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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1926
Page
4
The Leavenworth Times reports on a fall goods window unveiling by Lawrence merchants that drew large crowds and praise local enterprise. It also surveys municipal issues, noting calls to remove city commissioners and concerns over financial management and public indebtedness, with emphasis on prudence and accountability.
Fragment reads of a heated debate on temperance aligning with Scot identity and the impending campaign. References to the "Scotch" and reactions to liquor hint at regional divides as organizers test public mood. The piece suggests observers expect strong sentiment from both sides before the campaign topics unfold.
A retrospective notes S Steinberg and family at the Centennial on the 26th and 27th. City omnibuses cross the bridge. street cars may follow. A party of about one hundred Sioux are en route to Muskogee for the Indian fair. they will gather information. Dr Nicholson with the Commissioners in Omaha. Mr and Mrs George A Banks and Mrs Dr Wheeler depart for Philadelphia. L A Wood returns after seven months east. Kaw Valley Fair begins Tuesday for four days with promising prospects. exhibitors urged to attend.
Twenty five years ago Little Gala Finch entertained friends for her birthday yesterday. Griese left for Beatrice Nebraska and Dr Maggard to Chicago to enter Rush Medical College. Kansas University Athletic Association elected officers with Independent ticket winning a strong majority. Julia att received a kitchen shower at Mrs Olson home. Old and New Club met with Mr Bowersock hosting. Prof Car ruthil to entertain the club in two weeks. New resident Mlle Rouselaux plans to stay in Lawrence.
In today's news a profile of Sir Walter Runciman who rose from cabin boy to ship magnate and author. The piece notes his political service from Liberal to president of boards of Education Agriculture and Trade, and his wartime contributions at the Board of Trade. Also listed are today’s events and anniversaries including St Dunstan’s Day for the blind and Benja min B Hotchkiss’s birth centennial. The United States Agriculture Dept moves to new pine rust quarantine and Salt Lake City hosts a national farm and water conference.
Fragmentary verse speaks of assuring faith and peace in God. The text references calm thoughts, memory of vows, and a sense of protection as a guiding beacon amid gloom. It preserves a poetic tone of personal devotion and reassurance.
A discussion of how newspapers for decades have been run by individual families or trusted managers weighs the prospect that industrialization could turn papers into public, nonfamilial holdings. Notable publishers mentioned include Vitor Lawson, Jane Eastman, Frank Munsey, and Henry Watterson, with analysis by Harper Lecc and John Carroll.
The excerpt notes most successful papers remain under founders or descendants, with outsiders given highly personal control. Editorial staff show personal loyalty to owners or managers, mirroring college or university pride, raising questions about a shift toward industrialization and financial control replacing personal ownership.
A New York program plans three symphony broadcasts across major stations starting October 9, featuring Walter Damrosch and the New York Philharmonic with a schedule of 12 Saturday concerts plus student performances. The series expands to 12 more stations, pairing concerts with Damrosch lectures as weeks unfold. Conductors include Toscanini Kobayitzky and Engelberg, highlighting the era's top orchestral talent.
Thalia reports Premier Borami, once allied with Fascism, aims to return to politics and reconstruct the reformist faction. Allies say he believes reorganization of political and syndicalist movements will aid national governance.
A garbled list shows real estate transfers including Nora M. Teberham obbs Jot 127 on Cone Hossey at Shea for 2250, Mary T. Smiley to J. Frank Smiley in section 1 township 15 range 19 for 1. KE A. Tupper to E. Tt.iMoore for a tract about four percent acres north of section 24 township 1 range 38 for 8000. A brief obituary fragment notes Orville Johnson waried 1810 in 1 vb this morning for being.
Miss Salome Cunningham assisted in public speaking and visited Kansas City while Annabelle Newton spoke at the Baldwin high school chapel about her year in Ann Arbor. Numerous residents hosted guests and new members joined clubs as meetings and events continued through the week.
A Baker area social week includes a church dinner for enrollees at the First Methodist, visits by families to Hutchinson and Chicago, and Leisure Club meeting at Mrs. Feeks home with guests from Salt Lake City and Erinville. Tris ie ll Jane White funeral held. Dr. MacLean delivered remarks. several relatives attended. Kansas City district Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society plans announced for Baldwin event on November 12. homebound missionaries Frances and Helen McMillan expected to attend. Alpha Chi House notes and visitors.
Belleview residents hosted Sunday dinners with guests from Lawrence Oskaloosa and Senect including Mr and Mrs Herb Dissinger Mr and Mrs A Von Ganten and families and Miss Theresa teaching in a parochial school. The Ladies Aid met in Eudora with eleven members and three guests. quilting blocks and refreshments followed.
Local society notes recap dinners and visits among the Ott, Hine, Kennedy, McKinney, Freese, Fasley, Oliver, and Dee families. Harold Kennedy, once injured in a Baldwin dynamite blast, is slowly recovering eyesight as daylight distinguishes itself. The piece lists gatherings at several homes, school clinics by Dr. Ma Belle True, travel plans of students, and various weekend social visits across Seneca and nearby towns.
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