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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
4
Reading from a fragmentary report, Hoover presses for a session to tackle the farm problem while Borah’s stance remains unpredictable. The piece notes Borah’s potential influence on a congressional call and hints at shifting support regarding the Hoover program and debt plan, amid a fluid political landscape.
Readable excerpts discuss the rise of western educated Chinese aiming to govern without westernization while provincial generals and bandit chiefs fight for control and tax power, creating a volatile backdrop. It notes long historical cycles of conflict and the need for stable government.
A fragmented collated excerpt notes Allied cooperation boosting effectiveness on the Western Front, claims German morale was weakened hastening armistice, and mentions Pershing and Foch maintaining respect. It also cites General Escobar in Canada, Heflin railing at Washington jail authorities over Sinclair interviews, and a Department of Agriculture report predicting a heat crop and wheat exports shifting to move old grain.
A party visited Kansas City this afternoon to see Miss Maude Adams and other locals from Junction City. Mrs. G A Hamman plans a Chicago trip for her wife’s wedding. A high school history program focused on the Russo Japanese war with Miss Bertha Kilworth in Japanese costume and musical numbers by the Ariola quartet. Louis Sikson of Stanford University may join KU as rhetoric and English instructor. Police to crack down on racing on Main Street Mass Ave. Friends visited Mrs Chalkley and Mrs Woodrow of London yesterday, with a luncheon served.
Berlin AP reports the first German move to standardize men’s clothing adopts American style quantity production under central management. Ready made suits are sold at prices about 20 percent lower than many Berlin tailors, and the standardized line is quickly gaining a market.
In 1876 W W Embry shot WR Anthony of the Leavenworth Times on the opera house stairs. Anthony was unarmed and survived. The same year the Kansas Medical Association met in Leavenworth and Myrtle Hyre returned from visiting her sister. J William Pickard of Asheville NC is mentioned in notes.
Os kaloosa audience enjoyed a Sunday evening program by the Lowman choir of Topeka directed by Prof. Bearse with pianist Paul Larkin. Soloist Mrs Irms Jane-Lewis-Fisher sang two numbers as guests arrived, joined by Mrs. Ellis. Local singers Mrs. Alice Vavra and Mrs. Velma Boles also participate. Afterward, a community lunch was served in Friendship hall.
The community witnessed the April 24 marriage of Miss Dari Bliss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bliss, to Mr. Dwight Hawk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hawk, at the bride’s home. The ceremony was conducted by Dr. Kircher of the Presbyterian church with the Ting ceremony. Attendants were Ruby Edmonds and Alvin Small. The couple, reared in the area and graduates of Oskaloosa High, will reside on the Hawk homestead in Basin Valley. Relatives from Leavenworth, Silver Lake, Lawrence and Valley Falls attended. Refreshments and gifts followed.
A first person reminiscence recalls the 1898 Klondike gold rush, with Berna and the Winkelsteins, and a harsh frontier lure. The narrator describes dance halls, gamblers, and brutal toil along the river, where many sought fortune yet faced disenchantment and loss.
The narrator describes the harsh boom era in Dawson with price gouging and law tensions, introducing Jack Lacaste Locasto and four Klondike kings in a crowded gambling room. He follows a police constable to locate Lacaste among Hard men Stillwater Willie and Claude Terry Haw, with Locasto dominant and dangerous.
Sunday evening Lowman choir concert drew community members including Mr and Mrs James Sheldon of Winchester and Emr an entertainment in the high school auditorium with readings and music. Miss Jewell Langdon, daughter of Mr and Mrs Langdon, died after a brief illness at 14. funeral held at Durnavant church and burial in Spring Grove. Waggoner remodels his house adding a bath and cupboards. Lone Tree farmers report chicken thefts by coons. thieves hoped for capture. Frazier family visited Dunavant. a Kansas City girl attended the Senior calls play at the high school. Marian Sellers a Hawthorne school senior had a role. County assessor Bob Tom Robbins notes Uncle Willis Irwin is likely over 100. Sneak Day sent seniors to Snove Park then Royal to see Show Boat. May division of the Methodist Aid held a musical program in the church.
A collage of local business plugs and Mother's Day ideas includes moth proofing from New York Cleaners, hat cleaning by Omaha Hat Works, beauty services at Palace Beauty Parlour, and Blue Mill Sandwich Shop offerings. It also promotes flowers from Whitcomb's Greenhouse, gifts from Roby’s, and Mary Pickford film notes at Bowerlock Theatre with upcoming showings and related gift suggestions.
America’s Most Popular Songs formed the program with Mrs Jacquemin recounting a song’s history before performance. Mrs B I Davis accompanied, Vie Shrader led the singing, and Faye Mingur sang Smiles as a special number. Shrader and Mrs Roberts performed We Meet Again, Davis sang The Long Long Trail, and Miss Munger pupils delivered recitations. A social of ice cream cake and coffee followed. Hostesses listed include Jacquemin Phinhey King Shrader Meredith Cick Litton Brown Ahrens Casebier.
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