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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1929
Page
5
Reports from the southwest describe a delayed harvest with spring sowing and heavy wheat movement. Large fleets of empty cars, some 18,000 in the Satta system, clog lines, while storage points like Hanses City run full, pushing new wheat toward export ports in greater volumes than usual.
AP report highlights Chicago debates at teachers convention on school board power to ban or regulate attire and behavior for female staff, including marriage status and late hours. The draft covers academic freedom, gender equality, and emancipation, with criticism of restrictive payroll practices for married women and broader union positions.
Readable puzzle bits mix with garbled words. Mentions including a water animal, acid, and indebt actions hint at scattered crossword clues without a coherent theme or complete entries.
Henry Mason Day, vice president of Sinclair Exploration Company, and Harry Sinclair faced imprisonment in Washington for contempt of court tied to the Sinclair Fall conspiracy trial. Day arrived in a taxi to enter the jail, denying any wrongdoing while expressing intent to continue in New York after serving a four month term.
John T. Schualm and Dave Heftner motored to Ottawa Saturday. Mrs. Orville Erin and daughter Lois spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Carl Plambeck. Elisabeth and Amitonette Fe, Miss Alber Schwartz and others appear in a fragmented social note from Worden.
A vintage style market notice lists prices for bacon ham pork and beef items including 5 lb broken sliced bacon 15 cents per pound fresh pork sausage 15 cents per pound fresh ground hamburger 20 cents per pound veal stew 15 cents per pound lean boneless beef pot roast 25 cents per pound fresh country eggs 26 cents per dozen and cottage cheese and butter products. It invites customers to bring a bucket for lard and mentions chickens dressed on order.
The ceremony featured white tapers, larkspur and ferns with the couple at the center table for the cake. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rappard, Harold, Elmer, Ivan, Mac, Donald Rappard, C. W. Pingert and family, Rev. P. Go Nuffer, Leonardville Ks. Chas. Rapard Sr., Grandpa Beine, Will Rappard and families, Lyons and Beines families, Pippert and Foster families, DeWatteville of Lawrence, Gilges and LaVerne, Chas Rappard, Breithaupt family, Pippert Mae Elsie Pinnett, Edwin Schreiber, Carl Stark and Margaret of Kansas City, Harry Strong of Lake View, Leona Eberwein, and Mabel Twig. In the evening a crowd gathered at Henry Rappard’s home for a charivari. candy and cigars were shared. The couple planned a Chicago trip and return to Lawrence after July 1.
The notice mentions Pippert and Barteldes Seed Company ties with Merchants National Bank, Lawrence Business College alumni, and well wishers like Mr and Mrs J Breithaupt and family. It records callers at John Lyons home and visits from Margaret Stark of Kansas City to Mae Ranpard, plus local shoppers and social exchanges among Lawrence residents.
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a natural digestive aid free of mineral drugs. It claims benefits for indigestion constipation and general vitality by stimulating stomach and digestive organs with roots bark and herbs. It emphasizes long-time druggist recommendations a low cost per dose and a money back guarantee.
Cole and Oli Letch called at the J. W. Breithaupt home Sunday afternoon.
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