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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1933
Page
4
The clipped text appears to reflect a partial newspaper masthead and credit line. It mentions Associated Press ownership of dispatches and an audit bureau of circulations note, but readable facts are extremely limited. No clear event, person, or place emerges to summarize as a standalone news item.
A Lawrence education funding debate weighs federal aid and cash basis limits for building a new school with 20 percent federal share. The piece notes bond difficulties, prior pay as you go projects, and legislative acts shaping local finance amid calls for school modernization. It also reports Britain’s December debt payment as a token sum to avoid default while shifting responsibility.
The article notes a gold based settlement value of 4.717 million as the amount the United States will actually receive, reflecting a favorable shift for debt payers under a new policy. It discusses Britain leveraging its debtor position, while the New York State Senate approves transferring the fiscal agent role from the state treasurer to the governor's office to introduce external checks. Al Smith visits the polls, with the brown derby symbolizing party regularity.
A fall injury left N Gentry with a torn leg ligament after a Monday night accident at 402 Mississippi street. A bridge party at the Country Club featured many hostesses and guest attendants. L C Riling returned from a two month overland trip to Portland and Fruitland. Mrs F H Smithmeyer visited Atlanta with her daughter. Gen W S Metcalf to speak at Armistice Day in Little Rock. Edna Walters wed James Edward Martin at the L M Walters home with a three course luncheon and wedding party details. The Martins plan a short honeymoon on Martin’s farm southeast of town.
After a two hour session, the Lawrence city council approved a street car franchise to the Sutton Company, a local business group. The plan calls for a modern electric line system covering all city areas and extending to the University, including a North Lawrence line and a bridge transfer point.
Local councilmen win a hard battle securing an ordinance granting a franchise for a river crossing to the south side. The project would require reconstructing a new bridge across the Kaw, with the north side pushing for the crossing as a key condition.
Forty years ago in Lawrence events include Epworth league officers elected at First Methodist Church with Mass Radford as president and Nellie Dow engaged to Alexander Burden. Mentions of real estate, baptisms, a former mail carrier, and a Republican landslide with Cox and Hindman winning key county offices.
Charges filed against former Governor G. W. Glick, federal pension agent at Topeka, by Cleveland administration. Democrats accuse him of violating instructions and taking part in politics. 1898 election saw W. E. Stanley win governor as Republican amid GOP majorities in the state House and Congress, except Ridgely reelected in the Third as fusion.
In 1865 the largest Pennsylvania post office outside Philadelphia was Pithole City, one of the rapid oil towns later fading away. Now its site is merely a farm, with the population long gone.
Kansas expects mild weather with temperatures dipping a bit tomorrow. Western areas around 50, eastern around 55, with nightly lows near 25 to 32. The report notes scattered temperature readings across the state and cites Flora for regional figures. A separate note mentions three Dania, Florida brothers active in Eagle Scout work.
In a house from Susie Van Berg's tale, Nesta Riddell probes Jim's fate through a seance in Packham Hall's Blue Room. Caroline Russell witnesses shifting visions and fog as ink spills and hidden clues surface, hinting Jim's survival and a past linked to Emily Rudd.
Caroline returns to Hale Place at night and revisits the Blue Room seeking clues. She confronts fear as she recalls Nora van Berg and the empress of secrets tied to the carved bed, its Adam and Eve tree, and the heraldic shield. The scene unfolds with a trembling torch guiding her toward the bed.
Fragmentary report describes a gun incident involving Beard Mary G Graham Bonner and a capture attempt near a wooded area. The text mentions Jelly Bear and Honey Bea and notes a pursuit for pens, with distant firing and pursuit into the woods.
Jelly Bear and Honey Bear race through the woods as Grandee Grouchy Galump tries to close in with a gun. The bears push on hoping to outdistance him, while Grandpa becomes tangled in his own beard, delaying the hunter and letting the bears gain distance.
The article describes seated and standing lifts that lift the legs and lower them, acting like a deep abdominal massage. It notes these moves benefit abdominal muscles and organs. Tomorrow brings water for the sick. Local social notes record visits and hosting at various homes in Fairview and Vinland, with names such as Mr. and Mrs. Paasch, Robert McNish, Shirley Ann, and E. Bellie.
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