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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1929
Page
4
The item cites Ezekiel 13 4 and a Rivera quote on tenure while noting Mussolini’s grip on Italy. It contrasts Spain’s dictator with Mussolini, stating the Spanish leader lacks Il Duce's power. The piece references the Journal World and a Wednesday issue context.
A Kansas move to repeal the cigarette sale ban and tax per pack prompts scrutiny of tax stamping and enforcement. Governor Reed plans to dedicate part of a 40,000 appropriation for law enforcement to curb illegal cigarette sales amid investigations in Lawrence and proposed revisions by the State Tax Commission to modernize the tax system.
Observation and speculation rise as Kansans discuss Governor Reed's potential appointment of Henry J. Allen to the Senate. The argument centers on national policy outweighing local concerns, amid rumors Hoover favors Allen and calls into question past pledges by Reed and Allen. A Louisiana governor impeachment case also enters the discourse regarding political power and state legislature targets.
The Perry Mirror voices doubt over a tariff on spinach and carrots while urging farm relief. It notes a carrot preparation trick that makes them taste like pineapple and imagines using tariff funds to pave roads around Perry.
A town report recalls a Tuesday barn fire destroying a self-binder and harness, with $900 insurance on the structure but nothing on the contents. Fire started in several places. an arson suspicion is hinted though no enemy is known. Also noted is Kanwaka township coal delivery resembling Fort Scott red coal, and local mentions of Al Diges and Ed. C. Eldridge. The item includes a social note about Mr Eldridge’s letter and family growth, plus dental ads and a Vermont street listing for April sales by Atkinson Bros.
A city column recalls events from March 27 including John M Newlin’s return from Denver due to his daughter’s illness, a Friday card party at 731 Tennessee street with prizes, Emil Hunsinger’s illness, Miss Dillian Bunton’s pneumonia recovery, Beth Kanoga’s substitution work at Overbrook High, and Xenine Nation’s travel through Lawrence en route to Rochester. Ten years ago notes also mention student army transfer barracks sold for 11000 to Haskell Institute.
The article notes University terms force a purchase of all barracks while Rotarian guests include George Jr Max Wilhelm Capt John Amick. It also mentions Mr. and Mrs A E Reynolds selling their Grant township farm to buy a hundred acres at Oak Grove Missouri and occupying it immediately. A surprise party honors Howard Griffin with many attendees. Mrs Heflin hosts a spring party for Mrs S K Heflin in honor of Mrs C R Goodman. Birthday dinners honor Katherine Fullerton and Mrs W A Dill. Sergeant Byron Cohn, returning from France, enrolls at Poitiers University after serving on the Mexican border. Mrs E E Gore, longtime Lawrence resident, visits for Madam Strong’s eighty fifth birthday event.
The Treasury of the United States stands as a vast financial center and is noted for its grand building with an Athens style east front and a statue of Alexander Hamilton on the plaza. The department, employing about 60,000, enforces Prohibition, supervises the Coast Guard, guards public health, and maintains the North Atlantic ice patrol.
This date item notes J W Roberts buying the Commercial at Leavenworth, Oswego coal mines opening, and Charles H Miller confirmed as U S marshal for Kansas. It also mentions the Topeka Blade editor shot and killed and Topeka Times editor W Wilson.
The National Old Trails Roads Committee and Council Oak Chapter Daughters of the Revolution led a September 7, 1928 dedication in Council Grove Kansas for the Madonna of the Trail monument. Attendees included national and state officers, local officials, and notable figures such as Mrs John Trigg Moss and Harry Truman. The event featured a bugle call, invocations, speeches, unveiling, and a pageant detailing regional pioneer history.
The document lists historical trails crossing Butler County Kansas plus a 1928 report of D A R chapter activities. Trails named include California, Osage, Fort Leavenworth to Fort Sill, Concord coach route, Humboldt, Santa Fe and military roads. Chapters report marker placements and fundraising, with Newton and Topeka notable marker projects and a Mary Wade Strother update.
The Captain Jesse Leavenworth chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution began in October 1906 in Leavenworth Kansas. Ruth Johns organized the group at her home with Mrs. W. E. Stanley as organizing regent. The chapter grew with 15 charter members and engaged in war relief, historical preservation, education, and Americanization, funding flags, monuments, and scholarships while maintaining regular meetings and commemorations.
Mrs. Robert Bruce Campbell state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution organized the Wakeeny chapter on September 12 1928. The largely working women group has twelve members and plans an engaging meeting program while advancing in work and aims under leader Mays A A Blair.
Polly Ogden Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution marks sixteen years since organization. Of eighteen charter members five remain active. The chapter bears the name of the great grandmother of organizing regent Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyt Purcell, wife of Ebenezer Cole, pastor of the Baptist church at Phillipstown New York in 1802.
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