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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1923
Page
2
Kansas trains in heavy mud at the stadium area as coach Patsy Clark readies the Jayhawkers for the Valley battle against Nebraska at Lincoln. Noble leads the Cornhuskers while Kansas counters with a heavier lineup and a mud hardened squad.
McLean and Griffin hold the wing positions while Mosby and Davidson cover tackle and Haley and Freese guard. Lonbarg, the regular center, anchors the line. This likely is the strongest eleven Kansas mentors could pick and will probably start at Lincoln Saturday.
In Kansas City on October 21 the 240 mile race will decide the 1923 national auto racing championship. Eddie Hearne leads points with Jimmy Murphy returning from abroad to contend. Prizes total 25000 dollars with 9000 to first and 500 to ninth and tenth. additional 4500 and 2500 for top places. Cars run 122 cubic inch engines. Notable entrants include Hartz Milton Coop ey Hill Lewis Wonderlich Fengler Elliott Duray.
Scores show Jones and Henry leading Elks with Hetzel and Eliot posting top games. The Dreyeg and Edmondson teams meet ten pins tonight while Albach and Pierson face seven back in a mixed bowling card.
The Haskell Indians practiced heavily for their Saturday football game against Friends University of Wichita. They corrected Minnesota game mistakes, focused on the line, and noted Friends looks strong this year. Kilbuck and Oupoby expected back. team hopeful despite injuries.
Coast guard cutter Saukee returns with no sign of life or wreckage after a thorough search for the City of Everett crew of sixteen. The tanker, about 1000 tons displacement, was owned by the British Molasses Co of New Orleans and was last heard sinking about 150 miles west of Tortugas. Cream Stationery promoted at Rinkins Drug Store.
Senor Lulis Firpo known as the wild bull of the Pampas faces Luis Vincentini, South American lightweight champion, in a coming match near Benny Leonard. Vincentini, 24, has 17 fights with 15 wins and two losses, never KO'd or knocked down.
The Karas cross country squad will gain strength this week when Kansas State runners meet the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Grady and Hedberg, Kansas stars, will race after recovering from ankle injuries that kept them out against Oklahoma. Kansas led by Captain Jones with Davis and Pratt close behind, in a 27 to 28 loss to the Oklahoma Aggies. The long distance race will run in the second quarter of the Jayhawker cornhusker football game at Lincoln, with a predicted finish tight between the teams.
The recent heavy weather has left road fills unfinished and impassable in wet conditions. Travelers report the paved route to Kansas City is a muddy sea, forcing some cars to avoid the route and seek the oiled road instead.
Miss Maud A Brown of Fargo discussed methods to teach health to older, underschooled boys at the American Child Health Association meeting in Detroit. She argued pre adolescent males resist female instruction and noted the challenge for women teachers to engage them, stressing the need for male role models and suitable public spaces.
The Seeman Players formerly Oh You Wildcat Company debut fresh musical comedies and farces in tandem with N different feature photoplays at the Bowersock Theatre. Performances run Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Imperial Male Quartet will give a concert at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Liberty Memorial High School auditorium under school auspices. The program features classic and folk selections, with soloists and group pieces by Farks, Old English, Mendelssohn, Colby, Leighter, and others, ending with a law school smoker event for University of Law students Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Two couples tied the knot today in Topeka as Probate Judge Menger performed their marriages. Tra Q Howe and Mary Elizabeth Martin, both of Topeka, were wed along with Nock and Helen Compson. The Legion Auxiliary meets tonight at the El Per rel Dorsey post hall near the People's State Bank. A Kansas City Baltimore baseball game was postponed again due to wet ground and will be replayed tomorrow if weather allows.
Cattle receipts were moderate with steady to unchanged prices, hogs in active demand but 10 cents lower than last week, lambs and sheep mostly lower or steady, receipts totaling 28 000 cattle, 13 000 hogs, and 42 000 sheep. Beef cattle trade delayed by rain but steady overall, stockers and feeders quiet with weak prices, hogs and sheep showing mixed shifts, prices influenced by Chicago and eastern markets.
A promotional offer urges readers to send name and address with 5 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa for a trial package of Chamberlains Lough Remedy for coughs colds croup bronchial flu and whooping coughs and tickling throat Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach troubles indigestion and biliousness Chamberlains Salve for burns wounds piles and skin affections all for a nominal cent price as a family remedy kit.
John R. Dyer, chairman of the ticket committee, warns Lawrence citizens that some are illegally selling Kansas University football tickets near the stadium. He urges buying only at the athletic office, the Round Corner drug store, or the booth at the stadium to stamp out the practice.
Denton Texas October 16. The boll weevil and a cotton disaster pushed farmer John P. Carter to watermelons. His 123 pound melon crowns a string of records from 1916 onward with varieties Triumph Mountain Sweet and Tom Watson. From one acre in 1922 he earned over 300 dollars and on four and a half acres this year about 1300 dollars in wholesale sales.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to the American Legion and neighbors for kindness and floral offerings in a time of sorrow. Signed by Met and Mrs W Chapman and others including Mr and Mrs Eli Schueck and family Aly and Ales, and Mr and A Mars and Jobbins.
Mrs. F C Weed reports her brother O S Heiz er has been appointed consul to Jerusalem after thirty years in the service. He previously served at Trebizond and Baghdad, led U S relief efforts after Smyrna, and is now in Washington reporting. E A Stokdy e in Manhattan and H C Colglazier discuss the New Valley potato show planned for November at the high school auditorium.
Lawrence school children anticipate a brief holiday Thursday and Friday as teachers attend a state educational association meeting in Topeka. The event may affect daily schedules and pupil supervision during the absence of regular classes.
A health advisory promotes drinking water to flush kidneys and using lithia salts from grape and lemon juice to neutralize acids and stimulate kidney activity. Recommends daily four ounces of salts before breakfast for several days and urges medical examination of the kidneys.
Thousands seek a cheap cough remedy claiming the ancient Pinex recipe halts ordinary coughs within a day. Mix 2 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar syrup or substitute molasses honey or corn syrup, then use promptly for throat and lung relief. The Pinex Co Wayne Ind offers full directions and guarantees satisfaction.
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