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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1927
Page
4
From Chicago reports the mayor is urged to focus less on library fires and more on street gang activity and gambling privileges. The piece links city corruption concerns to broader tax and farm policy debates amid Senate organization and committee bargaining.
An editorial discusses football being integral yet not free from university oversight. It notes faculty and regents influence on team matters, the public and fans resisting this, and hints at football remaining under university management amid tax and budget considerations. The piece mentions Christmas budgets and the fiscal strain on the nation.
A Kansas discussion centers on revenue from all sources and annual road expenditures. The piece notes taxpayers fund state roads, not distant central government, and calls attention to rising yearly road costs.
Remi' ed-Mandel moved shoe shop to residence opposite Central school. Crowded streets show farmers thronging for a masquerade with 100 operatives from St Louis. The event at Liberty Hall will include songs, recitations, and comic pieces.
Twenty five years ago Mr and Mrs E Martindale entertained friends at dinner for Mrs A J Henley who was visiting. A new interfraternity group formed by about a dozen university boys planned a dance at Pythian Hall Friday. George Pickering returned from Thanksgiving trip to Olathe holding a house party with Tucker Boaz Greer Hawk and Bruce Cater. Mrs Robbins and daughter Stella left for New York to winter there. Miss Stella Robinson studies voice under Francis Fisher Powers. Mr and Mrs Frank Marcy of Anaconda Mont arrive to visit Mrs J Rul Finney while en route to New York City for Mares new position. Prof F H Hodder returned from Topeka after Kansas State Historical Society meeting. Miss Abel who presented a paper last night also returned. Will Bullene George Morrow Herb Bullene A D Weaver and Al Bromelsick came back from Newkirk Okla after successful hunting.
President Wilson asked Congress to declare war and vow no peace while the Allies struggle. He rejected any peace talks as unacceptable and said the United States would stay firm until Germany is defeated. A separate report notes a fire near a building causing about $3,000 in damage.
Fire at the home of Prof C C Young 546 East 19th street last night caused about 3000 in losses to buildings and contents. Fifteen prized dogs from a kennel of forty raised or collected by C C Young and C Cowgill were lost. Breeds included English bulldogs and Airedales. many cannot be replaced.
AP dispatch notes Republicans expect orderly organization of the Seventieth Congress with minimal opposition. Senate majority slim but independents hold balance, influencing early control. Longworth expected as speaker, Moses as president pro tempore, Dawes may preside. Democrats vow no alliance with independents, while independents consider no coalitions.
Historical note marks 150th anniversary of New Jersey's first newspaper in Burlington. The text recalls a 10 year anniversary of war savings stamps, Congress nearing opening, and aviation progress discussions led by William P. MacCracken Jr. Also mentions Floyd Rankin of Lawrence and a local purchase at recesers Drug Store. The fragment ends with a reflection on facial aging, noting the nose changes least.
Book reviews praise Departing Wings as a well written tale of David and Sylvia whose marriage tethers his flying dreams to family duties and a year with new tensions. Yesterday's Harvest by Margaret Pedler is labeled a melodramatic with forced situations though noting potential in the author.
Miss Katherine Holland Brown of Quincy Illinois has won a $25,000 prize for a 90,000 word anti Civil War novel The Father chosen from 1391 submissions by women writers worldwide The contest is run by The Woman's Home Companion and John Day publishing Co An additional $25,000 prize to a prior entrant remained unawarded as no other manuscript met merit The judges include Gertrude Lane Richard Walsh Dorothy Canfield and James Branch Cabell Brown is a Michigan graduate and author of Bible story collections The Father follows a Southern Illinois father printer opposing slavery with a local lawyer character linked to Lincoln The prize was awarded under pseudonyms to ensure equal opportunity
Publishers announce large prizes for works tied to the Boy Scout Oath and Law and American history. Cornelia Meigs wins 2000 for The Trade Wind. Little, Brown offers 4000 for best Boy Scout based fiction. Brown & Co offers 2500 for unpublished American history work. Criteria require long single volumes and broad author eligibility.
A Christmas guide describes popular books suitable for Christians and gifts. It notes rising book gifts, deluxe jackets, and discounts, then lists titles and authors from 1927 including Sandburg Life of Lincoln and Milne Now We Are Six with pricing and reprint notes.
A syndicated humor piece by Claude Callan from 1927 portrays Jones as excessively polite to his wife, suggesting she owns the property they discuss. The column reflects late 1920s domestic comedy and social cues.
University of Chicago study outlines a budget of 1800 dollars yearly for a single woman sharing a 75 apartment and 37.50 rent, with 3 dollars weekly for board and other modest expenses. It also shows a 51 cent per day menu for feeding a husband in a 3100 dollar income household, illustrating frugal dining across meals.
Santa Claus Ice Cream offers refreshing treats for Christmas gatherings by Kaw Valley Creamery. Contact 20 Adv for party needs.
Lawrence endures a tense moment as Abraham Lincoln is reported to arrive to speak in 1855. The historic scene underscores the era's charged politics and rising national tensions in Kansas.
Winter school day featured a student program with recitations songs and a forte club social. Notable participants included Susie Boydston Billy Brass and Bob Brass. The third month ended with a public meal and a list of students with perfect attendance. Local families and visitors shared Thanksgiving and weekend activities amid community news and a note on a hospital injury to Billie Schroyer.
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