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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1927
Page
4
A 1927 Journal World column discusses shrinking currency sizes and savings estimates, noting potential carry benefits and currency handling concerns. It also lauds Charles Lindbergh as an American ambassador figure whose voyage challenges the belief that U.S. values are money-centric.
Miss Belle Dix ill with diphtheria at home. Pinckney pupils held a grave-side remembrance at Sears's grave. Quincy school lists perfect attendance for last month including Birdie Blood and many others. Last night Belshazzar rehearsal was a success and Lawrence anticipates a brilliant cantata. Capt Grackling drills soldiers. Prof Gibson lectures on phrenology drawing large crowds.
Mrs McCarroll hosts a large neighborhood thimble party this afternoon on South Tennessee Street. G E Apitz returned from Muskogee as a witness in a land case. J W Cone to Emporia for a rug store position with Lewis and Mc Caulees. Mrs D N Batterson, visiting Muscatine, will be at 941 Connecticut Street tonight. George Mull of Boston and sister Mary will arrive from Pennsylvania and stay briefly. June and July their mother and sister reside in Lawrence. Mr Muth reports progress in Boston with a private musical studio. Miss Jessie Linton is away from the post office for a few days for eye treatment. Gen M Roberts and others will depart for San Francisco for the Shriners gathering. Mrs and Mrs Wit Addison and Katherine Addison will leave for Salina on June 1. Frank Hub of Lawrence left yesterday for Kansas City for a traveling salesman position with Ridenour Baker Co.
The Mid West regional division of the American Chemical Society opens in Chicago with Prof. John J. Abel of Johns Hopkins receiving the Willard Gibbs Medal, the society’s top honor. Abel, born in Cleveland and a Michigan alumnus, is renowned for work on ductless gland secretions and has produced highly pure insulin crystals.
Today features the birth centenary of New York jurist Charles Andrews, the Atlantic Cotton Association meeting in Greensboro, the Navy secretary Wilbur addressing Naval War College at Newport, and the 40th episcopate anniversary of Rt Rev Ethelbert Talbot in Bethlehem Pa. The Willard Gibbs Medal will honor John J Abel of Johns Hopkins at the Mid West regional division meeting in Chicago. Cecil Corwin Paroled after Shawnee county liquor violations. paroled yesterday from county jail.
Topeka May 27 list of applicants for the Kansas bar includes 45 names largely graduates of the University of Kansas and Washburn College law schools. One woman, Margaret MacGarnaghan of Topeka, is among those seeking admission. Candidates include Lloyd Robert Winefield of Winfield and many others across Kansas, with Topeka and Kansas City names recurring. The state supreme court clerk D I Valentine announced the roster, with exams slated for June 20.
A jumble of trivia items covers composers such as Beethoven and the Star-Spangled Banner origin, questions about marriage and family of Warner, a noted opera and concert star performing with her daughter, and a World famous artist cited for a recent career milestone. The item lists names Kimball Vaughn Easton and figures about levees near Ney, suggesting a local page feature with reader questions and an back page answer key.
At Cayaness athletic field and nearby venues the Baker College community plans a busy weekend with reunions, a reception for parents at the Casibrary, and a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Samuel A. Lough at First Methodist Church. A Sunday concert of The Prodigal Son features soloists Lucille Warner Howard Saunders Cecil Sanders Evelyn Warner Grnder Read and the Baker Orchestra. Monday includes Rev. Charles B. Dalton as speaker and a luncheon for faculty graduates and guests. about ninety graduates are expected.
Strawberry picking is in full swing with berries selling at twenty cents a quart. Local families travel, residents move to Canon City, and community events include theater shows, church gatherings, and a reception for county graduates. Notable items include home visits, plans for a bungalow, theatre screenings of the Passion Play, and obituaries.
An experiment on swine sanitation based on Federal zoologists’ methods in McLean County Illinois shows strong results in the South. A test pig weighed 173 pounds at four months when marketed after sanitation improvements, illustrating higher market weight. Supt. Fulton oversaw a recent school training exam.
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