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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1922
Page
4
Telegraphic miscues and notices from Lawrence Kansas include AP credits and republication rights, advertising directives, and a July 19 1922 date. A religious verse and civic voter registration appeal appear amid fragmented lines. The text references Lawence voters urged to register for a primary election and notes a growing pine population.
A government led effort aims to restart coal production after the strike. Officials weigh varying state policies while strike leaders threaten hardships to press employers. The plan emphasizes preventing unnecessary public hardship as a duty of government.
A Kansas City writer reports that John Be Lewis, described as a miners union figure, is conducting an investigation into the Herrin Illinois massacre. The letter hints at revealing new facts later and notes the possible public interest in uncovering identities and roles of those involved.
A fragment from a Missouri penitentiary strike shows prisoners at odds with a new foreman while a women's minimum wage scale set by the state industrial court takes effect today despite employer opposition. The court is described as a tool of the interests.
Two Germans wanted for complicity in the Rathenau killing committed suicide to avoid capture. Their deaths may deter political murders promoted by monarchists since the republic was proclaimed.
The German American conference meeting in Chicago endorsed Senator Reed of Missouri for reelection. In return, the group seeks support on their program including revising world war treaties, withdrawing troops from Germany, investigating the alien property custodian, and restoring beer and wine. The endorsement may help in Chicago and other locations but could be viewed skeptically by Missouri voters.
A jumbled assortment of remarks and phrases discusses tariffs, strikes, fashion, a boarder death mystery, old time trades, a hospital stay, and various opinions. The text appears as scattered, incomplete quotes without coherent narrative or clear facts.
Paris reports sweeping changes from World War I, with many European nations expanding or granting women’s voting rights. France debates suffrage. Britain grants equality with women sitting in Parliament. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Finland and others expand or achieve voting rights for women.
Dr. George Michaelis, former Imperial German Chancellor, rose from relative anonymity in America to become food commissioner in 1917 and later succeed von Bethmann Hollweg. Born in Silesia in 1857, he studied law, taught in Tokyo, then returned to Berlin to serve as district attorney and rise through imperial government posts. He has not taken an active part in politics.
Thornton Cooke president of the Columbia National Bank surveys western business. He notes good midsummer crops, coal and oil fuel shifts, railcrew shortages, and restrained grain sales amid global unsettlements. Building remains active, with high material prices and strong employment in Kansas City. A hearing on a proposed independent steel combine is set for today in New York.
A Confederate report claims Lincoln started the Civil War, while a USC scholar argues Lincoln was swept into events. The piece surveys slavery's history and the nation’s political shifts, noting key figures and the evolving view of Lincoln and Confederate leaders.
Ted and Ned camp on a small island and trek to White Face mountain to pick blueberries. Uncle Ben promises eight cents a quart, funding four days of work to cover camping costs. Ted designs a wooden refrigeration system using shelves water siphons pitch and burlap to keep butter bacon and milk cool while ants are kept out.
The Journal-World scoffs at chain letters as useless trifles, noting many wives spend time drafting copies to charitable chains for nine friends. The writer accuses postal authorities of profiting while Uncle Sam benefits, urging readers to burn every chain letter they receive to end the nuisance.
Baron Shaw of Dunfermline, famed Scottish law authority, sails for America today to address the bar associations of the United States and Canada. A memorial to American chaplains who died in the World War will be placed in the Hall of Fame of the Massachusetts State House in Boston today. Newspaper editors from many parts of the United States and Canada gather in Missouri, Montana to begin their 37th annual convention.
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