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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
4
A Kansas City dispatch reflects on a lasting inheritance theme tying to Prov. 13:22 and discusses a century of progress seen by new graduates. It contrasts old timers with today’s youth, noting airplanes and radios are routine, while roads improve and lighting advances reshape daily life. The column surveys public interest around Hoover, Lindbergh, and a looming Kansas City convention amid political chatter.
Fifty five years ago the June 6 issue notes invitation letters for the University commencement. Senator Ingalls will speak as Col. W. C. Ransom addresses Ovread society in University Hall. Town improvements include fence work and sanded whitewashed yards. Kaw River flooding, drift at the railroad bridge, and repairs to the ferry are described amid a bustling Bazaar at Liberty Hall with a shooting gallery and parade of diverse costumes. Citizens are urged to attend and contribute for Tuesday and Wednesday’s dinner at the University.
Twenty five years ago the full force of Meis J. D. Bowersock ran all his industries as a catastrophe struck yet workers were not to suffer. Archie Sellards sold candy on Rev Ward’s lawn raising 1.53 for the homeless with Paul Wardland assisting. Mrs B J Dalton planned an evening musical for her guest Miss Mason. Pine Bros North Side merchants faced about 2000 loss as stock escaped looting damaged. Graeber’s launch broke and passengers were ferried by rowboats. The Savoy Hotel fire of unknown origin burned a portion of the building.
Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma farmers brace for a vast harvest starting mid June as 20,000 harvest hands are recruited from southern and midwestern states. The drive will cover up to 2,000,000 bushels of wheat with combines reducing labor needs and railroads offering fare cuts to attract workers.
In 1858 James Montgomery rode through Fort Scott at midnight amid pro slavery unrest. By 1867 Simon Cameron and allies traveled eastward as Kansas Pacific railroad construction urged progress.
Galveston held its third annual international pageant of pulchritude, naming Miss Ella Van Hudson of Chicago as Miss Universe after a competition among 42 bathing girls from domestic and foreign lands. She was chosen Miss United States earlier in the night, beating ten foreign entrants, with seven judges weighing the final verdict.
Nationalists gain control of Manila City government and seats in the Senate and House. Democratas hold few posts as the party pursues independence in the Philippines. Judge Guyer returns from congress with focus on river and flood projects. A bull derails a Kansas car near Mapleton. bull killed. Wilson's Beauty Shop ad promises permanents.
Hutchings sells half interest in his shoe business to A. Fansher of Brookfield Missouri. Fansher, former foreman at Brown Shoe Factory, has moved to Lawrence with his wife and they reside at 3232 Kentucky Street. Public notice appears in the Journal-World today. Hutchings has run the shop in Lawrence for thirty eight years.
The summer round-up for Douglas County pre-school children opened yesterday under Dr. C B Johnson and Miss Mary MeArtural Nurse at Eudora. The program includes examinations for younger children and those up to pre-school age, with events planned at Baldwin and Lone Star in June and a Big Springs fair late in the summer, marking the third year of community better-babies examinations.
Indiana's delegates to the Democratic National Convention, bound to Evans Woollen for the Presidential nomination, will be instructed on a second choice. The rules committee reported late last night that tenth district delegates to the state convention have been instructed to vote for Governor Alfred E. Smith as a second choice. The move signals a potential shift while Woollen remains the intended first pick.
Topeka Junie AP reports crop conditions call for more sunshine and warmth for rapid growth. The weekly weather bureau notes soaking rains last week ranged from 1 to 4 inches, with floods in the Neosho River basin. Corn is generally clean and growing 4 to 6 inches high in eastern Kansas. wheat ripening slowly in the south and southeast with harvest slated around June 15–20 in eastern counties and June 25–July 1 in northern and western areas. Alfalfa damaged by wet weather. oats and barley headed. pastures excellent and Kaw valley potatoes making good growth.
Douglas County Cow Testing Association for May reports 450 cows on test with 429 in milk. Four cows exceed 60 pounds and 17 exceed 50 pounds butterfat, with 50 cows over 49 pounds. High herd by K G Clark averages 1107 pounds milk and 375 pounds butterfat. second by J L Sanders at 897 pounds milk and 37.1 pounds butterfat. The top cow is a Kemper Dairy Holstein, yielding 1814 pounds milk and 67.1 pounds butterfat, milked twice daily.
John Walton longtime county commissioner and last charter member of Vinland Grange No. 163 died recently. The Grange adopted a resolution praising his seventy four years of service, noting his commitment to the community and the county, and ordered publication of the notice in the Journal-World. G. Wammond A. Andrews GEQ A. Weiler
Mississippi will send a dry, uninstructed delegation to the Democratic national convention after the state convention rejected the proposal to commend Governor Smith of New York and vote against a wet candidate. A septic tank demonstration is planned near Lawrence, led by K D Church for Port land Cement Co. and part of the Woman's Farm Bureau kitchen improvement program. Police Court: Harry Sammar fined $10 for drunkenness, with a possible appeal. Le Roy Huff of Kansas City forfeits $10 for drunkenness. Social Service League contact number 909 is in Mrs Peel's name.
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