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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss price pressures and a proposal to end Sunday commerce. It mentions merchants, butchers, and frogsers of a city contemplating a two holiday period and adjusting values, with a call to unify Sunday closing.
A reader argues that the prohibition on new railroad work lasted only during the war. He notes the AP announced postwar that railroads could build new work without federal board permission. He suggests proceeding under state law to build the road, assess taxes, and halt only if higher authority intervenes, not the federal board.
State may ask a continuance as Rufus King former Maple Hill liveryman faces murder charges. Preliminary trial set for Eskridge before Justice A J Skeen. Senator Carroll says he anticipates orderly proceedings with strong guards. Prosecutors McNeill Martin Hungate prepare witnesses in Maple Hill Rossville and St Marys.
The University of Kansas lists two candidates for the director of athletics post in Lawrence. Alfred Allen of Missouri, a veteran with nine years in athletics, is among the contenders. Norma "Allie" Written Cr is among those urging his nomination. A formal letter from Cr urges the board to consider Allen as business manager of athletics, though Allen says he does not seek the position and favors remaining in his current duties.
The county attorney will prosecute Wright again in a different court after the judge found no guilty verdict for wife desertion. The defense’s failure to show Wright contributed to his wife’s support was noted, and the attorney stated high prices left women unable to cope.
Testimony argues that absences by residents from Was home and from the city did not constitute desertion, aiming to show non abandonment in hearings. The defense contends the record reflects temporary absence rather than intent to desert.
Disjointed OCR text hints at tense debates over U S military actions in France and independence ideals. Names and precise events are garbled, but references to Pershing and removal plans suggest wartime policy discussions lingering in a fragmented frontier of memory.
Viscount Grey named as new British ambassador to the United States plans to sail for New York on the Adriatic from Southampton on September 3. If plans are not perfected by then he will sail on the next available steamer. Major General James G. Garberd and other members of the American Armenia mission depart Paris tonight for Brest to sail on the Martha Washington to Constantinople likely tomorrow.
Students will seek earnings to cover college costs with employment bureaus handling requests in order of receipt. Edwin F. Rice of the University Y M C A says there should be enough jobs for all students wishing to work, though pay may rise with living cost while the W art market shifts.
A broad agenda of commercial and industrial development topics is set for discussion at the Maritime Board of Trade annual meeting opening today in Moncton New Brunswick. The gathering will address growth projects and related economic concerns across the maritime provinces.
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