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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1927
Page
4
A fragmented Lawrence Kansas News page notes subscription details, editorial comment on prison reform and parole policy under Governor Paulen, market talk on Kansas corn, and airline and diplomatic notes. Mentions state penitentiary investigation by Haldeman Julius, parole delays, and potential treaties with France and Japan.
Consumers and experts debate whether homes are havens as the Literary Digest reports. The survey, citing urban dwellers and gathering spots, suggests Americans spend much time at home, while critics warn of social ills. Also notes include a Chinese nationalist setback, and Mme Rosika Schwimmer’s tentative US citizenship denial linked to the Henry Ford peace ship effort.
In the old hometown a tandem team pulled down Massachusetts street yesterday morning. A dog owned by Mr Fiintem was run over and killed by the hose cart. O Thacher farms south of the city using a self binding reaper. Joseph Kelso southwest of town finished a fifty acre wheat field yesterday. Mr David Sheirer and Miss Mary Snyder wed at the bride’s parents on Connecticut Street at six last evening. The couple will move to Abilene where Sheirer has a farm. Maggie Bend, once a top Douglas County school teacher, returned from Monmouth with brother-in-law F J Weir the Weir cultivator inventor. Jo A Nelson accepted a call to be pastor of the United Christian Church here, coming from United Presbyterian Topeka. Creditors’ order to rebuild the dam was almost granted but bridg e company protest blocked it. further business postponed to Saturday. A disturbance on a Massachusetts street involved a whipping crane attack at Kessler’s Drug Store after insults toward a business man. the woman delivering the blows claims the remarks justified her actions.
Mrs. Frank Banks arrived from Chicago, meeting her husband in Toneka for tennis matches. Mrs. H. Perkins hosts a party for her son Luvins. N. Devlin injured by a fall at the wire mill improves and rests. Miss Amorette Weaver’s party entertains guests. Miss Alice Manrow led in a fall contest winning a manicure file. Grace Collins won consolation a book. Fraternal Aid building plans discussed. three stories high, Lawrence architect. Henry Albach to handle subscriptions after the Fourth. T. J. Shenley moves to Montana. J. Robb Brady goes to Cleveland to sell summer views. Jenny Wren Cooking School and Dalton Trio program noted for station WREN.?eight million pounds of binder twines needed yearly for Canada’s harvesting.
Kansas City June 29 AP Lack of uniformity in seasonal trends across trade and industry in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, with some sectors hit by cool weather, price declines, and deterrents. Wholesale activity near April level, retail department stores down 10.8% from April, and May livestock and grain outputs setting records. Building activity rose but oil, mining, and crop forecasts showed mixed results. cattle prices hit highs, while sheep and lambs changed little.
Rapid City nine year old Henry Coolidge, a distant kinsman of President Coolidge, hopes to meet the president during the Black Hills vacation. His father Morris is a sixth cousin of the President, and Henry dreams of a White House introduction and summer visit. He recently won a marble championship in Rapid City before a stray shoemaker from the federal Indian school interrupted.
Moscow Art Theatre closed its season with a net profit, instead of a loss, due to strong U.S. tours. The Great Theatre reduced state support to 300000 roubles, far below the usual 2200000. Most Morton theatres also ended the year with a balance, avoiding public funding.
Seventy five years ago today the nation mourned Henry Clay, a renowned Kentucky statesman. The Rival Henley Regatta on the Thames opened today and runs through the week as the Dominion diamond jubilee preparations conclude in Cirvizagh with committees busy in Canada ahead of tomorrow’s celebration.
Topeka June 2 AP three hundred fifty state warrants totaling about two hundred thousand dollars are being prepared by state auditor for July 1 payments to veterans with approved claims under the Kansas soldiers' compensation act. Most beneficiaries are Kansas residents and many claims were previously denied. A bond sale brings the state's total soldier bonus debt to forty million five hundred thousand dollars.
The fragmented prompt asks about authors and pen names including "Gad Sng Wit," Heures Peters, Ruak, Ress Sbeke, Charles Farrar, Ford Rhodes, John Figke, Kirmeet-Uamingway, Ben Hereht, Penrod, and Riackie Daw. It resembles a garbled inquiry into literary aliases and possible misread names with no cohesive article content or dates to summarize.
Garth Guthrie, Canadian war veteran scarred by battle, returns to Elkwan on Hudson's Bay frontier where his past with Ethel falconsers and a costly feud with Laughing McDonald entwines with fur trade danger. On Akimiski Island, McDonald and ally Skene plot against rivals while Ninda the tuberculosis patient whispers of Garth as the aging schooner Ghost looms over a winter struggle.
The retirement of Dr Henry Churchill King from Oberlin College presidency creates a vacancy after a quarter century in which he advanced from tutor in mathematics to professor and president He refused to be a money driven administrator preferring to teach core subjects and write influential religious works His tenure linked religious leadership with education across many bodies Paris dispatch notes a typist with rapid speed.
A thank you note expresses appreciation for sympathy and floral offerings received after the death of a beloved child. The message extends thanks from Mr. and Mrs. and family to friends and neighbors for their kindness during the difficult time.
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