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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1926
Page
4
The piece reviews Kansas political issues including secretary of state motor vehicle inspector rules and gubernatorial influence in staffing. It notes a balance between inspectors and clerks, mocking the secretary’s use of “checkers,” and touches on naval questions and Dawes-era economic blame in Germany. It mentions Senator Ant of Joliet and general state political maneuvering.
An obscure Fort Scott Tribune note links rubber price dynamics to consumer costs amid tension between rubber producers and car owners. The piece recalls a moonshot style public rally and muses whether investigations will stay close to home as the industry contemplates pricing spreads from raw material to end price.
The piece argues Democrats in Congress plan to spread the idea that Republican actions need scrutiny, using investigations as a political tactic. It notes potential tie to the aluminum company case, and suggests coal industry shifts as fuel users seek substitutes, with broader impact on eastern energy markets.
Fifty years ago Mr. Zimmerman seeks men to work on the dam and to buy pork and money for return. Deputy Sheriff Campbell acts as probate judge in Judge Norton’s absence. A Kennedy ice boat is nearly finished for river use, thirteen by eight feet and twenty yards of canvas. A Leap Ball at the Tran ce House and a social evening near May Potter’s home are noted. The Orophican society debates Infidelity over Catholicism. Twenty-five years ago Caldwell is invited to address the Illinois postmasters convention. Various visits, travels, weddings, and educational news fill the pages including Topeka, Hot Springs, and Kansas City. The Topeka Capital editorial discusses hen keeping and chicken votes with a Kansas senator anecdote and a caution about poultry influence on politics.
A two trainload silk shipment valued at ten million dollars left Seattle and is en route to mills in Pennsylvania New Jersey and New England. The huge cargo fills twenty five large cars and measures three times the usual length. High interest charges pushed shippers to pay for speed as trains aimed for a transcontinental trip in about eighty six hours. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad handles the shipment.
Chicago hosts the Benjamin Franklins, namesakes of the patriot, for their third annual luncheon honoring Benjamin Franklin's birthday January 17. Only men named Benjamin Franklin may join. The group formed in 1928 to discuss and extend Franklin's contributions, with membership growing to nearly fifty Franks across various chapters. They have promoted displaying the flag on Franklin's birthday and have donated 11,933 pictures of the patriot to Chicago schools.
Captain Frank El Littell leads a Naval Observatory expedition watching today's solar eclipse from Sumatra. He joined the Observatory in 1891 and became a staff astronomer in 1893. A native of Scranton and Wesleyan graduate, he has aided multiple eclipse expeditions and authored a star catalogue.
Wichita Kansas January details hinge on eight colleges in Missouri Valley to determine the region’s entry for the national intercollegiate glee club contest at Carnegie Hall New York City March 5 Each college will sing its own piece including Their Lamp In The Wind and a test song The University of Missouri Columbia leads this year’s entrants with Topeka Washburn and Stillwater among others hosting the event planned as a public arena show seating 4100 The competition marks the second annual Valley event under the Oklahoma chapter of the association
Carlisle authorities test soup bars in municipal pubs as a soft drink alternative to liquor. The program, part of experimental state ownership, serves hot bowls to patrons. officials claim soup reduces liquor consumption and crowding in pubs.
A dawn beach meeting between David Tuacy and Donnemara Moore leads to a sequence of mysterious events aboard a farm house hideaway. Sweetie and Connemara clash over clothes and escape plans as a night of danger and secrecy unfolds, with Aunt Celina and a looming public return adding tension.
An old time advertorial touts Heet liniment as a harmless penetrating heat remedy for pain in elbows arms shoulders feet knees and other areas. It promises to draw out soreness and stiffness, reduce congestion and cure pain with a clean liquid formula costing 60 cents at any drug store.
An elderly man, about 60, touts a simple mixture called Adlertia that allegedly eases years of discomfort. The ad claims buckthorn bark and other ingredients remove gas in minutes, relieve bloating, and expel old waste matter, improving chronic constipation. Carner Drug Store markets the product as an ideal remedy.
Investigation reveals Aunt Celimena and Mr. Brewster trussed and laid side by side in the cockpit, described as two shapeless packages. The text also contains an aside promoting birthdays and gift items from a store, with garbled advertising copy.
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