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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1933
Page
4
Kansas Supreme Court rules beer is presumed intoxicating but allows defense evidence. Juries will decide in each county if beer is intoxicating, risking varied outcomes across the state. Revenue gains from legalized beer remain unlikely.
A letter to the Journal-World from a local Democratic spokesman protests a highway job exclusion and argues that Democratic and Republican policies diverge on prosperity. The piece contrasts partisan memory with current critique, then notes James M. Cox in London urging renewed effort at the world economic conference amid waning momentum.
James Akright, formerly a U K graduate student, arrives in Lawrence from Portland Oregon to take the role of physical director and conductor of boys work in the Lawrence schools. Akright is noted for his training in boys work and athletic leadership.
Twenty five years ago on a Friday in July the community shares visitors and travel plans. Miss Nelle Martindale visits Miss Catherine McCreath while Mr and Mrs C Harris and Sam Weidler with daughter travel to the Weidler camp on the river for a few days. Carl Graebner to return from San Antonio. Mrs Charles Finch and family stay at J L Miles home while the Miles visit Oklahoma. Miss Marguerite Emery heads to Kansas City to meet someone.
Poem fragment from 1818 copyright entry notes Claude Callan. The text recalls family tensions over religion and pie crust as a light domestic vignette.
The Thacher party will undertake an extended trip through rope. Prof. Cc M Sterling and family will occupy Prof W M Sterling home on Louisiana street in summer while Prof Wilson Sterling and a family stay in Colora A C Overton and C V Leigh start a carpenter shop in the Central High building. Ms F H Snow left this morning for Shelby Mich with daughter Edith to Chicago. Edith Myers hosted about twenty friends informally last night.
Scotland Yard inspector John Wade pursues the India Rubber Men gang involved with the Mecca river resort. A burglary, a missing girl Lila, a doped tea, hidden room and a tense search unfold as Wade reunites with Inspector Elk to uncover a secret passage, a mysterious past, and a plan by the trading ring linked to Lady Pattison.
Forty years ago A L Selig returned from a trip to Illinois and will visit next week with his family. Misa Pauline Baird of Winfield is visiting Mrs C Ka Blodgett. Miss Anna Murphy leaves Lawrence High for Topeka High at $90 salary. A Miss Cramer of Fredonia entertained by Miss Nellie Morris at a dove party. Guests included Cramer Laura Bryan Nellie Morris May Rushmer Jo Russell Georgia Wilder Barke Don Bowersock. Knights of the Grip in Lawrence forming a national association the Order of United Commercial Travelers of America. Alfred Guffler leads the movement. Fred Richter from Wichita to attend the meeting.
Enlargement of neck glands often stems from chronic tonsil infections. Lymphatic tissues drain nose and throat areas. septic material causes swelling, sometimes pain, and possible gland breakdown. Tuberculosis and other neck conditions may also cause persistent enlargement. removal of diseased tonsils may reverse the change.
1896 ruling by the Kansas Court of Appeals prohibits a husband and wife from testifying against each other in any action for divorce or alimony and a statement notes the decision could halt divorce litigation until the legislature enacts new law.
Dr Bumgardner writes on homeopathic doses and their reliability and ease of use. The piece recounts Crystal Palace in New York opened July 14 1853 on the Bryant Park site, modeled after London's Crystal Palace, and notes the New York structure burned in 1858. It also cites a 1938 agriculture ministry report showing wheat land in England and Wales about 17 percent higher than in 1931.
Jelly Bear and Honey Bear imagine a festival with blue ribbons for best exhibits. Two pavilions will showcase flowers, vegetables, jams, and pies while a ferris wheel, merry-go-round, fortune teller, and performers promise lively entertainment for all. Willy Nilly recalls leftover funds from a train paged incident to finance the trip.
AP reports a decommissioned liner renamed Leviathan hosts four sailors and four unpaid monkeys. Monkeys arrived via mooring lines from a freighter and spend time peering around corners. In Chicago, detectives found a bear chained to a wall a box of 20 live snakes and a clay skeleton during a gun search at Charles Curtis home. Divorce case in Chicago features a ventriloquist husband and blues singer wife using a dummy as correspondent. Kansas City square dance draws 1500 under recreational council guidance.
The ONeill district reports a social gathering at Valley Grove school house with ice cream and cake after a meeting of the So and So's. Separate notes mention visitors from Shawnee Oklahoma City and Webb City plus planned visits, July 4 lake turnout, and a birth announcement for a daughter on July 7.
The Snowledge Hill team beat Derby Oil Co of Lawrence 24 to 6 in a district baseball game. Various local residents attended, including the Coffmans, Wells, Haley, and Peters families. Additional notes mention deaths, visits, and a planned Sunday school effort led by local youths and Hugh Day.
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