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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1926
Page
4
At the Rotary dinner the speaker notes that specialization marks both business and literature. He argues novelists should report rather than prove and that true quality depends on a writer’s life philosophy. He contrasts constructive writing with propaganda and praises business people for having purpose despite flaws, urging fair, varied depiction.
Andrews argues Coast Guard morale weakens as repeat liquor blockade violators face courts and often escape penalties, a pattern echoed by peace officers. He contends the current code favors criminals, overburdens state proofs, and signals a need to revise enforcement processes and requirements.
Twenty five years ago Bell Telephone Co sent ten men to Baldwin to lay a direct line to Lawrence. The work will greatly help local communications, replacing the slow Kansas City route and reducing delays. Community events include Miss Emma Hoge hosting university and high school guests, and Miss Kate Dinsmore entertaining tonight. Fra and Arthur Anderson plan a children's party this afternoon. Alberta Winnick leaves Monday for Marion Kansas to teach Miss Saxman’s music class and voice, with three instrumental students. P E Peairs runs for city clerk, a political shift expected with elective office repeal. Aliss Gertrude Boughton hosts a thimble party for Charlotte Cutter’s friends, featuring an impromptu musical program.
The writer links severe winters in central Illinois to a repeating twelve-year cycle tied to Jupiter and solar activity. He cites past freezes, ice years, and anecdotal notes from local figures, predicting continued cold periods after June 5 and describing historical records from 1778 onward.
Theodore Gardner of St Petersburg Florida recalls a Civil War clash at Johnsonville Tenn sixty one years earlier. He describes a moment when a Confederate attack led by General Forrest pressed along the Tennessee river bank and a Union battery on a bluff as he fired and watched the opposing fighter duck each time a shell passed overhead. December 18th.
Baldwin residents share visits illness annals and gatherings as Bl nch Hoover travels from Denver to stay with the Markhams due to Mrs. Markham’s illness. Many relatives and friends visit locally as Miss Dorothy Trayler heads home for Baxter Springs. Funeral services for T. E. Bernard, obituaries, rest room project and club activities fill community notices with updates on health, celebrations, school events, and upcoming basketball games.
CHAPTER XVIII-Continued Connemara is stunned by words and danger as a front door key turns. a cold draft carries whiskey odor while Sweetie and Dee plan to restrain a troubled dame. A rough man tightens his grip on Connemara's throat as the scene escalates toward captivity.
In a tense scene a captor Sweetie drags Dee and Connemara into a dim dwelling. Chloroform is used, a gag removed, and Sweetie negotiates a fragile truce as Doc and a Swede loom outside. The interior shifts from danger to uneasy mercy as Connemara questions loyalties while awaiting escape.
An interesting and enjoyable Loyal Temperance Legion meeting was held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. We Kreider. Five members sent were Helen Shaffer Wilma Shaffer Georgia Mae Kuester Edith S Kuester Mary Frances Kuester Hazel Wingfield Hazel Taylor Norma Jane McClanahan Lorita Garcia Lorene Hildenbrand Violet Jes Dunn Mabel Dunn Rosemary Glenn James Clarke. Mrs. Gertrude Hoad returned from Ann Arbor Michigan where she visited her son Prof William Hoad and family. Mr. and Mrs. J E Shirk visiting son R A Shirk and Mrs. Shirk at Ft Madison Iowa. Shirk accompanied son on his run as engineer from Kansas City to Ft Madison. Shirk has held this position with the Santa Fe for about 24 years.
A 19 year old girl Miss Benita Kennison of Toledo visiting sister Velma drove a motor car into a lamp post. She wore pajamas and a red bathing suit and claimed liquor from an embassy. She faces charges of driving while intoxicated. End to Aluminum Inquiry Politically charged investigation by the senate into the Aluminum Company of America was abruptly terminated by the judiciary committee. Senator Walsh said a report will be prepared for next Monday.
A pruning demonstration will be held Thursday at 2 PM at Graeber vineyards one block west of the Harper feed barn in North Lawrence. H C Colglazier county farm agent will supervise the event.
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