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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1927
Page
4
The page fragment shows subscription rates, Associated Press notices, and public notices. It includes ad-like pricing lines, a brief editorial reflection on the passage of time, and scattered commentary on crime, youth, and public affairs. Names such as Franklin and Alcorn appear, with references to Lawrence postmarks and local civic life.
The report recalls Lindbergh touring British Honduras before an intended landing, noting delays and a lack of suitable fields. It adds observers doubt his landing ability while suggesting public interest in his voyage and the Republican campaign's conduct in the South and North.
Fifty six years ago prof Mason Hatch planned to open an institute in this city for phonographic shorthand instruction with an introductory lecture starting January 3. The city also hosted George Gilbert’s old fashioned housewarming near Lawrence with notable guests, a fine supper and music. Ten years ago dinners and parties entertained employees and Episcopal junior auxiliary members while Miss Lena Heck’s engagement sparked a shower for Miss Lena Heck. A frozen pipe caused a midnight water issue on Kentucky Street, prompting relief by City Engineer Dr. Dunmire.
Warey S New, nearing his seventieth year, has served as Postmaster General. He is the son of late newspaperman John C New and a longtime Indiana public official, with roles from Indiana State Senator to United States Senator. A note mentions a feather-plucking machine that uses suction to detach feathers.
A Kansas history snippet notes Judge Pettit on constitutional law and abolition, the first Kansas regiment ordered to Kansas City and Fort Scott, and a contract awarded for building a penitentiary. It also mentions Emporia Normal College with 216 students.
Kansas State Agricultural College offers an eight week farmers short course from January 2 to February 25 for about seventy five farmers. Under Dean Denis L. Call the program covers dairying ice cream cheese butter and milk marketing with options in live stock judging crops horticulture poultry beekeeping and landscape.
The Garden City Kansas area considers授权 to sell part of the state preserve in the Sandhills south of the city. A bill sponsored by Congressman Clifford R Hope would allow sale of four sections from the southern preserve to extend it north toward the Arkansas River. The plan includes fencing and wildlife, with buffalo, antelope, and deer potential. The local chapter of the Walton League supports development, and events mention Emile Loubet and the coming Roses Parade in Palat, plus Cleveland or Birmingham police reforms and other notices.
Baldwin residents recount Christmas gatherings and travel across Kansas. Notable items include Mark Manian visiting from Manhattan with Theo Haas and Rev. Robert Owens, Annabelle Newton returning from Ashland and Omaha to relatives, and extended family visits around Christmas. The community mourns Christina Stevenin of Garner, a Baldwin native, died at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Funeral services were held at Ives Chapel with Rev. C W Bailey eulogizing. Burial followed at Prairie City Cemetery.
The Big Springs school closes for a week's vacation amid community visitors and holiday events. Local families and neighbors including Mrs Myrtle Henry and Gertrude Henry visited, while John D Henry Foie and George Henry were noted among those who spent time with relatives in Topeka and Wilson's.
Mrs Russel Harrell and children visited Mrs Harrell’s mother Mrs Goff and Mrs Emm’s family over Christmas. Numerous Harrells, Cummings, Jensens, and Giblers gathered at Apple Pie and nearby homes for dinners and church events. Several relatives traveled from Lawrence and Oklahoma to share meals, greetings, and holiday presents amid reports of illness and recovery.
A jumbled excerpt blends wartime like mourning verses with names such as A J Martiny and Walter Martin, then shifts to references to Signora Grazili Deledda, the 1926 Nobel laureate in literature, and notes about her first novel at age fifteen. The text combines personal loss lines with literary achievement in a disjointed OCR fragment from a historical newspaper.
Locals report Friday to Sunday visits and family gatherings around Stony Point. Miss Griffis improves after illness as students enjoy a short vacation. Lawrence residents drop by, and chains of visitors from Lake View to Vinland share meals and Christmases. Road conditions hinder a mail carrier's route, and a minor car accident causes damage but no serious injuries.
Martha Adelaide Johnson, born August 24, 1847 in LaGrange Georgia, died December 22, 1927 at her daughter Mrs Jennie Shaw's home in Lawrence Kansas. She was married to John J. Johnson.
Obituary sketch honors a Denver mother with fifteen children and a long church life. Services led by Rev. J. L. Austin at Rumsey Funeral Home. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery beside husband, who died in 1926. Also mentions historical remedies and a separate Portland arrest case fragment.
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