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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1925
Page
7
The text appears as a damaged local newspaper notice about republication rights and a postal delivery reminder. It mentions a journal or dispatches and instructs readers to contact the office between 7 and 7:30 if the Journal-World is not received, with a La Renne Kansas postmark and first/second class details.
A long editorial rails at university governance during Kansas University tensions. It lauds Chancellor Tindley for defending merit and student work against a hostile board, courts, and political pressures. The piece warns future administration must amend statutes to prevent renewed malice and ignorance from destabilizing the school.
A local discussion on dairy prosperity notes that “boarder” cows add surplus milk, raising production costs and depressing prices. Removing unprofitable cows could cut expenses and boost returns. The piece cites national butter surpluses and suggests farmers using substitutes may worsen markets, urging better production and marketing focus.
Topeka Kansan reports the Weather Bureau’s weekly tally marks a historic cold spell across the state with subzero readings from north to south. Temperatures averaged 15 to 20 degrees below normal, snow and sleet blanketed the state, and north counties saw 2 to 5 inches of snow plus six inches of soft drift. Wheat remains healthy, outdoor work halted, forage scarce in northwest counties, but livestock losses are not reported.
Tokio January 6 Associated Press Emperor of Japan shows continued mental weakness with memory loss and speech difficulty despite overall physical improvement. Physicians hope to restore His Majesty's mental condition in time for the silver wedding anniversary on May 10 1925. He has gained weight since last spring and his appetite improves. Belgium Removes Speed Limit Brussels January 6 Associated Press New Belgian road rules to take effect February abolish speed limits for motor cars. Drivers must avoid endangering the public and pedestrians must move aside to let cars pass.
Baldwin residents travel to Kansas City Boston University professor Warren Ault visits Baldwin after Christmas Mrs B S Bennett suffers acute diabetes, limited recovery prospects. Local clergy, teachers and families attend to business, illness, travel and church expansion plans at Wes Chapel Methodist.
Mrs Wiley and family in Ryhlwin Montay report Thomas B Trotter of Baldwin seriously ill after a stroke. He is at his brother Max Trotter's home in Coal City with wife and three sons Lee Topeka, Ray Shehaven at bedside. The community sends condolences as his family endures this time. The January meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will be held at First Methodist social room Wednesday afternoon led by Mrs Clarence Helleasten with program titled Mrs Ashley be to Meads. Annabelle Newton visited relatives in Omaha and Ashland, Nebraska, returning to Baldwin Monday evening.
A cluttered Columbia social note lists many residents hosting Sunday dinners. Mr and Mrs Dave Studebaker, Mr and Mrs Joe Garoutte Topeka, Mr and Mrs Haradi and daughter Lawrence, Mr and Mrs Frank Deagy and Mildred Edith Hertha Kesler, John Brohammer’s family, and Abe Flory’s household are among those mentioned. Additional gatherings include Wesley Flory, Oscar Markley, Virgil Shoemaker, Asa Postma, Franks Deays Nesters, and Elmer Cherckbaugh butcher events. Several families, including Hiatt and Postma, are noted visiting Lawrence and hosting at home or with relatives.
Herman Delos Whitman born April 12 1848 in Hancock Massachusetts moved to Kansas 1866 and settled in Lawrence. He ran Whitman Brothers and Whitman & Ford groceries, owned a Wakarusa farm near Haskell Institute, served as assistant postmaster, married Rosalind October 13 1866 and had five children. After his wife’s long illness he cared for her and then for six years his health declined, yet he remained respected, virtuous, and devoted before his death leaving a grateful community.
Episcopal church holds Epiphany service at ten o'clock and an Annual Parish Meeting Thursday at 4 30 with reports highlighting Trinity’s strong year. Diocesan and foreign mission assessments paid. Voting open to communicants of legal age and contributing members. Trinity gains one more delegate for Topeka Convention next month. Florida items note post and G A R officers’ installation, Nashville battle remembrance, Lone Star C P A monthly meeting details.
Buck Daniels confronts Joan about her liaison with Lee Haines while he reveals a hidden past tied to her father Dan Barry and her mother Kate. Daniels explains he raised Joan after his beloved wife died and urges a future in the east, promising work and a fresh start as wild geese cry outside.
The Associated Press reports that Great Britain has surpassed one million wireless receiving licenses with the number of listeners estimated to exceed four million. Mrs Baumgartner and Miss Leona Baumgartner traveled to Kansas City this morning.
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