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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1922
Page
4
A Philadelphia style news page fragment notes subscription rates and circulation details for Lawrence Kansas. It also recounts editorials on Daniel Gompers, mine murders in Illinois, and social trends in film and theater. The piece highlights Boy Scout activities, a Rotarian built cabin, and a reflection on Kansas mining districts. It closes with a curious anecdote about dog shortages on Lyon county farms and dogs in town pounds.
An Emporia boy quartering a dog to the pound is noted amid complaints of overcharging American tourists in Germany. Eskimo health claims spark a science column. North Pole propaganda uses Kansas thermometer readings. A Kansas City church receives ten dollars from the Ku Klux Klan and seeks the donors’ address to return it.
The French Financial Mission sails today to consult with the War Debt Funding Commission in Washington. Theta Delta Chi plans a four day national convention in Boston to mark its diamond jubilee. King George and Queen Mary accept invitations to dine with the American Ambassador and Mrs Hervey tonight. Grover Cleveland Association of New York decorates Cleveland’s grave in Princeton cemetery on the 11th anniversary of his death. Miss Virginia Sutherland, daughter of Senator Howard Sutherland, marries Dr George Marshall Lyon today at the bride’s parents home in Elkins West Virginia.
A collage of odd items notes a Florida aviator surviving on grasshoppers and dodging cars, jokes about women in knickerbockers, rainmaking schemes, and the value of a pressed suit. It mentions Kaiser memoirs due in September, tariff duties, radio broadcasting quirks, Mexico City plant strikes, and colleges handing out honorary degrees amid lighter social musings.
W. W. Harvey former speaker of the Kansas House and current assistant U. S. attorney at Topeka visited Lawrence today. Harvey practiced law in Ashland eighteen years before moving to Topeka to serve in public office.
Shanghai May 29 At the National Christian Conference in Shanghai the largest religious gathering in China hosted twelve hundred delegates from across the nation and abroad. A core aim emerged for a unified indigenous Chinese church while a major procedural shift ended the China Continuation Committee to be absorbed by a National Christian Council of one hundred members advising on mission coordination.
Journal-World reporters listened in on a Kansas City Star broadcasts from 1622 New Hampshire Street. The program featured vocal and instrumental numbers with Starrazer monatorist and Uncle Josh style talk. Douglas owned a Westinghouse Acriola radio set worth 825 dollars and built a smaller version for about 150 dollars.
We thank friends for beautiful flowers and kindness shown during the illness and death of our brother William H. Hickey. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Holladay and Family. Electric grills for summer cooking $2.98, City Drug Store.
June 24 Kansas City Me A new Christian flag white with a red cross on blue floats at Convention Hall beside the Stars and Stripes. The flag symbolizes Christianity to be strengthened by the International Sunday School Convention. A youth rally June 26 will be held in a separate auditorium with many volunteers for pageants ushers and information duties. Kansas City homes will host delegates and Boy Scouts guide the Halletts to their lodgings.
E Harold Geer, praised by leading organists including Charles M Widor, will give a concert at the Baptist church Thursday evening June 29. He has served as organist at Vassar College for six years with growing recital attendance and was secured for Laurence through Prof Skilton. Tickets are 50 cents.
Miss Helen Harshberger and Mrs Edythe Ransdell toured Topeka on Thursday. Lawrence visitor H Mitchell joined Miss Anna Mitchell, and many neighbors attended gatherings at CG Richards and various homes. The Minervian Club met June 14 with twenty members. Miss De Castro gave a talk, followed by refreshments. Numerous calls, visits, and small social events filled out a week in Barker with relatives from Harrison, Wiggins, Bigsby, and Baxter families.
Workmen remove an obstruction in the river that was part of the old railroad bridge. After each blast, dead fish float downstream, while garden hose sales rise as rain remains scarce and lawns need care.
Seventy Kansas boys and girls will represent the state at two older youth camps near Denver starting June 27. Boys camp runs to July 9, girls camp to August. Camps emphasize Christian leadership, athletic events, and army-style routines under the International Sunday School organization. Four district court jury trials are set for Monday, with more cases possible next week.
Topeka, June 24. It would take a fifty acre field to hold all the books printed by the state printing plant for the Kansas School Book Commission in seven years. Text books total 6,848,736 with an estimated $1,000,000 saved for parents compared with retail prices. All grade school texts are now printed by the state, with nine new volumes this year and four high school titles planned. Examples show state prices far below publishers’ prices. The plant also handles all printing for state officers and boards.
Clinton Chas Cummings was a Lawrence visitor Wednesday. Emma Kampschroder, Willie Kampschroder and Jude Anderson attended the children’s day program at Washington Creek. Mrs Fern Manning of Topeka is visiting the Arthur Losh home. LaVerne White visited the Fred Kampschreder home. Local residents attended a Big Springs convention: Emma and Mattie Kampschreder, Mattie Tarpy, Edith Gibler, Frances Martin, C. E. Martin, Willie Kampschreder, Jude Anderson, Earl Martin, and Oral Bradley. Mr and Mrs Eugene Gibler and daughter Irene stay at J. D. Gibler home. Graduates from Clinton school: Raby and Opal Ollingswort, Irma Belle Cummings, Theodore Jones. Mr and Mrs R. J. Tarrell and children at M. C. Tarpy home. Omer Belles of Chapman spent weekend with home folks. Miss Let. Vallynkark visited Miss Alberta Howe. T. J. Caylor Lawrence visitor Tuesday. Mrs Merritt Underwood and daughter of Lawrence spent Sunday with Mrs Arthur Losh.
Ice demand grows with farm use of autos as a two man crew now runs the plant. Bob Rankin of the Ice company notes past single handling gave time for reading news and best sellers, while current staff stays on the job all day.
A playful tale features the Understanding Scissors and Friendly Paste Pot crafting Polly Prim a paper doll. The scene details patterning cutting and assembling parts with gingham dress and lace, while Betty plans future Polly Prim creations and a new Tuesday feature Poison Weeds at the church. The passage blends whimsy with a Sunday school notice from First Presbyterian Church inviting all ages to worship.
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