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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1928
Page
4
The page lists subscription rates and advertising contact for Chicago and New York reps, notes Post Office filing, and dates February 22 1928. It then discusses Kansas political dynamics around Wilson Reed and Al Smith, plus a legal note on jury shadowing in the Harry Sinclair oil trial and its implications for judicial process.
An Holton Recorder editorial laments that memorials for soldiers failed to serve their community needs. It cites a Kansas example where a $250,000 memorial auditorium became a theater disputes, leaving the town with unused art and a gathering place for patriotic societies. It notes W PA and other references to national memory and a local Knights of the Great Forest alarm.
Twenty five years ago James Herd moved into the R C Johnson property at 39 Kentucky street and R C Johnston to 816 Kentucky while building 831 Kentucky. Albert McNish resigns as fire driver after ten years. Mrs Strong of Auburn visiting her son Chancellor Strong improves after illness. Mrs N B Jensen entertained ten guests honoring son Charles Jensen visiting from Kansas City. Current Event Club banquet honors Washington's birthday with members listed. J W Reading ill with pneumonia. Baptist women celebrate Washington's birthday supper and program with local talent participation.
A reader-supplied survey traces Lawrence’s early trees from 1850s plantings to present remnants. It notes oaks, elms, ashes, and maples surviving prairie fires and border turmoil, with landmarks like the Miller farm oak and North Lawrence forest, plus calls to preserve a primeval grove as an arboretum for nature study and state heritage.
Elms, as this winter, are protection against one insect, but the elm has more than three hundred other insect enemies. Concluded tomorrow.
This date notes S N od attending the national Republican party convention in Pittsburgh in 1856. It records the railroad completion from St Joseph to Atchison in 1860. It notes a Topeka soldier reunion in 1872 and a Topeka farmers convention in 1873.
Owen D Young a key figure in Secretary Hoover's economic study group, co author of the Dawes plan and chair of General Electric, active in RCA and aviation, began as a farm boy and studied law with utility law focus. Today is Ash Wednesday and Washington birthday anniversary notices mark Narcotic Week observance begins. Groundbreaking at Valley Forge for a Washington memorial church planned at ten million dollars. Michigan Democrats meet in Detroit to set state convention details.
Williamstown notes illness and visits as Bates and Baker families appear, plus Leger and Gress relatives from nearby towns. Moving season updates include residents moving houses, church activities, school attendance efforts, and a Valentine party. The death of Caroline C Bethrum Buerman is reported with funeral details and survivors.
Wichita city flood prevention program nearly finished after $1,260,000 budget. City engineer P L Brockway says project includes drainage work along the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers to curb flooding.
A group from the American Forestry Association plans a June 30 departure from New York to visit France Germany Switzerland Finland and Sweden. They will exchange ideas with European forestry leaders and study foreign forests including the Black Forest and Fontainebleau as part of a bicontinental conservation effort.
Trent Italy February 22 A new two mile ropeway to Mount Paganella 6000 feet above sea level will offer tourists a suspended car ride over the Val Manara chasm with Alpine cable support for a dramatic panorama of the Dolomites. The ride from Trent to Paganella station will take 50 minutes and open winter sports.
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