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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1929
Page
4
A Topeka river of events reports false fire alarms by a woman, gangland violence with disappearances and a doctor killed to silence witnesses, Chanute police intrigue over a liquor spill, and Chinese nationalists tightening control after a failed Shantang revolt, with prospects dim for revolt against the nationalist government.
Observers expect the current session to end in about two weeks while state actions loom in importance. Attention shifts to who will fill Senator Curtis’s seat and Biers Reed’s pending state appointments after the session ends. President Hindestburg faces pressure to resign his Steel Helmets leadership if the group’s pro monarchist stance persists.
The Ottawa Herald notes no hunters or wolves shot in Franklin county wolf drives this year. Salina boosters, who built the city through good times and bad, are to receive a portion of a reward. An insurance company plans Salina’s first ten story office building.
The Soviet government moves to support 340000 blind citizens with food, work, and medical care. Trachoma and eye diseases persist across republics, with Chuvash reporting 40000 cases in 1927 and 2000k in 1931. The All-Russian society aids 8000 cases, 2000 employed in workshops. new decree urges republics to fund workshops and expansion.
Vernon L. Schwenk, a barber, built nearly 100 violins and cellos in spare time. One instrument is in Chicago Symphony's first violin section and another praised as tone perfect by Frederick Stock. Demand drove him to quit barbering and focus full time, producing about one instrument per month by shaping wood weight and thickness with maple and spruce.
February 24 1879 a noted federal jurist in Kanaki the territorial struggle delivered an address before the Kansas Historical Society. The society’s annual report was issued. February 25 1876 the Democratic state committee met at Topeka and Liberal Reform also met, rejecting the invitation to cooperate in the upcoming campaign.
Pittsburgh AP reports Patsy and Patsy Odate of Brentwood chose their newborn's name by baby drawn from slips. The infant, named Gen Tunney, selected from a pool of celebrity options. Norton Boy Scout executives reallocate funds from sending a city Scout to England to funding two local Scout camps for all youths.
In Sao Paulo state the Chapadao Fazenda near Campinas stands 300 years old with 435,000 coffee trees. The estate features a sixty acre kitchen garden and orchard, tropical fruit and vegetables, and grazing land with a front porch and a field swimming pool, while boundaries face encroachment by city real estate development.
Moscow reports show Soviet drive against worship waning as tolerance rises. Early violent actions against the Greek church gave way to milder suppression and growing indifference among older generations while youth spread atheistic materialism. A lull has followed, with bells ringing and priests praying, amid hints of a new evangelical current in factory districts.
Columbia Missouri AP Henry J Burt assistant professor of rural sociology at the University of Missouri has devised a selector to count combinations of facts. The device features a tabulation surface sixty feet long and feet high with a motor driven frame and a dry cell powered counting unit.
Theodore Roosevelt’s 1905 inauguration dazzled Washington with pageantry and cheers. He rode with Rough Riders, wore Lincoln’s ring, and addressed the nation with Rooseveltian force. The day ended with a grand White House reception and the famed Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth wedding backdrop.
A tense, fragmentary scene follows Smucker after a confrontation with an office tenant. He fights off a supervising officer, escapes into the city, and traces a path toward the Hamptons estate, haunted by debts, enemies, and a looming threat of police pursuit as a rifle sight appears in the moonlight.
A terrified man flees through darkness pursued by an unknown shooter. He hides in a bird sanctuary and narrowly avoids danger, then a dramatic event interrupts a rifle shot when Tim Hanby tries to shoot a creature, followed by a shift to a conversation about Appleton, a longtime employee, and Moorish business intrigues surrounding a Gray house.
Glenns and family travel from Lecompton to Grantville for the Wednesday funeral of A M Chiles of Perry. A Topeka clipping notes A M Chiles died at Hillcrest aged 47, survived by wife Ollie, daughter Vivian, son Oran, and seven siblings across Kansas, California, and Colorado.
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