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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1927
Page
4
The last section of the Eldridge hotel on Massachusetts street is being torn down, near the 1865 origin site and close to Quantrill’s 1863 fire. A new Lawrence hotel project advances, promising top hotel facilities, while floods in Kansas river valleys rival 1903 levels.
The summer beauty of Lawrence parks draws praise for regular moisture and care, while distant scenes like Shanghai tense up as Chinese authorities seize wings of a British plane. Clarence Chamberlin returns to Dennis on as a hometown hero, with reflection on his boyhood and critics softened by his achievement.
Political reporters in Topeka quickly interpreted President Coolidge’s 1928 statement about not choosing to tan and drew sharp, uncomplimentary conclusions about the president. The Topeka Journal criticizes The Leavenworth Times for boosterish remarks praising home industries and pens a light jab at Fort Leavenworth.
The Kansas City Times reports firm sale of local establishment to Amos Green John J. Mastin Co and others with possession promised Sunday. Street Railway contract let and track work to start after papers signed. Chicago and Southwestern nearing completion. many Lawrence residents noted in social and travel items with multiple names and places.
A Kansas Battery soldier recalls a personal furlough granted by General George H. Thomas after correspondence through his sister. The letter contrasts Thomas as a capable commander with criticism of Confederate leaders, and notes the writer Theodore Gardner detailing Thomas’s compassionate act during the Civil War era.
A reader’s quiz word problem asks about the exchange value of the franc in a summer with American debt talks Franco-American debt payments and the Mexican currency name and par value in U S money. It inquires who is the British Exchequer Chancellor and which mid western businessmen face farmers’ financial troubles.
In a discussion of Wood’s successor in the Philippines, W. Cameron Forbes of Boston is highlighted as a favored candidate. Forbes, a former Governor-General and vice-governor, served on the Philippine Commission and as Secretary of Commerce and Police, and is noted for his character and abilities. He is a Harvard-educated banker and descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A mix of commemorations marks historical dates and openings. Genghis Khan’s death is noted, post office air mail routes between Chicago and Cincinnati begin bids, Roanoke Island memory of Virginia Dare is celebrated, and a Wright brothers memorial lighthouse site is announced near Kill Devil Hills. Marlborough House’s link to the Prince of Wales is described along with a note on London theatre anniversaries and the first municipal bath in Boston in 1866.
Kansas motorists will display blue and white automobile license tags in 1928 state business manager H E Shrack said today. The new tags, already being made at the state reformatory in Hutchinson, feature blue figures and lettering on a white background.
The piece recounts the 1854 Kansas and Nebraska act context, Emigrant Aid Society efforts, and the 1859 Day rescue of kidnapped free people, detailing Doy and Day’s imprisonment in Platte City and subsequent transport to St Joseph amid mob pressure, with focus on anti slavery tensions shaping early Kansas history.
In a Sparta home, Menelaos confronts gatekeeper Eteoneus over Helen's return with Orestes. The discussion reveals shifting ideas after long travels and war, with Menelaos acknowledging changed views while defending his wife and questioning past loyalties. The chapter ends as tensions rise between tradition and new influence.
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