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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1920
Page
6
The piece notes a flood of topics in one day from movies to auto tires and magazines while the press hypes a film star. It compares the Republican convention’s tame opening to four years earlier and mentions limited Kansas tickets for Chicago. A bicycle collision with William Allen White is also described.
The long search ends as Chancellor Frank Strong relinquishes after eighteen years. President E H Lindsey will take charge with support from faculty alumni and the Lawrence community. The selection is praised by education authorities as fitting for guiding the university through expanded service to the people.
Amid a paper shortage, publishers confront a flood of press agent material. The Journal-World rejects much of the content as inane while corporations spend millions on publicityfirms seeking free space in newspapers. Some stories center on divorce rumors and film stars seeking headlines.
An editorial from the St Louis Globe Democrat cited by the Independence Reporter argues that presidential primaries have cost states money and produced little change. It notes that less than one third of delegates come from primaries, leaving the convention to decide the nomination with voters giving little regard to delegate quality.
The Minneapolis Journal reports that timber shortages raise fence post costs while concrete and steel posts fail quicker than white cedar. Ohio Experiment Station finds reinforced concrete and steel posts deteriorate in 5 to 15 years due to moisture and rust, while properly crested quick-growing woods match cedar longevity. Planting timber offers a lasting, economical alternative with tree crops maturing in 15 to 30 years for harvest.
Fragmentary OCR text references poets Longfellow and Beem and a person named Dean. The legible parts mention a Mac worth 3 and a ledger with a 1TbS to 22 per year, but the passage remains incoherent and offers no concrete event or clear details to report.
A damaged OCR fragment from a Journal-World circular shows partial names and phrases about extension work and a reply letter. The text is garbled, with scattered names like Manhattan and Ty Extension. No clear event, date, or outcome is discernible from the readable portions.
Fifty years ago today notable figures Charles Dickens and Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Iyneh marked the twentieth anniversary of ordination as the Republican National Convention in Lif eage opens its agenda. Britain's national museum of relics and memory of World War I to be opened by the King, exhibition to create a permanent home palace for four years.
County Commissioner AL Andrews stated no county truck was used for immoral purposes. after reviewing the report he and County Engineer Woolf found the four men listed had no county truck involvement and were not employed by the county.
Chin Ebd rhait of west Kun waka shows proud family scholastic results. Eldest son Charles W. placed second in county while Elsie achieved top marks in multiple branches. Younger siblings also excelled. all attended Dist. 48 school. Probate relations tie to new chancellor Lindley. Local notes include a house sale ad and college Bible credit vote.
In San Francisco on June 9, Homer S. Cummings announced that the main Democratic platform plank will favor ratification of the Versailles treaty. He declined to disclose other major planks. Also noted is a Lawrence Kiwanis meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms and Miss Margaret Stubbs visiting Topeka.
President Wilson today made recess appointments of Henry Jones Ford of New Jersey Mark W Potter of New York and James Duncan of Massachusetts to the interstate commerce commission Marston Taylor Bogert of New York and Samuel W McCall of Massachusetts named to the United States tariff commission Nicholas Kelley of New York was named assistant secretary of the treasury The notice lists various local business references such as The Pather Tire Co and Welch & Welch at 927 Mass though details are unclear
Admiral Sir Doveter Stanies led the elt squadron in the Indtie with the Diermans off suis Fali and fetanas. Sir anders the fox king Island born July. Charles J. Forner Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy born in Baltimore years ago today. Rt Rev James H Darlington Episcopal bishop of Harrihurg born in Brooklyn 61 years ago today. John F Shatvath former US senator from Colorado born in Lafayette Missouri years ago today. Co
McMillan of Macksville Enterprise earned 25 50 from Wide World for a short story. Mitton received 25 for Paradise Lort. Old grammar class members who parsed a list, including Beelzeburb and Satan, were satisfied the purchaser bought it for parsing and not for literature. Tom Moore received 3000 guineas.
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