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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1930
Page
4
A scanned 1930 Kansas Journal World page includes subscription rates and addresses for Chicago and New York representations, AP rights notice, and editorial fragments discussing poverty vs prosperity in Kansas, sports officiating, butter prices, and gubernatorial candidacy expectations. It notes Governor Reed’s Washington visit, Kansas political operatives, and Ishington banking tax issues with editorials and reflections from local writers.
Topeka reports indicate action likely to repeal the intangible tax placing state and national banks in the same class as general property. A federal amendment could bypass the issue, but national bankers nationwide would likely need to approve. Kansas may need to provide relief through state legislation.
Mr and Mrs Jack Hou and Harry Houk spent yesterday in Kansas City to hear John McCormack at Convention Hall. Attendees including F P Smith, Dr W L Burdick, and F M Perkins, long time thirty third degree Masons, were accompanied by R E Melvin, D M Horkmans and W H Eastman as the same bones were conferred. The gathering occurred at the Scottish Rite temple in an all day session.
Fifty years ago in The Old Home Town a buggy accident near Henderson’s grocery left Mr. Potter badly injured and taken home. Mr. Coleman lost and recovered a Boston-bound ticket after a stranger returned it to Mr. Ross’s office. John Walruff plans to buy barley for his brewery as 10 000 on hand. local barley production is strong but for home use. Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson hosted friends with supper and fine new music. Mrs. Culbertson of Zanesville visits. Councilman Allen leaves for Canboy City on business, set to return for the next meeting.
General Robert B. Mitchell a Kansas Civil War general and Linn County settler dies in Washington. January 27 1882 S B Bradford Osage County attorney replies to demand by Governor St John for enforcement of the prohibitory law in his county.
Prof van der Vries hosted friends for Prof C A Preyer. Frank Evans hosts a 25th anniversary card party. Carrie Watson lectures on Bok Plates at the university club. Mrs Annie Platt’s birthday celebrated at 1233 Delaware with Draper and others present. Marvin Hertzler, 14, injured after slipping in South Park on way home from school, serious. Scottish Rite Masons from Lawrence attend reunion in Topeka with listed members.
Governor Henry J. Allen and his party attended a Chamber of Commerce dinner with about one hundred guests. Present were Mrs. Allen Clyde Reed and Mrs. Reed Mr and Mrs Lee of Topeka State Treasurer L L Payne State Auditor N L Turner and K T Thompson H B Ober presided as toastmaster. Paul L. Gilmer named scout executive at Hedding College Abington Illinois to lead Lawrence movement. Mr and Mrs G E B Friend prep to depart for Hawaii.
Overnight summaries report diverse incidents worldwide including a Siberia island find and political influence concerns in Washington. Other items note a murder attempt linked blackmail in Atlanta, a mausoleum burial in Cartersville, a jury dispute in Wabash, and security orders in Manila. A Washington aviation trophy win, prominent deaths in Cleveland and Washington, farm production warnings, and military retirements follow. International notes include London talks, Bombay riots, Madrid political moves, Athens earthquakes, Berlin unrest, Nova Scotia storms, and Guatemala City medical expeditions.
A family remark recalls their son Joe still unemployed and hoped to find work by morning rather than late night search. authentic 1930s speech reflects concern and daily struggle.
AP roundup from Moscow to New York covers calendar reform in 1917 Soviet Russia, civil workers in Mexico unpaid on the sixth day monthly, Grant Withers and Loretta Young wed in Yuma, Muriel Newport denying remarriage, more women journalists at a naval conference, and Nicholas Butler addressing Berlin’s Reichstag.
The Kansas University board, formed by the men’s student council, begins second semester duties to curb unauthorized use of the university name in solicitations. Advertising managers, two Lawrence Chamber of Commerce reps, and Karl Krops, the university pursar, join the group to oversee publications.
In Scott Glenn's rugged mountain cabin Anne Wilmot marries him. Soon after, Aunt Sally probes Anne's loyalty as pressure from Leon Morse and others tests the couple. Anne resists, while Aunt Wilmot urges a return to Morse. The scene hints at looming betrayal, money, and shattered trust.
In a whimsical tale, the Little Black Clock gains magical power to extend the children’s day. They coast on planes, hitching to rising craft and racing through air pockets like old hills. The clock grants extra hours, enabling endless play while not disturbing their sleep.
Philosophers and scientists link respiration to life from Aristotle through La Voisier. Aristotle argued breathing regulated body heat and supplied a vital "pneuma" from air, a concept that shaped thought for over sixteen centuries until 1777.
In early modern science, Van Helmont linked exhaled carbon dioxide to burning charcoal, Boyle showed air contains life essentials, Hooke likened chest movements to bellows, and Lavoisier finally named oxygen as the life substance driving respiration and combustion.
Pleasant Grove residents report visits, hosting, and trips to Lawrence and Ottawa. Numerous neighborly gatherings include Williams, Dillon, Porter, Flory, Daniels, and Clough families visiting, trading cattle and wood, with several attending church, school events, and a stock sale. Marie Daniels, Alice Smith, Lois Flory, and others feature among the frequent social rounds.
The column notes several social visits and trips. Mrs. Bellas and daughter Lou ise recover, Mr. Peterson drives hogs to Lawrence, a store closes four days due to Mrs Carver's mother dying from monoxide gas, Margaret Coffman visits family, Geo Coffman and son George see Otto Johannine, Phillin Peterson from Kansas City visits, Miss Nora Witt attends a teachers meeting in Lawrence, Chas Coffman and Mr Thatcher travel to Lawrence, and Mrs Harry Johnson from Clinton visits Thatcher.
Twenty eight members of the Pleasant Hour club attended a January 15 meeting at Mrs. N. R. Miller’s home with an old fashioned party, prizes, and songs. The club plans to meet January 22 at the homes of Mrs. J. R. Topping and Mrs. L. Bibsby to discuss Early Kansas History. The note also records visits from relatives and the birth of twins Jum-4 and Davis at the Memorial hospital and people attending from Loveland Oklahoma and Topeka.
Township graders have been kept busy clearing the roads. Mr and Mrs Ralph Kirby spend weekend at the Dan Kirby home. The ministry of education ruled schools should use Italian inks drawing tools erasers and like items with foreign products only in exceptional cases.
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