This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1922
Page
4
A compiled scan covers various items including tariff talk by Senator Capper, a Stotesbury Missouri mayoral arrest over a masked gang, Pinchot faction strength in Pennsylvania GOP, Amundsen’s Arctic wireless ambitions, Crowder’s Cuban policy, bucket shop scams, and Philip Gibbs warning of Irish conflict. The piece threads political chatter, localized crime, naval forecasts, and international tensions through a miscellany lens.
Editors and publishers across the Third district meet to discuss postwar cost pressures. Wages, ink, newsprint, and postage have surged well above prewar levels, with wages up 178 to 893 relative to 1907 and paper costs rising sharply. the note compares 1907 1914 and 1921 indexes to illustrate spiraling expenses.
The data shows expenses rising from 100 in 1907 to 125 in 1914 and 244 in 1921. Averaging costs yields an index of 100 in 1907, 159 in 1914, and a peak of 211 in 1921, indicating a steady inflation trend across the period.
A collection of quirky aphorisms and brief notes include Tom Sims on credit purchases, two to start a fight, and a jab at Great Britain's insomnia. Mentions of a $157 million tobacco merger, mining coal price fixes, and humorous lines about Eskimos, ex-wives, and doctors fees appear in a scattered, cheeky tone.
Samuel W. McCall, long Massachusetts public servant and former two term governor, is expected to join the Republican senatorial primary against Henry Cabot Lodge. McCall built a national profile as an independent Republican and author, with earlier service in Congress from 1893 to 1913 and reforms as governor. The piece notes his Dartmouth background and Boston law career, amid brief biographical context. It also mentions the upcoming 25th anniversary of Lady Victoria Mary Cambridge, linked to rumors about her potential role with the Prince of Wales.
George Rook Woodward, Fort Hays Kansas Normal School athletic director, urges Lawrence to retain the Y M C A. He argues the organization provided youth training and community assets, naming early leaders and noting pivotal local impact. He envisions a municipal revival to preserve benefits for future boys and men.
Victoria Mary, born June 12, 189%, is described as the daughter of the governor and Wind sor Castle’s constable, with A. D.C. to King George. Her mother is Lady Margaret Evelyn Rosvenor, daughter of the Duke of Westminster, noted as one of Britain's wealthiest peers.
A Topeka report details Kansas School Code Commission recommendations, favoring Community School Districts over county units. The plan retains one elected board per district, allows one-room rural schools to continue, and aims to equalize taxes by a broad county levy to fund elementary and high school needs.
Names listed include Paul Kimball Parsons Minnie J Grimstead Ida M Walker Norton and Prof C E Rarick connected to Hays Normal school Hays.
In Topeka Kansas on June 12 twenty five state officials in the House of Representatives are grading normal training examination papers for about 2000 Kansas high school seniors from 200 high schools. Grading began June 5 and will continue to about June 20. Successful students will receive year more normal training teacher certificates supervised by Miss Claire W Mitchell and B im Lewis.
In Odessa on June 5, amid hunger and ruined streets, music remains the people’s main comfort. Refugees in Astra Khan practice on dilapidated pianos while thousands gather at the opera, where Italian and Russian works stir hope despite bare fields and growing cemeteries.
Topeka Kansas June 12 an opinion from the attorney generals department for State Bank Commissioner Frank H Foster says while not against Kansas law it is unadvisable for a bank president to also serve as cashier The opinion notes the president must be a director and the cashier a stockholder and that it is improper for a cashier who sits on the board to pass upon the board's books The report cites that more than half the states have honored Washington with a county.
Ned slips from a logging platform during a swim and injures his shoulder. Ted converts the log into a two outrigged diving raft with poles, slabs, and spikes to stabilize the craft. They test the improvised gear in deeper water, aiming for a safer diving experience.
Ted devises a drifting log dive craft inspired by South Sea Islander canoes with outriggers. Ned tests it with two dives, noting it is not perfectly steady but avoids rolling. The improvised craft is used daily during the camp stay.
The Shriners opened their national conclave in San Francisco while Pennsylvania Democrats meet in Harrisburg. Boise hosts a Peace Progress and Prosperity Festival through the week. The Canadian Good Roads Association convenes in Victoria for four days. The American Steamship Owners meet in New York to discuss the ship subsidy bill. Ruth Seymour McCaw's trial opens in Providence. Hoover to address the Controllers Congress in New York. Fidel?ist rift looms as radicals and conservatives confront each other at the AFL convention in Cincinnati. The Great Salt Lake remains uniquely saline.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.