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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1919
Page
4
In a pointed note the state superintendent of public instruction shows how important page one remains in newspapers. The writer muses on German emigration and suggests that a wartime indemnity recovery could keep German citizens at home under government pressure.
Report claims Mexicans feel contempt for Americans and that ransom payments will not ease tensions over an American boy allegedly kidnapped by bandits.
The Senate approved an administration bill to raise commissioned officers from 9 500 to 18 000 for retention this year and the Senate military committee will hold hearings on a defense policy acceptable to the people and meeting national needs.
The piece notes wartime appropriations require definite plans to avoid waste. It questions Kaiser Wilhelm II’s abdication, suggesting he merely took a vacation. It mentions Topeka opposing fake war heroes and concerns over uniformed veterans displaying decorations. William Haywood walked out on bond from Leavenworth, facing obstruction charges. Kansas City aims to form a vigilance group to curb motor-car thefts, citing many stolen cars reaching the city’s edge.
The Prince of Wales abandons plans to visit the Newport set and will travel to New York and Washington only. He showed wartime grit, despite disapproval from Newport society, and his modestty contrasts with the title-worshippers he shuns.
County fair directors face a question from Lawrence businessmen to cut graft. Officials say they work gratis with only a deputy sheriff and watchmen paid on site. Members have funded meals and expenses to ensure timely work and fair success.
A reader reflects that time and money are willingly spent for the fair, arguing the effort deserves a better reward than suspicion that the county fair is a prat. The note defends dedication to local events despite criticism.
Leavenworth Times reports a Bolshevist style prison government at the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks. Prisoners edited bylaws and constitution, with guards and administrators allegedly compelled to recognize the soviet as authority. War Department high officials ordered a trial, prompting calls for a full investigation of responsible higher ups by the secretary of war and Kansas lawmakers.
A collection of editorial quips and satirical notes from several papers. It includes praise for the Allied effort with British and French roles, a tale of Eldorado’s dancing professor scandal, concerns about a noiseless German airplane, and remarks on politics, quarantine, and public life.
A notice recalls William Tevine once sent by Washington as commissioner to whisky insurgents in 1794, noting his death in Philadelphia and his Irish birth. The item also mentions Victorian royal progress on the Thames and a 1873 convention in Jackson, Tennessee, to promote forming a new state from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
A garbled timeline lists events from 1808 to 1917 mentioning Manitoba harvesting, the assassination of King Hume at Mons, German moves toward Warsaw, airship raids on York and Lincolnshire, and a hospital bombing in Paris. Parties and places appear inconsistently, with incomplete names and phrasing.
Today marks anniversaries for Max Mordau born in Budapest 70 years ago. Booth Tarkington born in Indianapolis 50 years ago. Thomas S. Martin born in Scottsville Virginia 12 years ago. Rt Rev Thomas Berne Bishop of Nashville born in Hamilton Ohio TS years ago.
A garbled clashing of wartime letters and political musings notes a veteran asking if a friend was drunk when writing from France. References to a state school chief and pay leaks blend with a joke about chicken lice in Atchison and demobilization, ending with a wary take on public trust and political claims.
The speaker mocks a writer for his restraint and urges a move to Kansas City to “feel ing.” He recalls wanting distance after service and claims cities nearby celebrate killings with honors for Kansans. He accuses Ft Leavenworth prison officials of breaking a gentlemen’s agreement and cites Boorgswasay perfidy.
On the Soissons Chateau Thierry line French forces and American troops fought a hard engagement one year after the Marne salient. US units reportedly advanced and captured several villages while defending against Prussian Guards in heavy fighting.
If the children can't come unless someone brings them you can't bring them so send the neighbor girl. DG H. Bell Music Co. If you are sick you go to a reliable doctor for a cure. If your storage battery is sick take it to a reliable battery service man Tire and Electric Service Co. Firestone Tires at J. L. Hanks & Co. 643 Mays St.
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