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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
4
The World Company lists subscription prices and carrier options, with weekly and annual rates and local contact details. The page notes Associated Press affiliation and reprint rights. It also mentions two state governors calling special sessions to consider a suffrage amendment and a sharp political remark about Tennessee and North Carolina governors.
An editorial argues that federal suffrage ratification is just and long overdue in Kansas not for partisan gain but to align with national justice. It notes initial disillusionment gave way to measured understanding of political work, urging calm, persistence, and reassurance that extending the vote has not harmed liberties or social foundations.
The article notes Britain’s six year preoccupation with European affairs may push it to withdraw from European integration once the Poland matter settles. It suggests Britain seeks a simplified, self-contained role, with a modified Europe represented by its relation to the Herald Isle.
A Kansas board ruled that repairing leaky gas distribution systems would allow gas to be profitable enough to pay distribution companies. The decision arrived amid disputes in several cities including Lawrence, where rates were set at 80 cents per thousand feet and concerns over natural gas taxation and management were raised.
The court supports maintaining rates to return a fair profit while compelling the gas company to upgrade aging mains inherited from a predecesor. Emphasis falls on reducing wastage, raising plant efficiency, and ensuring customers face reasonable charges as leaks are minimized. Also notes investor sentiment toward foreign bonds and a Minsk peace conference context.
An editorial argues the transportation act shifted policy from protection against discrimination to enabling it. It claims the Interstate Commerce Commission now wields autocratic power, determining which industries may ship and which are essential, threatening government control over industry and market access.
Orville Wright today enters his fiftieth year as a leading American aviator renowned for flying feats and aviation innovation. The elder Wright brother has long contributed to progress in flight and public interest in air travel.
A fragment notes Orville Wright, born in Brookline Massachusetts, now 61, and his early work with his brother on an aeroplane tested secretly in North Carolina after leaving school. It mentions Manuel L Quezon, former Philippine delegate in Congress from Tayabas, aged 42. The text also hints at Vereusen, a popular actor in New York City, aged 37.
A century ago today the famous trial of Queen Caroline of England opened. The piece notes the anniversary of the event and places it within a recap of historic trials.
A compact list of historical anniversaries references figures and events across centuries. James Crichton, admired scholar and swordsman born in Scotland, died in Mantua in 1683. Madame du Barry, influential at Louis XV’s court, executed in Paris in 1793. Ship Lady Sherbrooke wrecked near Cape Ray in 1831 with loss of lives and treasure. A hurricane destroyed hundreds of buildings in the West Indies. New Edystone Lighthouse foundation laid in 1878 by the Duke of Edinburgh. Paris pilgrims head to Lourdes in 1895. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, later King George V and Queen Mary, visited Cape Town in 1901. The American battleship reflected at Sydney, Nova Scotia.
The notice marks Bernard M. Baruch, former War Industries Board head, born in Camden South Carolina fifty years ago, and Walter Clark, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, born in Halifax County North Carolina seventy four years ago. Henry Ives Cobb, noted figure, is also cited.
One year ago today the Princes of Wales visited Prince Edward. President Wilson urged prompt ratification of the Peace Treaty. In China tea fields remain limited and culture processes unchanged for centuries. Dictionaries kept out of Turkey as the Sultan is forbidden in sacred texts under Turkish law.
David D Leahy recalls Tangier under League rule, from street renamings to a plague report, a shipwreck burial dispute, and a bandmaster crisis. French English Spanish interests clash while locals suffer, until a Czech bandmaster composes music that soothes tensions and leaves Tangier listening in an asylum of ambiguity.
A fragment notes that some people mock government while others hide underground planning bombs for future attack on international governors when the time is ripe.
A compact history traces women's suffrage from early whispers in Maryland in 1617 through Abigail Adams and Lucret ia Mott to the formation of key groups. It notes milestones such as the 1869 Wyoming grant of voting rights, the 1872 protest by Susan B Anthony, and the long push to pass an amendment through Congress led by Anthony, Stanton, Stone, Howe, and later Carrie Chapman Catt.
In New York the federation of suffrage groups expands to 48 states and affiliates with the International Suffrage Alliance led by Mrs Catt. States with full suffrage before the federal amendment include Wyoming Colorado Idaho Utah Washington California Arizona Kansas Oregon Alaska Montana Nevada New York Oklahoma Michigan South Dakota. Presidential suffrage existed in Arkansas Texas Indiana Maine Rhode Island Vermont Iowa Illinois North Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri Tennessee. Emperor blamed for Austro Hungarian collapse. commission cites three orders on Piave battle in 1918.
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