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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1930
Page
4
A column blends biblical quotation with commentary on Einsteinish claims about gravity and electricity and notes a proposed large scale anti prohibition advertising drive funded by wets. It also discusses Kansas March weather, census work, and a playful warning about a “sheep dip cocktail” drink linked to prohibition debates.
Dispatches report a prison mutiny in Missouri met with strict discipline, signaling tense inmate authority clashes. Meanwhile the Irish Free State government resigns as Eamon de Valera’s party seeks to nominate him for president, testing a former opposition leader’s governance.
Easter was widely observed in Lawrence with churchgoers enjoying special services and egg hunts for children. Trinity church reported its best attendance, praised fine music led by Miss Smeed and a quartet, and elected vestrymen including O. W. Babcock and Daniel Innes. Local news notes include A S Johnson returning from Colorado with hay shipments, a social meeting with readers Charlie Gleed Fred Skiff and Dr. Marvin, and news of Cafe de Paris promising billiards and coffee. Other items mention power cable issues at Monk's elevator, Prof. Hendricks’s trip to Birmingham, Mrs. A J Cutler visiting relatives, the engagement of Miss Susie Gay and Charles Peck, and young Genevieve Morris's pony accident. Dr M Bamford assigned to Has tings pulpit while health concerns persist.
Ten years ago on March 29 the Eudora News reported William Mertz rented the old creamery plant from Henry Zeisenis and planned to resume operations next Monday after over a year of shutdown. The move accompanies Mertz’s plan to manage his Nebraska property interests from the new location.
Kansas history note reports B D Eastman stepping down as superintendent of the Topeka asylum for the insane in 1883. The article also details Haskell Agricultural College installing a hot water heating system for a brooder house, including two inch pipe, a gas boiler, and wire sub-flooring, with 3000 chicken capacity.
Jacqueline Grey, a dressmaker's assistant, rises to luxury after a 500 pound bequest. The plot centers on Colonel Grey's missing daughter Jocelyn, forged wills, and suitors including Arnold Dunn and Leopard Raymond as they plot to claim wealth from the Grey estate at the Majestic hotel in London.
Lawrence library staff note popular reissues and new editions. Highlights include Hamlin Garland’s A Daughter of the Middle Border with new illustrations by Constance Garland, Journey’s End as a recently staged English hit, and An Anthology of American Negro Literature edited by Calverton with works by McKay Cullen Toomer Hughes White Du Bois and Chesnutt. Also featured are About Women by John Macy, a $5,000 Scribner’s prize for a long story, Hapgood’s Reminiscences, Proust translations, and notices on Australian authors and Crofts on gardening and children’s book lists.
A scheming plan unfolds as Jacqueline Grey is coached to fall for a man while a lawyer urges patience and a large stake. Raymond weighs scruples against a 100000 pound motive as Jacqueline meets Teddy Sontrose the next day.
In a quiet tale Mary Grehan Bonner describes Peggy and friends witnessing the first party ever. The Little Black Clock narrates as children play with stones while dusk approaches and a mother promises a future gathering, hinting at a timeless memory.
The note surveys essays by W. E. B. DuBois on The Freedman s Bureau Alain Locke on The Negro in American Culture and Walter White s I Investigate Lynchings plus a Frederick Douglass excerpt. It highlights scholarly debates and historical context of race in America with emphasis on civil rights and social justice.
Article discusses dubious deafness remedies, focusing on airplane stunting as a sensational approach. It notes limited, uncertain efficacy and argues cures must rely on careful examination and controlled methods rather than sensational trials. Details describe patient difficulties and mixed results from tests.
The report lists a mix of items: Parker confirmation for the supreme court amid labor questions, a New York naval conference on reducing armaments, Democratic efforts to challenge Hoover, and U S policy shifts in the Middle East. A life term prisoner in Indiana is denied parole while a Nashville killing prompts a teen relative to wound a family, and international talks in London Dublin Vienna outline treaty and security moves.
Governor Reed has not returned from the southwest trip for health and does not endorse any candidate. The secretary to the governor says using his name in the Lawrence contest could embarrass him and he favors clean government over individuals. Blanchard to lead church forum on wages and employment, with Ulm visiting from Butler for the Haskell game.
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