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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1924
Page
4
A 1924 Kansas Journal-World fragment notes post office handling of papers, cites Bible verses on wealth and charity, and reports European debt, tax, and surplus trends. It observes Germany France and Italy spending less, suggesting potential stabilization and gradual improvement amid austerity.
A Memorial Day editorial laments dwindling crisis responders and honors veterans of three wars while stressing the need to remember the fallen. It warns of a new death ray and global dangers, urging vigilance by nations and peace organizations before a future war. The piece also critiques political maneuvers on labor boards and court battles impacting public law.
Dr Edward Weston, Newark resident and inventor famed for electric lighting devices, receives the Franklin medal from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. He abandoned medicine for chemistry, established America’s first factory dedicated to dynamic electric machines in 1875, and later improved measuring instruments.
President Coolidge and Senator Fess of Ohio are the chief speakers at today's Memorial Day exercises at Arlington National Cemetery. The California Federation of Women's Clubs opens in Pasadena today and runs through tomorrow. The Kansas-Nebraska bill celebration marks seventy years since enactment, and Bethlehem hosts its annual Bach festival opening today and continuing tomorrow.
The Lawrence Journal-World notes a trend toward horse drawn trucks in cities, questioning farm horses' affordability versus heavy draft breeds. It cites Col Colgate’s elite Jersey City stables and Colgate’s habit of paying high sums for horses, suggesting market disparities between native Kansas horses and industrial trucking stock. Data from the Fort Scott Tribune is referenced.
Baldwin neighbors and visitors fill the week with calls and travels to Ottawa Kansas City Lawrence and Edgerton. Notable notes include Mrs Marasha H Cowgill’s death near Ottawa and local families preparing for commencements with Lucille Muenzenmayer and Paul Bruner guests of Baldwin relatives. Reverend Claude Short to officiate Anna Lewis event. Dr Percy V Roberts seeks Harvard graduate study leave. Mrs Roberts to reside with daughter Diendonnie teaching in Edgerton High School.
A Baker University summer school program at Columbia New York will be chaired by Rev Harry G Wilson and registrar Dr C G Markham with a $4 fee and $1 daily meals The twelve member faculty includes specialists In religion education Also updates mention Osage City speaking engagement by Dr Terry Lillian Scott improving after illness wedding of Deane Smith to Charlotte Kierns and spring football end Haskell scrimmage lists players and returning lettermen Masonic and Mulvane Hall of Science cornerstone ceremony planned Joab Mulvane to attend and speak Alumni sermon by Rev Francis L Geyer at St Louis Th C Driggs to receive PhD at Illinois with thesis on Lanthanum Elton Lehew eye injury recovery and senior Baker granted graduation without exams
A long list of church schedules across denominations. First Presbyterian Church features morning service by Dr. F. A. Wilber and a 6:45 Christian Endeavor session with the choir finale. Plymouth and Trinity Lutheran announce classes, communion, and worship times. Ninth Street Baptist plans sermons and forums led by deacons with a broad invitation. Assembly of God, St James AME, and First Methodist report varied services, youth activities, and special sermons. Additional notes include a postponed women’s band event and general caller reminders.
A notices page lists a recent literature talk on Russian life and novels, a Trinity Church service with Holy Communion at 10 and 11, and Sabbath services at Seventh Day Adventist Church with an emphasis on Gospel writers. The obituary for Edwin Wales Cheney details birth in 1847, Iowa, Civil War era losses, ministry study, church affiliations, family marriages and deaths, and final years in Baldwin and Lawrence Kansas.
O J Clark and Mrs Edgard Tonkin, Mrs C G Miller, plus thirteen grandchildren, mourn a husband and father whose passing drew three daughters to the service. One daughter stayed home near Lingie Wyoming. He was believed to have lived sin boldly and never grew old as a worker devoted to duty, love, sacrifice, and service to mankind.
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