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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1923
Page
4
The Journal World announces subscription rates and office details. It also reports signed editorials and letters referencing William Allen White and German politics. Observations cover economic conditions, cotton, wool, British and French diplomacy, and Germany's postwar stance with analysis of reparations.
The report credits Governor McMaster of South Dakota with a price cut at state depots to 16 cents a gallon, influencing potential Ford presidential support as motor car owners deliberate. Federal help aims to avert coal industry suspension, with talks between operators and miners to reduce strike risk.
The article discusses high railroad freight gates hurting farmers amid union wage plans and miner strikes. It cites Missouri Farmers Association leader William Hirth disputing a farmer labor party, blaming organized labor for reduced farmer purchasing power through higher transport and goods costs. It also notes Britain’s reparations stance, France’s debts, and Russia’s postwar exports versus weak industry, with 1923 Britain exporting far more coal and iron and steel than the prior year.
The baseball world congratulates Charles A. Comiskey known as The Old Roman owner of the Chicago American League club on his sixty fifth birthday. From starting in 1882 at Dubuque to captain and manager of the St Louis Browns, then Cincinnati manager, club owner of St Paul, he moved to Chicago with the American League’s rise. His career spans five league pennants and two world championships.
A collage of quirky notes and rumors from Europe and America mix in a bustling snapshot. Tom Sims lampshades European war chatter while saluting a streetcar conductor. Mussolini is hailed as savior, Vienna’s bank era ends, and Geneva women seek to shield children from films. Babe Ruth and other odd anecdotes thread through this column of society bites.
Alfred G. Hill of the Kansas University alumni association detailed KU’s reach in science, industry, and public life. He cited notable graduates including Frank A. Kellogg and William Allen White, described KU’s long influence in Kansas politics, engineering, journalism, and humanitarian work, and noted upcoming celebrations for Professor Edgar H. S. Bailey.
A reader recounts a South Park speech by Zachariah Harris imperial lecturer for the Ku Klux Klan. The piece mocks Klan salutes and boasts, noting pay-to-join rituals, a claimed Sermon on the Mount, memorized statistics on immigration, and harsh views of the press. The writer feigns allegiance while satirically asserting false Americanism and prejudice.
Today a great exhibition opens in Moscow to acquaint Russians with advances in scientific agriculture. Meanwhile criminologists from the United States and Canada converge on Des Moines for the International Association for Identification convention focusing on fingerprint and Bertillon methods. The Interpartiana Union meets in Copenhagen to discuss economy, parliamentary control over foreign policy, and disaster relief finance.
Washington, Aug. 15. A review shows several U S presidents were very poor or moderately wealthy at entry, with Lincoln, Monroe, McKinley and others having little left later. It notes Washington and Van Buren as exceptionally wealthy, while others like Jefferson, Madison, Cleveland, Grant, and Harding show varied fortunes across their terms.
A packed column notes Minneapolis hotel funding by Hockenburg System, Alaska wood pulp from Speel River card, Eldorado Maine springs home near Bismarck Grove, and a July heat relief. Lawrence traders prep fall displays as new courts by the University stadium are graveling. Electric-light lifeboat tech and ship lines executives meet in Chicago to discuss 1924 rates.
Washington reports strict, audited safeguards for government alcohol used across agencies. National Museum stores liquor in steel vaults with dual locks and tracing of all uses. Navy, Agriculture, Standards, Fisheries and other agencies also run lock operated, requisition based controls to prevent losses and diversion.
The Colored Elks of Lawrence hold their third annual Labor Day picnic on September 3 at Woodland Park. Jackson's band from Topeka plays, with Topeka colored Elks marching in the parade starting 10 a.m. from the lodge hall. Afternoon features horse races. Committees include Albert Dimery and Wm. Carter leading the event with refreshment and race volunteers.
Mrs W A Courtney hosted the G T L Club with prizes for jokes and contests. Miss Audrey Moramvilla held a birthday party at Mrs J E Brooks’s home with lanterns and gifts. Mr and Mrs C G Miller left for a two week Nebraska trip. Wallace W C G T A met at Mrs J H Lawson’s with 45 attendees and several speakers. W C T U activities included songbooks and a new member, Mrs Willard Morgan, plus plans for an open air meeting in South Park. The next W C T U meeting is Aug 28 with Mrs E B Dicker and the county convention set for Sept at Centenary M E Church.
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