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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1929
Page
4
A Kansas newspaper page blends religious text with local news and satire. It notes state finance, a sand company audit delay, fraternity humor, tariff talk, Kansas educational progress, and grade crossing safety, reflecting 1929 concerns and community voice.
In two Saturday games the leading Kiana teams lost to opponents from states with combined land grant colleges and universities. The scores suggest decisive plays rather than alibis, with a note offering a possible approach for the Hot Stove League to cover all regions and possibilities.
J Savage reports on local events including a university cabinet shipment and letters to Prof. Snow and Mr. Atwood. A Mageeule Laws matter related to rats is noted. The Presbyterian ladies announce a Christmas sale at Liberty Hall and the community anticipates a Dec 4 event. A Chamber of Commerce meeting plans the Western National Fair Association exhibition at Bismarck Grove in autumn ABBO.
John Alder and daughter Miss Helen Alder sailed to St. Louis, Floyd Doubleday hosts Delts in Kansas City, Bailey Bergman Learnard Jaedicke and Harteldes depart for Haskell Carlisle game in St. Louis. Ada Faxon daughter of James and Mrs Faxon weds Walter Filkin of Kansas City at Congregational church. Reception in parlor then trip to St. Louis for two weeks. New baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. W C Simons yesterday morning.
Ten years ago a Lawrence electric light system operated on water power for the first time during heavy strike hours. Mayor Kreeck ordered readjustments to cut non essential strains, delaying street lights by an hour and showing fuel regulations impact.
Mrs H R Reding entertained sixteen guests at her Arkansas street home with a six oclock dinner and Thanksgiving decorations. The evening included playing five hundred. Upcoming plans note Miss Sophie Smithmeyer to be honored with a bridge party Saturday afternoon ahead of her marriage to Mr Watten Redintz early next year.
Kansas Airways operates Wichita to Kansas City nightly under the Department of Commerce. The single airway, beaconed for night flying, runs from Kansas City to Wichita then south passing Olathe Ottawa Menfield Green Olne Gas endo ard Eb Dorado. National Air Transport Inc. runs planes both ways nightly extending to Dallas Fort Worth and Mexico City, with a northern leg to Chicago. The line has served Kansas since May 18 1926.
On November 24 1882 editors in Caldwell organized A J Hoisington as president. A funeral for Dr Franklin L Crane was held in Topeka. On November 24 1883 Toneka Central published an interview with General John C Caldwell now a Kansas resident.
United States Senate dean Warren of Wyoming dies. Hoover conference signals no fundamental weakness in business. DuPont plans 25,000,000 plus for next year. Chicago union leader Edward Tracy shot. Milville survivor linked to rival. Bell Telephone to spend 44,000,000 on Pennsylvania projects. Victors at Harvard Yale game. Sun theft charge in San Jose. Storms flood Port of Spain and St Kitts records deadly impact. World events include Clemenceau burial, Soviet advance in Manchuria, and Portuguese floods.
Executive board met Thursday at the president's home to finalize plans for the annual New England Society dinner on Forefather's Day. The Congregational Parish hall will host the event on Saturday evening December 2. Mrs E R Learned was named secretary in place of Mrs Testeeis. Mrs J Sneriver to chair the new committee.
The report indicates fair weather with clear skies across Kansas. Temperatures expected to rise above 50 degrees tomorrow, with highs near 50 this afternoon and steady cooling tonight into Tuesday.
Peggy Prescott learns her uncle Herbert Prescott plans to leave her fortune to care for one month at Yew Lodge with a single servant. Any absence over an hour risks forfeiting the estate to Jamieson-Sinclair. Edgar Stanton and Aquila Chase scheme amid a web of suspects including Sundown and Sundown’s Indian associate.
A collage of brief items from New York to Havana and Pikeville. Topics include Hunter College students opposing long skirts, nightlife shifts with invitations at 11 p m, a seven year old anthropologist overseeing a Havana estate for zoo breeding, a joke about Mayor Walker wearing plush robes, and a silver dollar gift at Langley’s wedding anniversary.
A magical clock guides John and Peggy on a hushed winter journey. The Little Black Clock explains its backward time power and why they must remain still as woodland creatures sleep. A mysterious visitor is about to arrive, foretelling a chilly, quiet day ahead.
The National Billiard Association of America reduced the standard ball size from 25 16 inches to 1 4 inches for the Snacket billiards national championship. Alexandria Virginia society opposes Henry Ford’s plan to move a colonial home to Dearborn Michigan for his museum.
An unclear note references regents and a plan involving Virginia, mentioning housing and rent while mixing stray terms like canick and Wwiny a Journal. The illegible text limits concrete facts.
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