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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1923
Page
8
Local newspaper masthead and subscription details. Information lists offices in Lawrence Kansas and New York Chicago and provides subscription rates and mail handling instructions. It notes Associated Press membership and publication terms.
The item compiles a December 18 snapshot with religious quotes, wartime road counts, English voting age shifts, Greek political tensions, University building progress, Greenland ownership disputes, and Kansas statutes' obsolescence. It blends international, national, and local concerns into a single reflective page.
The article notes twenty years since the first successful flight and reflects on air navigation still in its pioneer stage. It reports towns north of Lawrence following Missouri Pacifics purchase of Kansas City Northwestern terminal rights, hoping for resumed service along the line, though the deal only covers Kansas City property. The line closed in December 1919, a hardship for small towns along the route.
Noted American educator Kingston Farrand advocates a program requiring most Americans to spend a year or two abroad to gain benefits for the nation. He has led tuberculosis prevention efforts and international health work, directing tuberculosis efforts in France during WWI and serving as executive head of the American Red Cross in 1919. He has presided over Cornell University since 1921 after earlier roles at the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the University of Colorado.
Tom Sims reports thermometer spikes in Fairbanks Alaska and mentions Coolidge. Beavers near Augusta Maine build a dam. A Pomona electrician who fell five stories will recover and try the elevator again. A Dayton boy robs a bank at 21. Robbers' union exposed in New York. A Los Angeles woman with seven husbands is deemed crazy. 5000 acres of lettuce near Brawley California to be picked by hopefuls. Ice touted as a beautifier by Mrs. Duff Cooper. Dempsey says he cannot pay taxes. Chicago's New Year home brew projected at 18 million gallons.
The text notes a hypothetical 6th birthday for Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It reports the Anti-Saloon League of America convention moved from Birmingham to Washington, D.C. next month. Governor Neff heads a Dallas mass meeting opposing general lawlessness and the Eighteenth Amendment.
European dramatists flock to New York to showcase British and continental works. The roster includes Barrymore Hampden and Martin Harvey with W Somers Maugham Galsworthy and Shaw while Molnar Duse and Moscow Arts Theatre present.
An expedition led by Melvin G. Kyle of Xenia Theological Seminary will search Palestine starting December 20 for the biblical cities of the plain Sodom Gomorrah Admah and Zeboiin. The plan includes divers if needed to locate sites beneath the Dead Sea and assess destruction dating to about 1892 B C.
Berlin reports the postwar collapse of German wealth from prewar estimates of global gold marks to paper marks with matches costing more than any fortune. Individual fortunes like Bertha Krupp and princes are valued in gold marks that are now virtually worthless in paper. The exchange rate has doubled every seven weeks since the war, reaching trillions, confounding expectations.
Topeka reports delegates note uniform state rates and official chemical content labels for livestock and poultry feeds. J O Mohter, secretary, cites Washington meeting where the contract language was discussed.
Washington December 18 Associated Press says the Public Health Service will conduct a detailed study of common colds influenza and similar illnesses in cooperation with major universities. Dr Hugh S Cumming notes these conditions cause substantial suffering lost time disability and deaths and may lead to latent tuberculosis. The study will involve Harvard Johns Hopkins Georgetown Tulane Ohio State Chicago and California universities and is expected to last two or three years.
In Linz Austria Dec 18 Associated Press reports a 17 year old boy hanged himself and the next day his 14 year old brother did the same at the same spot. A note left by the younger says he cannot live without his playmate. The acts are linked to neurotic precocity from war era conditions in infancy.
The Kansas monthly fire report shows 200 blazes causing 3783060 in losses across the state in November. Dwelling houses led damaged property, with barns stores and grain fires also prominent. causes include chimneys and flues 37 and sparks from machinery 11.
Reports detail many new school and high school buildings in Kane County towns. Costs for sustaining schools, new consolidation efforts, site purchases, and delayed railroad plans influence the pace of education expansion.
Berkeley scientists debate future of horses as water power and mechanization reduce their role. Professor E L Furlong predicts horses may become nearly extinct on the American continent within the next century and urges a paleontological collection to preserve bones of extinct equines.
Kansas leads all states in the Union in the percentage of American Legion members enrolled for 1924, based on preliminary data from the national headquarters in Indianapolis. The report indicates Kansas shows the strongest enrollment rate among states.
Frank 41. McFarland state commander reports Kansas tops among sixteen leading states with stable leadership. About 31 000 members in Kansas, 378 Legion Posts in state and roughly 11 000 nationwide, with dues portions split between state and national headquarters. Some posts composed entirely of Black members show low activity. several have had no recent meetings.
A major aqueduct project aims to bring mountain water to Tulsa from 66 miles away. A five foot diameter pipe will serve over 100000 people delivering about 25000050 gallons daily, with a 7 million dollar system to include a city reservoir for emergencies. Completion targeted for spring 1924.
Southern Pacific announces that aging locomotives like Engine 185 can be rejuvenated with overhaul and grafted appliances. The superintendent George McCormick says reconditioned engines run with greater efficiency than when new, with fenders and other parts refurbished. The Daylight Limited operates daily the 471 mile route between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Esperanto Sixteenth Congress in Vienna will feature Iphigenia rendered in Esperanto. Dr Zamenhof translated Euripides tragedy for the event and Austrian actors are studying roles, with a Dresden production noted from 14 years ago.
Harmon Dawns of Florence visits Baldwin with son Harold en route to Kansas City on bank business. Local families entertain and attend Epworth League and church events. The Queen Esther girls host a bazaar raising funds under Mrs. Liston and Mrs. Haigh with 42 members. Pleasant family mourns as mother suffers a stroke at age ninety four. Mrs. Frement Gilwes dies. services held at the Methodist church. The King's Heralds hold a meeting at First Methodist with new president Albravle Parmenter and a program of devotionals readings duets and a devotional. several new members added. Local students attend Epworth League and Centenary Hall performances. Wrecked windshield glass offered and a classified note seeks cinders. Christmas cigars and Varsity.
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