Government set price for walnut logs and board feet
Instructions to farmers from Kate Douglas Co. set price for walnut logs on board cars at 55 per 1000 ft for logs 12 to 14 inches diameter and 135 to 150 per thousand for larger stock. Calculation uses board feet: subtract inches from diameter, square remainders, multiply by length in feet. example 16 inch diameter, 10 feet long yields about ninety board feet.
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Jumient
Kate . Douglas' Co
Farm T
Wal
Rees
Draft Call for Negro Registrants Reveals Sept 25 Camp Entries
Washington reports Provost Marshal Crowder issues a draft call for 5 016 Negro registrants from 33 states to entrain for national military camps September 25 to 27. State allocations include Kansas 156 to Fort Leavenworth and Missouri 909 to Kansas City camp. A separate note mentions market inspections by Kansas officials and Porter Jones leaving retail to focus on S. R. duties while R B Wagstaff secures feeding orders for 1 650 men.
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Washington
Genal Crowder
Kansas
Mston
Missouri
Kunston - Kansas
Sis
Byron
Lawrence
Wichita
Jones
T. C
Apt
R. B. Wagstaff
Local notices blend social life with wartime travel
A long list of residents and visitors appears in a Tonganoxie column, detailing library events, music outings, and gatherings at the Bullard home, with townsfolk, visiting relatives, and soldiers stationed nearby noted. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Bullard, Captain Thomas, Mrs. Don Carlos, Miss Ruth Newsome, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullard
Tonganoxie
Mrs St Carlos
Library Association
Unclear Order Notice From Fragmented Text
The readable bits describe a business forced to cut back retail trade due to staff shortages. Mentions Mr Jones and an order system with references to meat, delicacies, and customer requests, but the fragment lacks clear dates, places, or outcomes. This record preserves the core event of reduced operations amid labor shortages.
Efforts to curb immoral behavior in Lawrence
National Army Health officer HH H Anttes met in Lawrence with Mayor Kreeck and Chief Monroe to discuss enforcing health standards. Suspicious young women may be detained by police and sent to the Lansing detention farm if verified, as Kansas Board of Health and military authorities boost public health measures praised as exceptional.
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Lawrence
HH. H. Anttes
Sanitary Corps
National Army
Kreeck
Monroe
Lansing
Board of Health of
Kansas
Subscriptions urged to pay in advance by mail or weekly
The Journal-World notes some subscribers pay at the office instead of the carrier or collector and tend to fall in arrears. It cites recent rulings requiring subscriptions to be prepaid by mail or paid weekly or monthly in advance, aiming to standardize payments.
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Journal-World
Advan
City Names Assistant Attorney General to Represent Lawrence in Gas Case
The city commission decided that Assistant Attorney General Hunt will represent Lawrence in the Minneapolis hearing on Sept 24. The case concerns increased rates sought by gas distributing companies before Judge Wilbur Booth. The state attorney offers services to all seven interested cities and will substitute for the Lawrence City Attorney at trial per the recommendation of City Attorney Walter Thiele.
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Lawrence
Hunt
Minneapolis
Minn
Wilbur Booth
City Commission
Walter Thiele
Brackett School Opens With Small Attendance
Brackett School opened Monday September 9 with two pupils. Miss Young of Tonganoxie teaches. Local families from North Lawrence and Lecompton visited and neighbors attended the State Fair in Topeka. Numerous social calls noted, with several residents traveling to the fair and back.
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Hecate
Miss Young
Tonganoxie
Yeeman
Josephine
Halstead
North Lawrence
Espen Ane
Sigel Rose
Joe Harrison
Barker
Cora Eastman
Biawark
Williams
Cora
Clara Genny
Kansas City
Larham
Josephine Yoeman
Mears
Arusik
Lawrence
W. Rov Yoemin
Wes
Topeka
Ahd
al Smith
Leland Colman
E. S. Eastman
Aimie Piper
Anup
Kirby
Nee Unday
Mary Lee
Aubrey Lee
Mee
Nurse Rachel Vaux Atwood Ordered to Report for Overseas Work
Miss Rachel Vaux Atwood, registered nurse from Lawrence Hospital, is enlisted for overseas work and ordered to report September 20. She has not learned her destination and awaits transportation. She has built a reputation for careful and efficient nursing over six to seven years.
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Rachel
Vaux Atwood
Miss Atwood
Lawrence Hospital
Farmer's son furlough request amid wartime wheat crop toil
Farmer C F Strong seeks a 15 day furlough for his son to return home and help manage 224 acres of wheat as draft boards sign the papers but warn approval is not guaranteed. Judge A Smart to visit Lawrence Sept 19 to resume May term cases. Parking dispute ends with J We Butis fined $1 and costs for pasturing a cow on parking.
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Tenet
Dlinxanheres
Hoge
Leo Parish
Billy
John W. Winslow
Leavenworth
Ivan Sechrest
Leavenw
Thomas Aeevond
Sarah Hammond
Hazel
Getty
On- Ane Bay
Coast Artillery
66Th Artillery
France
Phillippine’ Sampaign
Hammed
D. M.’ Harris
Budora
H. V. Needham, Jr
Rosa Mary
Maxine
Effie van Tuyl
Bullard
Lloyd
Sherman Medill
Dy Haggart
J. Strong
Bree Gon. C
F. Strong
Funston
Young Strong
Chas. E. Moss
A. Smart
Lawrence
Butis
A Woman's Hearty Recommendation for Kidney Trouble
Miss Sara Weaten of Belvidere describes severe kidney pain and mobility limits before using Fuley Peel. She reports renewed strength and health, with relief from dizziness puffiness under eyes and rheumatic pains, claiming the product improved her condition.
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Sara Weaten
Belvidere
Kitmeys
Hick City
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