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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1928
Page
4
Announcement of watercourse improvement in southeast Lawrence with plan by city commission. Project to be funded partly by property owners and partly by the city, aiming to relieve a long‑needed area. notes subscription details and newspaper info with date January 18, 1928.
The Kansas highway funds are four times the available, Douglas County weighs full allotment to finish paving Highway 73 West across the county. The state highway commission faces pressure but aims to complete cross-state links and fill gaps. By year end Douglas will have all-weather roads north east and across, reaching a gap of twelve miles to Ottawa. Lawrence’s surface connection to the southeast awaits that closing. Franklin County trails eastern neighbors in converting to hard roads, limiting through traffic. Taxpayers urge moderation as officers dump thirty gallons of liquor into the sewer, noting such treatment cannot last.
The eighth anniversary of federal prohibition sparks partisan dispute over enforcement. Antis admit traffic persists in wet areas and New Year defiance was milder, signaling a shift toward common sense. European reactions vary with the Pan American congress in Havana noted, while a Michigan case reports no telltale fingerprints in a recent murder investigation.
A fragmentary 1920s style note reflects on a murderer’s arrest amid scarce clues, cites ex-Kaisde Wilhelmis wanting travel freedom, a misfired Paris tip years past, Clarence Chamberlin’s 700-point ice flight, and Lindbergh’s seasonal wisdom guiding long distance plans.
Fifty six years ago a place house is enlarged by a spacious addition. The Rev Dr Van Ant werp was struck by a stone in Kansas City on Thursday. Mrs Gillis of Kansas City, richest woman, dies from smallpox after visiting Philadelphia. Her will provides for St Marys Church and a Gillis Orphan Asylum, with Gillis Opera House to be built on Fifth and Walnut. John Campbell W S Gregory Bernard Donnelly to maintain Gillis House and fund the Orphan Asylum. Governor and state officers to attend the Michigan Society reunion on the 26th at Lawrence dining hall No 78 Massachusetts street with tickets $1.25.
Twenty five years of amateur theatre in Lawrence build to a benefit production of A Night in Bohemia for the Elks charity fund. About 50 local youths perform January 29 and 30 with leading parts by Os car Learnard Jr Abe Levy W A Hinesley Dusty Rhodes Dan Wright Lola Eames Lucia Zerby and others. The cast includes musical turns such as Tell Me Dusky Maiden and The Ping Pong Girls plus various sextettes and group numbers. Community notices share births birthdays gatherings and illness updates from local families.
A bacteriologist at Atchison hospital becomes an interne at Lookout County hospital. Dr Smith will staff a Media Corps unit after enlisting. Former KU and Haskell football coach Dr A R Kennedy resigns to be Camp Funston physical director, succeeding George E Goss. Edith Crum and Wayne Allphin wed in Lawton Oklahoma. Crum leaves for Washington and later France. Allphin served in the U S Army. Carl Achning improves from pneumonia at Camp Doniphan. Owen Carl and Arthur Weaver report to Chicago January 26 for wartime duties.
Lincoln Neb Jan 18 AP The rivalry over Republic Pawnee village location heats up with Nebraska proposing joint effort with Kansas US ethnology and American historical association to pick an expert. Kansas places site near Republic with a granite monument. Nebraska argues site lies 30 miles north between Guide Rock and Red Cloud. The expert would trace Pike route along the Republican River and report within a year with costs shared equally by both states. Nebras kan historians say Pike documents and regional topography support Nebraska’s claim beyond reasonable doubt.
A compact summary of Kansas history events including the 1860 legislature adjournment at Lawrence and Governor Medary's call for a January legislature at Lecompton, the 1884 seating of F G Elliott in the state senate, the 1867 founding of Osage Mission later St Paul, and the 1868 Delaware Trojans passing through Lawrence to a new home in Indian Territory.
Dr Frank Jomes, president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, enters his seventieth year. He is a top U.S. authority on government and political advisory to China fifteen years ago. An author on politics and administration, he studied at Amherst and Columbia, with further study in Paris and Berlin, later teaching history and administrative law at Columbia before becoming Hopkins president in 1914.
Miss Vivian Strahm daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Strahm of Lawrence and Dr Lester Smith were married at the Congregational parsonage in Oak Park Tinoss by Rev N S Elderkin. Strahm, a well known Lawrence girl, graduated from KU in 1914 and earned a master’s degree in 1915. She served as a technician in KU’s anatomy department for a year.
Today marks King Boris of Bulgaria entering his thirty fifth year as ruler. The American Society of Civil Engineers opens a three day winter meeting in New York. An Inland Waterways advisory board meeting in Washington reviews the Commerce Department report on Mississippi River barge service. A marriage is reported to occur soon near Burwaha Indore between Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle and the former Maharajah of Indore, health permitting. Wood structure science notes how plant cells expand on heat causing tiny explosions and crackling sounds.
A brief entry notes poor Parry Claude Callan in a 1827 copyright notice from Publishers Syndicate, detailing a literary attribution or rights notice typical of early publishing records. The fragment emphasizes authorship and ownership context without broader article details.
John J. Fisher a 29 year old former policeman and recent psychopathic patient confessed to setting two fires in Washington yesterday morning and was held for the grand jury after a police court hearing His attorney entered a not guilty plea and a mental observation was recommended Fisher faces arson charges and police note other fires may be of irregular origin The city fire department logged long hours and hundreds of hoses used during the blaze incidents In a separate note the Kuomintang central executive committee in Nanking said it would press to abrogate unequal treaties with foreign nations in China.
Local residents gathered with friends and relatives across Black Jack and nearby towns. Visits included Pitwa Visited, Garnett, Pomona, and Topeka shoppers while 4 H club plans emerged from Douglas County meetings. A tiny Cardiff baby born recently weighs twelve ounces, touted as one of the world’s smallest.
Miss Hester Morrigan of Topeka visits Baldwin while at the University of Kansas. Mrs Harland and family travel to Topeka for a short stay. Postmaster Maurice Markham undergoes appendectomy and shows improving recovery. Attendees plan a dinner at Professors Spencer in Lawrence and a St Marys Baker game trip. A Baldwin attic sale funds local education, with numerous social visits, birthday celebrations, and church activities noted in detail.
The Reno column records visits and events including Dr. Garl Phillips assisting at a Walter Bleakley family case, Balward Bleakley’s illness, Kathleene Kelgall’s funeral in Kansas City, and a surprise birthday gathering for Mrs. S. S. Dehoff. It also notes trips to Leavenworth and Kansas City for Farm Bureau matters, and a few bridge repairs and transport movements.
A chaotic report from Bleakley School notes a parent teachers gathering led by Mrs Margaret Hill McCarter with Miss Dorothy May Bleakley appearing on the program. Attendees included Pied Harma radio staff and local families. Thursday events mention examinations and visits by George Sullivan and Leslie Worle.
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