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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
5
A Wichita speech reveals Governor Allen will retire after his current term and return to his hometown to publish. The editorial discusses his independent stance, critiques public office career politics, and contemplates Dawes budget plans and federal organization with army support for practical reform.
Editorial notes Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts urging support for funds raised by a group of women to rebuild Bei strdyed village and cemetery near the Battle of Beauregard. He plans to ask Congress for a small banking privilege to accept appeals for funds nationwide. The piece highlights the Twenty sixth English negotiation and the cemeteries near the war’s end with burials of 200 men.
Friday reports from Lawrence Kansas suggest hot weather across the region with many residents seeking relief amid sweltering conditions. The Salina Journal notes widespread interest as towns in nearby counties monitor the forecast and anticipate heat intensities.
A fragmented historical account traces Lawrence banks from early Forties through the Panic of 1873 and later crises, detailing the Lawrence bank failures, consolidations, and the rise of the National and Merchants banks. It credits local resilience, noting key figures, institutions, and the enduring Lawrence National Bank amid recurring financial turmoil.
The Capper Poultry club of Leavenworth County held a meeting at Paul Watkins home in June. Seven members and forty-five were present. After the program, games were played. A Cow Decide game used Cow Chow as the theme with checkered bags and a caller. An ad for J Underwood & Son offered farm supplies and a phone number.
Four prisoners at the state penitentiary and ten at the reformatory in Kansas were granted paroles. The State Board of Administration, amid concerns over parole performance, reduced paroled numbers this year. Judge Smith commented on the need for accountability and the reformatories’ mixed results, while authorities noted harvest work and security as factors in parole decisions and farm labor.
A note from Lawrence reprints that Mr McKinard of McKinard Smith will travel to Ireland for a visit after twenty five years abroad. He left the country as a youth with little money and now returns well regarded by neighbors as a respected citizen in the community.
Dougiak county farmers faced large apples so bulky they fetched low by weight and filled a bushel less. A town meeting today reported a modest turnout and an interesting program at Haskell Hill theater. Nearby, Woodslant Park hosted the Patterson-Kline Shows with crowd lineups and local vendors.
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