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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1920
Page
4
The piece discusses Kansas fall amendments with emphasis on the good goals amendment and farm aids benefits. It notes rural districts would share highway improvements and warns against outside pressure. It also reflects on postwar politics, labor unions, and uneasy armistice conditions amid Balkan events and royal assassinations.
The Fraternal Aid Union marks 30 years since its Lawrence founding amid growth and stability. The article notes its expansion to other states, resilience through changes in fraternal societies, and continued strength under prudent leadership. Weather column adds a cooler forecast for Thursday and Friday after the World Series.
The Young Republicans of Lawrence invite first voters to a meeting at Republican headquarters to enroll in the party. Many first voters have served in bearing arms before voting and are urged to join a group promoting good citizenship. The piece notes Gomers plan to deliver union votes to Democrats is failing.
The report notes poet Willard Wattles and musician Winter Watts visiting the MacDowell colony in Petersboro Kenélm Digby records a peculiar exchange between Wattles and Watts about a horse and botts. The wording reflects a playful, perhaps coded, chat during their stay.
Ohio State University opens a four day golden jubilee celebration. The Southern California Fair starts in Riverside for a week. Governor Cox plans northern Indiana and Fort Wayne events, while Senator Harding speaks in the South from Chattanooga. Roosevelt campaigns in Indiana ending at Terre Haute. Federal Reserve officials meet in Washington on credit policy. Farmers Union leaders rally to protest deflation. Old Timers Banquet recalls the first professional baseball championship in Chicago and the 50th anniversary of the White Stockings victory in Chicago.
Mrs. Langtry aged 68 celebrates birthday on the Isle of Jersey. Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton, retired, former president of George Washington University, noted in today’s notices.
Fifty years ago in Lawrence a bridge over Muday Creek in Grant township was proposed with a levy for a $6000 Wak d rusa bridge and a county asylum vote planned. The piece notes local arrivals such as enough seats for a colored school, a new dancing school forecast, the first frost, long ox teams hauling engine and boiler, and lecture attractions. It also lists notable births and events including Hooper Risberg Fred McMullin and others with dates.
Tokin Oct 12 the Japanese crisis grows faster cable transmission to the United States as the Ministry of Communications ends the one urgent cablegram per day limit and allows unlimited urgent messages though each is capped at ten words and priced above normal messages. The report notes linguistic diversity in the Philippines and mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for post meal distress.
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