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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1925
Page
4
A 1925 Journal-World page contains editorial letters and notices discussing Secretary Jardine’s faith, peddler incidents at the paper, and political chatter about Waterman the pen maker and Hylan. Includes reader concerns on patriotism, religion, and local commerce.
A crowd at Excelsior Springs in Missouri formed to lynch an accused man after cries of Remember Lonnie Affronti. Affronti, a Kansas City thug, had beat and robbed, was convicted, but briefly spared in the penitentiary, then returned to city life before his fate was sealed by mob action. The incident highlights tensions between leaning on official justice and mob punishment.
Dr William E Gye, nearing his fortieth birthday, has made notable contributions to ethical science. He studied nervous diseases and the poisonous effects of various dusts, much of his work at the National Institute for Medical Research. He rose from humble beginnings as the son of an English railway laborer and funded his education at the University of Edinburgh. He served with British medical corps in France and Italy during the war.
From Our Old Files recalls social visits by notable figures including Judge Daniel Sculley and Major Daniel O'Leary at John Donnelly Ottman’s home. Ottman and Patwin open a new store at 64 Massachusetts St with a handsome team. Market prices show butter 1 to 15 cents, eggs 12% per dozen, spring chickens $1.50 to $2 per dozen, corn 3 to 3 cents per dozen, potatoes 30 to 50 cents per bushel. Haskell & Wood plant pianos for Col W A Harris on his Reno farm. Amalie Club meets at Judge Devereux’s residence. Lawrence Woolen Mills now contract for jeans from pure wool. Five lines note D L Rowlands’ family trip to Emporia and Mormon church at 40 members. August heat hits University of Kansas with 50 degrees at 2 pm. Barteldes building front completed except cornice. third story enhances block and firm’s business space. Mrs R B Prouszher hosts Plymouth church teachers and moonlit ride in Donnelly’s tallyho. Fitzsimmons Ruhlin fight lacks local interest.
A diverse events day unfolds with tributes to inventor William Chisholm and a yearly exodus of harvest workers to Canadian wheat fields. In Deadwood South Dakota a three day gold rush commemoration begins as the American Poultry instructors meet at Kansas Agricultural College. The Nye Family reunion opens in Sandwich Massachusetts. Beloit College heads to Africa with Dr Alonzo Pond. The enthronement of Archbishop John T McNicholas in Cincinnati is marked with attendees from Ottawa and Osawatomie for a picnic near Rantoul August 22.
An analysis of culling demonstrations shows 22,542 birds handled with 10,668 discarded as poor layers. Records indicate egg yield losses under 1 percent when 47.5 percent of birds are culled, saving dollars and leaving only top producers. Kansas data cited show improvements from 62 to 126 eggs per hen after selective breeding and culling. Immediate culling advised to free space for growing stock and prepare pullets for winter laying, with careful feeding and housing stability to prevent moults.
The American Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry Husbandry begins its four day convention in Manhattan with about two hundred poultry scientists from the United States and Canada. Dr. F C Farrell of Kansas State welcomes delegates and five speakers present topics on poultry projects extension and egg quality.
Burlington reps met in Lawrence to draft sewer contracts for summer work. Supt Harry P Smith led KU visits inspecting campus buildings while W W Creland and family plan a 15 day Deadwood trip. K U registrar George Foster sent notices on tests enrollment penalties and class times. Gas tax receipts move to highway fund and August Douglas County Normal Institute dates announced. Fi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on Louisiana nears completion with occupancy aimed for October.
Alpena Michigan August 1911 Fifty boxes of liquor taken aboard the steamer Cristobal at Panama in 1921 turn ed a congressional junket into a gay drinking and gambling affair a Filipino testi fied by deposition today at the divorce hearing of Congressman Frank D Scott Dailay Waiter aboard the Crintota said there i was drinking all over the ship Everywhere you can find glasses and liquors Dallaw said When we got to Norfolk we cleaned the ship and found lots of wine bottles in congressmen rooms When the Cristobal docked at Norfolk the remaining boxes of liquor were loaded into an army truck and taker away
A special AP report notes the first ever federal prison transfer by train. Leavenworth sent 55 prisoners and 12 guards in a baggage car two day coaches and two sleepers to Gardn City Nevada state prison to relieve crowding. Sentences range from two to ten years.
An 18 year old boy’s marriage to a 36 year old woman in Sybean Assyria twelve years earlier was declared not binding by By District Judge Hubert Utterback. Basil Hazer sought annulment claiming his mother sold him for 400 dollars and he was coerced by threats from village leader to marry the woman.
James E. McCall longtime Kansas Masonic grand lodge past grand master died in Wichita aged 76. He served as grandmaster of Kansas from February 1895 to February 1896 and was pen tyler of the local Elks lodge for twenty four years.
Bob a young tramp foils a disaster on the Limited railway through Granite Gorge and, amid tension with tramps Spike and Potts, forms a fragile bond with Jim Fowler the mail clerk. A pivotal letter from Bob’s love interest surfaces, hinting at a past and a potential future as Morse drives the Limited toward a tense reveal. Jack Kearns announces plans to attend a New York athletic commission meeting to finalize boxing contracts for Dempsey Willss and Walker Shade.
Baldwin section reports visits and travels Among locals Mr Claud Beeks and Mrs C E Beeks spent Sunday with his parents in Baldwin Many friends visit Ottawa and Sedalia as Missouri trips are planned The Boys Band to Edgerton holds concerts with director S W Millenzen meyer Nearby families travel to Topeka Lawrence Lecompton and Englewood Calif August campus campaigning at Baker University grows with Epworth League Institute set for August 17 The Wood House and two co op clubs fill as new cooperative home opens Dr Fleming Li Brant Liston and T A expect a strong year with higher enrollment Long Island Kansas connections mark family travel and illness updates
Mr Liston tours Feyville Pittsburg Columbus and Ft Scott this summer to interview prospective Baker University students. Mrs L Aarsmith of Butler Missouri visits Rex Aarsmith and Mr and Mrs Grover Brumfield this week.
Washington August 11 Senator Curtis Republican floor leader disclosed the party’s plan for the next session. Only two measures have definite places so far the Al Plus Tax reduction and the world court proposal. Curtis says a tax cut of at least 300 million dollars will be aimed to start at the next tax year. He adds the total could grow if Congress grants the President blanket authority to consolidate public service.
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