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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
4
A garbled 1925 era newspaper fragment includes a masthead note about reprints and dispatch credit, publication terms, and a church scripture quote. It references Law Street New York reporting, a Friday August 14 1925 date, and mentions the Journal World. The text shows editing claims and publication boilerplate with archival notices.
A reader argues railroads control politics, overcharge, and demand fairness amid rising taxes and labor costs. The piece blends labor, hotel forecasts, fireman hires, and school funding debates in Lawrence, urging citizen engagement before city hiring and budget decisions.
David M Folsom a West native and noted mining engineer has been chosen by Secretary of Commerce Hoover to aid in reorganizing the Federal Bureau of. Born in Montana in 1881 he attended Stanford University and graduated in 1902 He studied at the Columbia School of Mines and later became dean of the mining school at Stanford During World War he served on the petroleum committee of the California State Council of Defense and as Federal oil director for the Pacific Coast Folsom has held managerial roles with major corporations and resides in Alto California with ties to Palo Alto
A garbled OCR passage mentions a centenary birth of William J. Hoge a Presbyterian educator in Vermont and Pekin with Chinese peelers in Vermont and a three day summer event. It references poultry displays at Neodesha and a state exhibition with tax fixes and connections to a South American paving project.
The report notes 1 4 Col Grant and Jesse R Grant sons of the President arrived in Leavenworth from Chicago Friday morning en route to Fort Dodge for a grand hunt with officers. Also mentioned are Army paymaster Brooks, E H Snow of the Tribune and various local events and notices from Clinton township to Lawrence and Sigel, with university appointments and a poultry registration proposal in Des Moines.
Behan, head of the Bible department at Ottawa University, was named dean again in a reorganization. Edna Amstot was appointed director of education, with Behan remaining in a key leadership role within the assembly’s study program.
A new wheat marketing cooperative is announced with subsidiaries selling wheat for three state associations in Kansas Missouri and Nebraska. It consolidates about 15 000 farmers across the states through a Kansas City office, with capitalizations of 200 600 in Kansas and 40 000 in Missouri. Nebraska has 27 500 and Colorado 4 500 members, total farmers marketing via the office reaching 26 000. Officers include John Wesecky president L L Wilson secretary and W W Young general agent.
A Diamond transfer truck driven by Charles Morris clipped the west curb on Massachusetts Street in the 800 block yesterday afternoon. The heavy load caused the truck’s top to lean west, snapping a white street light post. Police noted the impact near the curb and light post damage.
The Lawrence city commission approved the annual contract to furnish water for Baskell Institute and met with little business. University of Kansas faculty plan summer vacations before the fall term. H P Shaith and family left for Iowa and Minnesota. Local paving and construction projects are advancing as weather cooperates. A transcript in the Cecil Burris case has been filed and preliminary hearings for Frank Malone and Jesse Willetts on forgery are scheduled tomorrow. A replacement jewel for the Odd Fellows leader was presented locally after the Florida meeting loss.
Bob, Jim Fowler, and a grieving party confront a ruined happiness when a newborn baby becomes the focal point of fear and despair. Jim learns his wife is dead, tosses the infant to danger, and staggers into the night amid a tense, hushed vigil by doctor, minister, and hobos.
Otto A. Fischer, local merchant, his wife and daughter Elfriede, were visiting the valley for a week and will spend two more weeks on a fishing trip near Creede. He admired the country’s possibilities. Thirty-Six at Baby Clinic in the city yesterday with four new infants and two visitors from out of town. Police found a bicycle in an alley between Mass and NH streets near Tenth Street yesterday with rubber handles and a lifelike horn.
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