This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1930
Page
4
A 1930 Kansas survey of tax experiments shows courts challenging overhauled laws, with refunds to national and state banks. Milk producers strike in Kansas City tests supply, while nationalists clash in China and women smokers discussed. Relief efforts trace local self help under President Hoover.
News men aboard the R-100 on its homeward voyage offered to pump gasoline from the tanks to the motors. A dump valve left open caused fuel to be pumped into the sea. Observers note dirigible operation is more complex than it appears as context records. Temperatures reached the middle eighties and humidity rose after recent rains.
Sunday encampment events faced low attendance due to objections by some members to excursion trains. Mr Akers presented an oxy-hydrogen light improvement for the Sunday night gathering. C Bailey left for Colorado on a short visit. Miss Kittie Cutler celebrated her first birthday. several children under two years old were noted at the party.
Twenty five years ago on a Saturday in August, families like Mr and Mrs Otto Guffler moved into Collins Place while Kennedy Ernst hardware prepared new stock. A C P A picnic drew a large crowd to Eudora with State Treasurer Tom Kelly and Prof W C Lansdon speaking. Rail traffic showed 117 tickets sold from Lawrence to Eudora on the Santa Fe. Miss Marie Sinclair hosted a Japanese breakfast for guest Miss Marjorie Field of Dubuque with lanterns and dolls decorating the dining room. Paul Brooks of Lawrence National Bank returned from Maine, while Mrs John Barber came home from Cincinnati. Mrs P J Peterson departed for Seattle and western points, and Luther Gustafson reported from southern Missouri. Alverta Bingler hosted friends in honor of Irene Gilchrist of Kansas City.
Ten years ago on Saturday August 15th Mrs St Stubeck returned from Colorado. A C Terrill, who spent the past year in the read and zinc division of the state geological survey, sent in his resignation this morning from Baxter Springs where he had been this summer. Terrill resigns to accept other duties.
A brief note records Miss Day traveling to Denver Colorado to visit relatives before heading to Pails Park for a conference. It mentions Jiff and daughter Amy also traveling to Colorado Springs, and celebratory events for R. e Broos with a birthday cake. Dorothy Tucker has returned from New York after attending Columbia University.
1831 records note suits filed against Pratt County officers for membez actions. The fragment suggests legal proceedings or civil claims connected to county officials at that time, with limited readable specifics and no further context available.
A historical reflection on smallpox vaccination as a major medical achievement. Describes pre vaccination peril, the social stigma of pockmarks, and cites Lord Macauley’s vivid passage on smallpox’s terror, noting 1694 London deaths from smallpox reached 1,683 of 24,100 total.
Lightning sparked a blaze at a state epilepsy hospital dairy barn killing four Holstein cows and calves valued at 1500 with the barn at 5000. Other items note a 6000-dollar parade lawsuit in Topeka, seven war mothers visiting France, a United Brethren conference plan in Kansas City Kansas, and the accidental shooting of Mary Speliz by her husband Louis in Kansas City Kansas.
AP reports in brief across cities like Whingto and St. Louis on drouth relief pledges to Hoover, munitions shipment delays to China, Hoover at camp with Lindbergh studying air service efficiency, and a rock quarry cave fatality in Montrose Iowa amid Canada immigration and British shipping tensions.
Excerpt follows Dagger travels with Sidi Marut's Senussi caravan toward Kufra on a voyage from Algiers to Tunis and the desert. Dagger learns Arab trade, gun running, and the desert code while the companion Howard memory drives her onward toward India and a Buddhist monastery.
The Little Black Clock and John and Peggy sit by the ocean hearing a sung reflection on tides and earth history. They discuss how seas, tides, and moon influence oceans, then plan to move time forward for their next adventure with Peggy meeting air toys in a shop.
St Louis reports on Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr a self reliant baby with family traveling to Washington as his grandmother Mrs Dwight W Morrow heads to Mexico City. In Congress a citizenship question arises from Bert Balchen Antarctic absence as Little America legacy faces policy. Sebastian Fisher a Brooklyn contractor complains of wrong numbers after police opened a cigar store door in a mishap.
Mr. and Mrs Haven Grahm and daughter Susan visited friends in Chanute and Misses Ona and Matt Amos from Thursday to Monday. Numerous local families hosted and visited relatives from Carbondale to Lawrence. The American Legion Auxiliary held its regular meeting with Mrs Kate Kerns. Waverly and Kansas City visitors spent weekends here with relatives. The Lampman Bible class had its annual picnic in East Park with about forty attendees. Several Baldwin residents traveled, visited relatives, or planned moves to nearby towns, including shifts to Denver and Ottawa.
Sunday dinner visits span Hesper Gardner Walcott Lawrence and more with families including Deay Haverty Grob Gabriel Lehman Votaw and Waldron. Visits from Oskaloosa and Little Blue attendees join Hesper church services. A baby boy was born to Roy Kurtz on Wednesday August 6 at Memorial Hospital and Risa Needham from Tonoxie is visiting Rosemary Harris. a miscellaneous shower was held for Mrs Howard Caviness.
Sunday visits and family milestones populate the local page with reports of Mr and Mrs J H Cavaness hosts and Misa Lula Votaw returning to Kansas City. Visits include Charles Hill from Chicago and Grist family gatherings plus a 4 H picnic at the Academy. Notes cover trips to Tonganoxie and Eudora CPA picnic, surprise Grist birthday party, and twin births at Memorial Hospital in Lawrence.
Sunday dinner guests at Mrs. John Hoover in Lawrence. Miss Margaret Curtis and Miss Alice Johnson hosted a young friends party at Perl Johnson home last Thursday evening. Brethren Church class hosted Washington Creek and Clinton Presbyterian youths with a watermelon feed last Friday evening. Ray Hobbs recovering at Memorial hospital after saw mill injury. Visitors include Mrs. John Ira Ikenberry and Helen Louise of Fairfax Missouri. Ed Spigle’s Appanoose home hosts Vena and Vera Flory. Memorial hospital taken Mr. Brubaker for a day faker. Families of J R Smith host visitors from Pontiac Michigan en route to Cushing Oklahoma. Lone Star C P A picnic well attended at Brown’s Grove.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.