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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1925
Page
4
Dozens of road sign changes forego advertising clutter to boost safety in Douglas County while political commentary weighs La Follette’s Republican signals. The day notes Santa lore, Persian leadership, war news, and cultural tidbits with a New York mystery and Rhodes day.
The Chamber of Commerce is mailing ballots for the annual primary election for the board of directors. Ballots returnable by 6 o clock Tuesday evening. Election board to canvass ballots Wednesday. Fourteen men to be chosen in the primary. seven to be elected to fill directory positions.
A detailed promotional overview of The World Court by Antonio S. de Bustamante, highlighting its aims for American readers before Senate consideration. It summarizes the book’s purpose, endorsements, scope on court creation and operation, relation to the League of Nations, election of judges, jurisdiction, sanctions, funding, and procedural methods, noting its appeal to general readers and experts alike.
A survey of Stevenson works in a large bibliography with an appendix on the Court and its rules references The South Seas edition of Stevenson's works as a vitality test for his continuing influence. Christmas gift books shift from shelves to self‑purchased pleasures with Milne and Page among top sellers. Kansas writers gain traction. prize news highlights Countee Cullen winning the Witter Bynner Prize.
Gov J W Leedy and family prepare to relocate to Portland Oregon for their future home. Miss Alice Leedy also leaves next week for Portland. Several social events and meetings are noted including whist party honorings and Lawrence Commercial Club activities.
Will hold an assembly Monday February 14 led by the sophomore literary society. Three pantomime scenes from Midsummer Night's Dream The Rivals and Peter Pan will be acted by club members with introductory talks by three students. Musical interludes provided by Guila Gress Meta Murphy and Evelyn Swarth.
From St Petersburg Florida December 1925 Theodore Gardner reports a packed crowd of twelve thousand for the season opener in the park. The city maintains a band costing over thirty thousand dollars annually, with a largely American membership in kilts. A photographer captured the audience near the band shell for display in a front window. A community committee plans park entertainments including a December 6 concert led by Rev Kerison Juniper and a speech on the committee’s work.
In central Nebraska the 2,003 person community of Cazad leads alfalfa market activity with 1,100 to 1,300 cars shipped yearly from Cazad and 300 to 600 cars from nearby Darr and Willow Island. Dawson county, with Corad as its capital, tops Nebraska hay production while 1925 figures show Nebraska leading the nation in acreage devoted to cornice crops. The Yuletide holly tradition dates back to olden times with evergreen boughs said to confer blessings and good fortune.
A serialized mystery scene features Connemara and David Lacy fleeing in a Greenwich car chase with a nun in disguise. Police pursuit, masked intrigue, and a cliffhanger lead toward a continuation, while a Bloomington note and local ads close the item.
Nine of 183 Loyola University students from foreign countries plan to take American dental methods home. The university has 13 international students, with Rafael Benitez, leader of the band, among those studying pharmacy while others seek arts and sciences. Guatemala leads with four students, followed by Mexico and Cuba.
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