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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1922
Page
8
Report from Lawrence recounts local reactions to a reenactment scene with Milton Weed directing as veterans and residents gather by night. Citizens describe veterans arming with window hooks and fire extinguishers while mock battles mimic past dangers, amid egg hurling and stunted police response.
A Kansas City based auction firm will sell 65 acres from the Col Learnaird estate on Twenty Third Avenue Monday afternoon. The sale offers two parcels 2.5 and 5 acres each with a band concert planned. The company will give away 25 in gold in a drawing. Representative Mr St Glair will provide information about the sale.
Obituary notes list Mrs Emma Maxwell of 646 Rhode Island Street dying after illness and her funeral at home Sunday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Frank Jennings. Also funeral notices for Morton Craig Hunter of 1340 Tennessee Street who died of pneumonia with private service and burial in Kansas City. Mrs Cordelia Mercer’s funeral at Funk Chapel Sunday at 2:50 pm with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. William B. Pilcher dies in New York Street home with funeral at 2 pm from the Pagel Chapel and interment in Hill Cemetery. Salvation Army Kansas Missouri division head J C Smith to visit Lawrence on Sunday April 3 with staff and singing events on Massachusetts Street morning and evening.
Lawrence Police officer Henry Smith testified yesterday in a civil hearing over two soldiers charged with failing to return a rented car. The preliminary hearing was held in civil court. The Douglas County Farm Bureau meeting, postponed due to absent members, was planned for R County farm agent's office.
The article reviews Pauline Frederick in Two Kinds of Women at the Bowersock theater on Tuesday, with David Winter in a leading role and a cast including Charles Clary and Jack Curtis. It notes the film is an adaptation of Jackson Gregory's Blue Lake Ranch tale, set against California scenery, and highlights William Winter's rise to stardom alongside Frederick. It also previews Forever and Pay Day at the Varsity, with Elsie Ferguson Wallace Reid in Forever and Chaplin in Pay Day, plus a look at Green Temptation at the Bowersock Friday and Saturday.
Fragmentary OCR cites Monte M Katterjohn and Julia Crawford from The Noose by Constance Lindsay Skinner. Other referenced figures include Mahlon Hamilton Neely Edwards Edward Burns Lymere Lynnard and Mary Thorman, scattered notes mention east as location.
The Prince of Wales will spend five to six days resting in Kyoto before continuing to the empire’s southern regions. Treated as an ordinary tourist, he plans to visit ancient imperial palaces and temples, viewing cloisonne relics and pottery. He will stay at Gosho palace in a park setting renowned for its decorations and artistry.
A Swedish commission may be sent to the United States to study effects of prohibition and report to Swedes before a consultative plebiscite next autumn. Proposed by the Central Board of the Swed sudents' Association For Absolute Prohibition. The commission would include equal numbers of wets and dries. The proposal urges timely information on American dry laws for Swedish voters. A. L. Williams.
A Kansas composer’s cello solo by Professor Uhe of Lindsborg is featured at Trinity Episcopal Church’s vesper service Sunday at 4 30. William Dalton performs Poem joined by a program including Orvan Prelude Chanson Triste Idav Tschaikowsky Pendleton and Bennett solos with choir pieces by Hall Torrance O’Hara and others. Lawrence Business College advertisement appears at the end.
El Dorado high school swept the Butler county literary contest winning three loving cups and three banners. District Red Men convention to be attended by hundreds in Pratt May 8. Greenleaf announces summer school at Greenleaf High School for Washington county teachers. Lawrence Business College seeks two clerical service positions.
Mrs Augustha Schaake and Mrs H M Boles spent Tuesday with Leonhard at his home while A Champion of Sheridan Wyoming visited Johns Clevenger and consulted about poison in embalming fluid. Bleakley schools plan last day April 28. Helen Lee of Kansas City healthy recovery note. Oakridge hosts Blue Line road group meeting to extend from Junction City to Colorado with local representatives.
In Boston and Santa Barbara, Elizabeth Hammona, a society teacher, hurdles a high obstacle during practice for the upcoming Santa Barbara horse show. The scene notes highway markings shifting from blue to blue orange, and party favors from Lawrence Sanitary and Kellys appear in the background as Fritz sels advertise in the area.
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