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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1918
Page
3
Douglas county farmers show good judgment in selecting soft wheat varieties. Harvest Queen, planted by nearly all, yields an average of 29.01 bushels per acre, the best in the state. Other soft wheat varieties in use yield 28.07 for Currell 26, with hard wheat varieties also noted but less common.
A fragment records a wheat order from Turkey with a quantity of 3148 bushels. The readable text is incomplete but confirms a trade detail and the shipment size.
Premium list for the Douglas county fair notes cash premiums for registered stock will be unchanged from previous years. An omission occurred in the draft horse section when $3 was left out of the premium list but breeders are expected to bring their registered draft horses. The oversight was only recently noticed and breeders are urged to participate.
The notice lists fees for horse registrations over two years, stallions of various ages, mares by age, and mare and colt combinations. Fees include categories from $3.50 to $8.00 plus specific per-year adjustments, with sections for stallion, mare, and saddle registrations and ribbons.
Rosedale barracks will house 100 advanced medical students from the University medical section. Construction by F H Crites will start immediately and be finished by October 1. The project follows a directive from Chancellor Strong.
Lieutenant Chalaire fought eight German aircraft over Belgium. A photo shows his cracked goggles saved his eyes, the damage from a bullet.
The Modoc club of Topeka, present at the Topeka fair, will attend the Lecompton fair Friday night with a program claimed to be better than last year.
The report notes Locompton fair Thursday and Friday with a discussion of useful insects. It covers bees for honey and wax, a Chinese bug producing tree wax used to make candles, and mentions fair attendance from Topeka.
W A McKeever head of the Kansas state Child Welfare Department may transfer from the University to the State Board of Health. Advices from the University morning indicate a possible move but no definite action or plans were confirmed. The chancellors office says no formal decision has been made.
A district contest and Lecompton fair are scheduled for September 26 with Phurygay night cited. The report covers press minister relations, a talk by W C Simons of the Journal-World, urging cooperation between newspapers and clergy for community betterment. Also mentions Moses conscription law and exemptions in ancient Israel.
In the pastor absence Rev W W Helyfield OW Co Simons of the Journal Word filled the North Lawrence Christian church pulpit last evening The service included an honor flag with twenty stars The school district contest fair is scheduled for Lecompton on Thursday night September 26.
An idle traveler asks about the use of wealth and a carpet beater explains owning two homes. One home for living with a wife at cleaning time, the other for daily tasks. The Birmingham Age-Herald reflects on practical wealth use.
A terse Louisville Couriers Juvenal line notes crowds reacting to a joke about needing courage. The narrator hints at a mule joke and a dawning pastels reference, reflecting local color and humor.
Retailers list Stover Associated New Way Cutlery Garden Tools Builders Hardware Enamel Ware Aluminum Ware Sisk Tinwan Paints Sherwin Williams Paints and other supplies. Consumers can find a range of household goods from metalware to coatings at area outlets.
A fragment describes wedding customs where the groom’s family offers gifts to the bride’s family days before the wedding. Items include food, animal parts, eight small loaves, eight torches, red candles, varnish, and firecrackers, with a note on careful gathering of treasure from rocky ground.
The text discusses simulated insanity and urges seeking a pathological basis. It cites cases of patients feigning sanity and mentions Mrs Leonidas W Vian Quentin speaking at her club about preserving memories of an operation via an X ray photograph, as reported by the Pittsburgh Leader.
The text notes Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch, once an heir to the Russian throne, has been commissioned as a temporary captain in the Royal Guard of the British army. It mentions related playful snippets about a doll, a bat, and children in San Francisco.
Natural gas operators nationwide aim to protect the domestic consumer and conserve resources to lengthen the life of the industry, according to D. O. Holbrook of Kansas Natural Gas Co.
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