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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
8
The Kansas City and Missouri markets show mixed results across cattle, grain, and eggs with fluctuating prices. Corn oats wheat and livestock futures reflect ongoing demand, with no decisive trend as of June reports.
Reports from a tense frontier scene describe General Huerta in custody amid rumors of a plot to invade across the border. Officials from the U S Department of Justice acknowledge surveillance as Huerta declines to speak before his hearing next Thursday.
Threshermen have formed a new county organization and moved to raise threshing prices from four to five cents per bushel for fleshing and three to four cents for threshing oats. Three meetings have been held, the latest Saturday at the Court House drawing participants from all parts of the county. The price boost is to cover new operating costs, with members indicating they could not thresh at old prices without incurring losses. A separate note announces K U Shoe Shop relocating to East Ninth Street behind the Pro State Park Building, offering student-friendly services and seed work at reduced rates.
Unclear counts report 127 killed and 56 injured from air raids on Thurlepool Scarborough and Whitby. Under Secretary Brace announced casualties in the House of Commons noting multiple deaths including men women and children and many wounded.
Henry Ford II son of Henry Ford of Detroit leads a party in a Ford touring the Santa Fe trail toward California. They aim for San Diego and San Francisco expositions, facing rain and rough roads through Missouri and Illinois, reporting they have made good progress with only minor delays since leaving Detroit.
University plans evening recreation hours for the summer session inviting Lanwrence students to join. Dr Alice Goetze leads folk dancing and volley activities for women with assistance from student Miss Alina Elliott.
An advertisement for summer school outlines male physical education under James B. McNaught. Activities include volleyball drills and related physical exercises to be conducted in the evening, with plans for facilities and supervision noted.
Miss Taylor of Wichita is described as an able, witty, influential young woman gaining social notice. The ceremony, led by Rev. A. Redkirk, included flourish and roses. The article lists recital pupils and a long set of names connected to the event and local society.
Brief notices list residents and visitors from Topeka and surrounding areas. Names include Bramilton, Beachy Perking, Oscar Dahlene, Ivah Bisse, Julia and Josephing Till, Emma Sehmidt, Join Buch, Jam ie Mo, ELS Amolilia, Katherine Oder, Margaret Merrit, Ed Hope, A Brewer, and Earling Boazarth with travels to Kansas City Topeka Atlantic Gill Hebron and other locations.
A flood of social items lists guests visiting Miss Ethy Hard Ling and relatives across Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado. Notables include Roscoe Stubbs from Yupeka, Miss Martha Neustifier in Kansas City, Miss May Maabe on Kentucky Street, and Walter Setall heading to California for Expositions. Several families plan visits to Denver, Blue Rapids, Leavenworth, and Lawrence, with trips to Grand Canyon and Chicago and the ongoing horse market exploration in Milwaukee mirrored by travelers from Black Wolf and Ellsworth.
Governor Capper issues a statewide flood prevention proclamation calling a July 9 Topeka meeting. Attendees include mayors drainage board members county commissioners engineers bankers and farmers to discuss a system costing at most the price of one flood and reducing future losses. Mrs Sutton and family and Mrs Jane Sutton visited Derr Sutton Wednesday.
A proposal to establish a Bible college in Lawrence, modeled after Lincoln, Des Moines, Enid, and Columbia institutions, moves to a State Convention endorsement. The plan calls for Myers Hall expansion, a National Board role, and a $700,000 endowment to support faculty and facilities, aiming to serve Christian Church students statewide.
The Dread Golf Club handicap tournament ended with a decision from Spaulding expert Tom Cegdelow. A. Algoany named winner. Afman claims the trophy for the second time and will hold it for a year. If won thrice, ownership transfers.
A fragmented report states German forces occupy Waliex on the Davister river in Galicia, with a claimed crossing of the front above Halt state pint. The message attributes the notice to Germany Headquarters and mentions distillation detail for McNish water, though the item is garbled and cautions reading.
Fred Skinner died yesterday at 30 after his brother Lomer Skinner reported his death at 1309 Ilaskelfatenue. Funeral tomorrow morning at 1.6 Telock oat the Drunkard elinteh corner Fourteenth and New Hampshire. Oak Hill cemetery to inter. He is survived by his wife, one child, four sisters including two who will attend, and a brother. Emily Scott, osteopath, has moved from Lawrence to Topeka.
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