Fourth of July Fun Lights Up Lawrence Park Crowd
Lawrence and nearby communities plan a big Fourth of July at Woodland park with radio demonstrations by Arthur Douglas, a Kansas City Star concert broadcast, bicycle races, horseshoe pitching, dancing, red lemonade and hot dogs. A large committee will manage rest areas while band concerts and exercises promise enjoyable events for all ages.
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National
Lawrence
Woodland Park
Arthur Douglas
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Douglas Radio Company
Kansas City Star
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Douglas County
Salvation Army Reorganizes Meetings in City Hall
The Salvation Army will hold future meetings temporarily in the city hall while seeking a permanent location. A piano has been installed in the hall. It is understood the move was due to unsanitary conditions at the former quarters.
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Salvation Army
Holiday Open State Government Offices At Topeka
Topeka July 4 a holiday at the state house with many offices closed. This year the governor's office will be open in the morning and likely all day. At least one member of the court of industrial relations may be present, along with the attorney general and adjutant general offices. The strike situation dictates keeping in touch with the state.
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Topeka
Court of Industrial Relations
Ami
Attorney General
Adjutant General’s Office
Lawrence Leads in KU Summer Session Enrollment
Lawrence shows the largest student turnout in the University summer session with 391 of 1400 total, naming Lawrence as home. Kansas City Missouri follows with 155 students, many teachers, amid salary cuts for unseasoned educators.
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Kansas City
Board of Education
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George O. Foster
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New High School Course Aims at Living in Communities
Minneapolis July 4 Instruction in the business of living in communities is proposed as a new high school course by William F Webster superintendent of city schools in a report to the board of education The plan defers modern languages for a year and emphasizes government knowledge local state and national plus the governments of great nations and the commercial and industrial world including commercial geography The course seeks to prepare students for near future living by focusing on current conditions rather than the past or distant futures
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Minneapolis
Minn
William F. Webster
Board of Education
Webster
Board to offer 295000 in school bonds for new high school
The board of education authorized its bond committee to set a sale date for the remaining 295000 in high school bonds and fix maturity dates and rates. A fall sale is likely, with potential earlier disposal if market conditions suit. Nettie Wismer was elected to teach junior high, and May McClelland Pringle resigned after marriage. The board noted progress on the new high school and anticipated finishing the contractor’s part before the next school year.
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Board of Education
Nettie Wismer
May McClelland “Pringle
Room for chemists expands as labs double in university
University of chemistry building plans doublet laboratories to accommodate more students next year. 288 new desks and workspaces will replace the current lockers. Chemistry I IV rooms reassigned, with Chemistry II and IIT sharing two hours per session. The plan adds four hours of desk space per pupil, enabling more students to take Chemistry II who were previously turned away.
Surrender of Farm Foreman William Winston on Assaut Charge
William Winston a colored farm foreman for Paul Laptad surrendered to the sheriff after a six year tenure. Paxton swore out a complaint alleging Winston struck him with an iron bar, leaving his head bandaged. Winston had eluded capture until yesterday and was released after posting bond. Authorities plan to arraign him when ready. Court records show motive tied to tensions with Paxton and a white coworker on the Laptad farm, with both Paxtons previously ordered from the county.
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Paul Laptad
Yesteryon Whirwe
Asysante
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Wol Paxton
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Hosity the Paxtohs
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Perry
Prizes Announced For Woodland Fourth Of July Tourney
Merchants offer prizes for the Woodland Horse shoe Tourney at Woodkind Park this afternoon. Guistafsen leads with a five dollar toilet set, Rankin's Drug Store sponsors a Keen Kutter, Metzler Furniture a pair of candlesticks, Lander's Jewelry a scarf pin, Carl's Clothing a necktie, Kaw Kash Clothing a pair of hose, Hookwil Green Clothing a pair of hose, McCulloch Drug a box of soap, Bill Vogt offers a kodak finish, Bill Anderson donates a cake, Riewly Wiggly provides a bottle of grape juice, and Daniel's Popcorn stands offer a box of crackerjack. Singles open to strystes, high six men pick prizes, rest to doubles with remaining prizes. Oldest Church in State near Jamestown, a stone church built 1877 named Saaron or Stone church, Baptists built, never remodeled in 44 years. Moscow reports foreigners and Russians may bring 250 rubles in foreign or gold money. surplus exchanged for Soviet paper money at frontier by customs officials.
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Guistafsen
Rankin’s Drug Store
Metzler Furniture Company
Lander's Jewelery Compan
Carl's Clothing Company
Kaw Kash Clothing Company
Hookwil Green Clothing Company
McCulloch Drug Company
Bill Vogt
Bill Anderson
Juige
City Franchise Acceptance Delayed by Official Absence
Electric power company filed its acceptance of the city franchise last night but no action was taken due to the absence of Mayor Kreeck and City Attorney Thiele. They granted thirty days to file the acceptance though it was filed after twenty.Amended plat for Filgehill road received and filed for city attorney’s review upon return. Some bids for Linckhey park tourism position and Lawrence Memorial Hospital addition not considered due to mayor’s absence. A future commission meeting is planned toward the end of the week.
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G. L. Kreeck
Walter Thiele
Vlcetric Company
Filgehill Road
Linckhey Park
Touris
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kanai
Ancient Indian treaty bowl unearthed near Nine Kish
A 600 part weight relic, claimed oldest in existence, was found ten miles north of here. The 500 year old bowl measures 15 inches and was crafted by Indians with stone tools. It served as the centerpiece of ceremonies where tribes met to settle boundaries and honor accords, with smaller bowls used for ritual offerings. The find was made by a party removing a pole from an old house and will be preserved in a local museum.
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Kish
Wailus
Heres
Indiana
University opens summer steward jobs for students
The University offers several summer steward positions for students with potential extension into winter. Additional jobs are available and eager business men are asked to contact the university secretary to list openings and types of work. A secretary notes daily inquiries from letters seeking employment.
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Shimmer
Board Papers Fight Over State Education Records
The court heard the state board of education case as Miss Wooster resists releasing board records. Wise and firm arguments centered on whether the nine member board can function or merely approve the superintendent, with parties asked to file briefs by Friday.
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Rommels
Alice Wooster
Miss Wooster
Department of Forderal
Coh. Miller
County car licenses rise as Palmyra tops townships
Douglas county reports 4 291 vehicles licensed to date with 206 cars 15 trucks 6 motorcycles and 2 dealers cars in the April to June quarter. Palmyra township leads with 31 cars while Kanwaka has 3. Yearly receipts total 42 522 50 with allocations of 303 78 to drag funds 1 899 50 to bounty drag fund and 3 679 49 to auto license including 182 50 to the state. World steamship damage noted and US gravely expanding burial grants for 2 006 patients amid Spanish flu era.
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Palmyra Township
Kanwaka
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Kirby Melill Makes a Late Night Walk to Lawrence
Kirby Melill, a notable long distance walker from Leavenworth, traveled to Lawrence in the early morning hours. He claimed the journey was short and noted he can briskly average five miles per hour on short walks. Sheriff Will Johns recorded the exchange.
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Kirby Melill
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Will Johns
Kirby
Guard to Leave for Camps and Fort Riley Deployments
Kansas National Guard units including field artillery and infantry will depart for camps at Fort Riley starting August 13. About 1,400 personnel and multiple units including the 35th and 14th Nebraska regiments will train in Kansas and Oklahoma with horses and guns ferried separately. Commandant Col. W. Mel of Topeka will supervise Fort Riley operations as Brig. Gen. of the 60th Infantry brigade.
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Local Ad Spotlight Highlights Ideal Prizes in Journal-World
Sam Galitzky of Ideal Clothing Company praises Saturday as the best day in their story, noting a strong combination of Journal-World advertising and Ideal prizes. The testimonial underscores the impact of local media promotions on sales and brand visibility.
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Sam Galitzky
Ideal Clothing Company
Journal-World
Grand Army of the Republic adopts resolutions on federal labor law
Washington post of the Grand Army holds a Saturday meeting at the court house to back federal labor board provisions and to rebut Confederate veterans' charges against Abraham Lincoln. They condemn rebels for slander against Lincoln and urge support for the labor board as a duty of good citizens.
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