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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
12
The report combines weather forecasts with agricultural markets including grain and livestock. It notes forecasted cooler temperatures and a weak close, corn and oats price adjustments, and cattle and hog market activity with various price ranges and regional quotes. It also mentions grain prices, wheat trends, and an upcoming address by Dr. Allen at the University.
A grand jury indicted Auguste Volk for manslaughter after a 30 child deaths case at a New York baby farm. The Winters infant, one of many, died from skull fracture with others reportedly beaten against a wall. Volk, linked to a separate charge of substituting children in care, pleaded guilty later. bail set at 36 dollars. Bodies were exhumed as health records showed multiple infant fatalities tied to the same operation run by Geisen Volk in upper Park Avenue. Several children were moved to Bellevue or other hospitals. some were identified by families, while others remained unnamed.
Bids for a new county garage to be erected on the site east of the existing facility will be opened at 30 o'clock Saturday morning by county officials. The structure will measure 24 by 54 feet and include three double stalls for cars with tile construction and an asbestos roof.
A preliminary hearing matter was filed at Arte involving a son whose ideas were described as suitable for city consideration. The action centers on the proposed plans and the involvement of local authorities in proceeding with the case.
A dispatch notes bandits attacked a ranch near Saltillo with a Mexican manager, prompting a protest from the consulate as troops pursue them. Separately, a trio including John Pence and Merry Titus are charged in Terre Haute with robbery and grand larceny after a hotel hold-up. A junior twilight baseball season opens in Lawrence June 3 with a parade from the Elks club. Heavy profit-taking in New York stock market moderates as oils rise on higher sport gasoline dividends.
In Bologna a Fascist Cultural Congress advanced plans to abolish traditional schools and universities, create a Chamber of Art and an Artists Bank, and enforce exclusive Italian usage. Marinetti urged competitions for modern Italian playwrights, Italian architecture in new buildings, and academies replaced by free institutes teaching material value and aesthetic experiment.
A damaged OCR line hints at a report about a person departing Peking in disguise linked to Japanese forms. The fragment mentions a nisin April 30 date and references to newspapers and a motive tied to arousing suspicions, but lacks clear names or a coherent event.
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