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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1925
Page
2
A fragmentary program lists Opal Lynn as physical director and a craft specialist with activities labeled morning dip assembly craft work and nature lore. It mentions Miss Anair Bernice Lena Adair and a camp at Han dle store for registration with a Saturday move in.
The 1925 potato crop yields are light but potatoes are good in quality. Ground conditions and price movement show activity with 926 car loads shipped from Kaw Valley and 1043 cars at the corresponding time. Prices paid this week range around $2 per hundred weight.
Nah Ne Muck Skuk, aged about 101 years, is noted as Kansas's oldest living person by state census officials near Mayetta. Jackson County residents show longevity, with several others aged 90 plus, amid a large gospel meeting drawing crowds and extending into the surrounding streets and tented area.
Judge Raulston reads portions of a Supreme Court decision Meyer v Nebraska to discuss the fourteenth amendment. He cites Tennessee authority on state control of public schools and legislature power to set study plans and books. The court overrules a motion to quash, defense exceptions noted, and a redeal ordered as the afternoon session prepares to proceed.
Brubaker was arrested on three charges of passing worthless checks. A county jail sentence of sixty days and a $25 fine plus costs were imposed by Justice John Clark after a Monday hearing. The three checks totaled five, thirty five, and ten dollars, drawn on the Bank of Italy in Los Angeles.
Circle No 1 of the women of Trinity Lutheran church will meet at the church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The picnic for members of the Congregational church, which had been scheduled for tomorrow events been indefinitely postponed.
Norman Gibbons of Santa Monica visits at Boyd Ware and Evelyn Alrichland home after a Beaver Canyon trip with Garden City relatives. RC Johnston and daughter Arthur Nixon of Kansas City visit Lawrence friends. Eugene Funk, ex-Eldorado, stops in Lawrence en route to Denver. Mrs and Mrs Roger Williams and Mrs W R Williams travel to Topeka to visit sisters. Charlotte Lockeridge of Linden spends day in Lawrence. Mrs WE Kennard leaves for Chicago for several weeks. Doris Freeson, University of 1923 graduate, in transit New Haven to Sterling. Mrs Ry Bug in ill seeks Kansas City specialist. Vera Droom leaves Lawrence for Estes Park four weeks vacation. Mr and Mrs A Topping, Mrs S J Ware, L L Ware and son Lloyd depart for Minnesota vacation. Catherine Bliler of Sonsay City, University attendee, visits friends in Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Wagner, Tom Jr, and Bernita Cartiy spend a few days in Kansas. Lydia Allman of Haskell Institute heads to Kansas City for summer duties. George Bigsby spends day in Kansas. Paulen Opel visits Lawrence briefly.
Fragmentary OCR reveals dated notes and names including Victoria and Cowichan. Preserved in a small exhibit, the text cites testimony and dated elements, with unclear full context.
A musical treat at Fraser Hall features a closing recital under University auspices. Dean Swarthout and Prof. Gelich perform works by Cyril Scott, Filippucci, Cadman, and others with Louise Miller, Irene Peabody, Ralph Gafney, and W. Downing among the soloists. The program includes The Morning of the Year and an Adoration ensemble, promising a refined evening of classical pieces and vocal solos.
The United Brethren Church district will open a ten day camp meeting and Bible conference at Forest Park in Topeka starting Thursday the 16th and continuing through the 26th. Lawrence attendees will stay in cottages or tents. Leading instructors include Bishop Cyrus J. Kephart Kansas City Dr O T Deever Dayton Ohio Dr F E Harvis Westerville Ohio and Dr Byron J Clark Kansas City Evangelist. Kansas City University Chancellor W O Jones will speak, with Y H Miller Kansas Conference Laymen’s Association presiding on Sunday July 19 a special men’s day.
Funeral service for Mrs Coffman, long time Lawrence resident, will be held Friday at 3 20 PM at First Baptist Church in Stockton California with Rev J F Watts in charge. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by four daughters and one son.
An old advertisement promotes a soap and healing product named All Relief for eczema tetter rashes and skin ailments. It claims rapid clearing of skin conditions in a few days with a 25-cent offering. The copy targets all ages and urges readers to visit druggists for purchase.
Mrs Walter Deay spent Monday and Tuesday at the Felx Tucker home cooking for threshers. Mr and Mrs Art Ulrich of Kan iwaka visited Robe rt Ulrich home Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ed Tisch of California spent Friday at the Rob ert Ulrich home. Mrs N D Messer Elya and Thelma Daniels were Lawrence visitors Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Felix Tucker and Harold were Lawrence visitors Wednesday morning. Mrs Stary Oehlert helped Mrs J W Daggett cook for threshers one day last week. Mrs Felix Tucker and children Ethel Leona Russel and Harold were Lawrence visitors Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs John Daniels and family were Lawrence Visitors Saturday evening. Miss Ethel Leona Tucker called at Ward Landis home Friday evening. Mrs Mary Oehlert
Mrs. George Ochlert and child, and Mrs. Harry Hegeman with family, were visitors Friday afternoon. Lawrence guests included Mrs. Irve Fisty and children Tuesday evening. Orville Elory visited Lawrence Saturday night. N. D. Messer hosted Ralph and Rose Tucker Sunday evening. Ethel Tuckel assists Mrs. J. F. Bidinger of Clinton for a few days.
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