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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1930
Page
4
The Journal World lists address at 122 Massachusetts Street Lawrence Kansas with subscription rates for one week and longer terms. It notes reception of dispatches from Associated Press and includes circulation audits and mailing details.
On Monday August 4 1930 freight carries clog highways as multiunit convoys resemble miniature trains. Drivers fret as hot winds sweep Kansas darkening crops. The usual patience for rain tests the state though Kansans trust climate to aid long term prosperity.
In California hearings on the Mooney and Billings case unfold as a key witness recants, while Kansas politics foresee shifts and Chinese upheaval contrasts echo American election ideals. Topeka firemen upgrade equipment, and voters brace for primaries shaping November choices amid railroad shipping pressures.
Col H H Stanton of Topeka helped conduct wild buffalos and ante lope to their park in Bismarck grove. Lyman MecCarty named general western passenger agent of Baltimore and Ohio with duties starting the 1st at Kansas City. Normal Institute opened with 78 enrolled and new faculty joining J C Banta and Prof Welsh. Capt J N Nolan from Waverly Tenn. visiting relatives. Nolan is brother of Nick and Bully Nolan. About carload of Republicans left for Paola to back Haskell for Congress by acclamation.
Ten years ago on Monday, August 4, social events included Miss Lalia Walling hosting an afternoon luncheon for Mrs. Victor Walling visiting from Chicago, with twelve guests served. Trinity Lutheran church announced a parsonage lawn reception from 8 to 10 for their new pastor and wife, and Mr and Mrs Glen Charlton and family planned a Wyoming refinery inspection trip for Mutual Oil Co.
University of Kansas athletic manager W C Lansdon rents 533 Ohio and family to move in. C L Linton and family take Williams property at Ohio and Pinckney. C T Hiatt and family move to 701 Ohio. Spalding family to occupy cottage in zone block. Lightning hits Will Parsons yard. Myrtle Sellards heads to California. Ora and Edna Griesa return from North Cohocton. Grace Banks leaves Journal for Detroit and Chicago. Adele Marks to replace her.
A mosaic of brief items from Brunswick to New York covers life stories, poetry moves, police actions, zoo events, xenial feats, and gadgets. Highlights include a 68 year celebration for a local couple, a dog named Jiggers facing extradition talk, Conrad Aiken’s suggested life in England after winning the 1930 Pulitzer, police sabbath arrest threats in Philadelphia, a wash day ban in Gettysburg with limited water, John Toomey grieving a mongoose birth, Austrians skiing across water and planning to walk the Rhine, and German invented lens glasses for eye wear in New York.
A magical clock allows John and Peggy to glimpse a boy named George Stephenson who dreams of engineering. They watch him grow from a humble cowherd to a future railway inventor as spectators doubt his bold vision of steam railroads and future railway lines.
De Soto residents see visitors and travels as Mrs Emerson Gilbreath reports Mrs Em ma Gilbreath plans return to hospital in September for further care. Charles Gilbreath visits his mother and shares news of her condition. The De Soto telephone company buys a residence from Mr and Mrs Owen Baker for central operations with moves planned September 1. Fishermen report good catches as Kaw river water runs low. Local social rounds include guests Homer Hughes and family, Angie Lease returning from Topeka, and various visits in Kansas City and Lawrence.
In 1861 records note a celebratory arrival as Beloit area roads and ships are mentioned. An engineer and fireman died in a nearby incident near Beloit. 1882 reports state Kansas had 1 558 post tires. Through early 1930, Kansas saw emigration with 16 451 to transoceanic countries and 39 168 to other European nations or North Africa, leaving a homeland surplus of 20 549. Rome and Paris items reference brief AP dispatches on traffic control and pedestrian signals.
Dagger Marey, a one year old niece of a Texas rancher, rescues Blaine Howard, an American adventurer, from Mexican insurgents. She falls in love and marries Captain Veneer, but Howard’s war injuries and his drinking plunge the family into tension as Dagger confronts a fractured future.
A period piece on tetanus hazards around July Fourth, detailing the tetanus bacillus, puncture wounds from fireworks, and the importance of wound cleanliness, air exposure, sun, bleeding, and especially early tetanus antitoxin after injury.
Mrs. Amelia Unger born April 20 1863 on the Hildenbrand homestead lived on farms in Douglas County and Lawrence Kansas. She married John Unger in 1885 and had seven daughters and three sons survives plus many relatives. Funeral services were held at Evangelical church Stull with six sons-in-law as pallbearers.
Frank W. Grace rose from messenger boy to general manager of the Katy railroad after 36 years with the Missouri Kansas and Texas. He has served in a dozen roles and is optimistic about the line’s future as he takes the top executive post.
Grace, born in Texas and starting as a railroad messenger at 14, rose through roles including brakeman, yard clerk, trainmaster, and division superintendent. By 1908 he led the Wichita Falls and Nerine...
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