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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1919
Page
3
Two wheat storage units were burned in a small rural incident with reports indicating damage to neighboring felt structures and local fire crews responding swiftly to contain the blaze. Further details remain sparse.
Union Pacific officials urge farmers in Douglas County to cooperate in preventing rail fire risks next year. Brophy of Kansas City reports trains spark fires from dry fields during harvest, burning 1166 acres of wheat along the right of way this summer. Double netting on smokestacks and stricter guards are planned to stop sparks and discarded lighted materials.
A railway official says the farmer can prevent most railway fires by stacking wheat away from the tracks and plowing a safety zone along the right of way. The note also mentions a new modern ambulance car added to the fleet for sick transport, signed by BEW. CROSS.
A South Carolina home features a table leg from Popular Mechanics that has sprouted four leafy shoots. The indoors kept, dry leg now shows unexpected plant growth, becoming the neighborhood talk.
Tourmalines were found to be gemstones in the eighteenth century when Dutch children noticed bright stones during a summer day. Early observers named them ashashahors before recognizing their electrical power, which is strongest between 100 and 200 Fahrenheit degrees.
An island hosting the Eddystone lighthouse is praised as the most intelligent inhabited land remains year round.
A brief quotation attributed to John Seiden notes philosophy as discretion, highlighting a compact view on thinking and judgment.
Nellie Waldron of Lawrence and Carl and Harold Rohrock of Baldwin traveled to Tonyanoxie Sunday to visit the family of A. M. Huffman. Mrs. Earl Ellis visited her mother Mrs. Cashier at the Kansas City hospital Saturday with her children Leslie and Pauline. The Country Club held an all day session Wednesday with ten members and three guests and Mrs. Noble hosted a noon dinner.
A Kansas town report details a social afternoon with a fruit basket and member attendance, plus plans to meet at Mrs. Loomis’s residence in a month. It notes Legion membership growth, visits to Kansas City and Wichita events, high school enrollment up from last year, and a busy schedule of Reading Club, Eastern Star, and church activities.
Attendees included Noah Eberhart A E Puckett Le Roy Herr Leonard Williams and others at Brown's Grove harvest home picnic Saturday. Roy Puckett and Kenneth Lone Star visited A E Puckett home. Planters Will Puckett move into Campbell place. Flory family left for California. an aeroplane was seen en route to the Topeka fair.
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