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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1929
Page
4
The piece surveys Pennsylvania's political leanings and campaign practices while debating state rights and representation in Washington. It contrasts Western and Eastern stances, cites the New York Outlook on wealth perception, and ends with a note on prudent investing focusing on earnings over price quotes.
A little girl asks the Senate whether Santa Claus exists and the Sun reports it has looked into the matter. The item notes the juvenile inquiry and the newspaper's effort to present a measured answer to readers.
The Kansas papers report Santa Claus sightings on Lawrence streets and note his expected return before Christmas. A Newark skirt controversy unfolds as club women debate long versus ankle length hems, presided by a neutral moderator. Alfred Hill questions legal disbarment when Colorado Supreme Court action is mentioned. influenza germ progress is uncertain as scientists at the University of Chicago warn not to expect quick results. Haiti tensions show U S Marines acting to prevent a planned outbreak, inviting later objections to their presence.
In our old hometown the former employee C T Prentice resumes his role as city circulator and general collector for the Journal promising renewed effort. Charley Prentice, grown in Lawrence, is introduced to DUE readers as a longtime staffer, while a new brass band forms with eight members led by Austin Wooster and including Sanda, Wm Shaw, Clarence Rowles, Dix Spencer, Tag Noore, John Spencer and Elmer Pierson. Gustav A Faas launches a musical monthly offering sheet music and notes, priced sixty cents per year ten dollars worth of music.
Items include George F Leonard cigar shop possession transfer, Mr Woods noted as popular, Leonard to retire after long service, Mrs James Mitchell ill, Mrs Mark Ellis heading to Los Angeles to join husband, Mr and Mrs G L Knight hosting anniversary cards, university power needs rising, city library periodicals contract to Rowlands and Stevenson, 10 years ago notes of moves to California, Mrs George C Bailey moving to Oakland after 30 years with Santa Fe, will of A Henley probated with Mrs Henley life estate, University of Kansas benefit from Henley estate, Holiday homecomings Anita and Marie Hostetler returning for Christmas, Miss Dorothy Tucker teaching in Ottawa, Mrs Ray Brewster visiting Ottawa, F Ford Wilbur resuming teaching in De Sota.
1850s Kansas article notes OC Brackett presenting his annual report to the state horticultural society.
A biographical sketch recalls Byron Caldwell Smith, KU faculty in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his health decline, and death in Colorado. It notes a defense by relatives against a later sensational Harris autobiography that alleges impropriety, and details Harris's era as a writer and his ties to Kate Stephens of Antigone Press amid a web of letters and controversy.
The Harris memoir is challenged as fiction by Miss Stephens who argues the Harris narrative includes invented episodes about his wife, legal career, and business ventures in Lawrence. Sources cite Smith letters and later publications as better portraits, while Griffith recounts Lawrence pioneering and a 1858 Kansas move with anecdotes of Elopement and early banking ventures.
Paul Jones, editor of the Lyons Daily News, presents a detailed account of Coronado’s 1541 expedition and Quivira in Rice County Kansas. The history traces pathways from Plymouth Rock to the Quivira land and explains Indian and Spanish motives, with modern evidence and artifacts supporting the narrative. The piece also notes Haldeman-Julius libel and the popularity of Tarzan literature, plus new Americana volumes in the Rowoke Series edited by Mark Van Doren.
In a tense tale at Yew Lodge Peggy runs with Julia through the woods when a marsh traps them. Jim rescues Peggy and Miss Presc ott contemplates a murder trial as Philander Chase lurks with news. The pair vow to face the future together while awaiting further clues from Aquila and West Summit.
G W E Griffith narratives a nearly century life beginning 1833 in Indiana near Battle Ground and Tippecanoe. He recalls pioneering westward, the rise of Los Angeles, and key events shaping American expansion. The memoir, published by the author at 6915 Echo Street Los Angeles, argues a limitless city future.
Harper & Brothers will publish a new play titled Adam by Ludwig Lewisohn around mid December. The drama reimagines the Wandering Jew in modern times across settings from the Riviera to an English manor, a New York office, and a Polish border village. Louis Untermeyer sails for Europe to obtain manuscripts for Paper Books.
Debut volumes argue Thomas Mann deserves the Nobel Prize. titles include Goethe and Tolstoy An Experience in the Occult and Frederick the Great and the Grand Coalition. Also notes Josef We Hall Upton Close multitasking poet musician lecturer and Asia teacher. Reprints Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass limited edition and updates on Hal's activities.
A preview column lists various proposed titles for fiction and nonfiction holiday reading. Included are works by Brown Churchill Cross Hutton Huddleston Johnson Lippman Mijatovich O’Brien O’Donnell Oliver Ray Scott Townsend Wethered Wiltur and others. The note mentions preparing a nice new odor and hints at a future column with the titles to come next week.
A meeting in the Cool Crecans on Wednesday December 15 brings together dairy men and their wives for a social evening. Ladies bring sandwiches coffee provided. Mr WI Shutts of Shinman explains what is needed in the business. Ost er speakers will attend. Carnegie Trustees Washington December 14 AP Dr WV Campbell UC President General Pershing Rosenwalt and Dr William Hay elected to Carnegie institution board.
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