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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
4
The Emporia Gazette skewers the claim of Emporia as the Athen of Kansas while noting the Scopes trial influenced local reading. It mentions a new hotel resurfacing Massachusetts street and a rise in quiet thefts, with a religious Psalm fragment quoted.
A Paola Spirit column by Barney Sheridan lauds Charles Curtis while noting strong support for his reelection. The piece cites Curtis’s long, public service and his alignment with western interests, praising his honesty and effectiveness and suggesting a hard race against any Democratic challenger in the next election.
Unclear OCR fragment discusses forcible uprooting and loss as an inevitable accompaniment in Greece Turkey Poland and Germany. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable specifics. cannot identify clearer entities or events.
A columnist mocks reports of women going to Coney Island for a day’s fun then leaving children with police. He jokes that police are fond of nursemaids and that women trust cops to care for their kids. Mentions Wisconsin and a candidate nicknamed Young Bob in a Wisconsin special election.
Buenos Aires prepares for the Maharajah of Kapurthala to stay on an entire hotel floor, the first Indian ruling prince to visit Argentina, arriving before the Prince of Wales. He is famed for a dramatic marriage to Anita Delgado and boasts vast state travel and luggage.
The fragment notes an exhibtion at Thacker and Lath with references to a two story grain elevator in Wakarisa township and a corn height of 416 feet. It mentions Mrs Goulters selling latest bustles, a toll house at Lawrence bridge threatened by washed dirt, and Dicker building a large column to prepare for fall and winter trade.
A 25 year old forecast argues paving a single winter plan in Lawrence will transform street quality and trigger a townwide rush to pave next year. The note cites a reunion for Free State Military Operations in 1856 with Capt. Huddleston in charge and mentions Kansas University football coach selection under J rahi Outland. Mrs Margaret Ewart buys Deering place, Geo Reineke’s horse wrecks buggy, and KU’s former chemistry building is being remodeled into Medical Hall for the School of Medicine after Journalism, with the latter moving to new facilities.
Miss Minnie Scott city health nurse departs for University of Michigan training in public health. Miss Rachel Flory will oversee city health work in her absence, with Scott returning around August 18. Modern dress norms spark debate in Cuba under public works secretary de Cespedes.
Joseph Alexander West born August 14 1846 in Belfast Teeland died July 10 1925 at home 1320 Haskell Avenue Lawrence Kansas buried Oak Hill Cemetery July 18 He came with parents to America in 1853 settled Michigan then moved to Belleview Creek Douglas County Kansas He was a farmer director of Belleview school and district S21 taught at Franklin and Belleview He married Anderson Belle May 9 1881 and survived by Blanche Pearl Curtis John Raymond Justin Roher Genevieve Marian Adachibald and Ernest He served in Co G 12th Kansas Infantry 1862 1865 and aided Plumb during Quantrill raid a model husband and citizen remembered for patriotism industry and frugality He left his family comfortable and will be remembered for his integrity.
In Paris on July 22 crowds along the Esplanade des Invalides and in the Grand Palais mingle with colonial displays. Swarthy Moroccan chiefs and Algerians Tunisians Senegalese in native costume stroll among booths inspecting exhibits with gravity and awe.
Moscow reports that German shipyards including Krupp Wharf have approached the Soviet Commercial Navy Department with a plan to construct a number of commercial and passenger ships on credit for ten to fifteen years in return for 10 percent cash. The department accepted the terms and intends to order several tank steamers and passenger vessels, arguing that Moscow already allocated funds for Russian shipbuilding and that foreign-built ships would be financed from profits from domestically produced vessels.
A bus breakdown on the fort-to-fort highway led to a passenger losing a watch. Lawful action followed. a rider named a negro was arrested in Lawrence and, after a search, the watch was found in his shoe. He claimed he found it on the floor.
J B Robertson editor of Brunswicker at Brunswick Maz recounts a motor tour to Colorado via Lawrence. He describes camping grounds and rain relief, ice water from a Lawrence plant, University of Kansas buildings, supporters of Kansas, and fields of corn potatoes and wheat, noting Kansas similarity to Missouri and vivid agricultural scenes. He mentions people Charlie Robinson E Q Cox Fred Heimer and finds ads about locating owners.
Honolulu reports two Chinese deaths linked to a fresh puffer fish, prompting a clash over whether the fish itself or its diet and preparation cause poison. Queen’s Hospital bulletin clears six balloon fish as nonpoisonous, noting possible seasonal eating of poisonous seaweed and regional variations. Legends in Hawaii persist about gods visiting shores and fish becoming poisonous at certain times.
A century of Riley county sheriffs shows the Boyle family trading the badge among themselves in a pattern dating to 1904. Bob Boyle and his brother Joe rotated as sheriff and undersheriff, with Frank Schermerhorn and W. A. Hunter also serving, revealing a long standing family influence in county law enforcement and an unwritten rule to start new lawyers as county attorney.
Burlington Wayne White reports harvest of 453 bushels of Kanata oats from four acres northwest of town. Clarence White yields 82 1/2 bushels per acre from fifteen acres with nurse crop alfalfa. one bushel per acre on the fifteen-acre field. Cherokee county notes Hessian fly damage and busy poultry culling demonstrations in Greenwood county. Harvest Queen leads yields at 24.3 bushels per acre in trials. other varieties range from 19.6 to 22 bushels. Delaware river bottom replanting after June floods. worms undermine replanted corn despite barriers. Wellington Lutz pleads guilty to beating a real estate agent, cites farming method criticisms, fined $10.
A narrative closing scene shows a reunion at Streatham with Gladys revealed as Gladys Potts and newly married. The group reflects on peril, diamonds reappear from a Kimberley find, and the party contemplates futures including a museum, geological work, a plateau expedition, and marriage plans.
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