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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1930
Page
4
Kansas officials report the drought toll will likely be offset by the state's capacity to bear losses. Hoover conference plans and broader surveys aim to reveal conditions, boost confidence, and guide relief where needed. The report cautions against overestimating needs while recognizing farm and community resilience.
In a fragmentary serial from a Mary Dahlberg piece, Daeger travels from France to India. She encounters a starkly different world as she approaches Lahore and Bombay, views crowded stations, raucous streets, and vast slums, and seeks the sage Ghulam Buk for insight. The narrative hints at a distant, enigmatic interview awaiting in tomorrow’s chapter.
A fragmented note lists events in Ellsworth and surrounding Kansas history with references to the Leavenworth Topeka and Southwestern railroad, a first settlers reaction in 1856, and the 1881 opening of Bismarck Grove under local direction. It contains numerous OCR errors and unclear dates, but preserves mentions of Ellsworth county, the railroad, early settlers, and the Bismarck Grove opening.
A bold daytime shoplifting occurred yesterday at Steinberg's dry goods store when two men entered to ask for fans. While the clerk assisted, an accomplice robbed the cash drawer of $150. The thief was not described by attendants. Meanwhile news notes: John Anderson sold his Central hotel stake to a newcomer from Solomon City, who formerly ran the Calendonia house.
A big nursery barn owned by A Greisa collapsed this morning in town. Alexander of Lawrence is set to replace Men Carney as the ticket agent for the Li Pacific line.
Erysipelas is a contagious skin illness that can be severe if untreated. It often begins as a simple rash but may cause fever, toxic symptoms, and rapid swelling especially on the face or around the eyes. Weakened individuals, new mothers, and infants are at higher risk, with potential for dramatic facial swelling and loss of facial features if not treated promptly.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fall near Copeland with uncertain names and details. The text mentions Dede and Rane Estergay among garbled phrases and a 700 foot reference, but the exact events, people, and location remain unclear.
A compact roundup of scattered reports: St Louis endurance fliers post a record time while Jacksonville hosts conspiratorial arrests toward governors. New York police puzzle Swift’s suicide pistol. Hoover Hyde Legge talks drought relief in Orange Virginia. Washington cites 29 wet votes, San Diego features Gladys O’Donnell leading a first Beach to Chicago leg. Annapolis plane crash kills two. Wood accuses Shouse. oil well erupts in Oklahoma City. Bucharest coronation delayed. Le Bourget forecasts delay. Peshawar tribesmen clash with British planes. Moscow executes four for hoarding coins as Americans face charges.
Peggy and John join the Little Black Clock on a promised trip to a famed air toy shop. They land at a dirigible platform near an air hotel and wander into a shop overflowing with toys as air residents take a rest day. The owner opens the shop for visiting children and their guardians.
Be the Reseclare presents Ethel Barrymore in a key role with her mother She Seaphine in a fall New York stage production. The show includes a lively cast and promises indoor puzzles for weekend audiences in Orange Virginia.
Veterans of the Spanish American war gathered in Philadelphia for the second annual United Spanish War Veterans convention with 30,000 attendees. Major General ran G Price Jr presided as Francisco De Paula Valiente spoke for Cuban President Machado. Both U S and Cuban governments sent battleships to honor the veterans of 1898.
Milwaukee agent Robert F Myrtle was suspended five days without pay after drawing a revolver on motorist William A French during a traffic dispute in Milwaukee on July 29. Director Amos W Woodcock said Basil Quinn of Washington also received a similar punishment for assaulting a person during a rights argument.
A bi plane crash at Wichita airport injured a student and killed instructor Botton L. Wales, a veteran trainer. Witnesses say the aircraft went into a spin and nosedived after the vertical fin on the rudder dropped during a training flight in Tex. Aug. 18 details are hazy due to damaged text.
Chicago reports special groups from the American Association met to pave the way for the opening of their annual convention with over 3,000 lawyers expected. The press and bar cooperation committee prepared a report by David Lawrence urging editors to emphasize essential facts over sensation. San Francisco hear ing on Warren K Billings pardon entered its fourth week as cross examination began with testimony linking Billings and Tom Mooney to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union met at First M. E. Church with Mrs. Hewitt Taylor presiding. Reports from departments were heard and plans made for an all day institute postponed from last month. Local social notes include visits by Paul Kochen and others, a Garden club gathering, Armatt family reunion, and community updates on water extension, tax levy, and street drainage.
Walter of Malta Bend visits Mrs Margart as the Southwest Ladies section meets at First M E Church to plan a fall bazaar. Dozens attend visits and shopping trips spread across Ottawa Lawrence and Kansas City with many residents traveling for family and shopping while others plan for the September school term and summer visits.
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