This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
8
High School notes report an orchestra start with 30 students and a band planned for football games. Miss Wood leads daily history reviews, the library opens Mondays and Thursdays, and enrollment grows with many new out of town pupils. A caution on student knowledge of news is cited.
The article notes rising enrollments and promises to gather statistics on future plans of graduates, origins of students from other states and counties, youngest enrollees, and preferred churches among High School students, with values likely to interest readers.
Ernest Epley drove a 22 1 2 horsepower Buick to a decisive five mile win at Douglas County Park, outrunning two 30 horsepower rivals. He completed the course in 7 42, a strong mark on a short track. Curtin and Daverty promote Buick at the Peerless Garage, 700 702 New Hampshire.
A rundown lists college football games across the Missouri Valley and other regions. Matchups include Missouri versus Central at Columbia, Indiana against DePaul at Bloomington, and Harvard versus Maine in Cambridge, with many city sites noted and several obscure pairings.
At the Fair yesterday Cuurtiss Hook assisted at the ticket office when a blue sheater coat and a ratty coat were taken from his bogey. Hook offers a reward of $3,000 for their return, believing the items were taken by mistake. The palmist comments that most people should be taken in hand.
A Des Moines gathering of conference and officials produced an agreed interpretation of the updated football rules to apply in all Missouri Valley games this season. Key points cover penalties, ball handling, offside interference, forward passes, and line of scrimmage rulings as clarified in sections 3, 6, 15, 16, 19, 20, 25, 17, and 18.
Manager McGraw trains New York players for the upcoming world series against the Boston Americans after clinching the pennant. Debutant Al Demaree delivers a near perfect nine strikeouts in his first appearance, though ineligible for the series. Spitball plans and possible starts by Mathewson and Marquard loom as the series approaches.
Kansas University fans eye a confident 1912 season after a solid scrimmage against the Kansas freshmen. Captain Brownlee leads the ends with Weidlein and Hatcher shining on the line, while Milton anchors the center and Magill and Price vie for quarterback duties. The squad, including Burns, Helvern, Detwiller, and Householder, shows depth at backs and ends as St Marys and Doe Kennedys Indians loom on the schedule.
Emporia Kansas September 38 The College of Emporia opened the season with a 90 to 0 victory over Campbell College at Holton. The Presbyterians scored thirteen touchdowns and missed only one goal. Captain Frazer scored in the last two minutes and played fastball with Fred Williams at end.
A late train blocked Lawrence High School from meeting Tonganoxie for football yesterday. The game now appears set for Monday afternoon with Lawrence scrimmaging the Hyuskell third team on Indian field later in the week and a Wednesday evening rematch likely.
A jumble of ads and notices includes offerings and requests for labor and education, real estate rentals and sales, merchandise for sale such as a Cameraphone talking picture outfit, agriculture items like potatoes and pears, and notices of individuals traveling or staying in towns. Names include Joe Manor, Frank Gee, Moler Barber College, and Kiefer Pearl. locations feature Lincoln Ave Chicago, Newark New Jersey, Kansas City, Topeka and Montreal.
The fair's auto races drew strong crowds as Barney Oldfield’s competitor the Speedwell dominated a 5 mile event in 6 minutes 6 seconds, with Velie and Warren close behind. Local drivers Epley Simmons and Lindley impressed in a five mile feature, Epley’s Wasp leading the early laps while Simmons edged Lindley by a car length in the final stretch, amid high excitement and clean driving all five miles.
Chicago baseball rivals the Cubs and White Sox plan a joint series to decide the championship under national commission direction. Details to be arranged tomorrow. Also notes Foley Kidney Pills helps Pete Smith recover from rheumatism and kidney trouble, restoring night rest and strength.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.