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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1917
Page
2
Railroads face car shortages as grain harvest peaks in six weeks with 680,000 drafted troops to cantonments. Wheat yields rise to 660 million bushels and cereals total 3362 million, signaling a high demand for freight with limited rail capacity.
The article notes grain shipping demands with totals for wheat corn oats rye and barley totaling 4 161 170 cars. Railroads face heavy loads with emphasis on heavier car loading and prompt unloading to handle government business and peak traffic. Fair at Lecompton draws big crowds with a candy display fruit cattle and horses on show and a Modoc Club concert at night.
Friends of Mrs H W Yeomans West of the city on the California road regret to hear of the death of her mother Mrs J Sutherland which occurred Tuesday a week ago in Kansas City She had lived with her daughter twelve years and six years earlier her husband Mr Sutherland died at the Yeomans home Present at her death were three children rats Yeomans Mrs L M Pro and W K Sutherland The body was taken to Lincoln Nebraska for burial beside her husband Her son B A Sutherland and her sister Mrs X H Drullard of Nashville Tenn joined the funeral party at Lincoln A luncheon advertisement and a note about Miss Helene Thomas Teft teaching in Sedan Kansas follow.
An advertisement touts a weight loss serum claimed to reduce waist size to sixty pounds and improve health. It urges readers to consult a pharmacist for a small box of kerelin capsules and follow simple daily dosing for rapid, harmless results.
A city land prospect near Woodland Park attracts buyers as Fairfax, an east addition with good drainage and rolling terrain, lures investors. Many lots sold, but remaining plots offer homebuilding chances with weekly payments and no interest or taxes for two years. J Il Kidty oversees sales on Masso Street.
Robinson acted a dedication for the opening of their new $5 000 school house yesterday after dinner district children performed a program County Superintendent Jane spoke praising the rural school as among the best in the state It features large recitation and study rooms a dining room a play room two cloak rooms and two inside toilets A 150 volume library fills the back room with good furniture throughout Miss Emma Yartley teaches her third year Eighteen pupils enrolled on opening day.
A trained monkey owner sought a city license for a performance before Chief Boyd. The chief ruled no license needed and offered a special show exception. The monkey complied with manners, then disrupted the city commission room momentarily before business resumed.
A fragmentary account describes a modern prairie schooner powered by a gasoline engine. Front wheels are automobile type while rear wheels resemble wagon wheels. The piece hints at a hybrid craft built to evoke olden days with new power.
The Cordley Parent-Teacher Association met at the Cordley school Friday afternoon. Speakers offered ideas on how to keep Cordley the best school in Lawrence. The group planned to meet the first week of October and observed Fire Prevention Day with county teachers receiving bulletins from State Fire Marshal Hussey.
Report from Havre notes Belgians crossing the frontier into France to seek freedom under Belgian government in exile. Sentries along electric fencing impeded escapes while improvised tree cutters felled trees to block paths. Guards captured and relocated several people as a police action persisted amid frontier strain.
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