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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1926
Page
4
An English lord's rum running venture leads to indictments against sixty one Americans. Prosecutors describe a vast conspiracy spanning fleets offices and a wide distribution network with a large slush fund that could undermine government authority. Successful prosecutions would bolster enforcement and curb graft amid political accusations of inefficiency.
The piece surveys shifting modern values noted by a New York University professor, contrasting speed, communication and money with a call for new values amid concerns on road expansion. It highlights 1925 U S concrete highway records, state builds by Pennsylvania Missouri and Kansas, and touches labor strikes and public debates in Kansas. It also recalls Charles F Schott’s Belgium visit and Cardinal Mercier meeting during WWI era.
From Our Old Files notes repair work at the post office and beautification efforts with scoop and mop. City park cows wander through damaged meshes as Topeka events include Barnum’s Wednesday dance with the Fifth U S Cavalry band and the Centennial Exposition hosted by the Ladies Centennial Association of Topeka.
In Lawrence local chatter centers on who will move into the new Jackson building, with firms like Times Bullene Hackman Bell Bros Cutler and more expected to take rooms. Miss Louise Lewelling enrolls in Fine Arts at the university, while Eleanor Nichols of New York visits A G Oatman family. Mrs Alonzo Wilcox of Muscatine visits relatives. C J Erickson installs skylights in a new building. In New York, United States Steel declares a fifty cent extra dividend alongside the regular 1.25.
W. E. Canavan, age 65 on January 18, will continue as carrier for Rural Route 3 from Lawrence for two more years. He began the route twenty two years ago earning 40 dollars a month, now about 180 dollars monthly. He has served faithfully and aided many households along the route.
Griefa plans to petition county commissioners for paving on east Nineteenth Street between Barker and Haskell Avenues, a four block section part of the township road to Franklin. One block west of the project would be curbed and paved while the remaining three blocks receive only a slab and shoulder.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Gen Richard Taylor born to Gen Zachary Taylor and noted Confederate commander. Also on the docket are tributes to Audubon Verdi and Kaiser Wilhelm II with other events including the Tuskegee Negro Conference and the Retail Millinery Association’s first national convention at the Hotel Astor in New York.
Prince Charles Edward of Coburg Gotha faces inheritance claims to German estates including Coburg Palace Edinburgh Friedenstein Castle Gotha and Reinhardsbrunn. The Wartburg near Eisenach links to Luther and Wolfram von Eschenbach. Jesse Bumgardner of Welton visits brother Dr Edward Bumgardner of Lawrence. Bumgardner has 23 years as a post office employee.
Baldwin items report visits and extended stays by Miss May Bruner and Mrs Q Boone Morgan, plus travel notes for Forest Hartley and Mrs Hartley at a lumbermen convention in Kansas City. Memorial services for T B Bernard held at Grove Street with Odd Fellows involvement. community meetings, club events, and university student notices pepper the week’s bulletin.
Bernard of Baldwin dies after a stroke suffered a little over a week earlier. The obituary notes his eight children and surviving relatives across Kansas and beyond. Many local and out of town relatives attended. services held with community respect. Mrs. Markham slowly improving after recent operation at Bell Memorial Hospital in Lawrence.
Edward Bransten of M. J. Brandenstein & Co., importers of Tree Tea, has been named United States tea examiner for the port of San Francisco. The post highlights that U S tea imports are scrutinized more closely than in any other country due to the pure food law in effect since 1907, which has raised standards and reduced artificial coloring since 1911.
W B Slack longtime Lawrence resident now at 5100 Ridge Ave Kansas City Kansas will celebrate his hundredth birthday Saturday January 30. He remains in good health enjoys singing and receives greeting cards from friends. In Lawrence he belonged to the Christian church and was active in the Masonic lodge.
Kansas City country club district views attract attention during the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. Citizens visit before and after the meeting to view the collection. Display remains in the building until Saturday, open daily from 9 to 6.
In this melodramatic caper, Sweetie and McTish clash with Lacy Dee and Connemara during a perilous night as masked figures, a stash of fifty thousand dollars, and a perilous chase unfold on the mansion porch. The scene erupts in a moonlit struggle ending with a crumpled doorway, a dramatic fall, and unexpected tenderness between Connemara and her rescuer.
T J Norton author of The Constitution of the Planet States sources and application is noted as a 1894 University graduate with years in law at Coast Lines Los Angeles and 27 years with Santa Fe Railway until recently resigning as assistant general solicitor. The piece also notes a postmaster nomination for Neodesha Kansas and odd zoological fact about a mouse's daily food.
A testimonial claims McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets cured infantile paralysis effects in a nine year invalid, boosting a little girl's weight by seven pounds after eight boxes. The letter urges readers to seek the original product and promises a refund after thirty days if not satisfied.
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