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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1929
Page
4
A fragmented column reports sudden rate increases stirring food foot selling in the New York market. It questions whether the market has hit a ceiling and notes speculation about why rates rose yesterday. The piece also covers crime arrests, an industrial school escape, and political cabinet notes amid a broad, opinionated local column.
In a colorful plan the men of adventure aim to form a new state in eastern Kansas with officials chosen and a name debated. The Chanute suggestion Delos is discussed while El Dorado figures clarify the naming path amid uncertainty about the proposed state roster.
The city fills broken stone on Massachusetts street while a monk adds to his elevator. Water remains scarce as wells run dry this spring. Fourteen cars head east on the Kansas Pacific with mostly emigrants bound for Leadville. W. Cummings buys four and a half thousand steer weights at Judge Thacher’s auction. John Gilmore reports a fine mule taken near his farm. Authorities pursue the thief. Summer of J. House returns from New York.
AH Griesa brought a peach limb to the office. Only about one in ten buds were killed. Co. D. Bunker of Oklahoma University visited the University today. Mr. Dyche's assistant at the University. EB Bennett bought the building at 1012 Massachusetts Street and plans an addition. John Plaskett enjoyed a birthday surprise with a rocking chair. Mr. and Mrs. Walton returned from California. Mrs. Sarah Schell improved after surgery. Herbert Stanford left for Kansas for work with Packing Co. as city salesman.
Ten years ago on March 7 the 1859 Turner Hall at 1001 New York Street in Lawrence, once used by the Turner Society and later by a German Methodist church, is being torn down after years as a tenement and hospital for wounded in Quantrill’s raid.
Fragmentary notices describe a building project with a hall for officers and bookkeeping, a home wedding event for Mrs. A Knop and her daughter, and a reference to two cent postage planned for July 1 following a 1917 three cent rate. States unclear details but mentions National Bank floor space and a Rev. S tone.
Congressmen recall the Washington Soldiers' Home as a national tribute to General Winfield Scott. The piece notes its 100-acre reservation, bronze statue by the Capitol, and the expansion of national and state homes for veterans, with presidents once residing there. It highlights Scott's push for veterans' asylums and the enduring pensioner population.
Stan Gertie of Co D 137th Infantry Kansas National Guard, stationed at the Indian school, is believed the only Indian commissioned officer in the Kansas Guard and possibly among U S National Guard officers. A 22 year old full blood Cherokee from Oklahoma, he is a sophomore in engineering at the University of Kansas, a former Haskell student, and holds ranks of colonel in the Haskell cadet corps and sergeant in ROTC at KU.
A fragmented note records P. Beker purchasing the Tepee Commonwealth for 18000 dollars and L Prentis becoming editor. C M Scott is named sportmaster in whaneas City. James lly and Miles Dita are tied to 1876 events as Di Scott dies in the city.
A short note on the work Poor Pa by Claude Callan appears with copyright details. The publisher is Jobs Publishers, Syn tc ny. The item records authorship and rights for the publication.
Visitors from Tonganoxie and nearby towns gather for theater trips and social events in Kansas City and Lawrence. Mrs Porter of St Louis stays with the Geibs, while several families, including the Laming and Smith clans, travel for doctor visits, hospital stays, and community meetings. Local sports fans attend a county gathering in Leavenworth.
McLOUTH marked the county basketball tournament on March 1 and 2 with strong attendance and enthusiasm. Nine high schools participated. Winchester boys and girls led, McLouth girls tied for the trophy with eight silver basketball trophies awarded, and a reception followed Mrs. Edmonds golden wedding celebration with family from multiple towns.
The report covers family greetings and guests in Topeka and Lawrence, including Milton Bish visiting relatives and a senator couple at a Ways and Means dinner. It notes campus events at Fraser Hall, a Century club gathering, a three course luncheon with a green yellow centerpiece, and new member Elizabeth Lange. The Baptist Bible class study and WCTU meeting changes are also mentioned with hostesses Mayme Steeper and Reba Black.
Big Springs residents recall a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Tom Anderson for their tenth wedding anniversary. Many relatives and friends from Paxico Topeka and nearby farms visited, others moved into new homes despite poor roads. Several families relocated including Bachman Wulfkuhle Wyant and Rake households, while J Donald and Raymond Glenn visited from Denver.
February enrollment at Pleasant Valley shows 26 students with a 626 percent attendance note. The fragment mentions Enid and Eunice Tobler among individuals connected to the records and references February as the month closing the sixth school period.
Delbert Richardson Opal Richardson Maxine and Harold Howard Ruth Hagen attend a Pleasant Valley Farmers Union meeting at the school house on Friday March 8 to discuss plans for the Douglas County unit and a county wide meeting set for the third Saturday of the month. Obser vations include residents at John Hagen and John Grauberger homes and various neighborly moves. several families relocate near Lawrence Birmingham and Bismark, with birthdays celebrated and members moving to new farms as community ties adapt.
Thin, pale sufferers with acid stomachs are advised that excess acid causes indigestion and foul tastes. Pape's Diapepsin dissolves acid, sweetens the stomach, and aids digestion after meals. Thousands report renewed appetite and weight gain after using the pleasant tablets, with 5 million packages sold yearly.
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