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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1926
Page
4
Paragraphs recount historic Kansas figures Luke F Parsons and John Brown era memories, Wilson papers ahead, and Music Week at University with the Lawrence Choral Union concerts filling Robinson Gym. Regional editorials critique prohibition era politics and Mayor Dever, with notes on republication rights and postal notices.
Reports from Paris outline two positions in the wartime debt settlement with the United States. France argues its payment depends on Germany's willingness to pay, hinting at unpaid wheat debts as a consequence. The piece jokes that Uncle Sam may not be a perfect collector of all pennies.
Horace Toot and trindad surveying party members arrived home yesterday. Gen A Reynolds of Southern Kansas visited the city for chats with old friends. Eldridge of Coffeyville plans to head to the San Juan country. Rev Mr Skinner preached in Plymouth Church. J A Carrutt and family from Topeka are visiting. John Barber recovers from recent illness. A Universalist sermon on Christ's resurrection was held last Saturday. District Court convened this morning. Three local youths were detained for boarding-skirting. released without fine. Robert Wilcox suffered a severe accident after falling from a hay loft while intoxicated, injuring his thigh.
The notice lists Mrs Martin Levy and Miss Rita Adler leaving for New York after a six week visit. Earl Shelley plans to move to Ringman Kansas to run a top gallery. W Steinbring relocates a restaurant near West End, Miller repairs the vacated Massachusetts street building. The World contest votes to pick a Buffalo World's Fair delegate, favoring a clerk or stenographer. Miss Anna Fisher plans a Philadelphia trip. Miss Sellards returns from Burtain as school closes early due to smallpox. Hamlin and Epley purchase three carloads of mules to Lake Charles, La. Reverend Rev graduates from Kansas University 1893 and is named surgeon. Reno becomes surgeon in volunteers to China, later serving in the Philippines.
Baltimore April 24 AP reports Mrs Arthur Capper wife of Senator Capper Kansas remained just about the same after a major operation two weeks ago. She deteriorated yesterday but was reported stable today at the hospital. The Belgian debt issue and prohibition hearing advance in the Senate.
The article lauds Boys Week as a national custom fostering boy development and civic responsibility. It calls on all to participate in daily themes and ongoing lessons to strengthen community involvement and urban growth under Mayor F. M. Holliday.
A dated compilation notes the centenary of William Deering, renowned harvesting machinery pioneer, alongside World events. It mentions Arbor Day observances in Massachusetts, the Irish Free State commemorating a revolt anniversary, and a major Christian fundamentals convention in Toronto. The report shifts to Kansas employment, noting over seven thousand unemployed, with Kansas City and Topeka bearing the bulk, and construction and farm work seen as future job drivers.
Rosalind Richards daughter of Laura Richards, noted New England writer, has Two Children in the Woods republished by L C Page. The book, once popular as juvenile fiction and listed by the American Library Association, has been out of print but will return due to persistent demand from libraries and booksellers.
In 1918 a British author’s The Decline of the West drew wide sale in German editions and now appears in English, tracing four cycles of civilization Indian Antique Arabian Western. The piece surveys music literature and notable biographies, noting titles like The Constance Nymph and The Life of Wagner and mentions the Book Nook bulletin on new shelves and popular books. Jeffery Farnol’s early childhood reading recalls a family scene, while Blasco Ibanez and Blasco Ibanez film tie ins spur library demand in Chicago. Arthur Young joins a Greenland expedition, Sylvia Thompson and Margaret Kennedy are alumnae of English schools, and Fitzhugh Green’s I'll Never Move Again discusses U S housing mobility with humor and practical advice.
Charles Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, marks his eighty fifth birthday. A native of Boston and Harvard graduate, he has long directed the arboretum and taught arboriculture at Harvard. He received the Loder Cup two years ago from England’s Royal Horticultural Society, the first American honored.
Lawrence readers favor a mix of fiction and non fiction with popular titles like Fix Bayonets by John W Thomason Jr and works by Verdi Werfel and Oswald Spengler. The piece notes illustrated War story appeal and a musical novel about opera by Franz Werfel.
Markets and labor hopes rise as warm weather nears with Hutchinson and Salina expecting employment gains while paving projects begin. Real estate transfers include Agnes H Crumley to J B Hig and exchanges involving S J Hunter to Frank Cappon and S S Laughlin to John W Showalter. Also maker of forged notes scandal reported in Brassow.
A string of calls and visits fills the week as residents from Baldwin, Clearfield, Evidora, and Lawrence meet family and friends. Mrs Lietz’s family gathers in De Soto for a senior class play while others visit grandparents and assist kin in Kansas City.
Advert asks readers to buy Moone's Emerald Oil as a full strength two ounce bottle. It claims to reduce swollen joints and veins when applied nightly and morning, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Bellview residents expect a gathering of the rural teacher club on Wednesday evening. Mr Amos Westerhouse and Jake Waglinier are constructing an up-to-date chicken house at the Koch farm after visiting with Mr and Mrs Fred Koch.
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