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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1923
Page
4
A Lawrence Kansas clipping discusses Kansas liquor traffic rumors tied to Kansas City routes and urges caution about proof while noting organizational potential. It also reports Kansas lawmakers plan immediate bills to expand the veteran bonus act clarifying residence and post armistice pay duration for ex soldiers.
An elderly man jailed in Lawrence for stealing a micro scope cites “reduced circumstances” as cause of crime, noting a long prison record since 1890. In Emporia a mayor backed a safety committee after a fatal accident and injuries, urging driver pedestrian teamwork for a broad campaign.
The article notes farmers in the middle west feeding 25 percent more cattle than last year, reflecting risk taking. It weighs debt talks between British and American creditors, and cites Governor Davis favoring smaller post and telephone budgets. It ends with a Topeka jail fire where no one was harmed.
A roundup of humorous comments about autos unemployment manners and marriage from TOM SIMSs syndicated column. The jokes touch on wealth car ownership jail time sensibilities and daily life with light tone and topical swipes. The item compiles several one liners reflecting era humor and social norms.
Dr Frank J Goodnow, president of Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, marks his sixty fifth year and has led the Institute for Government Research as its president. He recently visited China advising officials on modernizing governance. He studied at Amherst Columbia and Paris, taught at Columbia, and authored major works on government. A movement to abolish moral agencies in motion pictures and other matters is set for a Washington event today.
Cleveland officials report the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has expanded its banking and business ventures. Ten cooperative banks operate with several more in formation and two Cleveland branches of the parent bank. Resources rose from 653700 to 19000000. The group also runs coal interests a mail order department store and other cooperative enterprises. Banks linked to the union include People’s State Bank Hammond San Bernardino Valley Bank Minneapolis Federated Bank Birmingham. Several offshoots exist in Philadelphia Chicago St Four Tucson and other cities. Warren Stone heads both the union and bank and oversees a coal mining venture offering ten percent employee discounts. Other firms are run by officers or members of the engineers brotherhood.
A new staff will publish The Budget, the high school paper, starting next week. The first issue under the new staff will roll off the press Friday, January 26, with Glenn Richard as editor in chief and Harold Hilkey as advertising manager. Hel en Gragg oversees yarns, Rosa Osborn personals, and Alice Os born news. A campaign has run for a week to raise school paper circulation as The Budget shifts to weekly publication this year.
A joint conference of operators and coal miners in the central competitive field convenes in New York today to negotiate a new wage agreement. The meeting signals ongoing labor discussions amid market conditions and weekly market reports.
The annual session opened at ten with President John cath presiding. Minutes from Jan 17 were approved as a committee reported credentials with over three hundred stockholders present. The auditing claim showed two million dollars in business and a net gain of more than ten thousand dollars after expenses. The group praised the Kansas City Cotton Association for handling consignments on a cash basis and noted wheat consignors earned 8 to 56 cents more per bushel than peers. Afternoon speakers, including W C Lansdon, Elmore, and Dr J C Worp, urged pooling and cooperative buying to benefit Kansas farmers as the union planned to reconvene at 10 a.m. The session adjourned to 1:30 p.m. for further business.
Wichita officials announce the Kansas National Livestock Exposition will run January 22 to 27 with sufficient entries from seven states and more than a hundred exhibitors expected. The event, held in Wichita, seeks to attract a major regional livestock audience this year.
The weeklong event centers on hundreds of fine animals including about 150 Holstein cattle 100 Shorthorns 100 Percheron horses and more than 100 Poland China hogs. The Cowtown exhibit grows near the Arkansas river with a full town layout including hall post office bank and jail. Oklahoma Indians will help establish an Indian village for visitors.
Eusebio Albarado a Mexican man arrested for taking a 15-year-old Mexican girl married in Topeka Tuesday and returned to Lawrence from Topeka yesterday. He is held at the county jail pending further investigation. If the girl is found old enough to marry the case may be dropped. Police Judge Lashbrook of Topeka and a Mexican policeman assisted at the county jail.
Debaters from Lawrence High School travel to Garnett to meet Garnet High in a three person affirmative team led by G. D. Farisa with Leland Barrows Tom Harley and Carlton Kent and the Lawrence negative squad to face Paola here at the high school with a 3 PM start. Also on Friday night January 19 an entertainment in Lincoln gym features refreshments and proceeds to the Book and Lantern fund. A New Jersey Anti-Saloon League rally in Trenton protests liquor laws with churches set to oppose any modification. Mrs. Obert J. Rawlings of Pittsfield, Mass is reportedly a 38 year old grandmother. The National Wholesale Dry Goods Association holds its nineteenth annual convention today at the Waldorf Astoria. 1920 Four Passenger Peerless offered by Butler-Sanderson Motor Co.
A surprise birthday gathering at A E Welsh residence brings together neighbors and relatives from Lawrence Kaw Valley and nearby farms. Guests include Lemon White Fletcher and Cox families, Topping and Eisle, with multiple calls and visits noted through the week. Local farming notes mention January plowing unusually active and a new house being built on D Lewis farm.
Dean H L Butler chaired a Kansas State music teachers association accrediting committee meeting with the State Board of Education in Topeka. The board may re examine private voice piano and violin teachers in high schools and grant state certificates to competent instructors, standardizing official courses in these crafts.
Work on an interstate electric grid advances with platin poles in place and current connected to Bonner Springs, enabling limited Lawrence service. A second line will run directly to Lawrence, expanding power supply. Concrete bases for towers are set at Sixth and Vermont, bridging the Kaw River. Elm and Massachusetts base pending completion.
Peggy Prim shares a chatty column about enjoying autumn, with references to neighbors, a new gas range, local shops, and small-town routines. It weaves personal notes, advertisements, and light observations into a snapshot of daily life. Snow and war cemetery facts close the piece, then an automotive ad hints 1920s commerce.
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