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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
4
Long column notes the Howat coal field strike and its broader impact, referencing Secretary Mallon’s tax payment report, Merle Thorpe’s housing concerns, and the North Lawrence streetcar delays. It highlights Harding’s approval of packing house settlements, wage reductions, and eight hour day gains, with public satisfaction over no production restrictions.
The country faces a clash over proposed railroad work rules that would require the railways to pay for hours not spent at the job, including time in bed. Critics say the rules inflate costs by counting sleep and commute time as paid work, threatening own roads and living costs.
Fifty years ago in Law rence the Kansas Pacific depot saw thirteen cars from thirteen fines. Col R B Gemmell received a silver service from friends and associates. A Topeka Wyandotte and Wamego gathering celebrated in his parlors. Warren the fisherman caught a 42 pound catfish sold to St Nicholas restaurant for today’s dinner. J K Hudson of Wyandotte praised as a model young farmer shaping both work and gentility.
Lawrence readers recall 1896 plans for a college daily at Kansas University with possible union with Baker and Washburn. Also notes Griesa & Brother erecting Mt Hope nursery office, and a Jewish mercantile marine potential with the Hecolutz sailing from Jaffa. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised for digestive strength.
The edition discusses Lasky’s proposed film standards including bans on sexual content and bloodshed, plus a nationwide move by the film industry to curb questionable productions. It also prints a North Lawrence letter defending local feed yards, criticizing Harper’s cattle operations and urging health officials to address the nuisance.
Miss Edith Meyers and Miss Marian Kraft left Baldwin for Easter visits in Lawrence and Wamega while James Potts was elected basketball captain for the 1922-23 season. Gladys McKinley visits from Kansas City as do other Baldwin students and community members attend lectures and social events at Baker. A Truman of local clubs hosts gatherings, a Sunday School class celebrates an eighty fifth birthday, and a campus trip to study social conditions is planned with Miss Keohane and others. The town shares notices of church socials, student addresses, and senior class entertainments, ending with a local obituary and business ads in the Baldwin news setting.
Burk’s Big Uncle Tom Cabin Co bills a monster street parade with horses ponies dogs chariots tableaux wagons floats and bands. The exhibition will tour daily on principal streets during their Lawrence appearance on Saturday night April 2 at the Massachusetts Fifteenth corner.
Annunciation Day observances mark 85th birthday. Ten years since a factory fire killed 148 women. George Washington University and Penn State students debate in Wahington on industrial representation. Leonard Wood leads a staff to the Philippines to study conditions for future American policy toward Islam.
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