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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
4
A 1927 Lawrence World entry rails at a Chicago to Pacific coast race by father and son, saying it endangered the public and violated speed laws. It criticizes the Automobile Association of America for backing the stunt and urges safer driving practices. It also mocks sensational Chaplin coverage and emphasizes household life over sensationalism.
The piece recalls Ed Howe’s old million dollar air race offer and notes a Hawaii to Manila flight as a tougher test than the trans Atlantic hop. It mentions a Vanderbilt heiress awaiting parental blessing, a Sacco and Vanzetti case with death sentences amid protests, a Massachusetts governor delaying executions, and a proposal to appoint advertising czars to balance that industry with sports and cinema.
A stone cross walk was laid on Warren street, Donnily Brothers unveiled a new two seated buggy for fishing trips, and a county jail sanitary report was discussed by Dr A Fuller, Alex Shaw, and J H Gillham. Thunderstorm accidents injured two workers and burned a boy’s arm, Dr Day moved to Chester's drug store, Captain Perrin of Evie Pa bought a western farm, and he plans Lawrence as a future home while praising the city. Topeka officials inspected Lawrence fire operations and a new engine purchase was eyed, then they planned visits to Atchison and Leavenworth to view further engines.
The column notes A H Griesa leaving for Germany to visit his birthplace and early childhood, detailing his poor English on arrival and his later success in the United States as a living example of the American ideal. It lists other locals returning from trips, vacations, and upcoming weddings, plus a note on King Henry VI and historic hour workdays. It ends with an ad for thermos at a Lawrence drug store.
A rare 1883 volume, The Statutes of Kansas, documents the work of the so called bogus legislature that met at Pawnee and Shawnee and adjourned to Fort Riley and the Shawnee Manual Labor School. It covers territorial laws, the Declaration of Independence, the Fugitive Slave Act, and acts relating to Kansas Territory, with chapters detailing county boundaries, ferries, a medical college, and early road and state institution plans. The volume preserves the era’s legal framework and the fate of early Kansas governance.
Mid‑June figures from the state board of regents indicate University of Kansas gains 191 in attendance, Kansas State Agricultural College up 31, while three teachers’ colleges fall 426 from last summer. A surplus of teachers reduces summer school turnout, with 1925 marking the previous high attendance.
Amherst College welcomes Dr. Arthur Stanley Pease as president. A Harvard graduate and former classics professor at the University of Malines, he is noted for culture and judgment. Native of Connecticut, he studied at Phillips Andover and trained in Rome before teaching at Harvard. Previously in Amherst’s Latin department, he now leads the college. Oxford Cambridge dual meet plans and American track team prospects are noted.
Garth Guthrie, a Canadian war veteran with lung weakness, returns to Elkwan near Hudson Bay where rival traders Skene and McDonald scheme around Cree Chief Souet and a looming Christmas fur market. Etienne Lavoisne aids him as tensions rise over scarce pelts, Indian alliances, and strait ice as a risky voyage toward Akimiski unfolds.
A garbled OCR passage lists scattered questions about literary authors and works. It mentions Marlowe and Shakespeare, English poets and satirical writers, Fielding as forerunner, plus a public notice line about chiggers and a drug store. It ends with a note on glass production in the United States.
A 1877 note reports relief as Furnaners notes a sister-in-law locating a missing pocketbook. She had called three times to say it was left at the addressed location, and the item is now recovered.
Fragmentary program mentions Ruth James soprano and quintet, a sales tie, names Linton Scheel and Mercantile, plus a bereavement thank you from Mr. Robert G. Lee and family for kindness shown during illness and death of wife and mother with floral offerings. Barker's Drug Store listed.
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