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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1926
Page
4
The Lawrence Journal-World notes Germany's plebiscite on royal property return to foreign owners with a likely No vote. It also highlights Kansas University merit exercises with leaders like Mayor Beach and Dr Newton urging high standards and active effort over passivity.
A Slightly disjointed kansas newspaper fragment reflects on university commencements with alumni attendance, changing roll calls, and a sense of tradition. It notes widespread concern over Kansas wheat prospects due to dry weather impacting Chicago markets, and mentions a Massachusetts school closing for cold. It also comments on reform beliefs about prisons and paroled punishments, and reflects on longevity of Supreme Court labor under Chief Justice Taft. The piece hints at undercurrents stirring beneath surface events in the state.
Reported tensions over Brazil's commitment to the League of Nations surface as Brazil may pull out to pressure Germany’s admission. A Geneva opening absence sparked talk, while local Chamber of Commerce debates constructive criticism and its impact on discourse.
Editorial notes a Twilight League game drawing several hundred in Ottawa, praising the communal recreation and sport value. It laments declining local leagues due to lack of players and uniforms, proposing revival of outdoor indoor baseball for enjoyment by players and spectators.
In the town, Nathan Frank repairs the Bishop Wall place as fifteen cents a box. A police call led Councilman Dicker to assist a pair of drunken men. Charlie Jackson buys Jimmy Johnson's O K Barber Shop, moving it across the street while keeping staff. Trinity church delegates attend the Episcopal Diocesan convention. Moore Graveley wedding gifts include a black walnut sideboard and various silver pieces from friends and families. cherries are mentioned as worth ten to [text incomplete].
A historical note recalls W A Guenther adding an extra delivery wagon to meet growing demand for one of Lawrence’s top grocery trades. Mentions from Jeru salem writer W Calkins and locals Edna Honnold E E Wilson and Estelle Riddle highlight arts schooling a wedding and social events of the era.
Precipals Lawrence Sipson and Nora Siler joined by Hoke Simpson as seconds, with Rev Sharpe officiating in Kansas City style marriage. The groom, first lieutenant of Company H, had family wounded in battle, while Miss Criss’s father and brother were wounded. Maude Cooke hosted a music gathering for youths. pupils Adele Marks through Rosa Predrickson performed a brief program.
Colored actors organizations led by Sissle and Blake organize a relief fund for Mrs Alice Myers mother of Nash George Walker to assist with a series of nationwide benefit performances. Dr H G Cabbell heads the committee with Mrs J Robert Mitchell assisting as funding grows, plus seeking a local banker’s help.
Fifty years after her death the famed French novelist George Sand is recalled as a landmark figure. The Crown Prince of Sweden will be hosted by the New York State Chamber of Commerce. Florida voters prepare for Democratic primary races to choose U.S. senator and representatives. Chel Sea officials including Mayor Lawrence F. Quigley face a second federal trial on prohibition charges in Boston. A Tulsa conference on home building and waste reduction ties to a National Association of Real Estate Boards meeting. An international preliminary conference in Washington draws ten nations to discuss oil use regulation near major maritime regions.
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Summerall, ranking U S Army general, commands the Second Corps Area at Governor's Island and is viewed as a likely successor to Maj. Gen. John L. Hines as chief of staff. A World War veteran, he led corps in France and served on the Allied mission under the Supreme War Council. Previously he led the Eighth Corps Area in San Antonio.
Animals used by Stewart and Tyrell rodeo escaped last Sunday as corrals failed to hold bulls and cattle. Managers say the last of the runaways was rounded up by evening and another show is set for Sunday at 2 PM on L I Tyrell farm near Williams town with new fences and riders. About thirty five horses and cattle will participate.
First of a summer series by Kansas University players, Expressing Willie, opens at Spooner theater with Willie Smith a bored Long Island nouveau riche figure. Minnie Whitcomb returns, stirring Willie to reveal expression, amid a dramatic encounter with a vamp and a late-night revelation.
Washington June 1 United Press The Senate Claims Committee handles more than 800 government claims this session with many stalled for years. Oldest cases are the French Spoliations dating to 1797 and remain unacted though repeatedly upheld by the Supreme Court as valid. The largest claim this session totals 22 575 389 14 by Professor William H. Hart for a government run Junior Republic school in Virginia, still pending. The smallest, 4.80 by J M Holladay of Marion S C, approved by the House but pending in the Senate, sparked a $100 plus effort in preparing papers. Holladay requests the refund.
A Des Moines AP report describes the Iowa Library Association mounting a traveling motor truck library to demonstrate county circulating libraries in rural Iowa this summer. Each county will host a week long demonstration moving books to fairs farms and clubs with support from town libraries and local groups.
In a rugged mountain pass Buck and I ride ahead of a stagecoach when outlaws seize the passengers. A masked gang threatens, a woman is menaced, and Buck spots a horseman mounting to join the raid. We weigh shooting for evidence, while the bandits vanish into the Willows as tension and peril rise.
A rugged scene recounts a mule team sighting and a joked confrontation as a narrator questions what is seen and who owns items. The text shifts to notice of a clinic for expectant mothers scheduled tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 4, with a brief note on handmade Swedish peasant garments.
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