Journal-World subscription and staff notices 1918
The Journal-World details subscription rates by carrier and mail, office contact at 722 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence Kansas, and staff representatives A. R. Keater in New York and George H. Alcorn in New York City. It notes Associated Press rights and requests readers call 48 or 26 for missed deliveries, with delivery windows between 7 and 7:30 PM.
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A. R. Keater
New ‘York
George H. Alcorn
West 31St Street
New York City
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Lawrence Boy Seeks Aunt Address for Friendly Visit
Tite, a Lawrence native of German descent, serves in the American army in Lorraine awaiting a chance to visit his aunt in Hamburg. He writes asking for her address to plan a friendly trip, outlining hopes to reconnect in the German lands.
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Tite
Lawrence
Lorraine
Foon
German Empire
Sunday Morning and Evening Service At Local Church
A Sunday School class met and progress was discussed as good association fosters better outcomes. The North Side Christian Church held Sunday morning services and a Sunday evening pulpit filling. On Monday morning members of the Ministerial Alliance were engaged in discussion about pulpit and press relations.
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North Side
Chistian Church
Ministerial Alliance
Fragmentary historical note on wartime line and states
The readable text recalls a wartime setting with references to a firing line and a limited states involvement. It mentions an age and an improvised action, indicating a brief, fragmentary description of military deployment and timing. No clear names, dates, places, or outcomes are discernible from the fragments.
France Faces Prolonged War as German Advantage Wanes
The report notes France with 600000 troops and predicts continued warfare. It argues Germany aimed for attrition to overwhelm allies but sees plans faltering as the Zeppelin and U boat campaigns falter, threatening German frightfulness rather than decisive victory.
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France
Germany
Lawrence Leaders Called to Public Service
Three prominent Lawrence men were recently named for high trust positions. George O. Foster, Reverend Ross Sanderson, and Superintendent Ras mond A. Kent receive national recognition and calls to serve in roles of responsibility. The community takes pride in their honor and notes others among its respected leaders as well.
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Lawrence Iwien
Jon
George O. Foster
Re ‘Endyir
University
Ross Sanderson
Rasmond AL Kent
Lawrence
Price Fix Talk and Cotton Market Shifts
Washington reports suggest President Wilson may fix cotton prices. Market news shows prices slipping from earlier highs, with southern farmers selling around 29 cents per pound now after wartime highs. Analysts forecast government support could lift cotton to about 80 cents per pound, reshaping the southern crop's value.
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Washington
Wilson
Hindy decorates in full style reveals tense trade talks
Fragmentary OCR cites hindy full style decorations and mentions costs, trade, and policy debates. It references specific names and places obliquely, noting rising costs and possible market pressures while describing a tense meeting or board cognizance.
Fragmented 19th century notice hints at public sale and shipping
A garbled OCR fragment references a News wotten board and public sale actions. It mentions canines, pricing speculation, and prescriptions, with scattered proper nouns like Jeimean W and Samyuet. The readable bits point to a public notice involving governance and shipping in the region.
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Jeimean
Ginea
Throwing Money Away at Local Journal-World Ad
The Lawrence Journal-World criticizes out of town orders for printed matter and supplies. It urges keeping money in the local economy, noting local jobs and publishing plant capacity, and questions the benefit of patronizing distant suppliers over home products.
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Lawrence
Ay Kimdis
Journal-Work
Pleasint
Omian
Journal-World
Iénn
Boone
Germany's efficiency and war atrocity compared
The piece argues Germany initially seemed efficient and superior in training and finance, but Allied forces proved stronger in battle and logistics. It awards Germany one lasting virtue in atrocity, claiming only its diabolical acts stand out, predicting a defeat that won’t erase the brutal legacy.
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Germany
Mike Dies
England
France
Gshel
Amessex
Haims
Biss
Chen
Regulation Debate on Cotton Stabilization Unclear Future
Text argues the Peveral Government may face scandal over cotton policy as it has intervened in other sectors without mercy. The excerpt notes the difficulty of avoiding censure while seeking stabilization of cotton production.
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Sen
Kansas Highway Move Refocuses To Santa Fe Trail Route
A regional article notes Kansas contemplates a new state highway connecting the Mississippi River to the 4th border, influenced by Douglas County and the Santa Fe corridor. It argues the route would unite states, aid transportation, and shape crossstate travel while touching upon political debate and public works timing.
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Ansas
Kansas
Odie Druitt
Coathy Reekers
Suna Fe
Conriusion
Douglas County
Ceosure
Santa Jail
Missotrei
Steen
Ehatarill
Censteim
Sic
Oyore
Rhuiedy
Ransans
California
San
Lawrence on the Raw by Ferdinand Gottlieb
A tale recounts a man who manipulates letters and envelopes to expose suspicions about a landlady. He experiments with envelope seals, recreates letter placements, and reads a scolding, threatening note that accuses the reader of snooping. The note prompts social tension and a deterioration in narrator-landlady relations.
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Lawrence
Ferdinand
Gottlieb
Orson
Hen Ie
Pio
Flo
War and fashion collide in wartime Kansas style notes
A reader’s column reflects on September skies and fashion during war, noting that conservation of dress goals remains slow to take hold. It muses on photo portraits, wartime costs, and public sentiment, with tangential quips about actors, potato trade, and press agents shaping opinion amid the conflict.
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