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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1931
Page
4
A Kansas City firm outlines a plan to survey needs for imperial aid supplies and place orders to stabilize business during an uncertain period. The approach aims to relieve unemployment and let recipients resume normal operations, improving resilience without overextending.
Topeka's new million dollar high school nears completion and is hailed as a complete modern educational plant. It will offer day instruction and numerous night activities without interference, spanning nearly five acres. The architect’s design is praised for inspiring lines and avoids jail-like exterior impression, contrasting with other modern school facades. The piece notes there will be no bachelors' tax in Coffeyville.
The piece notes that many married people hoped for a bachelor tax, but with Harry Woodring in the governor's chair and Harlan as speaker, the Kansas legislature seems unlikely to pass a special tax on bachelors. It cites Benjamin Franklin's birthday and thrift lessons, remarking thrift has somewhat improved in the past year.
Mr S G Spencer receives a fine cornet from Wurlitzer and Brother Cincinnati. Miss Leonard returns to Lawrence after a long absence. Miss Annie Shanklin of Des Moines IA visits Miss May Porter. Prof Snow reports a valuable relic for the University Museum a fragment of the old Spanish church bell from Pesos NM, found among ruins last July.
Corvisart, Napoleon's physician, popularized the percussion method after translating Auenbrugger's Latin work. The technique, developed to assess disability by examining body parts through tapping sounds, spread widely due to Corvisart's prominence and accessible French rendition. Tomorrow Too Much Milk.
Quo warranto actions in 1886 seek to oust Leavenworth county attorney over prohibitory law. In 1887 farmers gain legislative influence led by E. H. Funston of Allen county with 16 of 45 committee chairs held by farmers. January 14 1886 an attempt to burn Columbus deeds records results in loss of volumes. Also reported are bodies of twenty people frozen to death in Oberlin, Decatur county winter storm.
Mary Graham Sonner recounts the Little Black Clock guiding children through a time voyage starting with Phoenician sailors. The Clock explains the first water ride on a tree trunk, foreshadowing raft travel and early exploration, then links play to human progress and long term meaning.
Twenty five years ago on Monday January events featured Mrs M G Manley and Mrs R C Manley entertaining about thirty ladies from 3 to 6 pm at the Manley home with a luncheon. Tomorrow afternoon forty ladies to be entertained at cards. Mrs Cosley hosted twelve guests for an elaborate dinner last night. Mrs Nina Hazen to return from California soon. Mr and Mrs W N Mundell relocate to 140 Vermont Lawrence. Mundell joins Santa Fe railway mail service. Meyera McAuliff Moyers Lawrence couple wed yesterday in North Lawrence.
The piece recounts Napoleon I choosing Jean Nicolas Corvisart as his physician after a staff doctor failed to examine the chest for a chest illness. It notes Corvisart’s focus on chest examination and his role in Napoleonic medicine.
Two motorists arrested Saturday night on Massachusetts street pleaded guilty in police court this morning. Lea Hardig of 778 Locust street and Ralph Bunce of route 2 were fined 15 dollars each by Police Judge GC H Daugherty. Bunce must pay by Saturday. Hardig was ordered to pay part by Saturday and the rest next week.
Washington AP report says a senate inquiry into bread and sugar prices and possibly other foods will begin next week. Chairman Capper said scope and witnesses will be set at a Monday meeting with hearings to start shortly after. Shagpee Receives Three Prowler Calls reports no robberies but three prowler alerts at homes on Illinois New York and Nineteenth and Barker streets. Probers see prowlers left vicinity of each residence. Kansas City couple Mary Frances Nichols and Lyle R. Phillips wed in Columbia Missouri by Probate Judge Men ger.
Aileen Gray, scarred on Broadway, hides a longing for love as a masked rival and a meddling press agent complicate her life. Arnold Kronberg, a film producer, arrives with a proposal while Adrastein toys with publicity. Channing’s Philadelphia trip and Vivienne’s defiance set the stage for a dangerous web of romance and danger in this serialized melodrama.
Roosevelt Field and Suffern youths prove early flight aims as Henry Bierds, 17, earns solo flight after three lessons, while Joseph Sheehan, 12, flies solo over Long Island. In Oregon, Jack Horsfall abandons a brick milking plan after it hits him. St. Louis bridge players cautionary tale ends in breakup. New York reports Count Von Luckner using a rubber rope device to catch sharks off the Bahamas.
Valley Grove reports visits by Mr. and Mrs. Euland Prosser of Kansas City and others at the George Welliver, Petrie, and Stewart households. News includes Emmett Evilsizer reaching Ohio, Dr. Pierson vaccinating C. G. Petrie’s chickens, Virgil May’s death from a heart attack at Harveyville, and Ray Stillings visiting Jarbalo.
A man who broke his leg weeks ago is now out of the hospital and at home with his limb in a cast and expected to take some time to fully recover. Harold Champion visited McLouth Friday evening. The Methodist church supper supports the county council of religious education at Oskaloosa Monday night.
Villa Eden J T Hughey lost a valuable male Wednesday Jere Crabb helped Claude and Charles Hallenbeck late her last Wednesday Mr and Mrs J T Hughey attended a Farm Bureau meeting at Tonganoxie Saturday Miss Lena Torneden and family visited Ernest Torneden and brothers G Seele hosted several local calls Mrs Lizzie Torneden and grandson William E spent time with Selma Davidson and family Fred Harmon visited Kansas City Oor
The Pleasant Valley Farmers Union held a Friday meeting at the school house January 9 naming L Howell as president A L Holcom vice president and C E Dunigan secretary treasurer The executive committee includes A L Holcom C E Richardson and E H Tian An oyster supper was planned for January 23 Refreshments were served Several local visits and social calls followed with neighbors from Lawrence Topeka and Model districts noted along with extended family gatherings and school parties.
A list of residents from Pleasant Valley to Lawrence area recounts a Wolf hunt on Sunday with one wolf captured. Numerous social calls follow including visits among Lynch, Griffith, Maloney and Howard families and a surprise birthday supper for Mrs. Will Sinks in Pleasant View.
Reno and Lawrence residents attend funerals and visit kin, with Georgiana Bleakley home from Clay Center for a week due to scarlet fever. Pony Creek pupils take a half holiday for exams, Aid Society meets all day with Mrs. Bert Murmin, and families send New Year greetings to San Diego Union. Events include bridge at two tables, visits among Wiley Bleakley Young Conrad families, and PEO meeting at Mrs. Hazen’s in Tonganoxie.
Mrs L S Wiley Walter and Elizabeth Wiley Mr and Mrs C O Wiley and family Roy Wiley and family Mr and Mrs Charles Papenhausen Will Wiley and family Arthur Wiley and family of Leavenworth announce the arrival of a son Ronald Leo on December 7 at the home of Mr and Mrs M R Plummer of Osage City The mother was formerly Dorothy McNerney Dr Frances Strobel to Kansas City for nurses training at Research hospital A surprise party attended by former schoolmates honored Miss Daisy McCrary with gifts and refreshments Easy Bee club met at Mrs Young's with thirty present, a luncheon, minutes read, fruit gifts honored Mrs O W Sowers, Edward Guest poem read, quilting and crafts social afternoon February meeting planned at Mrs O W Sowers' home
A doctor’s prescription Thoxine is pitched as throat insurance with fast soothing action. The ad touts instant relief from sore throat and coughing, claiming safety for the whole family and pleasant taste. Availability in 35c, 6c, and $1 bottles with money back guarantee from all druggists.
An advertisement promotes McKesson’s Dannl as a new tablet treatment for colds grippe headaches and general pains. It pledges relief in six hours for colds, twelve hours to purge, and forty to sixty minutes for neuritis. The product allegedly neutralizes acid to an alkaline state and claims no heart or stomach harm. Sold by McKesson Service Drug Rists and other stores with satisfaction guarantee.
An ad-style pitch urges readers to try Tanlac, claiming it rebuilds worn-out tissues and vitalize the entire system. It markets the tonic as a world-famous medicine, promising rapid strength gains and a money-back guarantee if not helped promptly.
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