City seeks southern campus road and Klan state-federal friction
Readers learn city plans to open a road to the University campus from the south, amid growth of the Residence area. Officials discuss where connecting points should be and consult with residents and engineers. The piece also notes Attorney General Daugherty stating the federal government has no basis to prosecute the Ku Klux Klan in state cases, highlighting tensions between state and federal powers.
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Evu
City Commission
Bart
Aig Ware
Aye!m
University Engineers
Ku- Klux Klan
Daugherty
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Community hotel plan urged as Lawrence asks for funds
The Lawrence town years of debate over a new hotel culminate in a push to raise local capital for a community center hotel on a main corner. If funded now, the project promises immediate social and economic benefits. delays would incur higher costs and longer waits. A book review notes America's Race Heritage by Clinton Stoddard Burr and its timely discussion of immigration and national policy.
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Lawrence
America
Clinton Stoddard Burr
The
National Historical Society
West
38Th ‘Street
New York
United States
Burr
Europe
Congress
Madison Grant
Clinton’ Stoddard
Am-erica
Aurr
Fragmented column of notes and oddities
A garbled review mixes remarks about King Boris of Bulgaria money in Paris British winter thrift and a strange string of anecdotes. It notes 1017696 salmon packed, an Army Navy game in Philadelphia, a Holstein cow yielding 33968 pounds of milk, a London couple married twice in one day, and a 103 year old Uncle John recalling the moon bonus bill along with a clipped business notice from Sanitite Barber Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army-Navy
Philadelphia
Unclear fragment prompts about race language and nationality
Fragmentary OCR text references race language and nationality but lacks coherent narrative. It mentions a 400 page work with an index and 30 illustrations, leaving uncertain author or publication details.
Americanism, Native Americans and Officer Liability
A reader argues that Americanism must educate native and foreign born alike to shared freedoms and respect for others. The letter questions who bears liability if a car is seized by an officer and fired upon, and asks about city ordinances on removing unlit cars from streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
American Legion
Wadsworth Named U S Delegate to Paris Conference
Eliot Wadsworth is designated to represent the United States at the Paris conference on reparations payments. At 46, the Harvard graduate from Boston previously led Rockefeller Foundation aid missions in Europe and served as executive at the Red Cross before taking the new post.
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Eliot Wadsworth
United States
Paris
Washington
An Red
Higereiniries
Europe
Rockefeller Foundation
Wadsworth
Boston
Harvard
Senator David Walsh and His Political Rise
David S. Walsh, junior senator from Massachusetts, rose from humble roots in Loomis to national prominence. He studied at Holy Cross and Boston College, practiced law in Fitchburg and Clinton, and advanced through the Massachusetts Legislature to lieutenant governor and governor, the first Catholic to hold the post. He is known for urging President Harding to disband the Ku Klux Klan. A personal note suggests Lawrence and Douglas County readers consider gifting a year’s Journal-World subscription to attract new residents.
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David S. Walsh
Harding
Grant
United States
Massachusetts
Loominator
Mass
Holy Cross College
Boston College
Fitchburg
Clinton
Lawrence
Douglas County
Journal-World
Horticultural Society To Hold December Meeting
The bounty fruit growers will meet at the Chamber of Commerce rooms next Saturday December ninth. It will be the last meeting of the year. Members are urged to prepare a good chicken dinner, says president B. F. Smith.
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The
Bounty Fruit’ Growers
Chamber of Commerce
B. F. Smith
Mid-Season Sale At Presbyterian Bazaar and Ideal Clothing
The Presbyterian bazaar offers aprons towels fancywork children and doll clothes as Christmas gifts. The Ideal Clothing Company advertises a great Mid-Season sale with every item marked down in its Dodge-San derson salesroom on Friday and Saturday.
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Presbyterian Bazaar
Dodge-Sanderson
Ideal Clothing Company
Lawrence Store Marks 33 Years With Big Sale Event
J. H. Cohn proprietor of the Pair announces a double page Journal-World advertisement to celebrate 33 years in Lawrence. The piece highlights Lawrence’s growth from a small school to a major university and the associated urban, farm, and infrastructure developments, framing the sale as a festive way to bring reduced price goods to customers for Christmas.
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Lawrence
J. H. Cohn
Journal-World
Central West
Fewer Marriage Licenses Issued as Weather Changes
The cool weather lowers marriage license activity in Douglas county as the probate judge reports few applicants, with the last license issued last Saturday. Mrs. A B Withington visits daughter Mrs Jean Troutman in Western Kansas.
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Douglas County
A. B. Withington
City
Jean Troutman
Kansas
Death Notice Fred Shaw Dies on Farm Near Ozawkie
Fred Shaw died November 29 at his Ozawkie area farm in Jefferson county. A Thanksgiving funeral at Dunkard church drew about five hundred mourners. His widow, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Smith of Lawrence, later lived with her parents before returning home. Shaw was 59 and left four daughters, two married.
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Fred Shaw
Ozawkie
Jefferson County
Dunkard
Shaw
J. J. “Smith
Pennsylvania Street
Lawrence
Funeral services for Gertrude Leighty at Funk chapel
Mrs. Gertrude Leighty 31 died at 520 Maine Street. Funeral held this afternoon at 2 30 at Funk undertaking chapel with Rev. Howard of Eudora in charge. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery. J W Hastings dies at 707 West Fourth Street this afternoon. Funeral plans to be announced later.
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Gertrude Leighty
Maine Street
Funk Undertaking Chapel
Howard
Eudora
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. W. Hastings
West Fourth Street
New Ottawa-Lawrence Line In Daily Service
A new Overland Bailey Motor Car Co line operates between Lawrence and Ottawa. Service runs daily with one trip each way. The Lawrence to Ottawa run departs at 1 p.m. and arrives in Ottawa at 2:30 p.m.
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Lawrence
Ottawa
Overland Bailey ‘Motor’ Car Co., of
Towa
Morh
Unclear OCR fragment hints at realtor names and positions
Fragmentary text mentions realtors and titles such as vice district estate manager but lacks coherent events or location details. No verifiable facts emerge to form a complete news item.
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