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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1929
Page
4
A mosaic of clipped notes and debates spans crime threats to a Morrow family plot and school discipline reforms. The piece reflects local concerns on penalties, enforcement, and public safety, balancing religious quotations with harsh verdicts on social issues and government plans.
Report notes a lone American woman connected to a diplomatic effort by the U S state department to induce her to abandon a planned passage on the Graf Zeppelin airship. As the ship sailed she remained aboard but did not cross the ocean.
J W Cooner opens a vacation school in the old University building on June 2 with J C Banta as penmanship teacher. Teeth sets at Vermont street for five dollars, fillings from five cents. Kate Claxton’s appearance tonight, Miss Axton’s first in the city, draws focus as local society eyes the performance. Dr J B Wheeler leaves for Southern Colorado for about ten days. A J Reynolds remains at the office for dental care. Notes from May 21 school visit praise writing progress, list top writers and note improved class averages, with named students highlighted.
Mrs C B Adams hosts a birthday party with Japanese style fare for friends. Edline card club closes season with whist at Mrs J Green’s. Frank Cosley wins first prize, T H Kennedy consolation. Mrs Alex Mitchell to host next week for Omega fraternity girls. Misses Mary and Anna Sweeney host a card evening with Miss Anna Fischer honored. Eugenia Piat Newmark and Karl Fischer win prizes. Frank Kingsbury wears Panama gift from Hoke Simpson sent from the Philippines weighing two ounces.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Washington Capitol and House of Representatives, Supreme Court, and the Capitol setting. Mentions Congressman Guer and references to capital city details and government buildings in a terse sketch format.
Descriptions of the Capitol complex outline its dimensions, cost, and architectural details including the cast iron dome weighing over 8.9 million pounds and a bronze statue. A second item reports the Roosevelt expeditions in Tibet claiming a slant panda like a raccoon, noting rarity and museum interest.
A Welsh audience heard Lloyd George in Carnarvon last night as he sketched a scene of a poor old woman pushing a perambulator along a road. He critiqued Churchill in the event of a Liberal victory and urged speaking plainly to the crowd, while an Englishwoman requested him to continue in Welsh. The moment highlighted tensions between Welsh and English speakers during the speech.
A historical Kansas snippet notes that a county may recover from a railroad $300,000 in bond interest totaling $104,000 issued for railroad building. It also records a Chanute board of education resolution voiding contracts of women teachers who marry during contract terms.
Washington April 28 AP Advances in rediscount rates by principal Federal Reserve banks were forecast after the Federal Reserve Board announced the Federal Advisory Council recommended allowing banks to raise their rediscount rate to 6 percent The council said this would align rates with prevailing commercial money costs and hasten industry and agriculture relief New York bank loans to brokers and auditors declined 12 000 000 from a high 660 000 000 after a February campaign to curb speculative credit but rose to a March high of 548 000 000 and then to 563 600 000 last seek The council action followed its regular meeting with the board. members would not discuss the recommendation or confirm reports that New York Chicago rivers reserve banks sought permission to raise rediscount rates above the present 6 percent level.
Montret May 22. Union with the United Presbyterian assembly in North America approved by the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States. Action to be reviewed by presbyteries. 175 to 193 vote defeated deferment. Union would yield about 625,000 communicants across 37 items. Vatican May 22. Vatican official notes pope may choose June 8 as official date of event. Rome organ announces possible move. White Leghorn chicks and Rock and White Wyandot layers advertised. Iola Bible School graduation will mark first class. about 160 pupils completed full eight-year program.
A narrative fragment recounts a voyage to Dawson City during the Klondike gold rush of 1894. The speaker describes perilous trails, siege by blizzards, a dangerous love triangle with Berne and Locasto, a deadly mine accident, and a longing for home and his mother as he contemplates leaving the frontier for safety and family.
Jim vows to reinvest twenty five thousand and push on with mining, declaring the old ground will yield and a new era begins as he plots a hydraulic plant on Ophir Creek to dam, harness water power, and tear into the ground. Mervin Hewson and Pat Coogan arrive richer but drifting, Locasto departs with a gold sample and a girl’s fate hangs on the Dawson trip while the narrator resolves to rescue Berna and fight for her.
Indianapolis May AP delegates from across the United States gather for the twenty third triennial session of the Reformed Church in the United States. Key topics include plans for a United Church of America with more than 7,000,000 communicants through a merger of the Reformed church Evangelical Synod of America and United Brethren. Also on the agenda is a proposal to adjust church rules to allow women to hold wartime roles, signaling broader changes in church status.
Fragmentary OCR provides scattered details of a church merger and ordination sessions ending May 2. It mentions Shanafelt and Shang with a death in the family, a marriage in 1394 to William Permington, and a move to Flower Mize with Mrs. Giese of Muskogee Oklahoma present at a funeral.
Elz May Pennington and Rev J R Shanafelt and Hah Terressa Shanafelt are noted as deceased. Born May 6 1878 in Oak Iowa. died May 18 at 2 45 am at the Shanafelt residence. Survived by Edgin Shanafelt of Los Angeles Cait Ray Shanafelt of Bonner Springs Dick Stana Felt of Muscatine and others. burial details not specified.
Sunday family visits reported from Stanwood near McTouth include Billie Bonnie Eycone and Clifford with Jas Mills. Mr and Mrs Frank Black and Alberta Marian spent the day with Mary Black near Me Lane. Also mentioned are Sirf and isk Leo Sokrinennst and Littian Haward with unclear connections.
A crowded weekend of visits and gatherings is recorded in Crowder and nearby Lawrence. The mix includes Bennie and Margaret Vausbinder hosting and visiting relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Don Reebetts of Oak Grove, and numerous Van binder family members. Local residents like Frank Peel, Clyde Humphries, and A. M. Roderick are cited along with farm tasks and events.
Valley Grove reports upcoming Sunday worship with the cherch-servicers Migg i in the evening at Morping unit T245-p7eloe They recount visits by Harold Sumtors from KK A U and Mr and Mrs Daniels, and a Win ford Chirp home gathering. Various locals attend, with graduations at Oskaloosa high school and eighth grade ceremonies. The Grange met at the school and Miss Merle Blaylock visited Susie Finlay. fishing outings and visits by local families are noted.
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