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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
4
A fragment notes a Baker worker in Tulsa during fires, praising an American institution that is definite when needed and never found wanting in emergencies. The text emphasizes readiness and steadiness amid destruction.
The piece condemns the Tulsa mob action that destroyed lives and property, urges respect for the law, and notes the long reconstruction ahead. It warns that one night of mob rule can ruin a community and stresses the need for effective law enforcement and road improvements across Kansas.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a federal prohibition matter discussing a new commissioner who vows to install a system within his department to enforce the law. Mentions Dempsey, a gun, and unspecified road or car acts, with unclear context about readiness or action. No clear dates, places, or names beyond poor legibility.
A reader cites Chester's story of torture inside a Kansas hospital as sounding like fiction. The remark questions authenticity and the portrayal of medical mistreatment.
Fort Scott Tribune editor George Marble, displeased with a long AP golf dispatch, chased Charles F. Scott in Topeka editorial matches and returned home to publish an extended ode to golf. He quotes Atchison Globe: ahead of every man is a hole in the ground, and wonders how many strokes reach it.
Upper Silesia remains volatile as Germans clash with French and Poles, with conflicts mounting among all three groups. Earlier hopes of a plebiscite to settle the dispute have given way to ongoing fighting and instability.
Fifty years ago in Lawrence notes report steady church work and booming agriculture. Farmers praise a splendid corn yield while idle moments are spent admiring six very large ripe cherries on a twig. J K Rankin shows a similar cherry crop, with his trees full yesterday.
Reprinted items note a Lawrence resident returning from Lexington Guatemala after swamp fever. Harris Gibson & Son plan to break ground for a new feed mill along the riverbank near the old corn cribs. A Whitman attended a Topeka Masonic meeting to locate the Kangas Masonic home in Wichita. Preparations begin for the Indian educational association meeting set for July in Lawrence.
Topeka Kansas June 3 650 workers to be cut at Santa Fe shops this Saturday reducing force to half of normal. Total laid off will reach 1315 of 2600 to 2700 ordinarily employed with earlier reductions of 300 and 365. Traffic slackness prompts retrenchment say road officials.
A celebration will be held in Montgomery Alabama today to mark the acquisition of the first White House of the Confederate States and its erection near the State Capitol as a permanent memorial for preservation.
The 44 hour week strike began May 1 and shows no early settlement. Most printers remain non union while several shops run on the 48 hour American Shop Plan. Some firms have out of town work to cover demand and crews from other shops are moving in as the dispute persists.
The 113th birth anniversary of Jefferson Davis is observed across the South. It is the 150th anniversary of Sydney Smith and the 56th birthday of King George V near. The ninth General Assembly of Colonial Wars opens in Cincinnati. Pershing to deliver Nebraska commencement address. Michigan Bar Association meets in Flint with speakers Littleton and Beveridge.
Mrs. Henrietta Gerkin wife of John T. Gerkin died Tuesday morning born November 18 1846 in New York City She moved to Ellis Kansas in 1877 then to Lawrence in 1908 Married January 19 1869 to John T Gerkin Survived by husband three sons William and August Gerkin Ellis Kansas John Gerkin Omaha Neb and daughters Mrs Charles E Shepard Kansas City Mo Mrs Wilbur Swingle New Haven and Miss Lillian Gerkin Lawrence Funeral held at 19 o'clock this morning remains taken to Ellis Kansas for burial
Mrs. Cora G. Lewis of Kinsley visiting Lawrence plans with Prof. Arthur MacMurray to present plays and pictures in Douglas county under the American Committee for Devastated France. Youth groups will form Friendly Players to fund relief, with four one act plays by the University dramatic club in Douglas county and Her Husband’s Wife staged elsewhere with KU alumni clubs assisting. Stockholders of Standard Oil Indiana vote today on raising capitalization from 100 million to 140 million. Mosquito lotion will take away the sting.
Personal mentions list residents and guests spending days or traveling between Topeka Lawrence Kansas City Leavenworth and Tulsa Oklahoma. Highlights include Miss Lucile Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thiele Mrs. Ethel Barr and Billy visiting Lawrence, and Mrs. Carl Ketels hosting in Kansas City with others from Parsons and Tulsa.
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