Beach High School Building Support Warms Lawrence
A March 28 1921 notice discusses the town’s push to fund a new high school building in Lawrence Kansas. Readers are urged to advance the issue within a week as local business leaders back the educational need amid postwar cost pressures. Local farm bureau activity and immigration debates surface alongside a note on snakes and air snakes in recent research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amwiiding
Lawrence
Lawfice
Lawence
Why Lansing Stayed Washington Opinion Largely Unvindicated
An analysis argues Lansing did not resign over irreconcilable views with Wilson. It notes wartime unity and the need to present a solid front, with domestic and international repercussions guiding Lansing to avoid a public break at Paris. The piece weighs political risk against preserving negotiations and national policy.
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Washington
Robert Lansing
Sestion Wilson
Waris
Lansing
Obert Lansing
Wilson
Paris
United States
Mr. Lansing
German trade gains cited by U S investigations
United States government investigations disclose that German trade has increased greatly within the last year as an outcome of German organizing, despite their desire to show an inability to pay war indemnity. The note suggests factories remained intact after the war and highlights the balance between achievement and financial obligation.
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United States
Kansas Athlete Everett Bradley Likely to Defend Title in Philadelphia
Editorial commends Everett Bradley of Kansas University as a premier all around athlete. He will travel to Philadelphia next month to defend his United States pentathlon title amid a strong eastern and western field. Kansans pledge best wishes for his victory and honor. In related news Berlin reports German film stars demand high salaries prompting producers to cap pay.
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Kansas
Bradley
Rudyard Kipling
Everett Bradley
Kansas University
Philadelphia
United States
Kansan
Sunflower State
Kansas City
Berlin
Moving Picture Companies
W. H. Carruth
Unity Church
Topeka
Ed. Hunter
Effingham
Kesas University
Lawrence
Gorge A. Esterly
Kansas City Dental College
C.F. Esterly
Gii
Nes
Georgia Brown
Memorial Day Plans in France Discussed by American Legion
In Paris on March 28 the American Memorial Day Committee met at the American Legion headquarters to consider plans for Memorial Day and commemorative exercises across France to honor American dead buried in French soil.
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France
Paris
Jrancr
America
Cecil
American Memorial Day Committee
American Legion
Lawrence notes from 25 years ago in 1895
Reprinted items from the Lawrence Daily Journal and the Lawrence Daily World describe local openings, medical visits, regents meetings, university staff, dental college news, and a spring election registration nearing 9 pm. The piece mentions new blacksmith shop Locust and Bridge, Judge Bassint's operation, faculty travels, and civic improvements.
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Wil A. Mibbe
Locust and
Bridge Streets
Lawrence
O. A. Bassint
Topeka
Ordei
University
Yesienay
Tross
Penny
Engel
Gy. C. J. Simmons
Coal exports from U S to Argentina soar in 1920
The United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina reports that Argentina’s coal imports from the United States in 1920 were seven times greater than those from Great Britain. This highlights a major shift in supplier dominance for Argentine coal purchases.
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Argentine
Buenos Aires
Marvel
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Argentina
Great Britain
Tifty Years Ago in Lawrence Recollection Told
A rough-edged reminiscence from Lawrence描 depicting local life in past decades. An honest farmer returns from town to learn Sunday instead of Saturday. a man loses hard earned money in a night misadventure. a townlet sale nets $1,100 with a portion invested in horses. a 1856 Sharp rifle travels from Lawrence to South Carolina and back with Revolutionary War echoes.
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Wip van Winkle
Lawrence
Meyer Grovenor
Lac Rence
South Carolina
Mahusetts
Plenty of Lake Stipping Changes Supply for Great Lakes Shipping
Chivara March 28 report notes a larger expected Great Lakes shipping supply this year after seasons of tighter volumes. Vesselmen from Chicago say steel demand falloff supports more lake traffic, though exact totals remain uncertain. Some farmers plan to move cargoes, with April 14 noted as a potential movement window. The piece also mentions unrelated notes on etiquette and remedies.
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Chivara
Great Lakes
Vesselmien
Chicegzo
Two Grain Marketing Contracts Planned For Farmers
Chicago March 28 Two contracts are planned under the national grain marketing program proposed by the Farmers Grain Marketing Committee of Seventeen The plan aims for a five year term pending a Chicago conference on April 6 when ratification occurs Delegates from grain states will decide The contracts cover grower to local cooperative elevator and local elevator to the national agency The arrangements emphasize exclusive sale of each grower’s grain through the national agency and delivery of surplus grain for seed and feed use
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Chicago
Farmers Grain Marketing Committee
C. H. Gustafson
National
Gun Marketing Agency
Clifford Chicega
Tta
Notable Today in History and Society Highlights
Aristide Briand turns 60 in France as celebrations begin. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks observe their first wedding anniversary. Orange Week is proclaimed by the California Fruit Growers Association. The Dixie Ball returns to New Willard in Washington. The National Association of Collegiate Alumnae holds its biennial convention in D C with educators from leading colleges. The Minnesota Supreme Court weighs motions in two National Nonpartisan League cases. Italy and Sicily feature criminal sentence practices. London aldermen once kept snuff in Guildhall. Scientific notes discuss fear responses in humans and serum experiments potentially ending surgery. An ice famine is reported in Tibet due to winter shortages. Tattooing is declared forbidden in the press.
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Aristile Briand
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
California Fruit Growers’ Association
Washington
New Willard
National Association of Collegiate
White House
Harding
Minnesota Supreme Court
A. C. Townley
Joseph Gilbert
National Nonpartisan League
Aluminum diving suit claims world depth record
Vancouver March 26 Frank Walters the diver and inventor tests an aluminum diving suit designed for deep sea work He reportedly reached 396 feet in a test while adding fifty pounds to his shoe soles The suit weighs over 200 pounds and cost about 3000 to build Internal pressure at depth was about 17 pounds per square inch outside 40 pounds inside with rigid joints and ballast bearing points Walters, a well known diver, asserts the suit lets him dive to five hundred feet with ease.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frank Walters
Welker
Walters
Omaha to use airplanes for police operations
Omaha Nebraska officials plan regular use of airplanes for police work through a private company, with Chief Evers tein saying the city isn t yet adding planes to the force. The department had borrowed a plane to track robbers who hit a bank in Keas Mo about 100 miles away. Also noted is King George s silver trowel collection used for laying foundation stones. FH T Bigour travelled to Kansas this morning.
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Omaha
Neb
Everstein
Banc
Kea
George
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