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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1927
Page
4
A Washington column surveys the Senate's handling of Hearst and Mexican documents amid calls for accountability. It notes lack of conclusive evidence about the documents and warns against relying on rewards to solve the crime wave surrounding the era. The piece reflects on media responsibility and public outrage over political corruption.
The Christmas committee asks Lawrence residents to support the season’s observance for those without homes. For years the program has provided gifts and assistance, aiming to ensure no one misses the holiday spirit. The current effort seeks last minute donations and volunteers to complete the year’s work.
The article encourages donations to a community fund, promising gifts reach those in need and urging help from generous supporters. It describes the sand and gravel road method, noting cost relies on material transport and that uniform grading and drainage are essential before surfacing. It ends with a note on Oklahoma state government litigation over justice and mercy.
Seven lines recall events from sixty six years past including Dr Hensiey leaving for Salina on professional business, staged transport to the Kansas Pacific depot, a ladies circle event with oysters, a festival at Liberty Than, a stage company sending horses between Newton and Hutchinson, and a Lodge entertainment with a Miss Laura Smith voted Most Popular, plus a note of temperance and local telegraph-like snippets.
The Civic League Garden committee announced prizes for a vegetable and flower contest held last summer. First prize of 5 dollars went to Collins and Florence Olmstead, second to Charles Oder, third to Lowery. Flower winners Myra Jordan Anna Transute Ruth Olmstead. Other 1 dollar prizes awarded to Robert Young Arthur Young William Nelson John Crum Elizabeth Langley George Elliott Vera Fran Hanselman Achning. Miss Cloyd Hanselman and Ralph Achning were married at the Lutheran parschage by Rev. Stauffer. Mrs Achning teaches in Lawrence Junior High. He runs Achning Hardware. Ulrich visits from Syracuse for Christmas with her parents. Jean Russell, Abilene teacher, to spend holidays with Mr. and Mrs. O F Russell. Ralph Spats returns from Fort Sill where husband ill with bronchitis. Lieut Spotts improving. Emick in Fort Sill for holidays with Captain Emick.
In 1837 Chippewa Indians are located on a reservation near the Osage and Marais des Cygnes rivers west of Ottawa with forts. Kansas reaches Missouri river bridges at Indian City Molsted. Sioux and lighted by fast.
The Oil Production Town report shows U S crude output for the seven weeks ending December 17 at 2.47 barrels, down from the prior week. West Texas fields posted a daily gain while the mid- continent and California regions reported declines offsetting gains.
The weather bureau forecast rising temperatures as clear skies span the western half of the country. Meteorologists note a spike in conditions with practical winter warmth persisting, while northwest regions remain a source of cooler air.
Prof Fernand Buisson, eighty seven, shares the Nobel Peace Prize and has spent most of his life as a schoolteacher. He joined pacifist efforts sixty years ago in Switzerland and has led the League of the Rights of Man.
The clipping recalls events from twenty five years past, noting King Edward era birthday lines with Prince George and Marion Talley amid a year’s end wrap. It also mentions a New Year’s date swap to 1998 and a cold winter forecast. A monthly ear, nose and throat clinic is announced for tomorrow at City Hall.
A historical note traces how the Jayhawk image evolved from a caricature to a symbol of Kansas unity and progress. The mythical bird, drawn by Hank Meloy and later popularized in university culture, embodies courage, loyalty, and the fight for right, despite its murky origins and varied uses in publicity.
Rushville reports Robert Tippee, a Civil War veteran aged eighty four, works as a bricklayer well into retirement era. He notes scarce young bricklayers and recalls aiding early Rushville structures while maintaining a detailed ledger of his projects and dates. He served four years in the cavalry then returned to bricks, shaping most local buildings and offering expertise to verify construction records.
Berkeley scholar George A. Rice reports on 6,000 California students showing slow learners are not the sure ones and fast learners excel with time. intelligent students study less yet maintain higher grades while duller students burn more time. In San Francisco the top score went to a street-sweeper’s daughter, the second to a Chinese girl, refuting claims that wealthy students get all the breaks. Insect troops to fight spread weed in New Zealand. Widow Mary Lomas 136, oldest California resident? died near Delano. Car thefts reported in Topeka and Atchison. One hundred nine bushels of corn husked in a day by Herman and wife Hanamany.
Berlin A P reports von Hindenburg demonstrated nerve control by remaining motionless for a 25 second long exposure in a studio. The photographer recalls offering guidance and noting the rainy day forced a longer pose while the president stayed still and disciplined.
In Los Angeles United Press reports a handful of landlords’ refusal to rent to families with children has eased as Miss Geneva Toss Foldh opens her old mansion to childless couples. Clerks waitresses and milliners seek homes free of children and dogs, hoping the new shelter will sustain their daily work while caretakers ensure a peaceful living space.
Mrs Foss, mother of two, began a new life aiding children in need. She now shelters 32 kids aged 2 to 16, supplying their wants and regular meals, with a long waiting list.
Chicago AP reports Opie Read at 74 has published his fiftieth novel and begun a fifty first. The Gold Gauze Veil is billed as a golden anniversary work, with Read known for a prolific output since his first novel 40 years ago. Read, an avid golfer, plays 36 holes daily and a Florida real estate dealer offers a $1,000 purse to beat him in age disguised competition. The piece recalls Read’s rise from a Chicago Press Club loan stunt to a $250,000 published novel and substantial royalties, highlighting his colorful career and long residence.
Paris officials estimate about 5000 beggars in the streets collect roughly 18 million francs yearly. They urge shifting beggars to work in special institutions, arguing jail increases beggary and that daily takings average around ten francs, barely covering food and shelter.
German families welcome luck tokens in chocolate form with pigs and fish. Candy workers craft tiny pig and half fish shapes, each decorated with ribbons. Eyes snout and mouth are drawn in white sugar. Fish halves are hollow and filled with bonbons, tied with broad bows.
In Sydney an experimental floatable factory is outfitted to capture the South Seas shark and convert it into usable goods. Sharks caught in hue nets will be made into articles for ecommerce with nearly every part of the creature used except for the rigid spines on its sides.
Dr Akitome Imamura of Tokyo predicts four eruptions of Vesuvius and warns of possible local earthquakes in Japan. He cites crater observations from 1906 and 1905 levels, notes uncertainty in predicting natural eccentricities, and says major shocks remain possible anywhere on Honshu with no guaranteed forecast method yet.
At Breslau Thalia Theater a loose tile struck the ceiling as an actress spoke, dust filled the hall but no one was hurt. The audience laughed at the moment of danger and the Oberburgomaster ordered the play halted and house cleared.
Eastern Oregon judges confront conflicts of interest as relatives sit on opposite sides of cases. Judge C H McColloch of Baker and Judge James A Fee of Umatilla arrange a rotating system to avoid bias. McColloch’s son Frank is a Baker lawyer. Fee’s father was a former judge. The pact assigns cases so each judge rules when the other’s relative is involved. Local ad copy references atomizers and perfume lamps at Barber's Drug Store and notes nutmeg as a laurel family seed.
Readable fragments describe domestic turkeys turning wild and wandering from farms into game flocks. Hunters report vexing scenes with flocks within gun range but fear harming farmers property. notes mention birds larger, darker than domestic stock and warden refuge nearby. Also brief ads for Sheaffer desk sets and Barber’s Drug Store.
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