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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1927
Page
4
A Lawrence Kansas newspaper page from August 8 1927 includes telegraph style notices on subscriptions and circulation along with a world company masthead. The page carries an editorial discussion on showers in Liberal droughts and a commentary on naval funding and General Wood’s Philippine policy, highlighting Aguinaldo and Dewey era ties.
An Atchison discussion highlights a six year debt reduction from 1.2 million to 696 thousand dollars under a city manager system, funded by near 100 thousand annually with little public complaint despite high taxes on property owners. It contrasts with Kansas City Missouri where the form worsened issues and tax collections shrank by about a half million dollars.
The article links Wichita’s school efforts to Kansas growth and notes reactions to Lindbergh souvenir plundering on Le Bourget field. It mentions a flogging trial in Alabama, settled by guilty plea, signaling a shift in southern views on masked justice and lawlessness.
A Vermont town and its long serving selectman Deacon Witherspoon presided without public pronouncements for decades. When a Burlington freight office proposed privileges, he stayed imperturbable, prompting a tied vote. Finally he issued a twelve word public statement denying express company privileges.
Gus Schweitzer plans a two story building on Massachusetts street beside Harmony Hall. N T Stevens Esq erects a fine two story crick residence on his farm west of the city, boasting a premier county farm, barns, and houses. The Leavenworth Bulletin reports the Chicago and Southwestern Railroads expect to lay the last rail this week. The paper notes many cattle from Texas en route to Newton. A Southwestern Stage Company bus is now operating with Learned & Son making the vehicle in Lawrence. J M Raymond returns from Colorado with 1000 mineral specimens for potential university and cabinets.
Yellowstone Park sees cars replacing stagecoaches as the old era fades. Tracy Learnard plans to move to California this month to manage a ranch of over a thousand acres and establish a new home with Colonel Learnard.
Local families embrace Ping Pong at home with improvised courts and table setups. Elks prepare to attend national meeting in Salt Lake City. Community notices mention new property handoffs and building supervision under Henry Albach at the Merchant's Athletic Association facility.
Prince of Wales and British Premier Stanley Baldwin briefly visit White River in Ontario on the royal train while the crowd fails to recognize them. The party, including Prince George, is westward bound with greetings exchanged but no obvious public excitement.
A list of playful historical prompts includes who wrote certain phrases what governors are serving beyond three terms which prominent American aviator was formerly a New York Giants member whether any president has served more than two terms who is the left handed pitcher on an international team did Jack Dempsey shave Sharkey name the president of United States Steel Corporation and the manager of the New York Giants and under what name is Jack Dempsey’s wife best known which two sisters starred in Topsy and Eva Answers on Classified Page ST
Dr Walter Wallace McLaren has accepted the presidency of the floating university Aurania. He will launch a world tour from New York next month. An economist and educator, he held the Beaugh professorship at Williams College for about fifteen years and served as executive secretary of the Institute of Politics there. Previously he spent six years in Japan as economics professor and served in the State Department in 1920 and 1921 as economist for Far Eastern countries. He is active in the American Economics Association and other societies.
A collection of brief notes marks events dated sixty five years prior including Cedar Mountain Civil War battle, Ohio municipal primary elections, Fort Worth hosting the 15th biennial Knights of Khorassan convention, and the U S Board of Mediation completing its first year with no railroad strikes. Also noted are Alabama Ku Klux Klan leaders summoned to Birmingham grand jury and reports that crop yields have risen due to increased yields per acre amid 40 years of acreage growth.
Rev Paul Hanly Furrey of New York told a National Association of Boys Clubs conference in Buxton England that American boys are tougher. He said the tougher Americans dispense with collars and even the regular fellows do not wear shirts, a remark aimed at English delegates.
A detailed travelogue on the Black Hills as a future summer playground highlighting geology, extent, peaks like Mt Harney, and streams fed by summer showers. It notes rich gold mines, historic stockade remains rebuilt as an on site sight, and towns working together to host a visiting party. The journey includes Wind Cave, Lookout Mountain, Game Lodge, Needles, Sylvana Lake, and a pageant by local students celebrating pioneer history.
Rosemary Crefton travels with Lady Tregarten to Abd al Krim era Fez. A bold Frenchman pursues her while a masked patronage known as the Kafd looms. After a troubling night, Rosemary is taken by Riftsteibeamen and tethered to a perilous marriage with Westwyn the English guardian ends in coercive pressure, fear, and a looming wedding ritual.
A perilous mountain drive on rugged Rockies roads ends with the party safe. An elderly driver loses control as cars stop, reversing toward a cliff. a volunteer helps apply the emergency brake. Host Mr Gentry notes recent Hills visit. Townsley and associates come under criticism. Train travels to Deadwood during the night.
Stony Point residents hosted visitors from St. Joe Denver and Lawrence with numerous family and farm outings. A large gathering at the Wray home near Overbrook featured attendees from Logansport and Michigan Valley, plus a reunion at the Chas. Wray house. The piece notes farm work, shopping, threshing, church attendance, and upcoming moves, ending with a community card of thanks for sympathy and floral tributes after a death.
Rosemary Anne Westwynne marries John Trevor in a desert outpost ceremony as tension with forces in the region rises. The priest struggles with names, the ring is finally placed, and Rosemary faces an uncertain future amid war chatter about Abel Krim and local power brokers. Westwyn promises protection but hints at hidden motives and looming danger.
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