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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1926
Page
2
A fragmented note reports the new head of the Commerce Department unveiling a city year plan and a membership campaign in Lawrence. Prof Fugenech of the school of fine arts is mentioned amid references to a musical night and a stated membership target.
In a terse report the WILE press outlines an official inquiry into affidavits and statements amid tensions surrounding Osage affairs. The document references county actions, government scrutiny, and lingering questions about motives and intent involving local authorities and Osage actors.
Fragmentary OCR lists names and topics for a Woodlawn association event with S A Queen as speaker. Mentions Tamarren, Tre Wake, Dany Day Map Dowell, Robin, Diego, and Fisherman Strickkaid. Entries appear as rough program notes or speaker lineup.
fragmentary local notices report an oil for sale and a theft incident. names and places appear garbled but reference a store cloths branch of a company and a stolen vehicle, with partial location clues in Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Thursday January 23 features a club party and Kansas vs Grinnell at Robinson Gym. Friday includes Thiwanis banquet at the Baptist church and P T A meeting with basketball Lawrence vs Ottawa. Saturday shows more games and teachers' exams at the courthouse. Monday reports district court opens.
Mer ing Mrs Ellis and guests attend 7 o'clock dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Delbert Adams. A B Hamilton from Uhi Delta Theta house to handover NH for schooling. Miss Sadie Dorsey visits Topeka after Kansas City stay. Marguerite Nellis returns to Topeka from Keppit Tammi house. Marjorie Martin leaves Topeka for University of Kansas. Ottawa officials visit Lawrence to view Kansas City Country Club district photos at Chamber of Commerce. Ottawa delegation includes A P Elder G B Ross L K Porter W O Moyers. Prince of Wales horse dies during hunt at Melton Mowbray. Astronomers note meteors fall daily worldwide. Used cars at Butler Anderson Motor Co.
The report notes county expenses were lower in 1878 than in the earlier year. Salaries and expenses are listed with items such as tax refunds roads and bridges electro power lights coroner’s fees and scalp premiums. The total expense in 1878 was $32 204.80, with an unusual item of $349.75 for surveying a valley noted from forty seven years ago.
Deaths include James Dan Duty infant son of Mr and Mrs Wayne in Connecticut street died at home. Julia Washington aged 73 dies eight miles west of Lawrence services set at St Luke s church with Rev Green. Elizabeth Zeeb dies at Independence and burial planned at Oak Hill cemetery with Rev Young. Woodlawn and Quincy school teams split double header at Woodlawn gymnasium. Violet Patterson hosts New Members event for Alpha Theta Kappa. A witty quip closes the item about the clock worker not worth the price of a cheap watch.
Fragmented OCR text discusses court vote context, mentions senator Williams Republican and issues about Versailles treaty and League membership. Contains incomplete phrases and political debate framing without clear outcome.
Topeka January 27 The state charter board refused permission to Missouri corporations to sell stock in Kansas for doing business in Kansas City Missouri and rejected new applications to sell a park in the state The Trans Mis sissippi Company and the Pan American Feed Company were among applicants The board said it could not authorize Kansas City Missouri corporations to raise money in Kansas to support business in Missouri
Roy M. Turner a 26 year old Atchison real estate dealer and former Kansas University football player faces first degree murder charges for the March 11 1985 poisoning of Mrs Dora Gage. Testimony in the trial began late today as the prosecuting attorney questioned jurors about capital punishment.
Norris Porter held on grand larceny charges with an unre preliminary hearing scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. before Justice John Clark. Bond set at $1000 after arraignment for stealing two overcoats a scarf hat fountain pen and other items from the Bowersock theater. Some stolen money was recovered in the box. Probate Judge Marriage licenses issued to J A Smith and Cora Reaka to Jack Dalrymale and Hazel Dunn to Clarence W James and Cora Belle Ueckman all of various locales. couples married by the judge. Robbery motive suspected in Anna May Bietrich strangling and dismemberment case. chiropractor David L Berestell a suspect.
The Lawrence Building and Loan Association held a stockholders meeting at its Wight and Massachusetts street building with about thirty members present. By-laws were amended and reports presented. Directors elected for the coming year include Dr. Harry Reding George O. Foster A J Boynton Dr Frank Strong EL Weatherby and others. Officers re elected: Dr Marty Reiling president George C Foster vice president J C Stevenson secretary and L E Eby assistant secretary.
Owen Carl returned from a ten days buying trip to Chicago reporting severe cold and heavy snow. He noted light spring clothing but dark next fall outfits. He said large manufacturers expect increased business and many Chicago merchants buying early signal a prosperous year.
The University of Kansas alumni office prepares a foreign students issue for the Graduate Magazine. Secretary Fred Bulsworth mails blank forms to former KU students abroad or recently returned to the United States. Ellsworth aims to have material ready for the May number, inviting stories and pictures of student activities overseas.
In Berlin on January 27 a protest movement by German artists denounces severe censorship affecting painting, sculpture, literature, and drama. They warn that any work resembling revolutionary ideas may be prosecuted as treason or inciting class hatred, with confiscations and imprisonments cited. Notable signers include Ludwige Falda, Max Osborn, George Bernhard, M Bonn, Einstein, Max Liebermann, Paul Loebe, the Manns, Gustav Nadhbruch, Ernst Toller, and Theo Wolff.
Des Moines officials compile a list of up to 100000 names to deny marriage licenses under a new statute. Inmates released from state institutions and those dependent on county aid are among first listed, along with individuals known to have social diseases.
A new club The Strollers has organized in Hollywood where membership requires thirty years on stage or in management. Founding members include William H. Crane with sixty three years acting, Charles L. Stevenson and Frank Norcross with fifty three years each.
Sunday gatherings featured Rev. Martin Torrence preaching at Fairview in Rev. Looker’s absence, with dinners hosted for Ed Howard and Floyd Nigely families. Various local residents from Lone Star, Lawrence, and surrounding towns attended meals, visits, and a Kansas Missouri basketball game. Community members assisted with butchering, hosted dinners, and enjoyed a blue mound farmers union meeting with an oyster supper.
Community notices from Lawrence recount visits and gatherings at homes of Hawkins Lynch Armstrong Wells and others. Attendees include Miss Lillian Smith’s funeral guests, birthday celebrations for Howard Lynch, and a Sibley Co operative stockholders meeting set for February 2 at Fairview Church.
Arthur Bernitz drives a Ford to a progressive rock gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs pre Janghiin on Thursday evening. Attendees include Mrs and Mrs Giedon Neis and children, Mr and Mrs John Bowen and Mr and Mrs Leslie Kindred and their youngsters, Miss Edith Meuffles and Miss Fraies Strobel, plus Mr and Mrs Frank Neis and children Hubert Walter and others.
A crowded social record lists visits and calls from Earl Harry and Homer Kurtz and numerous Kurtz family members to Eudora and De Soto residents on Friday and Sunday afternoons. Various church and school events are mentioned including a Kid party at Eudora High School and a Comrade class party. A calamity reports a Hamburg zoo boa constrictor suffocating after swallowing its own body.
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