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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1925
Page
4
The April 25 1925 Journal World notes subscription details and prices, urges readers to report late deliveries, and reflects on postwar economics. It discusses the Chamber of Commerce hotel project near completion, the European situation with communism, and the pound sterling’s decline versus the dollar, concluding with optimism about Lawrence’s prewar exchange standing.
The article notes Washington faces growing motor vehicle traffic despite its planned greenery. Streets may widen by narrowing sidewalks, risking loss of trees and even elm avenues to accommodate double deck buses, threatening the city's unique historic atmosphere. It also mentions regional courts and a violent past in Morton county.
The Journal World prints a St. Petersburg reader letter predicting rapid hotel growth in Eld ridge and noting a January 15 ground breaking for a 350 room hotel with heated pool, ballroom, garage, yacht basin and more. The project, costing about 3 500 000, will convert four acres of dredged Tamipa Bay sand into land eight feet above tide, with a fireproof hotel to open this October and a tropical garden surrounding an old manor house to be removed. The author, Theodore Gardner, notes seaport yacht owners and Florida’s hotel boom.
Anselm Brohammer born in Baden Germany July 21 1846 died April 19 19 at his son Charles home Baldwin Kansas aged 78 years 9 months 29 days Survived by six children William Kathryn Flory Rose Flory John and Charlie Brohammer and two step children George King and Philip Fleshman Also 23 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren Funeral at Willow Springs church April 21 with Rev Daniel Flory and burial in Flory cemetery
A letter from Mrs W. E. Tenney from Jaipur, India, paints the capital of Rajputana with its straight avenues, pink-hued Hindu Mohammedan architecture, and bustling street trades. She notes Maharaja’s palace, seven automobiles, and the daily life from elephants and palanquins to veiled women, street vendors, and public letter writers, while contrasting cleanliness with common filth and the scent of burning cow dung that pervades the city.
A fire broke out in a sewer manhole on Twelfth and Indiana street last night prompting the chemical wagon of the fire department to extinguish the blaze. A separate local note reports Wilkis D. Faulkner of Rossville Kansas and Bessie M. Snoddy of Valenca Kansas receiving a marriage license from Probate Judge Menger yesterday afternoon.
Kansas City clergyman Dr William W King visited Baldwin hosted by Mrs William A Quayle at Dreamhaven He is district superintendent of the Kansas City Methodist district Local student Noyla Hunt plans a move from Smith Center and Miss Margaret States heads to Lawrence for a short stay The Latourette millinery will relocate to Ottawa with Studebaker agency duties held locally by Mr Latourette and Mrs Latourette A Baldwin Choral Union members plan a Lawrence trip for The Messiah Seventeen graduates will receive diplomas at Baldwin High School with many heading to Baker University or KU A Baker relay carnival and junior college entries from Kansas City Kans Ft Scott Parsons Iola are noted with cups and medals on offer Professor Harold Harvey plans a summer study in France The two betrothals and a Delta Tau Delta Alpha Chi Delta Tau Delta social are mentioned along with a teacher recital in Baldwin and a party for a birthday group
The Eudora community group met Monday in the Methodist church with a program including songs by the Wale quartet, talks by W. A. Carter and Rev. E L Torrence, readings by Mrs. Will Stédler, and refreshments. A play by the Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra was announced for April 28 at the Lothholz opera house. Members of the St Pauls congregation planned a postponed meeting if weather allowed. The high school alumni planned an annual banquet with committees named. Teachers from Lawrence visited the Eudora grade school for Day exercises. Funeral services were held for Stephen Schehrer, with many from out of town attending.
Miss Catherine Mur dock treasurer of the Garden Theatre in Kansas City admits she could not kill a man to save $1200 when two men seized her as she entered a bank with the days receipts and she surrendered the money without a word.
Lawrence principal Gale Beaman will lead fifth and sixth grades at Endora with Mildred Houston guiding third and fourth grades and Sué Lowman and Opal Attwood returning for first and second grades. Other notes cover local visits, a May 3 unveiling of a Shawnee Indian school tablet, church services, and community gatherings in Eudora.
Oklahoma and nearby states lie on Thursday as the senior play When Eliza comes to Stay will be presented in the high school auditorium on Thursday April 30. E F Adams returns to Everest Kansas after visiting his son Delbert and Mrs Adams. The Anti Can t Sunday school class of the Methodist church hosted the Sterling class for a wienie roast at Dimick grove with games and fireside storytelling. H A Smith drives to Kansas City Wednesday as Mrs Smith aids her ill sister.
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