In spite of the general anti-German policies common in Lawrence in 1918 and the reluctance to teach the language in the lower schools, there were still at least two reasons considered valid for German studies at the university level. A new three-hour course titled “German for the American ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. National and local anti-German sentiment, which had been increasing steadily since the beginning of the war, had now infiltrated the Lawrence church scene. ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence during World War I. A local labor shortage combined with a mid-August heat wave combined to make ice a rare commodity in Lawrence in the summer of 1918. The Lawrence Ice and Storage Company ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence during World War I. In the summer of 1918, more local soldiers were being sent from their U.S. training camps to overseas locations. With this change came an increase of letters sent to “the ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence during World War I. The youngest son of the Weber family, 500 Illinois St., enlisted last week, bringing the family’s total to six sons in the military. Joe had enlisted for the Navy hospital ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. In the summer of 1918, after nearly two months of focused work, the men attending the first Army Training Camp on the University of Kansas campus were nearly ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence during World War I. In July 1918, following the lead of other cities, Lawrence began an initiative to reduce evening “joy riding” and other recreational driving by making gasoline ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence during World War I. In July of 1918, Lawrence drivers had made their annual tax visit to the courthouse and were now waiting for their new license plates to be mailed from Topeka. The first ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. The shortage of paper that had been plaguing newspapers nationwide for the past two years had caused increases in operating costs, but in the summer of 1918, ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. According to a local musician, the familiar strains of the “Here Comes the Bride” or “The Wedding March” were to be banned from this year’s weddings, ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. “The eagle will scream louder this Fourth of July than ever, in spite of the absence of the resonant firecracker and the spectacular sky-rocket.” This was ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. Among the food restrictions imposed by the war were limitations on meat, wheat products, and sugar — the latter being especially difficult for families ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. In May, 1918, Lawrence experienced its third military death since the U.S. entry into the Great War. Relatives of Frank Crowder, 729 Missouri Street, received ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. The Lawrence Journal-World reported this week on a local meeting which culminated in a resolution for a daily moment of prayerful silence: “While it hardly ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. On Friday, May 24, 1918, local residents observed the unprecedented sight of the flag of another nation flying over the U.S. Post Office in Lawrence. It was the ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. Another round of the military draft resulted in several more Douglas County men leaving for training on May 14, 1918. The Journal-World reported the huge crowd ...

Editor’s note: Local writer Sarah St. John compiles reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence 100 years ago during World War I. Seniors at the University of Kansas were to be excused from the remainder of the school year if they volunteered or were called up for military service, ...

“POTATO WEEK IS LATEST ANTI-GERMAN CAMPAIGN,” announced a headline in the Lawrence Journal-World in early April 1918. “Every potato eaten saves that much wheat,” said State Food Administrator Walter Innes, who had designated April 8-13 as “Potato Week” in Kansas. “Potatoes have ...

In the spring of 1918, a speech given by a visiting orator raised the hackles of several of Lawrence’s patriotic citizens, including Mayor W. J. Francisco. Scott Anderson, formerly a pastor in Los Angeles, California, gave a lecture in the Fraternal Aid Union Hall titled “War Clouds and ...

The opening of the Third Liberty Bond drive occurred on the eve of the first anniversary of the U.S. entry into the “Great War,” and Lawrence kicked off the celebration at 2 p.m. that Friday afternoon, April 5, 1918, with “all whistles and bells in Lawrence (in) the biggest clamor ever ...