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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
4
A 1920 report notes Lawrence has an airport and discusses its flight potential. It reflects local business interest and civic outlook as residents anticipate growth and improvements during a period of unrest and recovery. The piece mentions Lawrence, Massachusetts, and neighboring regional context.
Report notes a pattern of stalemate between Congress and the President over farm relief. After a long push, leaders in Congress seek a conference to align directions. The piece comments on cyclical delays and the broader political landscape shaping relief efforts.
Fragmented remarks describe the looming census reapportionment of Congress with House members watching the debate. The text notes delays in crop relief, frost predictions for northern areas, and a call for optimism despite long waiting times. A beacon on a skyscraper is imagined to brighten the Kaw Valley spring.
Fifty years ago on May 16 in Wakarusa township a wedding linked Samuel Holmes to Mary Howland at the bride’s home. The piece recaps community life including field day events at the university grounds, a tax for sewer issues, Pleasant Hour club activities, and a May 16 note on local routines and injuries from days past.
A local announcement reports the Newman Shoe Company opening at the former Starkweather location, 806 Massachusetts. Mr. Newman, longtime Lawrence resident and former head of Cher's shoe department, brings extensive sales experience. Changes include J. Ne Roberts preparing to sell his summer home and move to California while Capt and Mrs Tony James visit Kansas City and Chicago. Completion of site arrangements brings plans to move the factory, expected to draw numerous families to the city.
Kansas history date notes the 1875 death of William Larimer of Leavenworth, an early settler who led the first party to Pikes Peak and built Denver’s first house. The item also mentions community happenings in Eudora and nearby towns, including hospital stays, family visits, and local society meetings with names of residents and places.
An unreliable memoir fragment depicts a perilous pursuit involving Locasto and Pat Coogan, a violent shootout, and a daring rescue attempt amid a Northland chase. The narrator recalls Berna, a dangerous figure amid chaotic rescues, a chilling water torrent, and a tense hunt through dark woods.
In a Yukon valley stampede pursuit, a group of prospectors races over rough terrain to reach the mine rush. They endure fatigue, thin rations, and harsh elements while pushing toward Eldorado and a possible million-dollar stake. After hours of brutal travel they begin staking, hoping for rest and relief as dawn brightens the landscape.
A flood of stampeders gathers near the gold office as the Prodigal and Jim plot ahead of the crowd. The narrator, youngest among exhausted miners, fights for a claim amid dust and fatigue after days of treks across wild country toward the Dawson district.
The aged residents, described as in their toe centurion mark, drew many friends hoping for a speedy recovery as seniors presented Gyroscopic Sally in a crowded auditorium. Financial returns stood at 141 dollars, with listed participants including Robert Ritchie and Leon ard Lancaster. The county held an exam for entrance to eight schools on May 11, followed by a calendar of events ending May 19, with alumni senses May 19.
A fragmented local notice recounts Lawrence visitors shopping and attending the Minneapolis Symphony concert. Numerous residents like Mrs Rankin and Mrs Nickels are listed with travels to Topeka and Ottawa. Family visits and social rounds include Edmonsons, Vains, Edmonds, and others across towns in Kansas, with Mothers Day remarks and weekend trips noted.
Fall loaf maidens left Saturday for a visit with their daughter Mintie at Worden Obl or William Mayhaith, sad children Dorothy and Frankie shopped in Lawrence Saturday. George Abbott waited at his home Friday and Saturday. Mrs Mary Charles Zeigler rode to Lawrence Monday. Mrs George Adair learned Thursday that her mother, living in St Paul Nebraska, was very ill.
Residents and visitors are listed from a Kansas town: Clarence Vagle visiting his mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Witt hosting guests, Attendees at a Hagvey Shellack card party include Clarence Voie Otto Mignot and others, various callers and weekend dinners noted, misfortune of a sack of baby chick feed lost on the way home, and visits by Mrs. McBride, Durlin, and the McDaniels family.
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