Housing Boom In Lawrence Signals Change For City
The Lawrence city paper notes Thirty Five new homes completed or under construction, signaling relief from the housing shortage. It links rising home ownership to local growth, University enrollments, and future building momentum, urging support for owners and local prosperity. It also discusses county tax policy, Rhine troop presence, and a British arms seizure in context of public affairs.
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Lawrence
Law- Tehice
Homes and Divorces Prompt Speculation on Ownership
Two Lawrence men reviewing divorce cases in Douglas County district court found that only two of the many marriages involved parties owning their homes. The observation prompts speculation about how property ownership correlates with marital stability and individual independence.
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Douglas, County
Pulitzer Awards Laud Militant Journalism and Klan Exposure
Editorial lauds the Joseph Pulitzer prizes awarded at Columbia University noting the New York World and Rollin Kirby for fearless reporting on the Ku Klux Klan. It argues Simpson and O Brien produced landmark pieces while Kirby conveyed death through a powerful cartoon. It calls for wider public commendation of papers that joined in exposing the Klan.
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Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia University
New York World
Rollin Kirby
Oregon
Atlantic
Pacific
Ku Klus Klan
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Simpson
Frank M. O’brien
New York Herald
Kirby
America
Herbert Bayard Swope
New- York World
Joseph Pulitzer i
Publishers
Ees
Trammell Seeks renomination for Florida Senate seat
Park Trammell, Florida's United States senator, seeks renomination in today's primaries. A Alabama native educated in Tennessee, he rose from Lakeland clerk to mayor, state lawmaker, attorney general, and governor before entering the Senate. His opponent is former Governor Gilchrist. Also noted are nineteen billion telephone messages transmitted annually in the U S.
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Park, Trammell
Florida
United States
Trammell
Alabama
Tennessee
Tunel
Cumberland University
Lakeland
Rengs
United States Senate
Gilchristl
Lane seeks reelection as county superintendent of schools
O J Lane announces candidacy for reelection subject to Republican primaries. A longtime educator and community leader, he cites improvements in the county fair, his military service in the Spanish American War era, law degree from the University, and teaching tenure in Douglas county and nearby areas. He notes cordial relations with school districts and broad support among officials and teachers.
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O. J. Lane
Lane
Sam
Kansas
The
University
Baldwin
Endora
Douglas
Spring Bill
Johnson County
Supt. Lane
Sele
Mixed aphorisms and curiosities from a hazy chronique
A collage of quips and sketches mentions Tom Sims on ambition and hunger, a small boy’s height, a bee wrecking a New Jersey auto, a bride and husband, a grouchy man, de Valera's twins, Babe Ruth’s suspension lore, and a professor’s take on a flapper, all reflected in a garbled newspaper fragment.
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New Jersey
de Valera
Treland
Babe Ruth
Today’s Elections and Naval Reassignments Highlight Day
A Philippine general election occurs today. Rear Admiral Edwin A. Ander son sails from New York to assume command of American forces in European waters, succeeding Vice Admiral Albert P. Niblack. The fifteenth annual convention of civil service commissioners opens in San Francisco for five days as health officials meet in St. John. The Second Division, grievously wounded in WWI, gathers at Quantico for its third annual pension. In Montgomery, Ala., Rev. Richard Wilkinson faces ecclesiastical trial for allegedly violating church canons by inviting a Jewish rabbi to speak without bishop approval.
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Philippines
Edwin] A. Anderson
New York
Albert P. Niblack
National Assembly of Civil Service Commissions
San Francisco
Dominion
St. John
Canadian Public Health Association
Canadiian Association
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Havine
Richard Wilkinson
St. John’s Fossesnal Church
Montgomery
Ala
Abandoned Democratic Morning Paper Plan in St Louis
The Democratic daily newspaper venture in St Louis has been abandoned after a year. Promoter Cal J L Wolfner aimed to raise 3 million dollars with 20 percent for promotion and expected 200,000 Missouri voters to buy stock. Subscriptions were refunded for 20 percent and offices were opened in the Rialto Building.
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St. Louis
Nopiar
Cal. J.L. Wolfner
Wolfner
Missouri
Rialto
Leroy B. Bryan
Boatmen’s ‘Bank
Boone University claims first Chinese Scout troop
A representative of Boone University at Wuchang claims credit for organizing the first Boy Scout troop in China. Rev Alfred A Gilman says Boone trains boys from official families in fire drills cooking tent making and other skills. The article notes China’s political turmoil and Boone’s stance on education and national unity. Rev Y K Yen, father of the current Chinese foreign minister, helped found Boone.
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Chicago
China
Boone University
Wuchang
Alfred A. Gilman
Department of Missions
Protestant Episcopal Church
Gilmand
Boone
Boone Debating Society
Y. K. Yen
W. W Yen
Empire air service plan to Britain India and Australia
Sydney April 20. Prime Minister received details of a proposed Empire airship service linking Great Britain India and Australia. Six airships with 100 passenger capacity each to be built. Shells Oil interests offer to take over airships sheds and build new ships with a weekly Australia service at fares below mail steamers. Government guarantee sought three million pounds for ten years. French government ready to erect air stations at Paris Marseilles Tunis and Algiers subject to parliamentary ratification. Commonwealth Meteorological Department to study upper air conditions and provide aerial forecasts and guidance for aviators using pilot balloons and sounding bases.
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Great
Britain
India
Australia
Joseph ‘Cook
London
Burney
Shells Oil
Sir Joseph
Paris
Marseilles
Tunis
Algiers
Commonwealth Meteorological Department
Sir. Joseph
Aeriel
No Tobacco League promotes school church education
Indianapolis May 31 A No Tobacco League of America program focuses on education through schools churches and parent teacher associations for several years. Charles M Fillmore says the group has legislative support from WCTU and PTAs and aims to educate rather than overhaul men. The league organized in 1915 and now has chapters in eight states including Indiana Illinois Ohio Minnesota Kansas Utah Idaho and California. The current campaign targets cigarette use by children and women, noting high school and college students show stronger tobacco tendencies while not alarming over high school girls.
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Indianapolis
Ind
No Tobacco League of America
Charles M. Fillmore
Fillmore
PREXY GREETS TEACHERS AT BAGUIO CAMP
In Baguio the ex-officio Philippine Islands public instruction head Eugene A. Gilmore greets 300 plus American and Filipino teachers arriving for a two month summer camp. The government provides cottages tents and a common mess hall as conferences focus on improving the islands education system.
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Baguio, Pol
Maiti
Eugene A. Gilmore
Philippine Islands
America
Archipelato
Plan to insure ministers with actuarial savings program
Atlantic City reports Rev Joseph B Hingeley of Chicago presenting a new Methodist plan to protect ministers from financial risk. The scheme would pay a dollar daily in retirement from a dollar weekly buildup, compounding at four percent semi annually, with life income after age sixty five. The plan aims to supplement pensions and reflect actuarial methods used by other denominations.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Methodist Board of Conference
Joseph B. Hingeley
Chicago
Hingeley
Fire Crew Commended By Mutual Oil Manager
Firefighters earned praise from Mutual Oil's general manager A J Wolcott after they saved the company's property from damage. Chief Reinisch received the commendatory letter thanking the department and noting the local Mutual Oil manager was instructed to present it.
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Mutual Oil Company
Reinisch
A. J. Wolcott
Mutual Company
Speeders punished by city judge for six months driving ban
Junction City reports tough penalties for speeders. Judge J J Kerr imposes a $15 fine and a six month driving ban as the official penalty. Joy riding loses popularity as law enforcement clamps down. In agricultural news, Lyons Will Thowlands experiments with a new wheat variety on a 12 acre tract claiming phenomenal growth and an estimated 50 bushels per acre.
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Junction City
Iuck
J. J. Kerr
Will Thowlands
Uere
Peter Rabbit Made From Everyday Craft Items
In a playful tale the Play Room Family crafts a Peter Rabbit from common supplies. Using paper snaps, wire hairpins, pasteboard, and cotton for a tail they assemble the plush figure while a humorous debate about gender and appearances unfolds. The story ends with the creature ready for a new adventure tomorrow.
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Jenny Linn
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Mack
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