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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1923
Page
4
Lawrence, Kansas, Oct. 16 1923. Welfare convention speaker notes funding is easier than finding volunteers to work. Authorities say communities can raise money, but recruiting people to give time and effort remains hard, with social work needing sustained attention.
The piece denounces rumors claiming Mrs. Coolidge is Catholic, noting she remains Congregational. It cites investigation by a Washington source, confirms the couple attends Congregational services, and warns that such whispers stem from a sustained campaign to smear local residents with untruths.
The article surveys public opinion on new inventions and prohibition enforcement, noting diverse reactions in Lawrence and escalating tolerance for dry laws. It cites shifts in urban demographics, Governor Pinchot's stance, and the broader push to strengthen enforcement, while highlighting transport mail issues and cement as a key building material driving industrial growth.
In Chicago and the Newberry library a growing collection of Aldine Press volumes highlights the sixteenth century craft. Dr. Pierce Butler notes these rare Aldine books, once affordable at two shillings, show enduring merit. Aldus Manutius founded the press in Venice around 1490, with 908 works produced and nearly 100 in Newberry.
James Le Barton, secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission, to urge continued Congregationalist mission work in Turkey at the World Congress in Springfield Massachusetts. A Vermonter educated at Middlebury and Hartford Seminary, Barton arrived in Turkey in 1845 and rose to lead the mission college, author several books, and serve on multiple delegations to Asia and Near East affairs.
Greetings to Speaker Gilleth marks a birthday visit by his aunt and a delegation arriving in Chicago for two days. Hearings on the Secretary of Agriculture lawsuit against Armour and Morris continues in Washington. The National League of Compulsory Education Officials opens its thirteenth annual convention in Springfield Massachusetts. Governors’ conference meets in West Baden Indiana. The National Council of Congregational Churches biennial meeting assembles in Springfield Massachusetts for a week.
New York October 15 Associated Press. The Engineering Foundation reports photographic motion studies using the Scale cage show absent minded individuals exhibit motions similar to imbeciles. It claims waste in manual work from self directed motion and suggests training can greatly boost output, noting bricklayers and cherry pickers illustrate traditional methods.
Detroit reports Dr. Arnold Gesell of Yale urged stronger pre school health efforts at the American Child Health Association convention. He said most mental deficiency traces to the pre school period and emphasized the need to protect and develop children ages two to six. He noted high death rates before age six and the greater infection risk, urging social and medical programs to focus on this life stage.
Chicago observers debate Bruce Grant s fourth dimensional portrait at an no jury show by Chicagos No-tary Society of Artists. The piece, a vivid sunset scene with odd details, sparks jokes about value at 3200 while amateurs and professionals mingle in a freeform exhibit at city hall.
Abilene Kansas October reports head of United Light Power and Telephone Company Cleyson L Brown enforcing a 10 percent weekly savings rule for employees. Savings go to stocks and debt reduction. investments in consumer goods do not count. In first year staff saved over 225000 dollars, with many funds directed back into the company and community. Brown, once a farmer, built a modern utility and became among Kansas wealthiest citizens.
TOM SIMS comments on Europe owing debts to the United States and questions Lloyd George. He claims allies have not won the peace and mocks the division in peace efforts, noting distractions like football and golf. The piece interweaves pop culture jibes and notable personalities with political quips.
Ernnest Bayer Finest of 441 Lincoln Street died Saturday forenoon in Hoskins Nebraska while visiting. He was 64 and survived by his wife and three daughters Mrs. Fred Brucker Lawrence Mrs. Otto Bayer Kansas City and Mrs. R Cunningham Le pexa Kansas. Funeral services noted at Wagner chapel Kansas City and burial at Bluwood cemetery. Mrs Nanie Searles died yesterday afternoon in Kansas City after years in Lawrence. Services set for 2 o clock tomorrow at Funk chapel with Rev R A Eusden in charge and interment at Oak Hill cemetery.
Seeman Players formerly Oh You Wildcat Company present a three day run at the Bowersock Theatre with Thursday Friday and Saturday showings. The note explains Tariff as a Moorish chief who taxed ships near Gibraltar, a term once commonly added to goods.
A string of Lawrence residents visit Kansas City and nearby towns today. Names include Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Christy, A. B. Coker, Alice Martin, H. W. LaShalte, Lena Aydelott, Elizabeth Mackenzie, S. Penwell, Eula Penwell, Frank Knowlton, Theodore Gardner, O. H. Stugard, W. Hoskinson, C. Walters, Glen Moody, Bernice Moody, Roger Williams, Blanche Gordon, Mattie Creed, W. H. Mekone, Eli Wilson, Rev. William T. Smith, Myrtle Bair, R. C. Jackman, FE. E. Truebload, Arthur Huddleston, W. E. Hazen, Guy Riss, Rice, E. R. Hess, C. T. Kennedy, William Hastie, Dr Florence Barrows, A K Meyer, H P Smith. One note mentions a Kansas State Osteopath meeting in Topeka and a parade. A British oil fact is noted at article end.
New York reports a labor saving signature machine that can stamp 20 signatures at once on checks stocks and bonds. In use mainly by high officials the device can sign 12 000 to 15 000 names per hour for large securities while longer names slow the pace. One machine was once moved to Washington to countersign Chinese securities when a minister was ill.
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