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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
4
The Lawrence Journal World reports on prohibition costs topping 13.5 million since federal laws began and calls for tougher enforcement as Detroit remains a major bootlegging conduit. Lawrence and Douglas County officers describe vigilant traffic checks as curbing car theft rings and liquor smuggling, while mentions of King George’s health and political forecasts appear alongside local crime highlights and college nostalgia notes.
Fifty five years ago on December 6 in our town, Capt. Tough bought the Elm Park race track with rumoured plans near Olathe. Col. Walker arranged a kindergarten sleigh ride on Massachusetts Street, while Geo. Osborne showcased top sleigh teams. Charles Bradishugh, billed as the greatest living orator, spoke at Liberty Hall, and William Sein moved from the local gas works to supervise Marshall, Michigan gas operations.
Mrs. Geo Foster returned from a seven week visit through Indiana Ohio and Illinois. Photographer David Horkmans produced two top campus negatives and secured copyrights. The World received 139 letters from rural route children, naming many advertisers and hoping for print but limited by space. Lawrence men report a Lady chauffeur and a Beta fraternity box social for Adelaide Thurston. Ten years ago reports list private J P Ramsey in Paris Island and Dean L E Sayre elected president of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Fire at United design church chimney sparks. Corpl Julius Marks reported to have overseas service. East ern Star officers elected with Mrs May Courtney and others named.
In Topeka on this date 1876 the Kansas Electoral College selected J. B. Johnson as Messenger to carry the state’s five votes for Rutherford B. Hayes to Washington. Kansas history records this pivotal alignment in the Hayes presidential ascent.
Shawnee Oklahoma editor Lex of the Nashville Tennessean speaks on community pride and optimism. The piece urges fair comparison of local life with other places, noting the value of faith and enthusiasm in progress. Local notes mention attendees at Sunday school, hospital stays, family gatherings, and holiday events across De Soto area and nearby towns.
The high school auditorium hosts The Scouts Trip To Fairyland an operetta in three acts by Ruth Stephen Porter on Saturday evening December 8 presented by the grade school with teacher help under Miss Mary Margaret Downey. Zapata's novelty troubadours Filipino orchestra provide music. admission 15 and 35 cents.
Mrs. Broyles spent Monday at the Maack home while Erle Hunter traveled to Kansas City for lutithe. Mrs. Penner and baby visited her mother Mrs. Dent. Erle Hunter was briefly sick last week. Arthur Jordan and sons helped with hay baling at the Penner home Tuesday and Wednesday. The Corlisses attended the Fuller sale near Mancer hall. Mr. and Mrs. Cheatwood of Kansas City dined with Fred’s family on Thanksgiving. John Cramer helped Erle Hunter with their new house foundation and later visited Kansas City. Gertrude Brown of Kansas City stayed with her sister Lorene and uncle, Chas. Broyles, Wednesday evening. Oma Dent and Mrs. Dent hosted at John Henner’s Thursday. Several guests dined with the Penner and Dent families. Bricken has been ill with a cold. Oma Dert visited Lawrence Thursday through Sunday. J. R. Good event and Odd Fellow activities in Lawrence featured music and refreshments at an I. O. O. F. temple program. Extra visits occurred with Linwood and Junction City families. Mrs. Huff of Lawrence visited the area Sunday. Musser attended the Roxa sale during rest week at school.
The Fairview column notes a Sunday basket dinner at Mrs. Anna Peters's home with many relatives and friends from Tonganoxie Ottawa Pleasant Valley and Manhattan area. It also records visits to Nisely's home, a December missionary meeting at Mrs. Cowles's, and various Thanksgiving and social calls among the Peters Leary Shirar Moore and Brown families.
Thanksgiving vacation kept schools closed with many visits to friends and relatives. Mrs. C. A. Nisley and family share a Sunday meal with John Pancake family. Delmar Bennett of Lawrence calls on Ed Howard. Baker student Irene Bootwricht visits Baldwin and stays with Brown family. numerous gatherings at the homes of Leary, Brownlee, Nottingham, and Wells marked a day of family and community. A Missouri-Lawrence trip features Eugene Leary, Theodore Harris, and Miss Bessie Purcell. Chicago livestock expositions report record price for Cleveland calves at seven dollars per pound, with buyer J. C. Peony Co. of Steer Twins Born in Two States notes twin girls born to Mrs. Wm. Schneider of Hiawatha, Kansas and Nebraska.
A Kansas diary notes the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Schneider at Hiawatha hospital yesterday. The first baby arrived early, followed by the second shortly after noon, marking two births in one day at the same facility.
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