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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1922
Page
2
The piece notes France's proposed occupation of additional German territory to pay reparations, warns of potential world impact, and suggests France may reconsider if global opinion opposes the plan. It also references Jeremiah and signals caution about unforeseen outcomes.
H L Mencken, returned from Europe, appears almost reconciled to the United States while remaining anti-democratic and critical of Puritanism. He praises America as the best country to live in, despite denouncing much of its culture and the common man, noting a surprising shift in his view. The piece also references Ed Howe as a counterpoint to Mencken’s critiques. The Greek system of dealing with failed politicians is briefly mentioned as a potential issue for high office.
William Allen White and Charles F Scott, typically far apart in views, find common ground on forming a new political alignment. Scott favors a conservative party he would join. White seeks a radical or liberal party he would back instantly, yet both oppose the current party labels and fear mixed loyalties within dominant parties.
The piece notes Scott and Allen as Republicans on opposite edges of liberal and conservative thought, with each inhaling hot ideas then grounding themselves. It argues attempts to create a pure party fail, leaving the old split intact as voters drift with the prevailing wind and avoid drastic shifts.
The Leavenworth Post reports Senator Snyder will back Governor Davis in the next session as a Republican ally would. Senator Brooke aligns similarly and will support constructive measures while opposing any move to dismantle the Industrial court or Highway commission. He will back frugal state government and reduce expenditures, with Brooke and Representative Plummer likely to receive constituent support.
A collage of quirky notes and vignettes mentions Telephones and wrong numbers, a white baby speaking Chinese, amnesia in Detroit, Christmas cheer, a film plan about the ten commandments, Arctic travel, a pawned false tooth, Leap Year 1924, birds and canaries, and a joke about a leading figure in a show.
An old prose piece extols poise as key to success in home work business and social life. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a real remedy for nervousness and health, claiming it stems from understanding the female nervous system.
Gladys Edson Locke presents a mystery in Sir Robert Grainger's library where a masked ball guest wears the Red Cavalier costume. The plot teases a ghostly ancestral portrait and Prince Krasin's murder with tension until the final word. Strong praise from Boston Journal and Detroit Journal highlights the tale's imaginative pull.
A fragmentary catalog describes Miss Ingram’s occult tale The Lake Things, Roger Ingram suspense, and possible scientific explanations. It surveys Dorothea Castelhan’s Penelope’s Problems, Laura E. Richards Honor Bright, Gene Stratton Porter’s The Tire Bird with poetry and Indian themes, noting authors, publishers, and prices.
Helen J Castella page and company present the eleventh Sandman fairy tale It features fifty illustrations by the author and Jean Grant and is described as a fine Christmas book for readers.
Royal S Copeland writes of fifty New York women in a Cosmopolitan Book Corporation study. The book notes weight reduction and later outcomes including some relapse after sweets and daylight sleep. It advises readers how to reduce their own weight under medical guidance.
E P Eastman files suit for divorce from wife Janet Eastman charging extreme cruelty and neglect of duty. Married in Kansas City in July 1921. Eastman has five children from a former marriage and Janet Eastman has one child from another marriage. He asks that she be barred from any right or interest in his property and furniture.
An advertisement urges Mi O No Stomach Tablets to relieve continual stomach disturbance bloating and distress. It promises druggist guarantee and advises belching gag and sour taste relief.
J. R. Holmes and Just Insurance advertise at 107 E Seventh. A notice notes Thanksgiving day affecting the weekly drill of Company M and a scheduling change for the drill on Thursday with reference to building and Wednesday.
Rob inson residents engage in weekend errands while Baldwin preparations for Thanksgiving dinner draw over eight hundred reservations. Local figures like Professor Thomas E Evans and Mrs George A Shike appear in visits and travels. community projects include a new pedestrian statue at Eighth and High streets and a growing exchange of guests from Kansas City to Topeka. Funeral for August G Arnold precedes plans for out of town visits and holiday gatherings across Baldwin and surrounding towns.
Mrs Sheer Hislop of Lawrence and her husband will travel to Baldwin on Thursday to participate in the two day inauguration exercises.
PL Gillon files suit in justice court against E O Perkins alleging Perkins as his agent diverted 95 dollars belonging to Gillon on April 26 1922 and that on September 29 1922 Gillon refused to deliver the money to Perkins. Gillon seeks recovery of the money.
A truncated notice references Leavenworth and a phone number 222 linked to a vehicle or property issue. Details are limited, with fragments suggesting a city or university connection and a coal mention. Further readable facts are needed for a fuller card.
A notice sets aside Monday December 4 for a Haskell Band concert. Details are limited in the readable text.
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