to be covered by papers.
The Cooke Helser land sale near Baile Ne drew buyers Solgnton Helser and Calvin Cook from Pennsylvania and Maryland. Purchasers included Will oak and Harry Helser who represented fractional interests. Bids totaled 1420000, with prices ranging from 16100 to 42000, marking one of Nemahy county’s biggest transactions.
Market notes show cattle receipts in Kansas City at 200 with steady price levels and hogs at 7,000 head. Chicago reports cattle receipts 200 with cattle and calves selling from six to ten dollars, hogs mixed to higher loads with light to heavy weights. Grain prices list corn and oats with September and December contracts and pork, lard futures, reflecting broad market unchanged or mixed presses.
The funeral for Dorothy Carter aged years, daughter of Ceoter, was held at her father's home on Maine Street this afternoon at 2:30. Interment followed at Oak Mill Cemetery.
Infant of G A Stanwix M Ptanwix died at parents home in Eudora Kansas Belle Lew neighborhood and burial held in Dey cemetery Death of Wesley Goodwin colored at 1105 Alabama Street last night funeral from home at 10 Velark tomorrow morning interment in Oak Hill cemetery Dwarf Dies at 107 Sept 4 Mrs Fean tz death at Brooklyn home for the cell ly her 10th year established a record for Louis ville Mywarts. She was two and one half feet high and weighed under twenty five pounds born Stuttgart Germany.
High School enrollment details assign dates by credits and rooms. Former students with under six credits enroll Tuesday, ih to 1 credits Wednesday, 14 to 21 credits Thursday, 22 or more on Thursday. Incoming students from other high schools enroll Friday, Saturday forenoon. Freshmen bring promotion cards. Examinations on summer work September 10 in Room 5. Notice to take the examination must be left with the Principal by noon September FW Hy Olney, Principal.
Abe Johnson completed his course this week and left for Kansas with a position as stenographer and bookkeeper for The Tool Supply Company. Gilbert Ostrander secured a good job through the Remington Typewriter Employment Bureau in Sheaver. Elva Crockett accepted a stenotypist role in Kan for the new term. Several towns send multiple students to enroll, and civil service examination plans are noted for September.
20th Century bookkeeping and stenotypy are taught in leading business colleges. L. B. C. students secure best courses and positions after finishing. The new school year opens next Monday. Miss Mary Olson, shorthand expert, has secured a good bank position in Russell Kangas.
In a southern town area a Santa Fe passenger train struck a car, killing W. G. Miller, his wife, and their seven year old son. The wreck crushed the vehicle and impeded visibility for both occupants and the engineer. The sole survivor is an older brother, LE. B. Miller, a student who last Saturday completed his first year at Lawrence University. The tragedy disrupts a prominent bottling business family, with the elder man well known and holding a sizable house and assets. The article notes his friend Albert McNish and details surrounding the family’s status and the survivor’s future at college.
The note outlines Kaihnan Keilman visiting his parents in Alabama, with hints he may soon join the Daily Capital as a newspaper man. It mentions his Lawrence roots and a wandering lifestyle, portraying him as a budding journalist.
A jumble of ads lists sewing machines and furniture for sale, a room and kitchen furnishing offer, a Missouri contact seeking business associates, a lady seeking a roommate, a Tennessee Street residence help-wanted note, and a commission-based sales position for parkside merchandise in smaller towns.
Sturtevant and brothers, club secretary Randolph arrives in Law rence after selling books to teachers. Miss Gretelien McCall visits from Lecompton for rural school meeting. New athletic equipment bought. automatic cleaner planned for street work. Edgar brothers' earls and piano tuner W H McKone announced after vacation.
A garbled OCR note hints at a board meeting next Monday at the city hall. It mentions police involvement and Henry McCurdy visiting, with a referenced load of changes affecting the event.
A World reporter notes conflicting reports on the original Deland townsite company. Names such as John M. Newby Samuel Wool Lykins and others appear in abstracts, but no definitive list can be affirmed, as multiple men named Ropes were present and evidence is inconclusive.
The text fragment mentions ordley Advatine and a corps of town officers, with references to Mr. Leis and Ropes. It alludes to Pike's Punk, a wheelbarrow, and personal effects, but many names and details are incomplete. Overall, it hints at a historical discussion of local office selection and a figure named Ropes.
A Chicago reader praises Peruna for hay fever and chronic catarrh, saying it shortens yearly attacks. Another user notes previous medicines failed, but Peruna cured his nasal symptoms and dizziness. The letters cite personal relief and renewed comfort after using the tonic.
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