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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1926
Page
4
Reader items and editorial snippets cover railroad fare disputes, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce efforts, Emporia oil interests, and reactions to spring weather. The column mix discusses short haul rates, political commentary, local civic drives, and anecdotes about law enforcement, Prohibition, socialism in England, and a Chicago jail release.
A garbled Lawrence page notes community items including a new sidewalk on Tennessee Street, a Philadelphia Centennial trip by F P A Lyons, stray fawn feeding schoolchildren, grand jurors for the U S Court meeting in Topeka, and a petition urging Mayor Rankin to seek re election. A drafted mayoral letter from John K Rank expresses consideration of the re choice and pledge to promote the city’s growth.
A brief column notes T N Hanser returns to work after illness and humor at the courthouse centers on cleckers. Henry Gilham holds the championship as weather turns snowy. Mrs P L Smithmeyer and Matilda visit Emporia. Miss Ida Searles visits relatives in Kansas. Mae Clark returns to Lawrence to resume music studies. Duncan family moves to Kansas City. their store sold to F L T E Klock. Review club elects officers for the year, naming Mrs Stanley as president and Mrs Johnson as vice president.
A fragment mentions a secretary and a federation representative Mrs Boya in a city context. The brief text alludes to an excellent preliminary discussion or event, but lacks concrete details, dates, or outcomes to confirm a full report.
Women from forty nations will be represented at the second annual Women’s World’s Fair in Chicago, April 17 to 24. Entertainers from many lands perform mauve dances and folk songs, with a tea garden presenting foreign acts. Mrs MediLl McCormick leads the event, proceeds benefit the Juvenile Protective Association, and space sales to exhibitors are reported financially successful.
Topeka March 80 A P A bulletin from the state highway commission lists road conditions by county. Very Good in Washington Republic Cloud Geary Ottawa Cherokee Labette Montgomery Wilgon Crawford Heurdon Allen Glark Haskell Gray Slanton Kearney. Good in Jewell Mitchell Clay Franklin Anderson Coffey Elk Greenwood Neosho Ford Meade Grant Wichita Lane Hodgman. Fair in Chautauqua Woodson Miami Lim Hamilton Greeler Morton Scott Ness Pinney. Tour in Dickinson McPherson Lincoln Seward Stevens counties.
Herbert L. Pratt is named head of the world’s second largest petroleum company after Standard Oil of New York’s recent acquisitions. Pratt has led SONY since 1923, previously serving twelve years as vice president, and earlier presided over a major department. He is a Brooklyn financier and philanthropist who founded Pratt Institute.
Seventy years since the Cri' Hrean war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Dari Rt Rev. Francis J. Tiel marks the fifth anniversary of his consecration as Catholic bishop of Concordia Kansas. Dr Ian Stevens Institute of Technology reaches 75 years. Edward Dean Adama, engineer and pioneer in hydroelectric power at Niagara Falls, receives the 22nd John Writz gold medal in New York City.
Hugh V. McDermott, head basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma, is added to a group of coaches who will conduct a two week course for high school teachers at Hays State Teachers College. The program begins May 9.
Two men from Picher Oklahoma arrived with a Ford service truck claiming it came from a Dunlop Tires trade. They wore dirty clothing and lacked funds, sought a bath and clean clothes, and stated they worked at mines and that one man was a barber by trade.
Anna Sarto youngest sister of the late Pope Pius X died after two months illness and a difficult operation. She lived in poverty in a small apartment facing St. Peter's Square with Maria Sarto. She kept house for her brother from his early days as a chaplain and later as pope and devoted herself to making clothes for poor children and orphans.
A Kansas State Teachers College bus in Hays will carry two KSTC debate teams to Estes Park for the Pi Kappa Delta national convention. Traveling debaters include Aen Fnord of Qherlin and J. T. Van Treba of Oswego, with teammates from Hays and Thevizes, under the guidance of the debate coach.
General Pershing, out of Walter Reed hospital, resumed duties yesterday. He presided at an American Battle Monuments Commission meeting and later conferred with state department officials on the Tacnic Arica situation. A Commerce Department census shows a large drop in the value of American farms and farm buildings from 1920 to 1925. Herr Jolly is named the world’s champion pedal sprinter after completing a 44 day fast.
Governor Pausen helped five Wilson county posts Wilson, Neodesha, Buffalo, Altoona, and Pomona celebrate Wilson county leading Kansas in membership enrollment. National vice commander Hughes B. Davis and state figures joined in presenting the palm to Wilson county Legionnaires, who traveled through a March blizzard to attend the event in Neodesha.
The Shantung belligerents show peace overtures and promise safety for national army delegates in Tientsin but offer no assurance against a possible advance on Peking. Marshal Chang Tsolin heads toward Tientsin, demanding restoration of the pre autumn 1921 Peking status quo as a condition for any truce.
Senator Howell of Nebraska urged opposing ratification of the Italian debt settlement arguing it would cancel principal and burden Americans with large interest deficits. He claimed funding deals total nearly 7.74 billion dollars and warned the British deal favors Britain over the United States with about 198 million in gold security for Italy.
Luther Burbank, noted horticulturist, is described as battling illness in Santa Rosa California. A. P. dispatch notes his condition and ongoing efforts while sidelined from public duties.
Linn extension dairyman from Manhattan is expected today and tomorrow to assist in extending the cow testing organization of the county.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions daily buns at a location named Brin I Enan’s and references a physician and youth. The readable portion suggests a daily sale or promotion of buns during the week and notes a medical context. Names and places are unclear due to garbled source.
Mexican agriculture minister Luis Leon dismissed a United States report that Mexico sold a concession to a Japanese syndicate at Magdalena Bay. He said American rumors spur fear and amid a broader Japanese scare in the United States. In other brief items seven men found jail beds last night with origins listed in Ohio and Oklahoma. The Baby Clinic convenes Thursday afternoon from two to four, urging mothers to attend. Under sheriff J R Rutherford traveled to Hutchinson this morning.
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