This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
2
General Haig’s forces crossed the Nord water line and hold footing on the opposite bank from Hay-Macourt to Ham, indicating a posed advance in the campaign.
Paris reports Gen Mangin’s troops within ten miles of Laon and Gen Berthelot’s men reaching the Aisne on a broad front. Americans push along the Aisne line while French and British gains stretch from Rheims to Ypres and toward the Hindenburg line.
Eighty draftees depart this evening as the largest quota yet from the county. A 6 PM Chamber of Commerce banquet will honor the group with Judge Mason and Mayor Kreeck among speakers. A National Army escort and university troops will lead a formal parade with local guards and bands participating.
Sunday morning services at the First Baptist Church will be a memorial for William Edwin Courtney, son of Mr and Mrs W T Courtney, who died in France of diphtheria while serving as a soldier. The services will be conducted by Pastor Frankennings assisted by Reverend L Wier.
Draft board records show orders for August 24 registrants and random selection for eleven extra men to Total eighty seven sent including two incapacitated and five alternates. Rash Hashanah begins tonight with Jewish houses closed. Mosaic year 5679 opens in Lawrence Kansas City and Topeka. Yom Kippur observance follows September 16 with fasting and prayer.
Disjointed dispatches describe German offensives countered by British forces. Reports mention Allied resistance north of hill positions and a push toward the Chentine des-Dyre region. Details on captures and troop movements are partially obscured by OCR errors.
Fragmentary war dispatch notes the American army extending a line near the Aisne front this forenoon. The action is described as moving through Revillin toward the southeast, with exchanges reported as bitter at the posts.
Assistant attorney Michael P. Sullivan announced that Juli Wilson has been positively identified as involved in planting the bomb in the Chicago federal building. Four people were killed and many were injured in the explosion.
Douglas County reports 681 more motor vehicles registered than last year driven by 2 017 licences issued since July 1. Officials cite steady growth and potential further increases, noting past spending patterns and current tax collections.
Fragmentary text notes volunteers in Wasts drafting registrars for a September 12 event. Mentions preheat, meet, and possible action by a group with unclear names and dates. Reads like a wartime or community notice with scattered phrases and no clear outcomes.
Reports from Cologne and Holland detail German submarine actions and cease-tied rhetoric. Dutch protests cite sinking vessels in a designated zone while authorities discuss civic unrest and the need for a new teacher at Model School District No. 3, as Miss Cassie Failor is hired for term openings.
Weather note indicates warm conditions tonight and Saturday with high and low temps. Mentions past temperature around 63 degrees and a vague forecast following a military event reference.
Secretary Baker directs the chief of each war department bureau to replace all Class 1 draft age men with physically unfit personnel by December 31, serving in Washington or other war department branches.
At Camp Funston Kansas a Mississippi recruit measuring six feet eight inches and weighing 365 pounds caused supply troubles as standard boots and uniforms proved too small. Shoemaker and tailor were summoned from Junction City to craft shoes seventeen inches long and adapt uniforms for the unusually large man and his Mississippi contingent.
Principal F J Olney announces next week enrollment at Lawrence High School. Freshmen report by name A to K in mornings and L to Z in afternoons starting Monday. hours are 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Credits based: 1–5 Tuesday, 6–13 Wednesday in Room Six, 14–21 Wednesday in Room Two, 22+ Thursday. Friday or Saturday morning enrollment for nonlocal students. Bring grade promotion cards for first time enrollees and credits for advanced standing.
Inquiries to Captain B. t. Scher probe whether a National Guard member can remain enrolled after joining the S A T C at the University. Scher says such a split is impossible because S A T C members are in the army and receive army pay. Officers doubt a draft student could drill independently without losing Guard standing, given likely War Department rulings.
Mrs. Mary Barnes recalls buying corn at ten cents per bushel in Lawrence during the winter of 1863 and burning it for fuel all season. The corn came from Mr. Sawyer, an uncle of Theodore Gardner, and the winter was unusually mild with snow only on Christmas Day.
Washington reports that the War Department will turn barracks over to housing members of the student army training corps during the war period. Kansas Aggie and other colleges will provide quarters for about 2,000 to 2,400 students. plans to use fraternity houses for overflow are uncertain. rural college courses and degree requirements remain unchanged as the corps forms by October 1.
Lieut Robert S Heizer of Osage City was killed in France last June. The War Department notified his father Judge C Heizer. Heizer attended the University of Kansas as a student and played for a college team. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The family had begun to suspect news of his death months earlier.
Telegram received yesterday by the Rev E L Stauffer E overseas with the U S forces declined the general manager position of the Boys Earn and Give South Dakota after being asked for expected salary and start date. He has been with Y M C A and faces possible calls elsewhere.
A garbled passage notes Lawrence shows fortune in strong banks despite dry weather and mixed wheat prospects. The text references daily business conditions and analytical examiners, hinting at currency and market health, with unclear statements about money and waste.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.