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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1927
Page
4
In Lawrence Kansas the article notes changes in city life as highways improve and football days shift traffic patterns. It reflects on the Pittsburgh Pirates grasping territory and comments on October progress in Kansas with utility bills due by month end. It mentions readers to check for utilities deadlines and notes travel trends to games by car.
The Chanute Tribune notes patriotic groups urge soft pedaling Kansas highway faults, arguing roads matter more than press coverage. The piece contrasts Missouri’s hard road push with Kansas lacking a system, while warning exaggeration persists. It also cites U S government gun use against Mexican revolutionaries as the decisive factor in the uprising.
The article notes progress in Lawrence with new University stadium and student union building, upcoming auditorium, and the hotel wing already serving the public. It recalls long campaigns for improvements, discusses pavement conditions, and reflects on the town’s steady, familiar changes while preserving its character.
A 56 year old note recalls a Wednesday public meeting at the Court House to raise aid for Chicago sufferers. Chicago in Ruins describes a large fire feared to have caused vast loss and urges city safety checks. Kansas fruits win at Albany and New York State Fair. Junction City Union editor George W. Martin travels home, noting Parson Anderson runs the Union in his absence.
Miss Alice Asher hosts a card party at her West Lawrence home while Prof Olin and family dine to honor Chancellor and Mrs Strong. The University Boxing Club organized with officers W H Carruth president J R Brady vice president C K E Wakefield secretary treasurer. 15 applicants. Also: Mrs Rushmer to return from Inloradis and Mrs Blue visiting from New York. real estate changes include Sparr acquiring Saunders residence on Vermont Street and rental of Miss Hutt’s millinery rooms.
Ten years ago reports recount British gains near Ypres and Boulogne with French and British units launching a big daylight drive at daybreak and achieving some success. Major T F Walker, ex dean of Kansas University School of Engineering, promoted to lieutenant colonel, travels from Lawrence to Deming Cann Cady NM to be stationed. Mrs Walker accompanies him. Further notes list several locals leaving for Chicago and New York to visit, attend conventions, or work.
Mrs J F Grayson hosted a delightful surprise party for her daughter and Nellie Beal. Attendees included Kendall family members Kendall Irvin Kendall Eliot Havekotte Learned Gregory Francis Gregory Hazel Riggs Ruby Manter Florence Havekotte Ahra Weidman Ida Radiolinsky Aldred Davis Vivian Stanley Dorothy Stanley Gladys Cronemeyer Ruth Boughton Lila Grayson and Wilma Yount.
London Oct 10 The American Legion goodwill party met King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. Ambassador Alamson Houghton led the delegation and presented retiring commander Howard Savage. The king joked of a good time and welcomed the Americans amid guard music and royal ceremony. Outside, a thousand sailors and friends gathered to view the visit before the Leviathan voyage home.
Today hosts a mix of observances and conferences. Cuban independence day commemorates Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. The Twentieth National Tax Conference convenes in Toronto while a candy industry exposition opens at Grand Central Palace New York. The Federal Trade Commission meets in New York City to discuss motion picture trade practices. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers holds the first National Fuels meeting in St Louis. The American Gas Association meets in Chicago for its ninth annual convention focused on development over five years.
Bundy, longtime Kansas State Agricultural College English instructor since 1925 and veteran newspaper man, will become assistant extension editor for Ohio State Agricultural College in Columbus. He has contributed to The Topeka State Journal, Daily Capital, and other Western papers, with ties to independence and Camuli in Tenee.
The Conservative national convention opens in Winnipeg with Arthur Meighen a leading candidate to head the party. A native of Ontario educated at the University of Toronto, Meighen has spent most of his life in the West and became prime minister in 1920 as the first western to hold the office. He earlier served as Manitoba MP, Solicitor General, and Minister of the Interior, and pushed the compulsory military service act through Parliament in 1917.
A three story tenement on West 34th Street collapsed after an explosion of unknown origin. Several children were buried in debris. two were rescued alive while rescue efforts continued.
Chicago brief reports Mrs. Arnold Fanner, 22, despondent and ill, found on the cas tilled floor of a room after a dog whined to summon neighbors. A pulmotor squad revived her from the fatal incident.
Among the senior class symbols, the flower is the rose with colors American Beauty purple and gold. The article outlines the class symbols, colors, and mottos for each graduating class, based on a student presentation at Lecompton High School.
The page records a mix of school items and science class observations. It notes team colors and mottos for Flower and other groups, then shifts to a general science class studying air gases with oxygen and nitrogen making up 29 percent of air. It mentions cement strength tests and reinforced mixtures, plus local community notices about meetings, travel plans, a football game result, and a London court anecdote.
Mrs. Medill McCormick, daughter of Mark Hanna, announces bid for Republican nomination to Congress from Illinois. She vows vigorous campaign across every county to win the April primary, citing years of Republican work and belief in public service. She would follow her father’s political legacy and faces incumbents Richard Yates and Henry L. Roebroone as the field stands.
Rachel Marie Carter Pugh, aged about eighty eight, lived a long life rooted in Quaker stock. Born in North Carolina, she spent childhood with maternal grandparents near Greensboro and later moved with her husband Dr. William Patterson Pugh to Kansas during the Civil War era. She endured illness and hardship, formed deep family bonds, and after moving to Lawrence in 1890 remained quietly devoted to her family, beauty, and learning, preserving a serene, practical philosophy until her death.
The article notes a community gathering at Mrs. Laura Talley's home with Vinland Farm Bureau members present to discuss plans for achievement day. Several local residents are mentioned visiting, traveling, or ill, including Harry Hammond returning home from Chicago and Eunice Hammond on the sick list.
Lawrence resident Miss Hazel Chaney spent Sunday in Vinland while Mr and Mrs Mooreaml Furl Emmet Saunders of Argentina Kansas joined relatives at the homes of Mrs and Mrs Ramey and Hunsicker in Eagleville. Frank Sande and family returned to Kansas after a weekend with local kin. Jarve Barton and Mrs Frank Standis visited Herman Smith and family as fairs were attended. Cohen Dellclus members hosted by Mrs Bertha Lucas on September 22 with thirteen guests. Rell call featured cake recipes and the program included stunts and a guessing contest followed by fruit salad sandwiches and coffee. Mr and Mrs L E Toover and mother Mrs Marv DeHek were noted attendees.
Reported spree of caviar thefts disrupts shops with bold raids. Police search city for culprits as thieves target luxury delicacy, prompting heightened patrols and warnings to merchants.
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