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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1929
Page
3
A discussion on farm board composition urges selecting a banker or business leader for its ranks. Senator Brodkus criticizes fundraising linked to appointive officeholders, labeling it political blackmail and a covert campaign finance tactic. A Kansas City Star editor recalls vacation misfortunes and notes prohibition enforcement pressures on both sides of the border.
Years ago camps drew praise as parents report improved habits and self care in boys who attend. The training, though criticized by some radicals, yields good results with discipline and health, and many more boys sought the program than could be accommodated this year.
The Arkansas City Traveler notes Kansas cities ages and historic milestones, leaning on memories of Quantrill and the territorial era. It honors a venerable figure tied to Kansas culture, a governor, and the ongoing pride of Lawrence Topeka and nearby towns in a 75th birthday tribute.
A vandal damaged Fort Scott street signals and Mill Creek bridge lights in a single night. Police concluded a man, reportedly drunk, carried out the acts, reflecting the local claim that a person’s drinking is nobody else’s business. Strong evidence points to one individual as the culprit.
Fifty years ago this week the Western Horse Journal planned a six thousand copy issue with university and local interest articles. Notices include machinery updates for Lawrence box manufactory, camp meeting at Bismarck Grove, and visits by Rev. Dr. Reynolds of Fort Riley.
Mrs B Johnson and Mrs W Collins issue at home cards for June 22 and 23 at Mrs Johnsons Ohio Street residence. Miss Fredericka Fluke hosted Hera Pearl Taul of Deaver Colorado and a group of her friends at South Kentucky Street in honor of the visiting guest.
New details release plans for three airplane flights from Canada to Europe next month. Lieut Ben Eielson and Bert Hassel join other fliers in routes via Ontario Quebec Greenland Iceland Bergen Oslo Copenhagen Paris London Scotland, Berlin. Geneval MacBrien notes aircraft can cross the Atlantic but range limits fuel and supplies.
The Leavenworth Times prints letters by Colonel D R Anthony from July and August 1854 describing his first visit to Kansas. The letters originally appeared in the Rochester Union in New York.
Donn Byrne's last novel Field of Honor, completed days before his death in June 1928, will be published by The Century Co next September in the United States. Byrne's widow Dolly Byrne travels to confer with Century, emphasizing the posthumous work's significance to fans.
A Mexican government church settlement allows the Catholic church to resume services after three years of conflict. Portes Gil and two bishops reached the agreement with Papal approval. The accord permits bishops to identify priests for registration, allows church instruction in churches, orders the release of religious prisoners, and permits priests to return to Mexico.
Mrs Maude Bruner was acquitted of first degree murder in the January 29 slaying of her husband William H Bruner. She testified self defense after an all night quarrel and collapsed on the witness stand. The verdict came about 24 hours after the case began. a prior trial ended 11 to 1 for acquittal. A former Nevada Missouri resident, she surrendered to police the day after the shooting. Also note a Nutrition Meeting set by Kansas Agricultural College official Connie Foote for Monday at 10 am with Farm Bureau nutrition leaders in the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce building.
Busy Baldwin page recalls a Kensington club picnic. weddings. a large funeral for Dr J D Smith of Baldwin who served forty years in the Methodist church and led Carleton and Port Arthur colleges. Also reports on weather damage, visits, and local social events across Baldwin and nearby towns.
The library will begin summer hours on July 1. Circulation desk open from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily.
Topeka reports a mix of weather and local notices. Fair to partly cloudy conditions with thunderstorms possible this afternoon or tonight, cooler in the east. temperatures near 75 today and around 53 tonight in northern regions, 80 to 85 tomorrow. Oakwood cemetery burial for Dr Smith noted, with Masonic lodge conducting service. Gould's casino asset costs cited at 5 million, while a local figure faces an $800,000 loss in five months.
Frank Jay Gould's De la Meiterance casino in Nice France loses in a Riviera gambling dispute. The AP reports a decision affecting Gould's gambling interests and operations on June 22.
A Iowa mother with six of eight children sat with the baby at a Kansas City bus station. She offered the infant to a carer, police objected, and officers searched for the mother while the child slept in a city hospital cot. The scene included the noisy siblings and a bystander remarking at the scene.
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