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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1922
Page
4
The town pushes Boys Week as part of a broader Community Service campaign to aid youth and adults alike. Officials emphasize the program as an investment in Lawrence, seeking financial support to broaden opportunities and inclusive community welfare efforts.
The state awards the biggest road construction contract to Girard for 26.5 miles of paving at 721957 dollars. Agricultural interests hope the industrial court will function satisfactorily to secure coal. Allies progress with preparations for a Russian charter, though Russia may resist acceptance.
A collage of remarks notes running styles and social musings from a variety of voices. The snippet blends idle wisdom about work coal and unemployment with jokes about marriage age and a 16 year old flapper. It also jokes about bootleggers and aspiring college seniors amid broader comments on national spending and rural life.
Lee De Forest, famed inventor in wireless telegraphy, plans to revolutionize motion pictures with a device he claims to have perfected for talking movies. A product of the Midwest, he studied at Sheffield Scientific and Yale and served in the Spanish American War before focusing on radio telegraphy and related inventions.
George W. Marble argues that newspaper power rests with those who maintain disinterested reporting and community service. He cites the Associated Press franchise dynamics, Kansas City papers, and the Lawrence Journal-World, praising sustained fairness while warning against partisan habits that erode trust.
The piece notes Labor Day in the Philippines and marks the 100th anniversary of Boston’s first mayor’s inauguration. It also mentions a Grand Division convention in Cleveland and a public conference on commercial engineering at the Carnegie Institute.
The University Women's Glee Club performs at Fraser Hall Tuesday at 8 20 pm with a varied program including folk songs spirituals arias duets from Martha and Madame Butterfly and original compositions by Elizabeth Burkhalter Elva McMullen Eva Lee Irene Bodley and Madeline Dopmyer featuring soloists and a piano ensemble and a final K U finale by the Glee club.
The Advertising Affiliation convention in Cleveland May 26 and 27 will discuss distribution costs and advertising impact with limited access for non members. Frank Jarre describes Topeka street scene as peaceful and notes 7,000,000 British War and Victory medals issued.
Captain Fred Ryerse of the South Shore ferry St Ignace Mich credits quick action during a late night lake storm with averting a marine disaster. The bow line snapped as a Pullman car hung between ferry and dock, and Captain Ryerse ordered full speed ahead to save occupants. The peril eased as propellers gained power and the car was eventually brought aboard. The feature memorializes Captain Merrill who planted fruit trees and served others after a Civil War captaincy, living to nearly ninety and offering to train men in World War I, though never required to go.
Washington May 1 Radio telephone owners nationwide will hear postal talks as Postmaster General Work plans a radio driven Postal Improvement Week May 17. Postmasters railway officials and inspectors will share messages to inform the public about postal conditions and cooperative aims. The first broadcast will describe the travel of a letter and its mailing and delivery implications.
The piece asserts China ranks second only to the United States in agriculture and has preserved soil fertility for 4,000 years with traditional methods. It also notes riding a bicycle is good for health.
In London a blinded officer in a front row audience challenged M. Coue during a recent lecture on auto suggestion. He cried I am blind make me see and asked others to try. Coue argued limits of auto-suggestion while acknowledging the eyes remain.
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