Worldly concerns and debt talks color the times
The piece mixes religious verse with international finance and domestic issues. It notes France planning to pay 19 million dollars on war debt with hopes of a future moratorium, while warning debt collection will be hard. It also discusses Japan, Manchuria gains, and risks of overreach, plus domestic notes on farming buying power, a Houdini-like convict in Georgia, and a warning against inflationary pie recipes.
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Washington
Desperate Chicago Teachers Rally for Pay Support
A Chicago teachers committee refused a lunch with local bankers over school pay and tax warrants. Bankers defend funding as tax receipts allow payments while city governance and corruption debates cloud finances. The piece notes broader worries about city leadership and the dollar's status in financial markets.
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Chicago
Trouble on Two Fronts in Asia and Manchuria
Japanese forces shift large army units to a northern Manchuria objective while Russia anticipates a bid to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway, disrupting traffic toward Vladivostok as service on the line has been hampered in recent weeks.
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Russia
Japan
Manchuria
China
Great Wall
Vladivostok
Old Home Town Win newmark Shriners erect cottage
Old Home Town Newmark is among the latest Shriners to erect a cottage at Abdallah Shrine Park in Leavenworth. This site is now among the finest private parks in the central west. Alice Fearing, Oread high school student, won second in the state musical contest at Emporia. Mrs Nell Sullivan of Overbrook, a Federation delegate, sustained a dislocated knee yesterday afternoon at Eighth and Massachusetts streets. She was taken to Simmons hospital. Pi Beta Phi Celebration marks the sorority semi centennial with a reception at the University chapter House and a banquet at Wiedemann’s. Receivers included local alumnae, faculty, and early members. banquet seats set for 150. toastmistress Carol Cockins Tenney and program by distinguished members.
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Win Newmark
Abdallah Shrine Park
Leavenworth
Alice Fearing
Oread
Emporia
Nell Sullivan
Overbrook
Federation of Women's Clubs
Eighth Andchusetts
Sullivan A
Simmons Hospital
Pi Beta Phi
Kansas
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
University
Wiedemann’s
F. H. Smithmeyer
E. H. Lindley
Hannah Oliver
Martha Snow Brown
Albert Beach
E| Russell Fitzpatrick
Leona Baumgartner
Carol Cockins Tenney
Clara Poehler Smithmeyer
Harriet Pugh Tanner
Marjorie Marshall Beach
Charlie Smith
Fitzpatrick
Leona Baumgammer
Ruth Ohmer
Emily Darlington
Golden Wedding as Achning Couple Mark 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Chas Achning were married fifty years ago yesterday and celebrated with a home dinner joined by children and grandchildren. A Turn Verein party at Turner Hall surprised the couple with a golden wedding celebration. Mr Achning, born in Germany in 1829, and Mrs Achning, née Wilhelm, were honored.
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Charles Achning
Chas. Achning
Turn Verein
Turner Hall
Mr. Achning
Germany
Achming
Wilhelm
Daisy’s marriage steers fortunes and family ties
Daisy, presented as a 50 year old figure from a family anecdote, elicits concern about an older uncle who viewed her as a fatherly ward. Dan believes his interests are protective, yet his marriage to her shifts power and dynamics, leaving him in a dependent, childlike role within the arrangement.
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Daisy
Dan
Lawrence Journal Excerpts From Fortieth Year Highlights
Fortieth anniversary notes recall births marriages and relocations from 1841 to 1866, with stories of Mina Spieta Achning's birth in 1841, emigration to America, marriages in Chicago and Lawrence, and local business ties. Also mentions Buick agency interest, residence sale at 920 Ohio Street, and university events.
Notorious outlaw Bill West escapes Topeka jail 1896
In 1896 the Oklahoma outlaw Bill West was held as a federal prisoner for murder and escaped from a county jail in Topeka. A 1898 Kansas history note records officers protesting Governor Leedy’s plan to reorganize guardsmen into volunteer regiments, bypassing militia structure.
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Bill West
Oklahoma
Topeka
Kansas National Guard
Leedy
Letters to the Editor Praise for Journal-World's support
A reader thanks the Journal-World for front page space and publicity aiding the Eleventh Annual Kansas Relays in Lawrence. A. B. Weaver and Forrest C. Allen commend the paper for its cooperation and impact on promoting the event to the community.
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Journal-World
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Lawrence
Forrest C. Allen
Lecture by Wisconsin TB director at Fraser Theatre
Dr. Arthur A. Playte, director for clinics of the Wisconsin Antituberculosis Association, will lecture on Finding Tuberculosis in Apparently Healthy Youth at Fraser Theatre Wednesday at 10 30 am. The talk ties to the Kansas Medical Society state meeting. medical students may be excused, others invited to attend.
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Fraser Theater
Arthur A. Playte
Wisconsin Antituberculosis Association
Kansas Medical Society
Othaa
Aten
Glass to Oppose Inflation
Virginia's veteran monetary expert Senator Glass reiterates he will vote against the Roosevelt inflation program. He says earnest convictions are more important than party or potential. Glass remarks reflect ongoing fiscal policy debates in Washington.
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Glass
Washington
Virginia
Authority On
Senator Glass
Lighted Lantern unfolds in Arizona ranch tale
Ruth Warren and her son David travel west to the Dead Lantern ranch with a mail car cargo and face a hard, wary reception from Jep Snavely. Old Charley trains Ruth in ranching craft, boosting her resolve and stock knowledge while Ruth weighs partnership and capital needs against the stubborn Dead Lantern gate and looming future.
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Charlie Thene
Ruth Warren
Arizona
Herry
Jep
Thane
Ruth
Suavely
Anna
Snavely
Snaviey
Ann
Avery
Rath Conside
Old Charley
Warren
Charley
San Jorge
Old Chartley
Fresno
Palo Verde
Séraching
Qld
Ruthy
David
Old Sanchez
Mother
Grace
Philadelphia
Will
East
Gid Charley
Levi-Strauss
College education earns a rare mechanic compliment
In a brief exchange, Will and Thene assist Ruth after a car wheel loosens. Old Charley mocks his son’s progress, praising the couple's improvised fix using top spokes as a hootjack. The scene shows a father's wry remark about formal training.
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Will
Ruth
Charley
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The Bears' Wedding
Mary Graham Bonner tells of Jelly Bear and Honey Bear wedding plans in Pud dle Muddle cave. Ducks Dragons and other animals gather gifts including ants in tin boxes and honey jars while Rip the dog acts as best dog. The bears wed on Willy Nilly's porch as friends propose a special wedding meal for tomorrow.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Jelly Bear
Honey Bear
Willy Nilly
Rip
Wily Nily
Calcium and Health from Prisoner Diet Study
Modern physiology stresses minerals like calcium for health. A physician studied adult male prisoners, adding calcium rich foods to diets for six months. Results showed improved health, weight gain, and higher blood calcium levels, with similar gains in growing boys.
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Eied
Jago Gatciton Dey
Asec
Mystery Mothers Visit and Local Social Notes
Community and church events appear in this midweek local column. The Mystery Mothers missionary groups travel from Mankato to visit kin in Lawrence and Kansas City, then Excelsior Springs, returning with cremains for burial. Theatre and university figures, a 35‑cast play Clim Up Little, Chillun Clim, showcases at Black Jack. Emma Caroline Kalb shows marked improvement at Memorial Hospital. Baker University scholars join a Sunday program at Washington Avenue Methodist Church. Local laundry of social meetings in Seventh Street, and ministers visiting Hone to fill pulpit.
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Emma Caroline
Baker University
Irving. D. Bartley
Karl Bratton
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Luther Leavengood
Ladies’ Aid
Leonard W. Waring
Seventh Street
Clarence E. Holcombe
Sto Hone
Methodist Church
John Ruchty
John Rumold
Rumold
Baldwin News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Verle Wagner of Topeka attended the Spanish banquet in Baldwin last Saturday night. Lawrence visitors Mrs. and Mrs. Lonewood consulted Dr. Welch in Lawrence Friday. Mrs. Henry Cowgill of Burlington visits Miss Martha Cottill and Mrs. Margaret Dickinson. H. W. Craig of Lawrence spent Friday with her mother, Virginia Burton, and sister Geraldine Burton. President Wallace B. Fleming and Prof. Frank E. Wolf left for Oklahoma City on a Baker-related business trip. Dr. C. E. Allison spoke at a Baker convocation at First Methodist Church on The Privileged Class. Mrs. Allison joined her husband at Baldwin and visited Dorothy Ann at Alpha Chi. Vincent Odom, Baker senior from Kansas City, Kan., is at home in quarantine with scarlet fever and will miss five weeks of school. Dr. and Mrs. Homer K. Ebricht and Miss Betty Ebright hosted guests at a Sunday dinner: Dr. Samuel Newhall Baker, of St. Louis, Senorita Elisa Perez, and Dr. Ben Gessner. Baker students plan to present the play Gas in Iola and Independence this week. Dr. Wiley A. Kevo traveled to Parsons to print Kansas Methodist conference minutes, accompanied by his daughter Helen and Miss Dorothy Woods. Rev. W. C. Harner has been ill with a heart attack. a supper is planned.
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Verle Wagner
Topeka
Baldwin
Samuel B. Lonewood
Lawrence
Ben Gessner
Allison
Baldwin Church
Dorothy Ann
Vincent Odom
Baker
Kansas City
Kan
Homer K. Ebricht
Betty Ebright
Samuel Newhall Baker
St.Louis
Elisa Perez
Dramatic Art Department
Iola
Independence
Wiley A. Kevo
Kansas Methodist Conference
Rices Printing Company
Unproven Cure Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An Ohio physician touts a simple inexpensive treatment for constipation sour stomach gas and indigestion. The 30 day plan costs 98c and 2.50 for three months with bottles at Crown Drug Store.
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Ohio
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