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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1922
Page
4
A Kansas crop note cites an 8,000,000 bushel June to July shrinkage with doubt it can be offset by other crops if rain remains favorable. The government will hold a hearing on express rates soon, while lingering anti Volstead sentiment among Kansans is noted.
The text notes the necessity of stationing troops at nearly every railroad shop where work proceeds. It argues the public cost will be high but not as great as the alternative, which would be a total breakdown of the nation’s transportation system.
The article reports ongoing negotiations between railroad signalmen miners and the labor board amid impending strikes. It notes Governor Allen and the Public Utilities Commission favor maintaining rail service, while President Harding backs returning miners to work and arbitration to set a temporary wage scale by August 10.
A canvass starts tomorrow at Enniversity to involve Summer Session students in supporting the Kansas Memorial project. The effort aims to give even brief connections to the University of Kansas a way to participate, highlighting the strong appeal of the Memorial idea.
The mail campaign among alumni and former students, now remote from the University, has drawn hundreds of donations to the Memorial fund. Subscribers from across the country and abroad contribute as written persuasion remains the only effective method. Meanwhile in Oklahoma, inter tribal dances near Hominy have banned modern steps, allowing only native dances.
Today Kingston Ontario celebrates its 250th year amid a series of events. Lord Birkenhead the Waelish Lord Chancellor may be the next premier and celebrates his 50th birthday today. The National University of Mexico opens its summer session for US students. Three American balloon teams sail to compete in the Gordon Bennett Cup in Geneva next month.
Prince Louis, newly ascended ruler of Monaco after Prince Alberts death, marks his fifty seventh birthday. A St Cyr graduate and former French Foreign Legion officer, he is praised for gallantry in wartime but not for scientific interests. He inherits substantial wealth including the Monte Carlo casino income.
A collage of humorous and provocative lines on public officials women and social topics. Mentions tariff effects on sugar constitutional status and international observes referencing Canada Ireland and Florida broadcasting. No clear single event. collection of statements reflects public discourse and regional trivia.
Notice states dentist A. R. Kennedy operates from 117 Park St and phone 18. The Fair hosts a big remnant sale tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. with details scarce but advertised in local notice form.
An ad note claims every dollar invested is backed by real estate mortgages on city property with a 6 percent interest rate from Douglas County Building and Loan Association at 704 Mass. St. Car of Cherokee Nut Coal on track for threshing Griffin Coal Co. Phone 8.
Pittsburg Kan July 12 Cooperative coal mining in the Kansas coal field fuels production of more than 6000 tons daily despite a strike. Two classes of cooperative miners operate small dinky mines or large company supervised mines. Royalty payments to owners range from 25 to 50 cents a ton. Union officials call the plan a ruse, labeling it soviet style. Sheridan mines Nos 14 12 18 and 2% use loose agreements allowing flexible work terms and partial foreman salary sharing.
Belgrade July 12 report notes officials in Central Europe collect ten dollars on entry and each frontier pass from American travellers. An American businessman paid 120 dollars in three months. A Jugoslavian foreign office representative blames reciprocity and the U S State Department for the practice.
Local reader M C Rice recalls Thrall oil fields lying on the Verdigris headwaters in the northwestern Greenwood county. The area, once cattle ranching and timber country, holds coal beds in Thrall, with petrified wood and shell beds nearby. A sandstone round tower stood near Thrall, amid broader Verdigris valley coal activity. Garfield’s Senate greeting by Hancock is noted elsewhere.
C B Hosford stepped into the First Commissioner district amid tax and governance concerns in Douglas County. He assumed duties after A L Cox resigned, aiming to balance county needs with Lawrence city interests, including school and street funding. He emphasizes ongoing work and road service, urging a vote for Hesford.
A Medical Press writer argues wireless telephony could help the deaf hear by increasing thermionic valve counts in receivers. A 50 year old deaf woman now hears Paris voices more clearly than a room neighbor. Marconi experts study bone conduction and brain stimulation methods as language teaching via wireless education is explored.
London reports a shift from flower bedecked houseboats on the Thames to motor launches with sleeping cabins. American visitors once admired the vessels at Hampton Court and Henley. Twenty years ago a Chertsey firm built 14 new houseboats annually. last year they built one. Over 1,000 motor launches now operate in the Thames Conservancy area.
An unprecedented moment in American history occurred on March 1, 1825, when John Quincy Adams took the presidential oath before his father, former President John Adams, marking a singular event in U.S. political lore.
Jefferson, "the Suee of Moanti eco," made history as the first President inaugurated in the capital, marking a landmark event in U.S. political history.
Andre-Louis confronts his rival in a duel as tensions rise around Philippe de Vilmorin and the revolutionary crowd in Paris. Amid plots, emigres and a tense chase, Madama Plougastel and her circle plot escape from the capital. A planned passport dodge, Meudon permits, and a wary mayor foreshadow a perilous retreat back to safety.
Ted and Ned turn found horn fragments into a horn bow and a wooden cup with copper fittings. Ned uses sawing, drilling, and drying to craft a functional Viking style drinking vessel and a waterproof bow while weather and Uncle Ben’s spring loom.
Bandmaster Alton A. Adams of the Naval Band will supervise music instruction in Virgin Islands public schools. He plans graded school bands and an orchestra for high schools, with vocal instruction for all students. The Red Cross aids instrument provision, and Adams is a Virgin Islands native regarded as a band music authority.
Topeka July 12 Attorney General R J Hopkins says city councils welfare boards or other local groups have no binding power to ban films. He notes Kansas cities with welfare commissions claim authority beyond state censorship rules. The opinion clarifies welfare boards statutory role and limits in film censorship.
On the day of President Taft s inauguration the national capital endured one of its worst blizzards in history while remnants go on sale with sweeping reductions Thursday morning at The Fair.
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