STUDENT STRIKE FAILS OVER SHANTUNG ISSUE IN CHINA
Thousands of Chinese students walked out in Shanghai and other provinces in a strike to force Pekin to renounce direct talks with Japan on the Shantung problem. Leaders blamed lack of popular support and untimeliness as the government ignored their demand for a public disclaimer and disclosure of secret agreements. About 30,000 left classes in Shanghai. the nationwide stoppage lasted a month before ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shantung
Shanghai
China
Pekin
Japan
Peking
Winter community notes on residents schedules and visits
June 27 reports farming in Lake View names Julius Bearman Newt Hamlin and others. Items describe visits with relatives odd fellow lodge Lecompton Lawrence Topeka and Perry with families in Idaho and Kansas. Several social calls include Winters Banks Seetin Colman and Criss amid club meeting postponement and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Bearman
Newt. Hamlin
Lake View
Walter Richards
Will Anderson
Paul Winter
Laura Winter
Charles
Lecompion
Milton Winter
Salmon City
Idaho
Robert Cole
Ship Winter
Gladys
Gretchen
Winter Ineham
Lecompton
Charles Winter
Ed Seetin
Transmeter
Ruth Colman
Willis Colman
Arthur Richards
Barker
Winter Community Club
Lenora Schrover
Elizabeth Seetin
George Seetin
Topeka
Dorothy
George Criss
Res
Fort to Fort highway tractor accident and neighborhood names
The report notes a local neighborhood resident who was driving a Fordson on the Fort to Fort highway when the scraper pulled back, cutting his foot and causing a head injury. The piece also lists guests at a dinner hosted by Mrs. W. F. Elkin in honor of Mrs. Will Colman’s birthday and mentions various local residents and visitors in Lawrence and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort-to-Fort
Willis
Colman
Ray Ellsworth
W. F. Elkin
Will Colman
Leland Colman
Albert Davis
C. P. Davis
Edward Elkin
Elwin and Everett
Murray Snow
Fred Otinzer
Fiorence
Harriet Mull
Lawrence
Stanwiy
Dorothy
Maurine
Kanwaka
George Banks
Edith Banks
Beattie
West Lawrence
Walter Richards
George
Barker
Blanche Shelley
Clara Nace
Karl Krieder
Varsity Theatre
Beattie Armstrong
John Banks
Juhn Banks
High Prairie Church Roundup and July 4 Picnic Plans
Reverend Muir preached twice on cooperative effort and Temas with a text from Timothy. Mrs Heaston played piano. Attendance remained strong as harvest peaks. New song books and hymns noted. Visitors attended both services. July 4 plans at James Gale Grove include a Patriot service at 11 am, picnic dinner at noon, address by Dr Fra le h at 3 pm, and patriotic music. Families and friends invited. Harvest work continues amid showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muir
Demas
Timothy W
James Gale Grove
Independence
Fraleh of
Baldwin
Clyde Puckett
Will Puckett
A. F. Puckett
Pleasant Grove
F. Heaston
Johnson
Boland
Frank Campbell
Elmer Daniels
John Daniels
Frank Hibner
Keith
Elsie Hibner
Dance Frock at Mleecric Park Delights Families
Kans ening City hosted a Wednesday event at Mleecric Park labeled as glorious as the Fourth. It offered admission and tickets to all attractions for Ivanhoe Lodeu rsco and their families. Hibner and Keith joined Jay School guests yesterday afternoon with Arla for Mr Adolph Freark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansening
Mleecric Park
Ivanhoe Lodeursco
Hibner
Keith
Jay
Wheat harvest notes and local visits at Stony Point
Community brief from Stony Point detailing Mr Jack McMillen shocking wheat for Mr Holcom and several attendees at Sunday school and church. The column lists visits to the McQueen home, a business trip by Glenfi McQueen to Lawrence, harvest activity, rain delay, and multiple local families including Griffis, Lawson, and Hemphill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack McMillen
Holcom
Vinland
Sons
Alva Rockhold
Heraphit
Craig
Mary Griffis
AL Roe
High Prairie
Martin Thoicamb
Ddmes Rassinver
Dackman
Lawrence
Rretor
Saturn Dohanna Griffis
Bernice
Woob. Lawson
L. A. Lawson
Glenn Day
Wese Griffis
McQuee
B.S. George
Baldyin
WH Price
Cousrhterk
J. Will
WH. H. Hemphill
Chak. Craiz
Harvesters Moncy
Martin Holsom
I. A. Lawson
Jess Miller
Glenn McQuven
Chicago’s foreign born and state origins by census
July figures show Chicago has a total population of 2,701,212. Of these 1,444,508 were born outside Illinois, including 944,160 born abroad and 499,438 from other states. New York contributed the most natives, followed by Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana, with several other states listed by counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
New York State
Ohio
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Missouri
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Accidental Split Tool Sparks Metal Pen Idea
About eighty years ago in Birmingham England jeweler Joseph Gillett split a steel tool and, missing a pen, signed a receipt with the tool. The “happy accident” is credited with inspiring the concept of making metal pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gillett
Birmingham
England
Mayor asserts Southampton as true Pilgrim Fathers departure port
Mayor S. G. Kimber argues in a letter that while Plymouth had a role in the Mayflower voyage, Southampton was the port of departure and the city’s claim should acknowledge Southampton’s pivotal preparations. He notes the Mayflower, joined by the Speenweil, left from Southampton in 1620 after delays at Dartmouth and Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Plymouth
S. G. Kimber
Otrat
Dartmouth
Odd Facts and Observations from Likely a Scrap
A string of curious statements on topics from wood hardness under pressure to sauerkraut on ships for scurvy, a Des Moines judge’s son fined for speeding, banana origins, Leap Year bean growth myths, ocean depths, leather views in Mohammedan practice, Koran binding, Bank of England note forgeries, and the revealing power of the microscope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
England
Bank of England
Yanks Optimistic on Olympic Games Note
The record quotes Percy Smallwood, Indians trainer, predicting American success in Antwerp while noting uncertainty about this season. The brief remarks touch on baseball and American League prospects, reflecting confident yet cautious expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy ‘Smallwood
Indians
Antwerp
Spanish Under Despotic Rule in Madrid
Spanish Liberal newspapers denounce decades of rule since March 24, 1919, noting suspension of constitutional guarantees in all provinces and limited rights during elections. Censorship affects domestic papers and foreign telegrams, provoking sharp criticism of press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Russia
la Libertad
Yukon league rejects coin change to dimes and nickels
The Yukon Development League has rejected a proposal to introduce dimes and nickels into local circulation. In Dawson Town officials insisted on keeping only smaller coinage, noting there is no coin smaller than the twelve cent piece and will adhere to that practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Y. T
Yukon Development League
Floating Fair to Visit North Africa and Europe
The Italian government organizes a floating fair that will visit Tunis Algiers Tangier Lisbon Harce fona Marseilles and Genoa carrying samples of all Italian exports. It will stay four to seven days at each port with wireless orders to producers allowing same day responses. If successful further fairs are planned for North America Brazil Uruguay Argentina Antilles Venezuela Peru and Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tunis
Algiers
Tangier
Lisbon
Harcefona
Marseilles
Genoa
Taly
North Americ
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Antilles
Venezuela
Pero
Chili
Wild animals price surge puts German zoos at risk
Prices for wild animals in Germany have surged with elephants at 10000 marks and a lion costing 4000 marks, making replenishing zoos unaffordable. Zoos face breeding programs as keepers across the country cooperate to manage costs and preserve exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerlin
Germany
Fragrance Lost With Exhausted Petal Starch Restored by Sugar
An old note explains that flower perfume fades when petal starch is exhausted but can be revived by placing the flower in a sugar solution, resuming starch formation and fragrance at once. The piece also notes Russians rarely supply bed clothes in hotels and travelers must bring sheets and blankets. It mentions northern Scotland coast sailors facing three strong waves in a storm, with the fourth weaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Scotland
Green River soda water replaces limes in homes
Green River soda water in bottles takes the place of limes and lemons in the home. Order a case from McNish by phoning 198. About 20,690,000 feet of timber used yearly to manufacture clothes-pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
McNish
Kryptok Eye Glasses. Lawrence Optical Co. Aspirin Ad
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only unbroken Bayer packaging with proper directions to relieve headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets for a few cents and larger Bayer packages from druggists. Aspirin is a trademark Bayer manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Om Wy
Bayer
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound Hair Darkener
An old time remedy promises to restore dark hair and youth. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised to darken gray hair evenly and quickly, returning gloss and fullness with light daily use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wvyeth
Wyeth
Freckle Remedy Offer Promises Free Trial
A newspaper blurb invites Miss Freckle Face to try Othine double strength to remove freckles with a money back guarantee. One ounce should suffice for even the worst cases, and the remedy costs nothing unless it removes the freckles. Ask your druggist for the double strength product.
Blood purity and vital organs underline health warning
The text warns that keeping blood free of impurities is crucial as even slight disorders threaten vital organs because all body systems rely on clean blood. It emphasizes the blood supply must function properly to sustain health.
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Arla
Adolph Freark
Adolph Mas Flawes
Stony Point
Hame Alon
Plyouth
Baed
YANKS
Yukon Territory
Algeria
Kryptok Eye Glasses
Lawrence Optical Co
Round Corner Drug. Store
Apudine
UIT
Een
Calomel
Lyko Medicine Company
New York
Kansas City
Capper
Journal-World
Poe
Free Bradfield Regulator Company
Dept. A-23
Atlanta, Ga
Peru
NM. van Beren
Eriineer, GC. Rel Ry
Highland £ T
Grand Rapids, Mich
S. S.S
Todlay
Swift
Swift Laboratory
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