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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
2
A garbled 1910s style column discusses public interest in cultural figures and aviation history. It mentions Georges people and a young boxer, World War I pilots, and references to Carpentier and other French aviation careers with uncertain details.
A long list of items from the garbled page notes the annual convention exercises in Springfield by an association of clubs or societies. Mentions include Britain's age, Rexall hair tonics, and local figures such as Haley and J. Kiefer, with family updates and a Kansas City trip referenced.
The article traces Georges Carpentier’s wartime boxing arc including early losses to Joe Jeanette and Gunboat Smith, notable comebacks, and his postwar exhibitions and discharge. It notes contemporaries Billy Papke Frank Klaus and Pau Jozounda, referencing 1912 to 1914 bouts and the era’s American boxing scene.
Local residents, including Miss Fthlyn Steffart and Mrs Addie Tielay, visit friends in Ottawa and Baldhin while ongoing travel connects Kansas City and Ludington. The Baker area hosts church events, Bible study trips to Chicago, and a Children’s Day program in Centenary Hall with key speakers from the community.
Excavations on Massachusetts Street near 900 block Hoy Fort highways progress as laborer ads seek workers. Lawrence pair Geil I ovter and Herbert Wille were bound over to the November term of the Douglas County district court with bonds set at 1000 each. Zerba lodge of Masons held a routine meeting at the Masonic temple. Weather remained sultry with high temperatures. Fair preparations for the Westland and Big Springs fair are listed. Twilight league baseball plans and Dempsey Jarpen event prospects are noted for July. W. C. Bieger bought the Hankin property at 724 Fourth Street and sold an earlier home on Gies Street. Berry crop and strawberry fields around Ever-4 bearing varieties described. Sunday school session to be held at Worden. H. Railles, charged with non support, waived preliminary hearing after being arrested in Topeka.
The item lists varied local topics including budget planning in Topeka and University of Kansas athletics funding, plus weather outlook and changes to schedules. It mentions church work resuming, sea plane rides at Wood Park, and a trip to Kansas City by Mayien Tohanney.
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