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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
4
The Paris riots over the Sacco-Vanzetti case may have involved thieves exploiting disorder rather than organized communists. Police argue looting targeted shop goods while lawlessness grows without enforceable rules, underscoring the need for laws to be made and enforced.
The article reviews Joseph Cannon’s reminiscences printed in the Kansas City Journal-Post. It highlights his lifelong view that labor should be free of union mandates while employees may freely choose work, recounts his father’s punishment for paying wages to a free Black worker, and notes Cannon’s stance against employer anti union bias. It also mentions a Kansas Guardsmen hypothetical war over a corn crop and a New York mayor’s Berlin visit triggering a flag dispute at a hotel, reflecting comic opera elements.
A survey of local notes recounts water works talk, the Holley system, thanks to florist A Whitcomb, J R Graton at Dansville water cure, a new buckboard buggy by Reser Kendall, Bridge construction with fifty men, and Minor Scott’s four acres of high quality tobacco near town yielding up to 800 pounds per acre.
Prof and Mrs BE Hopkins return from England where he spends a year studying and will resume his English department post at the university. Winifred and Rohan Fischer plan a ten day Greensburg visit. Gen Wilder S Metcalf hosts Merchants Athletic Association at the club house. Osie Hughes hosts a linen shower for Miss Myrie Kelsey ahead of her September marriage to Otto Guffler.
An active crowd of Miss Kelsey's friends shared in giving many tokens of affection. Prof E F Stanley, Central school principal, returns from Kiowa county after leading a normal institute. Mrs Nellie Beatty notes high demand for Huckleberry Finn amid library controversy. Miss Gallop bought French department pictures in Chicago for display. R W Sparr dies suddenly at home on South Tennessee Street from pleurisy and fever. city mourns loss of a respected resident.
James A Farrell is named to added responsibilities as president of United States Steel Corporation following Judge E H Gary's death. Farrell, a self made man who began as a mill boy in New Haven, has led the firm since 1911 and was Gary’s personal choice for the presidency. In his career he rose through American Steel and Wire and U S Steel to top executive rank.
The fragment references Claude Callan and a note about son Joe liking to sleep late due to a lack of morning activity. The source appears to be a 1927 Puplisnera Syndicate item with limited readable context and no clear event, location, or full quotation.
Baldwin reports travelers and visitors from Cedar Falls to Kansas City and Lawrence. The Epworth League Institute closes after a record attendance of up to 1200. Marriages including Elise Hardin and Merrill Rapp and Genevieve Haskin to L Dwight Williams are noted along with local medical and church figures. many locals plan trips to Illinois, California, Yellowstone, and Philadelphia, while college ties at Baker University appear in multiple notices.
Hermione faces parental pressure on marriage with Orestes as Menelaus probes her love of life. The scene blends ancient myth with modern notes as Hermione and Menelaus discuss Pyrrhus, Electra, and the mother’s schemes, revealing tensions between duty, desire, and humor in a household under strain.
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