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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1925
Page
4
The Journal World notes Barney Sheridan of Paola who turned Western Spirit into the Weekly Critic. He continues writing a weekly title and essays praising writing habit, likening it to Ed Howe's diligence and Kansas newspaper prowess.
The piece argues that postwar budget cuts threaten both army and navy, urging smarter scaling rather than shrinking to a skeleton. It stresses training leaders and preserving higher command while the individual soldier can be readied quickly, noting past WWI weaknesses and the need for capable peacetime leadership. It ends with Ottawa Herald humor about a painting professor appointment.
A fragmented column notes weekend travel accidents and the Iola county fair feature land ter m race. It contrasts motor travel dangers with turtle speed limits, mentions Muscle cars wartime plant origins, and reflects on World War era industrial shifts and delayed construction.
Discussion centers on selling the large project to private ownership after years of consideration. Valuation of the Kansas City street railway set at fifteen million by Dean Harry Riges. Reports say fifty one million would be needed to construct the line and equipment as they stand. Muscled conflicts and labor tensions echo across industry.
From our files, residents head to Oshalodsa Iowa to visit Rev Somerville. various town items include a missed Kimono garment, a five year lease closing on Duncan Hardware, Dur en offering his business for sale, and Miss Fredericka Ballene convalescing after mountain fever. Poehler Canning aims to boost Lawrence area canning, and soil yields may drive a future market. Officials nominate a prohibition county ticket. German class exhibition planned for Sept 5 with German readings and local educators urged to attend. Von Weise to present educational mood at Lawrence. Preliminary hearings set for Lemon on auto accessory theft and Whitsett on forging checks. bonds set at $600 and $1,200 respectively.
Bob Wilson faces a moral bind as a woodland picnic with Caroline rekindles desire and fear of exposure. He battles guilt over love and a possible departure, choosing to confess amid a day of playful exploration and fragile happiness with Caroline and Bobby in the countryside.
Detroit pays tribute to Ty Cobb as Navin Field hosts Cobb Day with the 38 year old legend saluting fans. A city banquet follows where Cobb receives a $1,000 gift funded by Detroit City Council, honoring his 20 year AL career since debuting in 1905.
Sam Crawford and Jack Checro starred as New York pitcher worked with Cobb at bat. A man on third and two out, Cobb swung at the first ball, watched the second, and then lofted a waist high pitch for a center field double. The Georgia peach bloomed on his American League debut.
Col onell William Mitchell asserts an American super airplane with a ton of explosives can fly nonstop to Paris or with a single Nome, Alaska stop. He says the giant biplanes could reach 113 miles an hour for sixty hours, but government permission to test is withheld.
Tribune Kansas Aug 29 report states three Bradley children Vivian five Ira n six Lavona three died when a lid fell, trapping them inside a large tool box. Parents found them at supper time, a grim accident attributed to a lid clamping shut during play.
Dallas Aug 29 contends W J B Goodman Haskell Oklahoma militia captain and football star was convicted here for saying Charles Swinney Dallas night watchman an illegal questioning and hearsay testimony defense attorneys filed a comprehensive amended motion for new trial Judge C A Pippen who tried the case likely to hear the motion next week and may not act until after Joe Brown murder trial Brown's case set for Monday Goodman sentenced to five years in penitentiary last week Deputy found not guilty.
Arthur Schirard, a deputy constable of Lincoln township, was acquitted today of the charge of driving a car while intoxicated. The case arose from an incident June 10 when he allegedly struck a farmer’s car in Girard. Schirard, a member of a prohibition raiding squad, had been held for trial on bribery charges.
Sir Joseph Thompson, presenting a new theory of light at a Cambridge meeting, has provoked intense discussion and widespread reaction in the scientific community. The article notes vigorous comment and indicates ongoing testing and verification efforts.
One of the world’s outstanding scientific investigators, Sir Joseph Thomson advanced knowledge of electricity and the atom. He discovered electrons about 25 years ago, shaping modern physical research. For 35 years he was Cavendish professor at Cambridge University, knighted in 1908, and awarded the Order of Merit in 2012. He held degrees from leading universities and received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Today marks the tenth annual Nations from sele opening in Salt Lake City under the National Woolgrowers Association, touted as the industry’s greatest sale. Veterans of Foreign Wars host their national encampment in Tulsa, while Ottawa hosts the 41st Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. Grand Army parade in Grand Rapids and a Pioneer Day spectacle at Yellowstone’s Buffalo Ranch also feature today.
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