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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1930
Page
4
A brief religious notice presents a Bible verse from 1 Thessalonians 5 16 18 urging joy prayer gratitude and steadfast faith as a devotional message for readers. The fragment emphasizes continual praise and divine will.
The piece notes drought relief may differ from flood or fire aid and stresses stockmen needing feed and farmers conserving next year crops. It cites Cowley county farm agent saying no outside relief needed and asserts locals will meet hardships with confidence despite Kansas facing an unusual drought.
Jonathan Davis and Harry Woodring launch campaign statements as US Senate and governor races begin. In India, central India faces resistance troubles while hill tribes plan renewed raids on Peshawar, likely incited by communist sources. British forces prepare with planes to counter the hill men’s long history of raids.
Irritability from heat expected to ease as 9 090 names needed to push Kansas City's population count over 400 000 have been located. The discovery eliminates risk of secession or drastic protests over the census tally.
W Y Morgan leaves Mayo Hospital early to vote in Kansas. Atchison Globe claims he dodged doctors by returning to Kansas to vote against Dr Brinkley. Morgan, despite injunctions, resumes writing editorials for the Hutchinson News.
The piece notes editorials labeled as bootlegged and argues lynchings occur more in the south but are not limited to it. It cites a recent defiance of legal due process in Indiana.
The account contrasts Huston and his party on his exit. Huston stresses a self chosen time and manner for his resignation. The party emphasizes the act of resigning itself as the key point.
A. H. Foote announces candidacy for probated judge of the county endorsed as fit for the office. Salina Herald editor A. G. Stacey visits Lawrence amid vacation. Mrs. A. E. Huston and Chicago daughter visit, plans to move John Gill’s remains to Oak Hill. Bismarck notes report encampment opens with tents rising. first service tonight. Buffaloes moved to arena. Joe Weeks builds a small art gallery. Lake landing docks completed. Dolly Graeber’s boats reach water. Machinery Hall frame rises east of water tank. Church encampment gate fees set: 10 cents single, 50 cents full. teams 15 cents, single team 20 cents, double team. hacks and express wagons 2.50 for full meeting or 25 cents single.
Twenty five years ago on Saturday August nine reports tell of Josephine Gilmore undergoing appendicitis surgery at Simmons hospital Harold Chalkley quarantined in Lake Charles La unable to leave for Colorado burglars break into Melvin home on Kentucky street while family away in Colorado and miss items May Phillips home on Ohio street also robbed last night Prof D yche home on South Massachusetts street shows signs of a stranger Art Monk’s horse Meteor injured in a south town automobile crash Mrs Tom Sweeney and daughter Anna plan Colorado trip while Lulu Linton hosts a card party for cousin Gertrude Linton
In Topeka the 1882 Kansas Republican convention adopts resolutions calling for strict enforcement of prohibition, signaling the party's stance and mobilizing on the temperance issue within the state.
The convention minority protests John P. St. John’s third term nomination as governor and predicts his defeat. The dispute accompanies campaign tensions as party factions clash over leadership and the party’s direction.
Ancient physicians tested odd remedies from hanging a criminal’s rope to wearing the heart of a living jack as amulets. They linked disease to heavenly powers and sought cures in unicorn horn, Egyptian mummy, and theriac. Yet empirical gains emerged, such as cinchona for malaria and ipecac for dysentery, with mercury for syphilis appearing in the Middle Ages.
Wichita reports four longtime tree sitters were forced to descend under department orders by city physician Dr. R. E. Hobbs. Names and hours logged include Virgil Crowe 559 hours Jim Buck 555 Don Walker 540 Floyd Gee 506.
Three prisoners J. J. Smith George B. Coker and H. G. Coffman were paroled yesterday by district judge Hugh Means. Smith. completed a thirty day liquor sentence but must pay costs by September first and the $100 fine by November first. Coker received six months and a $100 fine for coal theft from Santa Fe yards and had paid most of the fine. Coffman had paid the $100 fine and was finishing a thirty day liquor sentence.
County agent A I Gilkison received a telegram from Arthur M Hyde secretary of agriculture asking for a report on grain and forage damage under drought, future rainfall assumptions, families unable to buy livestock feed, feed shortfall and lastness, local aid, and human impact. He will examine and relay findings to the secretary.
Police were informed yesterday that a twelve year old Burmaway Boy ran away from Piper Kansas yesterday morning. He wore a blue shirt blue overalls and a light brown cap and had light hair according to authorities.
Dagger Marley, a high spirited Texas girl, endures heartbreak after Blaine Howard dies on the Western Front. She later marries Captain John Wandering, who is wounded and dies in a plane crash. In Paris she meets the Duc de Pontoise, rekindling intrigue as she enters elite society while facing lingering connections to Howard. Dick Welling, now married to Emily Howard, prompts tea invitations and tense social maneuvering.
De Senac, a tall French noble in a blue uniform, visits Madame Dagger in Paris. He recounts his WWI service, praising Captain Wandering for saving him after a shell blast in Lorraine. Dagger, enthralled by his stories and his lineage, shares Mexican border tales from her own family, while flowers and a tea invitation from Princess Rakovski arrive, signaling her rising social entrée.
Peggy and John witness the Little Black Clock turning time to the seventeenth century and meet famed fisherman Izaak Walton on his August ninth birthday. The clock explains Walton was a London shopkeeper who loved fishing, wrote a renowned book, and enjoyed a birthday supper with a catch.
A miscellany of brief items: Arthur Ducky Yates, a Syracuse broker and ex Yale football star, arretsed on grand larceny charges amid a state golf tournament while paring a match. Napoleon the weather-predicting cat turns nine with a rain forecast. Rockefeller estate water cuts threaten nine million gallon reservoir. Tarrytown grants permission to tap municipal supply. Two Harrison officers deflate tires to stop a suspected holdup, only to learn the car belongs to a deputy sheriff. Wreckers misaddress a house in Elizabeth. neighbors flag the mistake and damages are offered. In Calcutta the Congress party aims to remove children from sewers. In Ostia a golden wedding couple enjoy a free hydroplane ride to Palermo and a promised free ride on their diamond anniversary.
Mrs N W O Byarne returns from Chicago after visiting daughter Mrs Earl Kirker. Families plan August 15 move to Baldwin. Washington DC visitors Mr and Mrs Ray Manning former Miss Mabel Marvel. Local residents and alumni travel to Ottawa Topeka and other nearby towns for visits and gatherings. Rotary meeting at College Cafe with speaker Dr H K Ebright.
President Hoover orders emergency relief talks with twelve state governors to secure drought aid. The White House announced the effort as part of a coordinated nationwide response to the drought emergency threatening crops and livelihoods across several regions.
Hoover reappointed Floyd R. Harrison to chair the new loan board. Washington dispatch notes Harrison’s selection as thus far the key move in stabilizing the administration’s financial push.
Mrs. Eliza Highland will take over the management of the Bank hotel the first of September. The hotel has been under the able management of Mrs. Ita Green this summer. Maurice Horrell, attending Kansas City business college, spent the weekend at home. Misses Martha and Anne Kelly of Vinland spent Wednesday with Mrs. S. 1A. 1 and family and their sister Katherine, who is working in the Baker registrar's office this month. Mrs. William Adriance, who underwent an operation two weeks ago at St. Mary's hospital in Kansas City, is expected to return home the last of this week and is recovering satisfactorily. The date for the annual Vinland fair has been set for September 25 to 27 at the fairgrounds adjoining the school property. Miss Esther Brockway left Monday for Norbourne to visit her sister Mrs. Carol Wilson for several weeks. Rev. John Noltensmeyer and two sons Willard and Milton, and Charles Knight and Clark Hower ton of Blue Mound, visited in Baldwin Saturday. Willard Noltensmeyer and Charles Knight plan to enter Baker this fall. Rev. Mr. Noltensmeyer is pastor of the Blue Mound Methodist church. Two properties have been rented recently. Mrs. R. G. Greenough of Abilene rented the Milhoma club on Eighth street to be used by several boys. Baker, Mrs. Ella Church of Lone Elm, rented the Gardner property on Jersey and Seventh. her daughter will enter college. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Fiora of Topeka were recent visitors of Mrs. Fred Meyers.
Eudora residents and friends share weekend visits and meals across Lawrence, Richland, and Kansas City. Families including the Mich eals Schlegels Milburns and Adamses gather for dinners, care visits, and travel plans while others welcome guests from Desoto and De Soto areas and plan fall winter arrangements in Kansas.
Miss Elizabeth and Thelma Mc Pheeters hosted a slumber party for cousin Beatrice Andrews of Pierceville Kan. amid visits by Alberta Ruesch and others. Families from Wellsville Burlingame Ottawa and Lawrence share travel plans picnics church gatherings and revival meetings. Local clubs hold meetings and a Baldwin picnic is planned.
The Stull Farm Bureau gathered at Mrs. Mike Murphy's home on July 24 with six members and three visitors, two from Sigel. The meeting opened with a song and a riddle roll call. Mrs. Jensen of Sigel taught nutrition. Plans were made for the county farm bureau picnic at Holcom Grove on July 29. Mrs. Roy Bowen played a piano solo.
A meeting closed after a landscaping report and the singing of Old Folks at Home. Several local residents and visitors from Missouri and Kansas were mentioned. Notables included Rev. and Mrs. Fred Dissinger, Rose Nuffer, and many local families visiting or hosting over the weekend.
Greenwood Valley residents mention visits and calls at multiple homes including the McClanahan and Glenn households. News records numerous Sunday and Tuesday social calls, Lawrence trips, and farm bureau nutrition lessons, with frequent host families and local gatherings noted.
The fall term opens at the Business College, offering training aimed at readying students for profitable business employment now. The program emphasizes practical skills and immediate job prospects for graduates.
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