Journal World Subscription Rates and Local Drive Notes
The piece lists subscription rates for one week and yearly plans with in advance payments and distance-based mail rates. It notes postal handling in Lawrence Kansas and a seven to seven thirty call window for missed delivery. It ends with a biblical verse and mentions stadium drives by Missouri University and Kansas State Agricultural College and a Valley competition idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri University
Kansas State Agricultural College
KX. U.1
The Line's Busy Telephone Calls Across the Nation
A reader notes that U S telephone statistics show about twenty five billion conversations yearly or roughly 230 calls per person. With one phone for every seven Americans, each line handles about 1 600 calls annually. Lawrence fraternity and sorority houses account for a large share of calls, highlighting the central role of exchanges in routing calls. If dialing delays occur, the reason may lie in the exchange workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Foreign Exchange
Fords
Lawrence
Bank Heist Baffles Officials After Guard Shortage
The Kansas City bandits intelligence unit notes high efficiency in the street operation as two bank officials, robbed of 45000 dollars at the bank entrance, were left unguarded for the first time in two years.
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Kansas City
Conflicting Reports On Ku Klux Klan Leadership
Authorities dispute the latest trouble among the Klan higher ups. Some sources claim the emperor has been sent to join other emperors out of a job, while others deny the report. The factional split extends to claims about anti foreign, anti Catholic, and anti Negro stances, with both sides citing impressive titles.
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Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Indiana Senator Watson Rules Out Presidential Run
Senator Jim Watson of Indiana announces he will not seek the presidential nomination. The decision shifts the balance at rival headquarters as they assess the impact on the remaining favored candidates.
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Jim Watson
Indiana
New Fount of Oratory Prompts Editorial Echo
A Kansas Journal-World note warns that canned editorial pages may extend to the speaking platform. It describes a new volume of speeches sold to anyone who buys the book, with the speaker supplying only price and gestures. The piece likens this to a royal speech written by others.
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Journal-World
A 1765 Bookseller Arrested for Spurious Speech
A parliamentary anecdote recalls a bookseller jailed for publishing a fake speech attributed to George II. The king remarked that he preferred the printer’s version, and the punishment was lightened. The narrator wonders if such leniency would fit modern times as tampering with speech rights remains contested.
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George II
Pinckney PTA Urges Budget Limit to Fund Lighting
The Pinckney Parent-Teachers association states in the Journal-World that the city school budget cannot expand indefinitely. It proposes limiting courses of study if needed to provide funds for artificial lighting in older buildings, a move the association sees as essential and tax-stable. Further discussion will reveal practicality and advisability.
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Pinckney Parent-Teachers Association
Journal-World Today
Parent-Teachers Association
Palmer named head of merchant marine agency
Leigh C. Palmer, selected by President Coolidge to lead the agency handling the American merchant marine, is a former U S Navy rear admiral who served as chief of the Bureau of Navigation during World War I and commanded naval buildup as the United States entered the war. Born in Missouri 51 years ago, Palmer entered the Naval Academy in 1892 and served aboard the USS New York during the Spanish American War.
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Leigh C. Palmer
Coolidge
United States Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Mr. Palmer
Missouri
Naval Academy
U. S. S. New York
United States
Germany at Rope's End headline echoes era mockery
A fragmented 1923 era clipping notes sensational lines about Dr. Coue's return, a Pittsburgh apartment fire, and odd quips. It mentions a Toledo woman robbing men by force, debt experts meeting in Paris, a Birmingham man recovering after a dispute, and a missing bank runner in Los Angeles. Also recalls oil stock sales, bootlegger money, jail pride, and skeletal market prices.
Western Era Dates and Political Gatherings
Senator Hiram Johnson of California opens his Eastern speaking campaign for the Republican presidential nomination at a Brooklyn dinner tonight. The Anti-Saloon League of America begins its national convention in Washington to map plans against Prohibition enforcement changes. Officials from Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Jugoslavia and other European nations meet in Belgrade to discuss the Little Entente amid the broader European situation.
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George Washington
Ben Franklin
Hiram Johnson
California
Brooklyn
Anti-Saloon League of America
Washington
D. C
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugoslavia
Europe
Belgrade
Real Estate Transfers In Kansas and Missouri
Otto L. Johanning transfers to Lewis A. Flora for $1.00 and other considerations. Dora Miller to The Kansas District of Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and other states a Corporation Lots 1 2 Frazier Subdiv North Lawrence Kan. H C Swadley to Wayne Clarence Maxey Topeka Kansas four tract land beginning at northeast corner Block 21 Big Springs Sec 14 Township 12 Range 17.
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Otto L. Johanning
Lewis A. Flora
Dora Miller
Kansas
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Ohio
Frazier Subdiv
N. Lawrence
Kan
H. C. Swadley
Wayne Clarence Maxey
Topeka
Big Springs
Gustafson Aims at Small Repair Jobs Initiative
Gustafson announces a program focused on minor home repair work. The plan targets seniors and low income residents, offering subsidized services to fix basic needs. City officials say the effort will use local contractors and volunteers to boost neighborhood upkeep.
Dumb waiters and white blossoms in New Orleans Christmas
In New Orleans Roland’s cafe hires a crew of dumb waiters to let patrons converse without interruptions. The city sees white flowers bloom after a warm holiday week. Mardi Gras threat looms as prohibition agents monitor Rex’s champagne during the parade.
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New Orleans
Roland
Common Street
Louis Edwards
Rex
Canal Street
City Hall
Boston
O. D. Jackson
Louisiana
Mardi Gras
Rex Toasts Honor Before Mayor and Queen in Cider
A poetic line depicts Rex raising a toast to his honor the mayor and his queen in sparkling cider as New Orleans shudders at the moment.
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Rex
New Orleans
Radio Concert Listings By Courtesy Radio Digest AP
A compact roundup of radio programming across stations from KFI Los Angeles to WJ Detroit detailing schedules for music readings church service organ recitals and orchestral performances with times ranging from 4 p m to 10 p m and including stations in Portland San Francisco Chicago New York Philadelphia Medford Hillside Buffalo Schenectady Cleveland and more. The listings note concert orchestras church services and opera recitals among other offerings.
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Radio Digest
Associated Press
KFI
Los Angeles
Pacific
KGW
Portland
Ore
KPO
San Francisco
KYW
Chicago
Central
WBAP
Fort Worth
WFAA
Dallas
WDAF
Kansas City
WDAP
WEAF
New York
Symphony Orchestra
WEFT
Philadelphia
WGI
Medford Hillside
Mass
WGR
Buffalo
WGY
Schnectady
Cleveland
WHN
WJAZ
WOAC
Omiaha
WOC
Davenport
Jefferson City
Detroit
Prisoners Make Record at Topeka Penitentiary Mines
The Kansas state penitentiary coal mines at Lansing set a six month production record for July to December 1923, totaling 32 497 tons with October leading at 6 947 tons. Most coal goes to state institutions, with only a small portion used at Lansing and the Topeka capitol and executive mansion.
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Topeka
State Penitentiary
Lansing
State Business Manager
A. A. Doerr
Joe W. Howe
State Industrial School
Penitentiary
State Capitol
Girls’ Industrial School
Beloit
Norton Sanitarium
State Orphans’ Home
Atchison
Women’s Farm
School For Deaf and Dumb
Olathe
University of Kansas
Industrial Institute
Western University
Quindaro
School For Blind
Kansas City
School For
Colleges Unite for World Travel and Study Plan
Marcus M Marks urged the Association of American Colleges to form an international travel and study course. He said formal cooperation could turn foreign study into a college function, benefiting professors and students, and fostering lasting global peace. He noted costs require a practical committee and scholarships, with potential League of Nations cooperation.
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New York
Associated Press
Marcus M. Marks
Association of American Colleges
Marks
League of Nations
Receipt Bandit Sentenced In Kansas City Juvenile Court
Kansas City youth William Pierce known as the receipt bandit was sentenced to the state reformatory at Booneville until age 21 by Judge E E Potterfield in juvenile court. The case involved Pierce and two other youths who terrorized families in the south part of Kansas City recently.
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Kansas City
William Pierce
Booneville
E. E. Potterfield
Baldwin News Highlights Local Education and Fire History
Semester exams closed the high school week and next semester begins Monday with new courses. Fire department reports sixteen calls last year and three major fires near $25,000 losses. Baker beat Kansas City University 61 to 12 as Clyde Barden coaches KC U. The Red Star route may travel through Baldwin after needed repairs. Alumni news, community meetings at Taylor Hall and Reading Club, and local births, illnesses, and civic updates fill the bulletin.
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John Wellborn
Fire Department
Perry Stover
Virgil Spurgeon
Bert Jones
Relief Fund
Grover Brumfield
The
General Fund
Charles Vaughn
Relief Association
Charles Griffith
R. A. Robert Halliday
H. C. Brown
John Dillon
Leonard Whitted
A. W. Webster
Brockway
Farmers’ Elevator
Baker
Kansas City University
Clyde Barden
Red Star
Ottawa
Baldwin
F. M. Davis
G. FE. Kreisinger
Big Hill
Thomas A. Evans
Garnett
American Association of American Women
Taylor Hall
Alpha Owens
Porto Rico
Ella Alderdice
South Eighth Street
William Vaughn Moody
John B. Ross
C. C. Alexander
Eva Haynes
Malcolm P. Haynes
Winifred’ Hazel Slater
Beloit
Wisconsin
Chicago
Kentucky
Illinois Central Railroad
Paducah
Louisville
Haynes
Anna Knepp
Clarence M Dawson
City Water Department
Tommy Evans
Daniel Lathrop
Lathrop
Community notices and local sales move through Baldwin
The column lists a sale at Martin farm next Monday offering household goods and farming implements, moves by the Dewey Schmittendorf family to a Dr Webster property, and a truck fire loss insured for 500. It notes real estate purchase by Charles Hoover adjoining No 10 school, Encampment activities, rural carriers president election, and a quilting day for missionary support in India.
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Lathrop
Martin Farm
W. W. Whitted
A. H Colby
Densmore
Kans
Matilda Wemps
Willis
Dewey Schmittendorf
North Sixth St
Schmittendorfs
Runnion
Iva Haynes
Charles Hoover
Baldwin
Arthur Kalb
H. T. Kalb
B. Longwood
Douglas County
Vinland
Longwood
Paola
Ave. Elizabeth Riley
Nine Hurt in Railway Wreck Near Huntsville
Nine persons were injured in a wreck of the Memphis Special Number 26 eastbound for New York on the Southern Railway near Chase, six miles east of Huntsville this morning. One was seriously hurt.
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Huntsville
Ala
New York
Southern Railway
Chase
Marriage by Probate Judge Snook and Fultz in Topeka
The couple married this morning in Topeka before Probate Judge Menger. The bride Helen Marie Fultz and groom were joined by Probate Judge Charles E. Snook officiating.
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Charles E. Snook
Helen Marie Fultz
Topeka
Menger
Liquidation plan approved for Sinn Fein bonds in Free State deal
Dublin moves to liquidate republican bonds used to back Sinn Fein and the treaty. The minister of finance may borrow up to 6 250 000 dollars and issue interest bearing securities under conditions he deems fit. He can issue stock certificates to subscribers mainly in the United States after funds are fully paid. Certificates may be redeemed or bought back at a set price with 5 percent interest.
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Dublin
Jam
Associated Press
Sinn Fein
Free State
United States
Pacific Floor Rocking Off Alaska Coast
Seward Alaska Jan 11 Disturbances in the northern Pacific Ocean persist says Captain John Newland master of the Latouche. He reports recent anomalies near 26 miles southeast of Cape St Elias where the chart shows 1100 fathoms but soundings found only 15 fathoms. Cape St Elias marks Kayak Island’s southern tip about 150 miles east of Seward.
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Seward
Alaska
Associated Press
Pacific Ocean
John Newland
Latouche
Cape St. Elias
Newland
Coat Probe Hangs Fire In Topeka
January 12 report from Topeka shows Gov J M Davis stalled on coal price inquiry as James A McDermott presiding Kansas industrial court judge refuses to lead the probe and opposes any court member taking the assignment. Gov Davis had urged Attorney General C B Griffith to conduct the investigation.
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Topeka
Kan
J. M. Davis
Jas. A. McDermott
Kansas Industrial Court
Attorney General’s Department
Davis
C. B. Griffith
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Lawrence, Kansas
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John
Tom Sims
Pittsburgh
Germany
Toledo
Paris
Birmingham
Spokane
Gustafson
Innocence Abroad
Booz
Sorver
Baldwin News
Cyelpreis
Millarden
Ngempreis
Saardes
Berlin
Treland
Frank Lafayette Loveland
Bowersock Theatre
A. M
P. M
Lawren
Union Bus
Baltimore Ave
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