Journal-World 1930 Postoffice Notice and March 12 Update
A Lawrence Kansas Journal-World item notes second class mail status, delivery by 7 pm, and requests calls for undelivered copies. It references March 12 1930, a religious verse from Romans 8 26, and commentary on a security pact and US stance at a conference. Also includes unsigned opinion pieces critiquing Big Bill Thompson and noting Arthur Brisbane on King George and old newspaper maxims.
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Postoffica
Lawrence
Kansas
Journal-World
British government crisis and Haiti plans loom large in Hoover era briefing
The piece surveys the MacDonald Labour government facing a lost Commons amendment and possible resignation, noting U S interest in naval conference outcomes. It also highlights Senator Borah backing Haiti governance proposals, American commissioners gaining native support, and local political customs in police and fire chief appointments. Commander Byrd’s return to New Zealand and London conference aides frame the broader transatlantic scene.
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MacDonald
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Borah
Haiti
Morak
Porno
Altho
Fire Department
In The Old Home Town Bridge Wait Ramps Warn Crossing
The piece notes ongoing construction on the bridge with iron work starting on the south span. It questions whether the public should risk crossing before a safe crossing is provided and urges warning people off the structure until safety is assured. It mentions Douglas County Mills holding about twenty thousand bushels of wheat and rail cargo delays from bag transfer. A free lecture on Secret Societies by Rev. Chas A. Blanchard is announced for Fraser Hall this evening.
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Douglas County
Kansas City
Fraser Hall
Chas. A. Blanchard
Ilinois
Jubilant University marks five hundred thousand appropriation
Twenty five years ago on March 12 the University celebrated a Jubilee Day after the legislature approved over five hundred thousand dollars for its new gymnasium. Chancellor Strong praised supporters, Dr Naismith outlined plans for the gym, and Mitchell, Miller, Scott and others shared in the optimism. A fire at Col Metcalf’s home caused a brief alarm, while Marion Brown hosted a small birthday gathering and Otis and Mrs Otis Perkins prepared to return from New Orleans. A new grocery at 936 Massachusetts street opens next Tuesday attracting local shoppers.
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Strong
Alexander C. Mitchell
James Naismith
Clyde Miller
Charles JF. Scott
Col. Metcalf
R. I. Street
Marion Brown
Otis Perkins
New Orleans
Massachusetts Street
Not sensitive about being stout Nell offers strong chair
A fragment from 1925 shows Ma declaring not sensitive about stout but disliking Nell who offered a big strong chair replacing a frail one at an Elbyeteht setting.
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Stout
Nell
Elbyeteht
Publishers Syndicate
Ten Years Ago Local Notices March 12
A compact roundup from ten years ago records We Ac Dunmire’s grocery career moves from West End to Sam McCurdy, Mrs O C LeSeur’s Pittsburgh visit, birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs J C Joneson, H W Keene’s move to Spot Cash in Iola, librarian Virginia Edwards granted six months leave to San Diego, Lilian Constant to serve as acting city librarian, and Mrs C W MacFarland added to assistant staff.
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We Ac
0. C. LeSeur
Pittsburgh
Penn
Ward Tillotson
J. C. Joneson
Mareh
Anne
H. W. Keene
Iola
Cash
Keene
Lawrence
Flashes of Life: Census Race and Global Briefs
A collage of short items notes the 1920 U.S. census showing 104 men per 100 women, Paris hints at a female economic equality, New Haven cites whiskey prices, and stories from Vienna to New York cover politics, science, sport, and court life. Notable vignettes include Mrs Hughes’s coffee rituals during a world court address prep and royal pardon tales linking King Albert to a prison release of Carlo Sasselli after 34 years.
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Washington
United States
Joseph A. Hill
Paris
Lucien Romier
New York
Hughes
World Court
Verona
Italy
Albert
Carlo Sasgelli
Chanmy
Sasselli
Victor Emmanuel
Vitamins and the scope of their life giving power
Washington AP reports that despite domestic lumber production, the United States imported wood and wood manufactures valued at 82,600,000 in 1929. The article traces vitamin history from Hopkins 1896 to the discovery of vitamins A B C D E and P and notes their crucial role in growth and normal function.
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United States
Hopkins
Washington
Big Shot by Frank L. Packard
Enid Howard schemes to rob a safe using a coded message in the Markman house but is confronted by Roy, her lover and fellow conspirator. Roy reveals he is undercover and orchestrated a trap to expose the Big Shot gang with Inside help from Markman’s staff. In a tense finale, Enid and Roy face exposure and uncertain fates.
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Enid Howard
Hivonte
P. J. Markman
Portieres
Martin
Phil
Enid
Savas
Roy
JNL
Phill
Ife
Markmian
Pho Police
Portiere
Markman
Strap
Batty Rose
Skinny
Lieut
Inger
Hettin
Big Shot
Mr. Markman
Frank L. Packer
Old Library Time Travel Tale by Mary Graham
In a magical scene the Little Black Clock turns back time to Babylonian readers and brick tablets. John and Perry witness children reading in a school library while a clay tablet story is explained as brick books. Peggy notes the aim of the clock and the distant past. Tomorrow promises a tale about The Horse-Chestnut.
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Mary Graham
Bonner
Babylon
Percy
Redding
Ini Tet
John
Perry
Rick
Peggy
A Great Washington Preacher Sizoo Praises Lincoln Legacy
Sketches from the Capital recount Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo as a distinguished preacher at New York Avenue Presbyterian. The article traces his French roots from Coligny era to immigrant father at Pullman, meeting Robert T. Lincoln, Arlington Burial, and the Lincoln Chimes. Sizoo, Lincoln’s memory, and Civil War era prayer echo at the church.
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Washington
Joseph R. Sizoo
Admiral Coligny
Sighseaux
France
Holland
America
Sizoo
New Land
Abraham Lincoln
Pullman
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman Company
Robert Todd Lincoln
Arlington
Lincoln
Newly York Avenue Presbyterian Church
A . R. Sizoo
Old Trinity
This Date in Kansas History Second Cherokee Strip Meeting
In 1884 the Cherokee Strip Live stock Association held its second meeting at Caldwell while the Southwestern Conference of Methodists convened in Newton.
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Cherokee Strip Livestock Association
Caldwell
Southwestern Conference of Methodists
Newton
Taft buried at Arlington headlines overnight news
AP dispatch lists multiple items: Taft buried in Arlington with nation’s highest honors. Edward S. Albee dies. stock theft of 87 300 by a broker's clerk. Mandeville wharf fire causes 2 million in damage. Lindbergh’s mother among 1 700 nonresidents facing job loss. farm board stance on surpluses. Fox seeks injunction over stock held in trust. Tallahassee bank embezzlement charges. steel magnates delay Youngstown Bethlehem merger. Samuel Morse Felton dies. Janet Eastman wins Miami beauty pageant. plus international items on coal bill defeat in London Gandhi march start. Haiti provisional government unrest easing. Eckener warns Germany on Young plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Arlington
Edward S. Albee
New York
Klerk
New Orleans
Mandeville
Detroit
Lindbergh
Legee
Farm Board
Fox
John E.‘Otterson
H. L. Stuard
Montgomery
Ala
First National Bank of
Youngstown-Bethlehem
Chicago
Samuuel Morse Felton
Chicago, Great Western
Miami
Fla
Janet Eastman
Fort Worth
Freshly Laid Concrete Put to Bed Under Burlap Cover
Arlington AP reports freshly laid concrete pavements may be “put to bed” under a wet burlap and earth blanket to improve curing. Bureau of Public Roads concludes a three year study showing increased wear resistance and fewer cracks with the dam coverlet technique. Forty slabs across conditions at the Arlington experimental farm tested identical mixes.
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Arlington
Bureau of Public Roads
Arlington Experimental Farm
Gly-Cas Praised For Supposed Relieving Cure
Lawrence resident Miss Etta Lown testifies Gly-Cas eased months of rheumatism neuritis and kidney trouble after three boxes. She praises the remedy as miraculous and notes the Gly-Cas Man at Round Corner Drug Store daily touts its merit to the public.
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Lawrence Nurse
Etta Lown
Johnson Ave
Lawrence
Round Corner
Daug
Oil Daily
Engineers Compare Curing Methods For Asphalt Roadwork
Surface curing materials including earth straw burlap tar and chemicals were tested for cracking shrinkage and hardness. Engineers L W Teller and H L Bosley reported wet burlap earth curing most effective though results were not conclusive. A wear machine with three steel wheels measured hardness and pavement resistance. The test marks the first general effort to use definite curing knowledge to improve highways.
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L. W. Teller
H. L. Bosley
Industrial Growth in Dixie Draws Labor Southward
Birmingham AP report notes organized labor expanding into the southern United States with a steady campaign led by the American Federation of Labor. Paul J. Smith says the drive will rely on nondramatic, gradual methods as industrial development accelerates below the Mason-Dixon line.
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Dixie
Textile workers union drive expands from Birmingham
The movement aims to unionize textile workers and many crafts as an early stage of industrial labor organizing. Birmingham is chosen as headquarters for its strategic location and industrial base, with existing unions among railway workers and barbers noted. Smith of Iowa has led the campaign since 1905 across Alabama Georgia the Carolinas and beyond.
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Oue
Birmingham
Smith
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tri
MISSILES THROWN AFTER OTTAWA BASKETBALL GAME
Lawrence fans sore headline belies Ottawa victory 2 to 12 as a glass salt cellar is hurled from a car on US 78 near Centropolis injuring Mrs Reed and two daughters in Ottawa. C T Porter suffers a cut from a missile in a northbound truck incident. Two similar salt cellars vanish from Elders cafe after the game.
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Lawrence
Ottawa Herald
Laren
Ottawa
O. W. Reed
Centropolis
Helen
Reed
C. T. Porter
Elledes
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