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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1922
Page
8
Oscar Learnard purchased seven registered Jersey cows and a Jersey bull, shown as top cattle at the fair. White City judges praised the entries in a 22-cattle class with sweepstakes honors for best dairy ball. A Treated school seniors plan a Friday evening picnic to celebrate their class event.
An Evening News Dispatch from Dublin reports an outbreak at Mount Joy jail where regular prisoners overpowered guards with improvised weapons smuggled in. One guard was killed or missing and five others wounded. the military guard returned fire, killing several rioters and wounding more.
The senior group of the Girls Friendly plans a meeting on Tuesday at the Parish House to discuss a picnic. The junior group will host University women at Prof Kurtz’s home, 946 Ohio St, from three to five. The Pringer school will meet Thursday at 3:30 for religious instruction and games. All children under eight invited. Kansas State agricultural dairy judging team won first at Waterloo Dairy Congress with coach H W Cave and rider F W Huston from Twin Falls Idaho securing individual honors. teams from Wisconsin Nebraska Illinois North Dakota Michigan Missouri also competed.
The Flint Hills report poor hunting for prairie chickens early in the season with few bags despite ample game earlier. Duck hunting also described as poor across the region and not expected to improve until cooler weather arrives.
Alumni president Paul Kimball travels to Topeka this afternoon with secretary Fred G Hill of the university office. The trip aims to discuss ongoing affairs with Senator Kimball while Ben Franklin Coal and Kaw Valley Fuel Co. provide support.
A Renner died at his home on P 90 Rhode Island Street at 6 15 this morning aged 70. He had lived in Douglas County since 1877 moving from Kangas and farmed near Wintland before retiring to Daye route. Survived by wife and ten children including Joseph JR Renner of Kansas City Mrs Martha Quasey of Lawrence August Lo Renner Oceanside Cal Ms Louise Renner Oxgeen and others. A pioneer Lawrence resident Mrs Josephine Hutchings died at her daughter’s home in Lawrence. General funeral at Unitedian church in Lawrence Thursday at two. Burial in family cemetery.
In an Ohio picnic address T A McNeal, defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate, says Ohio furnished seven Kansas governors and eight US presidents. He notes Wyandotte delegates outnumbered any other state and Kansas copied its constitution from Ohio. John Alexander was elected Buckeye president for the coming year.
With the roof completed and materials arriving after a brief delay, the new two story EKSA Manhattan cafeteria, costing 125000 plus, funded by the 1926 legislature, will be ready for use. Officials say it is the finest building of its kind in the state.
A fragment from a newspaper ad shows a sale or auction cue with price right and contact details. It mentions University and Coal Co. and includes stray terms like Scratch iner-Tabbed- ixhi and New pound-Journal-World, indicating disrupted OCR.
Vancouver reports Premier John Oliver will decide at the next session on recommendations about the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Sullivan’s consultants condemned the project, noting taxpayers face losses over 44 million dollars. Only parts from North Vancouver to Whytecliffe and sections toward Quesnel are partial, with vast segments unoperational or uncompleted. Estimated costs to finish range up to 38 million dollars more in renewals and about 36 million for the full North Vancouver to Prince George line.
Attended by about 2000 textile and laundry professionals from across the United States, the Honsted Texas gathering featured talks on fabric imperfections and new laundry technology. The convention highlighted demonstrations of latest inventions for laundry owners, with participants touring facilities in Fort Worth and Galveston while legislators and guests observed.
Market recap from Kansas City shows uneven receipts and mix of demand across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Trade highlights include higher prices on some stock and feeder cattle while hogs hog futures and lambs see varied gains amid liberal supplies and cautious near term outlook. Horsing and mule market activity mirrors last week with steady inquiry and steady prices. Market Correspondent hail rsm pipkin reports.
In Emporia Kansas October 5 a new consolidated district has been formed linking Palea in Rooks County. A letter from County Superintendent Emma Breve to the Kansas State Normal notes a church and two small frame schools are used while a new building is under construction. Two large busses haul children with a third to start when the new school is ready.
Mw Meinertz of the Palmer Tie Company describes an electric Ticht sucket aerial that works on short and long ranges. He has demonstrated stations as far as Atlanta and invites calls to his West Ninth Street shop to learn to build another aerial at low cost.
A terse item notes a Leavenworth Lamp event involving another car on track with the contact line listing phone 222 and a University onlay reference.
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