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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1930
Page
4
A 1930 newspaper column surveys the Angels of Mons legend, noting German and British reactions, and questions the credibility of aerial “specters.” It contrasts wartime rumor, meteor/aircraft uncertainty, and political shifts, referencing the Chicago gangster sentence and a Western educational tale amid a flood of tall tales.
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Mrs M G Hubbell offers a hair shop beside Flukers music store where she will host her lady friends and showcase beauty artistry. Ed Es Dix has become railroad agent for two lines and an express company. Mr Taylor, a prominent Atchison horseman, plans to reside here with a top race horse. R D Mason was seen with a loose black horse and opera shawl in Tennessee street carriage. owner can claim at Pat Hamlin’s livery.
C W Carman returns to town to receive proceeds from the gas franchise sale opposite Central school. Adam Roche learns his daughter Margaret escaped a casino fire with some possessions lost. Mrs Theodore Poehler hosts informal gathering for Miss Aimee Rudiger tomorrow. Miss Ella Russell entertains for Miss Rudiger and Mr Otis Perkins with Literary Love Yards and an auction of kitchen articles. Prof Charles Sterling and wife welcome a son born Wednesday. Mrs B W Woodward hosts a large afternoon reception honoring her daughter Mrs B D Woodward with noted local and Kansas City guests serving treats and tea.
Otis Perkins with a broken hand fretting at home while Mrs. Hilliard arrives from Manhattan to stay with her son on Kentucky Street. Local social events include a bobsled party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Will Schell, a 1 o'clock dinner for Miss Aimee Rudiger and Otis Perkins, and a busy week for Lawrence High School athletics traveling to Leavenworth to face Leavenworth High. The Owls active and alumnae gather at 1411 Tennessee Street with Miss Helen Schaeffer and Miss Helen Sparr hosting. H. S. Literary Society showcased a strong parliamentary drill and plans a Washington program and a junior-senior debate.
YeA2 years ago February 18th Tuesday Harold Chalkley and Lucy Buch will represent the seniors and Fred Barrell and Merle B Pringle the juniors. The question is That an Income tax should be part of our National System of taxation. Also Mr and Mrs J We Morrow of Muskogee are visiting in Lawrence after 14 years there. J F Crum to aid new Ottawa Condensary owners. J F Crum to assist startup in Junction City. Marjorie Lucilla Lang celebrated her first birthday with family and friends. Cosmopolitan club to be organized at University by foreign students via Y M C A secretary Don Hoffman. About thirty foreign students at present attend the University and may join.
In 1882 Oswego suffered a library fire causing about $10,000 in damage. Two years later, 1884, the Santa Fe Railway filed to block adoption of the state railroad commission schedule in Topeka.
New York Academy of Medicine outlines the shift from doubt to routine pasteurization of milk to destroy disease germs. It notes pasteurization began in 1914, reduces infant mortality, and lowers risks of tuberculosis and other illnesses. Undulant fever is spread by unpasteurized milk. NYC experience supports this public health safeguard.
Leavenworth officials establish a municipal rockpile to employ habitual drunkards during incarceration named repeaters by Chief Henry Knipe. The move aims to cut city costs from repeat offenses as drunkards court appearances fines and arrests drive up expenses. Dry agents guard cafe.
New York February 18 AP reports federal prohibition agents guarded the Bedford Nest in Brooklyn after a raid that stripped the venue of its furnishings including a 50 foot bar. Owners face confiscation for liquor tax defaults as Major Maurice Campbell and US Attorney Amell led the investigations with 18 agents in Brooklyn.
Enid Howard warns of a paperiling raid on Twisty Morgants house after seeing a policemans onside. She learns the Big Shot is tied to Norry Kanes family, memories of war surface, and she vows to protect Phil Martin from the Big Shots threats as she schemes to uncover the truth. Enid plans to reveal the ruse in tomorrow s installment.
Enid plans to warn Phil Martin from a ground floor room in a crook’s house where Roy’s crime finances his luxuries. She battles doubt and duplicity to gain inside knowledge, aiming to save Phil and curb future felonies while awaiting a safer moment to act.
The Little Black Clock speeds time for a sea crossing by plane Then plans a staged ocean rest Before landing on a vast ocean deck They and friends Peggy and John step onto the floating platform Ready to explore this dreamlike ocean world and tomorrow’s adventure awaits.
A mosaic of brief wry items reports police notes on a suspect, a California film curiosity, European travel plans by Mrs Muriel Vanderbilt Church, American marriage formalities in Istanbul, and auto industry trade in the United States. Names include W P Hopkins, Mabel Walker Wilebrandt, Calvin Coolidge, Muriel Vanderbilt Church, and manufacturers.
In Sydney three sons and their 102 year old mother, all bachelors aged 72 75 and 77, lament her recent escapade a three mile train ride into the hinterland and back while Toronto notes Uncle Sam paying bills in the war of 1812 the United States seized a Canadian schooner and twenty five heirs split fifteen thousand five hundred forty six dollars from an arbitration award of twenty five thousand six hundred forty four dollars two years old
The bulletin reports a Washington Senate tariff dispute and Meilon debate criticism, a Chicago attorney alleged bribery involving a $1 million fund, a Pittsburgh burial for Alexander P. Moore, a glider flight injury to Governor Trumbullet, and a sheriff arrest claim. Other notes cover debt financing talks in Chicago, hazing expulsions in North Carolina, Tardieu’s possible government return, British naval conference gloom, the Rivera exile, contralto Louise Kirkby Lunn’s death, MacDonald quitting Labour, and Beaverbrook forming a new pro empire party.
Local social page lists visits and guests in Lecompton and Topeka clusters. Henry Shuler family. Hart and Jack visit Glenns. Slavens family from Ottawa with Bahnmaier. YWCA and Git Reserves Valentine party at Frank Clarke home. Ruby Glenn undergoes dental work in Topeka. Glenn Shaffer family relocates to Edgewood Morris farm. Brubaker family moves to Mun den. Various neighbors, birthdays, shopping, and weekend visits noted.
Saturday evening at the Starr Glenn home details visits and illness updates. Mrs. Sarah Morris has influenza and is recovering slowly. The Carson family will move from the Mellenbruch farm to a newly rented farm near Valley Falls.
Mr and Mrs Bert Gregory of Jola Kan spent Tuesday night with Mr and Mrs Wilson Martin and Robert. The weekly neighborhood party met Tuesday evening with Mr and Mrs H J Hollard. Supper at 7 noted and a pleasant evening with music games and contest. Several residents attended events and visits across the area including the Girls Co-ed Frolic at Memorial High School.
Mrs Wilson Martin hosts Thursday visitors while Mr Wilson Martin and family receive calls. Raymond Seatin and others stopped by the Yeoman home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs M Miler and Mrs Reeves traveled to Topeka on Thursday. Frank Martin and baby visited the Wilson Martin home. Arnold Fralick and daughter Joe Ann joined Thursday evening in Lawrence at the Otto Smith residence. Spartan radio advertisement copy to Gustafson Ady.
The Gly-Cas invention excites Lawrence as residents seek the new vegetable remedy at the Round Corner Drug Store. Reports claim it relieves stomach, nerve and other pains, with testimonial from Mrs. Williams of Baldwin City praising rapid health restoration after two weeks of use. Free samples are offered during campaign openings.
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