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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1927
Page
2
Douglas Malloch, author of Come on Home, addresses the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting, defending jazz as a living art. He argues emotion fuels music, contrasts harmony and melody with jazz’s tempo, and says tom tom energy resonates through nerves and heart alike.
Mire J Lawson aged 86 funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 30 in her home in Kentucky Rev Edward Hislop to lead the service and interment in Dale Hill Cemetery George Notley noted as died after long illness in Kalamazoo formerly worked at government customs houses and attended the University before marriage he leaves widow two children Elizabeth and Donald Notley faces liquor charge Gus Taylor arrested after allegedly carrying 11 pints of whisky in a basket and jailed for county prosecution Baptist Men enjoy fireplace new heater in room for week combined with community notice
Senator Wadsworth of New York told the Senate today that the event countered evidence of violation of the prohibition law without turning over information to enforcing authorities. The remark framed a broader call for central oversight in enforcing prohibition.
Madison Wisconsin January 24 Twenty year old Cassels W Noe medical student at the University of Wisconsin shot himself after a talk with fraternity brothers and amid rumors of a suicide pact among students of psychology Noe left notes to his mother and a fellow student asking to tell Horton to watch for a message His parents found his body beside his bed The youth son of a dentist was well regarded on campus and a staff member of the college literary magazine
AP dispatch from Topeka notes Kansas House resumes at 10 am while Senate sits until 4 pm. Proposals include rural high school bond limits at five percent of district assessed tax value, twenty year term, and five percent interest. Other bills discuss city class limits, pensioning power for cities, and tax implications for royalties and home stead exemptions.
Kansas conference standings show teams including Pittsburg College of Emporia, Bethan, Wichita, Emporia, Washburn, St Benedict's, McPherson, and Ottawa. Jan 25 reports mention Bethel vs Wichita in Wichita and Teachers in Emporia with scattered results as weather and schedule disruptions occur.
A scattered OCR list showsOil salesmen and officials from Kansas City and nearby towns including Lawrence and Ottawa. Names appear with positions such as station agents and automotive superintendent, indicating a meeting or directory of regional oil industry personnel. Several surnames and towns are partially legible, reflecting a noisy historical page segment.
Linton young al and Ulysses Clark Riley were fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 30 days after pleading guilty to possession of liquor. Benjamin Singleton and others were arrested en route from Leavenworth to Port Riley when whisky was found in a car. Officers Calhoun and Hunter made the arrest. Captain Parish Riley faced a long phone call. fines paid, confinement deemed necessary, and some paroles noted. One man, Gleeton, pleaded not guilty while another charge was dismissed.
A fragmented item hints at a consolidation move involving an organization and its new or hastened steps. The readable bits suggest internal restructuring and possible organizational changes affecting leadership or scope. Further readable specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
A scrambled AP wire snippet from Atlanta dated December 16 references Washington figures and admiration among children. The garbled item mentions a "Ross" and a sequence of praise, though details are unclear.
eclectic Baldwin brief recounts students and families connected to Baker University and local schools. mentions Miss Lincoln returning from Florida to enroll second semester, Marylou Lincoln ill at Baker, Mrs. LaBrant and relatives visiting, Beeks attending Baker trustees meeting, other local figures ill or recovering, and a minor city fire incident at Mrs. Grambulk’s residence.
Crude OCR fragment mentions James Lyndon of Kansas and local paper context. Incomplete text includes scattered names and phrases about evenings, family, and an editor role, with multiple illegible words.
Odd advertisement offers a patent medicine promising relief from joint pain and bladder issues using uric acid as a poison. It lists a P.O. box in East Hampton Connecticut and a price of ten cents plus postage. It claims thousands use the medicine and dates back to 1892.
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