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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1939
Page
4
The text argues folklore, religion, medicine, and sociology shape welfare. It notes increasing literacy narrows gaps between folk and advanced practice. Folklore medicine adopts vaccines and clean living, while religion and medicine have intertwined historically. Sociologists now urge balance and leadership struggles emerge.
The piece argues that folklore medicine rapidly adopts advanced practices, citing Kansas life expectancy and medical shifts toward vaccines and procedures. It notes Lawrence's lag closing, then discusses Brazil burning coffee surplus while seeking uses for green beans in plastics, exemplifying agrarian surplus problems and innovation.
Marion Ellet reflects on personal freedom in Nebraska versus Kansas on a hot day. A limeade on the house sparks musings about liberty, restraint, and drink choices as Kansas friends banter and depart after a mix up over limeade and a Collins.
The column compiles quotes from figures like Senator Josh Lee and Raymond H. Gifford, praising and criticizing Roosevelt and party politics. It includes a Willys-Overland boast by J. W. Frazer and a roadside hiccup joke about a speeding midget auto.
Marvel Crosson, noted woman aviator, was found dead after a crash near Wellton Arizona. The incident marks the end of a perilous flight and prompts investigations into the wreck and circumstances surrounding the crash.
A historic note recalls Pope Pius Ay’s death amid World War I era concerns. The piece also covers wartime events in Belgium, a Lawrence sailor boy returning from service, telegrams from Dr John Hess in Rotterdam, and new traffic ordinances in town with speed limits and driving rules. Local business ventures and social events are noted, including a mit tens factory and the moonlight walk by Congregational Christian Endeavor.
Baldwin reports include Ethel Watkins returning from Gunnison to teach at Baldwin High School, Miss Watkins heads Commercial Dept. Edgerton pastor’s wife spoke on Tokyo experiences, Mrs. Bessie Lease dies after paralytic stroke, funeral held in Lawrence. Indianapolis visitors arrange care for Mrs. Day, Elizabeth Day to enroll at Butler. Various local visits, baptisms, and addresses noted. crime notes report purse thefts and minor traffic fines.
Christine confronts a murder at her cousin Emma Talbert's booth as Inspector Parsons questions suspects including Bill Yardley and a beachcomber alias Jaspar. A dagger hidden in a wall fragment prompts Christine to reveal her true identity and face a tense inquiry in this serialized mystery.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains human sensitivity to insect bites and the spectrum of reactions from urticaria to severe symptoms. Cases show varying responses to bee and hornet stings and desensitization attempts with insect extracts, noting no universal cure.
Prospect Mr and Mrs Howard Werts of Chicago visit their relatives Mr and Mrs Harry Werts and Mr and Mrs John Dillon. Olive Shultz Violet Shultz and John Mitchell were guests of Mr and Mrs Willie Chanay. Charles Waugh spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Martin, with Wills Chanay family and children driving to Ottawa Saturday. William Selzer and others appear in a family group with Charles Speicher and Harry Werts.
Radio schedule details a dense parade of programs and orchestras across WREN WDAF KMBC KBIBC and EMBC for Monday August 21 and Tuesday August 22. Notable acts include Shawn Orch Glenn Miller's Orch and Horace Heidt's Orch with various newscasts and weather forecasts. Local social notes mention attendees at a CPA picnic in Eudora and a community ice cream social at Vinianil.
In Foss Park North Chicago 15 year old Dorothy Isaacson slipped at a cliff edge and tumbled into a gravel pit with minor injuries. In Galesburg a two year old Constance Onderko was hurled 60 feet from a hospital window yarding, suffering only scratches. A Fergus Falls fisherman hauled up submerged elk antlers thought to be decades old for display.
East Hartford resident Nicholas Lymber won a set of golf clubs at a charity outing but sold them to another guest who then riffled through his own clubs. Lymber bought a couple of chances and two days later received notice he held the winning ticket.
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