Our Entreaty Christmas Day in Lawrence 1927
The Lawrence world reflects on a mild Christmas with festive mood and sun. William Butler and Jeffersonian themes are highlighted, noting Hamilton and Jefferson as complementary forces shaping federal power and civil liberty while cautioning against sensationalist crime coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Hamilton
Jefferson
University of My Love and
America
Alexander Hamilton
New York
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Public Notice Fragmentary Text On Senate Etiquette Debate
A garbled notice discusses aviation risk and a central African custom about addressing assemblies on one leg. It cites Charles F. Scott and W. Y. Morgan urging Senate rules revision to shorten the Congressional Record while noting Dawes’ long battle remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Charles F. Scott
W. Y. Morgan
United States Senate
Dawes
Senators Edge on Rules Reform Debate
The senators pressed for change but many admitted they had little standing to argue as the debate highlighted the limits of altering their own rules. Several speakers hinted they knew their positions were weak before rising to speak, underscoring the cautious tone of the session.
A Juries Notions Over Perjury Indictment
A controversial jury petitioned the court to drop an indictment for perjury against a witness for Rents. The petition prompted a contempt citation for the witness and an order for the jury to explain their actions in court. Further developments are anticipated with public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rents
Old Home Town Christmas Notes and Greetings
Will Sayre and Lucius Sayre departed for Chicago along with Prof. Kellogg who visited. Clyde Knox arrives from Sedan to spend the holiday with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Conn host a 6 o'clock dinner honoring Miss Friend of Chicago with guests including Esterly Stark Julia Friend and others. The Spauldings host a 1 o'clock dinner for their daughter Mrs Havens of Leavenworth. The Shearer store employees presented Mrs Shearer a carved Flemish oak chair. The Elks held a twenty foot Christmas tree to aid local children. Ben Lohman and family visit from Olathe for Christmas. Edwin Endacott’s son in France is with the 419th Depot Detachment of Engineers. George E. Kruse resigns from Spot Cash Grocery to become Swift & Co traveling salesman. Dr J S Elliott and Miss Pearl Emley wed Christmas Eve at Emley home. Lieut Elliott to resume duties. W Hazen hosts Christmas dinner. long-running gatherings noted. T. J. B’s plan a Varsity party and grub at Mrs. Woodwan Gibson’s for Miss Marion Henley from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Sayre
Lucius Sayre
Chicago
W. L. Kellogg
Clyde Knox
Sedan
M. A. Knox
Julia Friend
Sinclair
Mr.Manley
Barker
Lute Lewis
Spaulding
Havens
Leavenworth
Shearer
Ben Lohman
Olathe
Frank Lohman
France
419Th Depot Detachment of Engineers
George E. Kruse
Spot Cash
Swift & Co
Kansas City
Elliott Emley
J. S. Eliott
Pearl Emley
Emma 'D. Emley
St. Tennessee _ street
Elliott
University
W. =. Hazen
Varsity
Woodwan Gibson
Marion Henley
A Jazz Band for One Christmas Toy for German Children Put on Market Berliz
American jazz will enliven Christmas celebrations as toy makers market a miniature children's jazz band. Operated by one child, the compact set includes bass drums cymbals and other percussion gear. It fills a large house with noise and appeals to fathers while mothers hear the music from room to room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berliz
Tuat
Festival of St Steph jen and national meetings begin
The Festival of St Steph jen honors the patron saint of the Hunma- Tians and marks a holiday as thousands of educators scientists and scholars assemble across the United States and Canada for the annual meetings of national associations. Admiral George Dewey would be ninety today if alive, tying a historical note to the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephjen
George Dewey
Mani'a Bay
United States
Canada
Aggie Short Course At Kansas State Opens Soon
About 13 young men are expected to enroll for the annual short course at the Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan Kansas. The eight week course opens January 2 and will run through February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggie
Manhattan
Kans
Kansas State Agricultural College
Lindbergh heads on European tour after Mexico City visit
Col Charles A Lindbergh, fresh from his New York to Paris flight, embarks on a triumphal European tour via a Washington to Mexico City jump. He plans visits to Guatemala Honduras San Salvador Costa Rica and Panama and will proceed to Havana during the Pan American Congress. He then returns by Spirit of St Louis to St Louis, following counselor guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles AL Lindbergh
New York
Pan-American Congress
Havana
St. Louis
St Louis
Panama
Lindbergh
Mexican Peninsula
Cubai
London collar makers offer to replace washed collars free
London collar manufacturers respond to Lady Qs offer by replacing worn collars at no charge and require customers to return worn collars for washing at the Mayfair laundry. The business model mirrors razor firms, giving away products and profiting from subsequent servicing. Also noted is Thomas G Branaman of Hutchinson Kansas awarded patents for an automatic grain weigher in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hutchinson
Kans
Thomas G. Branaman
United States
Canada
1927 Banner Year for League of Kansas Municipalities
The League of Kansas Municipalities reports 67 cities joined in 1927 and 448 of 361 incorporated cities affiliated. Executive secretary John G. Stutz calls 1927 a banner year with growth in membership and service. projects include Lawrence landscape parks, Arkansas City zoning, and ordinance revisions in six towns. The auditing dept. is finalizing the 1927 tax book for cities, schools, and counties, and a large public utility rate book for 546 cities is in preparation with a detailed map of electric services. The survey shows 532 of 561 incorporated cities have electric light and power service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
League of Kansas
League
John G. Stutz
Lawrence
Arkansas City
Chanute
Eureka
Stockton
Morrill
Wide
Stutz
Electric Highland Power Services of
Tha
Mx. Stutz
Kansas History Records and Fires and an Opening Court House
A digest notes 1871 Kansas horticultural society meeting in Lawrence 1872 Concordia fire and profiles Dr Frederic J Lee educator economist and diplomat with ties to Yale Sei Gakuin Tokyo and the State and Commerce Departments. An air day event is planned in Cimarron Kansas for December 28 to celebrate Gray County’s new courthouse opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Horticultural Society
Lawrence
Concordia
Frederic J. Lee
Department of Commerce
London
Yale
Sei Gakuin College
Tokyo
Way Trade Board
State Department
Asia
United States
China
Maryland University
Lee
Court House Cimarron, Kans
Gray County
Court House
Betty's Beau Presents Fancy Gift Weds Daughter
A playful note from 1927 reveals Betty receiving an expensive present that sparks motherly excitement about an impending marriage, as the suitor is likened to a future son-in-law in gossip and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Urges farmers to grow less wheat in Kansas
Wichita Kansas December 25 AP Kansas record wheat area exceeds thirteen million acres but Otto Weiss a Wichita capitalist and landowner says western Kansas farmers are not prospering. He urges less wheat and more crop diversification noting past losses, but acknowledges large fields and some well to do growers. Government agronomists support a rational farming system with livestock crops rotations and silage crops alongside wheat. Indians were cannibals?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Western Kansas
Otto Weiss
Cro
Mr. Weiss
Experiment Farm
Garden City
Weiss
Robert Coles
United States Department of Agriculture
F. Wagner
Garden City Experiment Farm
Bulletin
Pot of Bones Found in Colorado Cave Sparking Debate
New York AP reports Dr. Harry J. Shapiro of the American Museum of Natural History found a pot of human bones in a La Plata Colorado cave near a ravine wall. Embers and a 1,000 year old fire lay undisturbed, with two corrugated earthen pots unearthed in the ash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
la Plata
Colo
Harry J. Shapiro
American Museum of Natural History
Dr. Shapiro
Ashé
Wartime Lumber Organization Pioneers Industrial Peace
The Loggt Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, started in wartime to end unrest in the lumber trade, has grown into a peacetime force for harmony between workers and employers. It now plans expansion to California and Montana, with 10,000 members across Oregon Washington and Idaho. The unique, balanced board includes equal worker and employer representation, with a district arbitration option. The group has advanced job classification eight hour day minimum wage and overtime rules, and maintains Portland as headquarters with district offices in Tacoma Aberdeen Seattle and Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore Iap
Loggt Legion of
Oregon
Washington
Tolbho
California
Montana
Mmills
United States
Brice FP
Disque
The
Loyal Legion
W. OC. Ruegnitz
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Seattle
Spokane
Motorettes Face Job Loss as Albuquerque Street Cars End
Albuquerque workers face unemployment January 1 as the city streetcar service ends under new management. Twenty motorettes, praised for safe, efficient service, lose jobs as bus operation replaces trolleys. The traction line, now run by a receiver, has been unprofitable for days and faces liens of about 52 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanancorpsons
Iautomobile
Albuquerque
N. M
City Railway Company
Matilda Kerrick
Albuquerque, N. M
Traction Company
Las Vegas Transit Company
Tpandon
New Mexico & State
First clear trace of cannibalism in southwestern United States
A fragmentary skeletal assemblage including a skull, jawbones, vertebrae, ribs and broken limb bones is described. Dr Shapiro notes it as the first clear cannibalism evidence in the region, contrasting with typical burial and some cremation. broken bones imply removal of bodies to boil and eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shapiro
United States
German Spy Tricks of the World War Revealed
Berlin based AP dispatch recounts Felix Baumann's compilation of spy methods used to smuggle messages. From hidden ink in clothing to hollow book covers and false teeth, corset stays, and even dining room tablecloth messages crafted beyond borders. It notes women spies’ inventive devices and ends with a remark on truth being stranger than fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Felix Baumann
Imperial Secret Service
Secret
Government Specialists Find Value in Waste Farm Products
Washington Bureau of Standards researchers identify four farm waste streams with profitable by products. Cornstalks could yield over 90 percent usable material for wall board, peanut shells supply xylose for acids useful to soft drinks and tanning, cotton seed hulls offer double furfural for resins, and all residues may yield rare cellulose for artificial silk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Congress
W. F. Emley
Bureau
United States
Town ‘State College
O. R. Sweeney
Emley
Texas
Kimley
Library notes list broad religious and fiction titles donated
The Ministerial Alliance presents a diverse Library collection for religious shelves including Az Foakes Jackson Prince of Apostles Fosdick Assurance of Immortality and many more. Non fiction titles cover Woodrow Wilson Ballads architecture and essays while fiction features Baldwin Beck Chesterton Wodehouse and Tarkington among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Az Foakes-Jackson
Peter Prince
Apostles
Fosdick
Baldwin
Beck—House of Fulfilment
Benefield
Eugles
Bindless
Adam Chasers
Chesterton
Father Brown
Cobb
Connington
Feos
Deeping
Kitty
Erskine
Evarts
The
Moccasin Telegraph
Fletcher
Moon
Furman
Lonespne
Gibbs
High Endeavor
Hamilton
Hart—Bellamy
House
Johnston
Kennedy
King
Lincoln
Miss Brewster
Ls Luiz
Mason
Minn
Yun-Man
Montgomery
Emilvy
Packard
Devil
Prouty
Richmond
Seltzer
Land of the Free
Service
House of Fear
Spearman
Flambeau Jam
Swinnerton
the Casement
Tarkington—Growth
Terhune
Luck
Wallace
Wentworth
Hue and Cry
Wodehouse
Kates
Blind Corner
Yerierska
Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Best
Ballxhan
Bradford
D. L. Moody
Canby
Harper's
James
Kelly
Daisy Mayme
Linesoft
Bright Idea
Lowell
Richardson—Alum
Tallmadge
Stmy
Architecture
America
Wigrzam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Journal- World
BY the World Company
W. G. Simons
Massachusetts Street
Chilcago
Ae R. Keatore
Hartford
Mdm
Representatei Frankin Palsorn
Madison Ave
Associated Press
All
Audit Bureau OF Icirculations
Hickman
Tife
Jlckman
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Levine
Elks
Ars
BY Claude Callan
iCopyright
Publishers Syndicate
Colorado
Chattanooga
Nellie
Humane Society
Fzel
Poe
Federal Security Co
Charles Elwell
Peoples’ State Bank Building
Jjesus
Scott
Stoddard
Shimmons Bros
Freed -Eisemann
RADIO
Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
Indiana St
Maas
Ees
Kelvi
Heep
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!