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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1921
Page
6
Field work under way as concrete footing holes are dug and a seventy five foot tower rises. Cranes and drainage teams proceed while the east section of the stadium is built and the field undergoes drainage and soil replacement for the first game.
K U announces construction of a temporary football practice field on Mississippi Street while McCook field undergoes stadium and drainage work. The practice field will be ready before September opening, with full surface expected by October for the first home game. Track facilities, including a 200 yard straightaway, will be usable, with Dr F G Allen and Captain Everett Bradley overseeing preparations through early autumn.
Stanwis ended Weilaville’s winning streak with a 7 to 9 score in a tense league game. Lawrence prepares to host Perry next Sunday after Perry’s lone defeat, part of the season’s hot run at the athletics camp.
Game between Topeka and Lawrence at Haskell field postponed due to illness of a Haskell student. Arrangements will be made to replay the game later. Close contest favored Topeka by a single score.
Lansing Kan Aug 1 Organizational plan for Kansas penitentiary favors self support through industry disciplined regime and liberal paroles as outlined by warden M F Amrine who takes office succeeding J K Caddis. Deputy R H Hadspeth retained. Amrine vows balance among four prison aims and stresses discipline as basis for reform and productive work.
E Decker of Co. E recalls Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as one of the most entertaining speakers on the American platform. He notes Landis has dry humor that appeals to audiences and that a storm forced a pause during the program, yet no one left until the storm drowned out his address.
The Lawrence board of education will meet this evening at its rooms in the Amer feat Company building to discuss the rising school tax budget. The city council held a morning meeting to approve bills and salaries. Police Judge C. C. Stewart announced fines collected this month would equal police court salaries. Street traffic on Massachusetts street Saturday night drew heavy use as motorists maneuvered through. The city commission will hold its regular weekly meeting tonight despite a short morning session. Nellie Kuh of the city health department has returned to her duties after vacation. Community youth watch, one hundred daily attendees, enjoy South Park games under supervision. Miss Josephine Nelson, formerly with the Journal-World, left for Hartington, Nebraska to work on the Cedar County News.
Texas stock breeders visit Jackson and Cass counties to study pure bred farms and financing for better cattle. Hosted by Missouri Board of Agriculture Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and local breeder groups as part of a 3000 mile tour across fourteen midwestern states led by the Texas Chamber of Commerce and A M College.
Secretary Hughes said construction by private enterprise is preferred and approved by President Harding in a public letter released by Senator Jones. The plan envisions allocating the former German cable between Guam and Yap and refers to the international communications conference proceedings.
Paris reports King Constantine of Greece has arrived at Eskishehr, the western Asia Minor railway junction recently captured by Greek forces from Turkish nationalists. Premier Gounaris accompanies the king. A Athens dispatch says the Journal claims Turkey and Greece will ask the supreme Allied Council to mediate to halt hostilities.
Attorneys for the defense in the baseball trial today opened ten hours of argument to prove there was no conspiracy between former White Sox players and alleged gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to Cincinnati. The Peerless Garage installs a New Vision gasoline fountain to replace its old one. Book binding at Journal-World.
Daniel Beeghley visited Charlie Brohammer and Crist Peterson homes Thursday and Sunday with family. Lawrence visitors included Roy Testerman, Elmer Churchbaugh, Donald, and Perry Flory, Lola Hobbs, Lillian Brohammer, and Alda Flory. The neighborhood threshing crew worked for Ezra Charbaugh, Art Campbell, and Oscar Markley, with churchgoers at High Prairie and many local calls among Beeghley, Campbell, Flory, Brohammer, and Markley families.
Luther Wallace was arrested yesterday afternoon for stealing twenty dollars from Edward Green. He was arraigned before Justice John Clark and his hearing is set for 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon. Wallace remains jailed for failure to post surety on a $500 bond. Griffin Coal Co. advertisement telephone number appears in the clipping.
Oberammergau begins restoration for the delayed 1922 Passion Play. Carpenters painters and masons rebuild the theatre and villas while locals prepare robes and costumes. Young women vie for roles as mother and apostles with a goal of enacting the biblical drama before a 4 000 seat wooden arena with a glass roof.
Bert Gaskill was fined 10 dollars in police court for speeding. He was cited for operating a bicycle with four cut out devices to aid health riding and related infractions.
Mrs Herbert Bruehmiller and daughter Dorothy attended the Midland Rural club meeting. The report lists many local residents and visitors helping with threshing, meals, and social calls across Friday and Saturday, including families from McLouth, San Antonio, and El Reno, with several neighbors staying and assisting on farms and at the Rice and Canary households.
In Constantinople on July 15 observers reported an occultation of Venus by the crescent moon amid a clear sky. The strange celestial alignment drew attention from locals and scholars, with accounts noting the timing and visibility from urban vantage points.
A July 2 report notes the crescent as a long standing Turkish emblem used against Greeks since the 13th century and Byzantium’s badge since 89 B.C. Separately, a divorce suit is filed in Batard Harbour District Court alleging extreme neglect and cruelty in a case involving Dr. Albright.
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