World Company News Mixed with Local Commentary
A garbled montage from Lawrence Kansas includes corporate notices and a collage of editorial snippets. It references The Associated Press, city circulation details, and random musings about Governor Walton impeachment, a British inventor, labor unions, and a perplexing note on the German mark, all amid scattered local color and sports quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Postoffice
Lawrence
Kansas
Journal-World
President Coolidge urged action on liquor law enforcement
The piece notes that President Coolidge spoke to thirty governors in Washington and critics hoped for a sharp attack on the liquor trade. It argues hard words are not new to anti liqua l groups and emphasizes strengthening enforcement machinery, with various factions in Germany and Europe reacting to weaken the republic amid postwar tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prsident Coolidge
Washington
Middle West
White House
White men and war in the empires shadow warned
The Ku Klux Klan leader offers cooperation with Lloyd George to prevent white men from fighting white men, while war with yellow, black, or brown peoples is treated differently. The Santa Fe railroad reports a sharp freight rise in nine months of this year versus 1922, signaling regional business strength. An explorer returns from eastern Panama with a report of a populated jungle region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invisible Empire
Ku Klux Klan
Lloyd George
Santa Fes Railroad
Panama
Eve
The Fish Ordinary and Gentle London Stories
A London restaurant offers a 200 year old fish ordinary lunch with grace, soup, turbot, sole and pudding at a fixed price, served by a chairman who conducts a cheese guessing game for champagne. Guests enjoy cozy, jovial dining and a famed Stilton carving. Also shared are anecdotes about George Harvey and Queen Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Engishmen
LeBoutillier Chosen as President of Long Island Railroad
George LeBoutillier, already vice president and director, is named president of the Long Island Railroad after the death of Ralph Peters. At 47, he is considered a top railroad administrator with a career starting in 1893 as a rodman on the Pennsylvania system and advancing to acting head during Peters’s illness. He will earn a $75,000 annual salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George LeBoutillier
Long Island Railroad
Ralph Peters
Boutillier
Pennsylvania
Peters
Cincinnati
Fragmented 1900s News Snippets Reflect Holiday Turmoil
A collage of brief items from a bygone issue mentions a fall newspapers rush to report shootings, arrests, and jail bootlegger traffic in Washington. It notes lax details on Mah Jongg sender Jas Babcock, football chatter, and odd society notes from San Leandro. A Salt Creek oil claim meltdown and a caution about railway crossings close the patch. Thanksgiving prep and indigestion jests cap the page.
Delegates arrive in New Orleans for boll weevil convention
Delegates from cotton states will descend on New Orleans today for the boll weevil convention called by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. Other items note a special meeting of the American Automobile Association in Washington to discuss gasoline price investigations and a North Winnipeg by election tied to E J McMurray’s cabinet appointment. Also Georgia legislator E H McMichael faces a Macon criminal libel indictment related to highway work. In Topeka, Judge Menger marries William H Stewart to Nora B McCumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
E. H. McMichael
Georgia
Macon
McMichael
The Voice of the People on Local Movie Choice
A reader criticizes Lawrence cinema selection citing poor entertainment and misleading headlines while praising neighboring Eusporia theaters. Mentioned is Debra Lewis, a colored woman charged with forging a $30 check in a hearing set for tomorrow afternoon, with bail at $700 and county jail status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence
United States
Phe
Eusporia
Elinor Glyn
Debra’ Lewis
James. Carlton
Lewis
Kansas colleges in controversy over student admission
Washburn College reported to the state board of administration that Kansas State Agricultural College breached courtesy and standards by admitting a student suspended for liquor. Washburn President Warner and ten faculty condemned the action, urging careful board consideration and broader educational discipline to combat the drink evil.
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Topeka
Kans
Associated Press
Kansas State Agricultural College
State Board of Administration
Washburn College of
P. H. Womer
Washburn
General Council
Washburn College
Wamer
State Agricultural College
W. M. Jardine
Wemer
Agricultural College
Board of Administration
Warner
State College
General’ Council of
Washburn Gallowe
Womer
Manhattan
Hilltop Musings on Women Food and Fashions
The piece sketches Hilltop views on women from royalty to campus, noting kitchens and cooking as a common focus. It shares quirky anecdotes from professors about domestic science and household hacks, including adhesive plaster uses and humorous campus chatter about weddings and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
O'Grady
Lawrence
Pye
Midland C. P. A. Meeting Tonight
The Midland C P A holds its regular monthly meeting tonight in Midland with several Lawrence candidates expected for initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland C.P.A
Midland C. P. A
Midland
Lawrence
Quiet Title Suit Filed by Schehrer Against Fish et al
Stephen Schehrer filed a quiet title suit against Pascal Fish and others to quiet title to real estate. The action seeks to resolve claims and establish clear ownership of the property in a court action with the parties named as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Schehrer
Pascal Fish
Miss Helen Weed Heads to Kobe for Language Study
Miss Helen Weed plans a year in Kobe Japan to study Japanese language at a missionary school after the Tokyo quake. She notes Kobe’s beauty and proximity to Kyoto Nara Megajima Osaka and Kyoto shopping trips and a large foreign community expected this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. C. Weed
Miss Helen
Japan
Miss Weed
Tokio
Kobe
Kyoto
Nara
Megajima
Osaka
Yokohama
Scout Officials Announce Weekend Football Assignments
John Bunn will scout the Oklahoma-Oklahoma A&M game at Norman on Saturday. Kansas meets Oklahoma at Norman following the Aggie affair. Lawrence High and Manhattan clash in Lawrence Friday afternoon with Geaches and Schlademan officiating. John Bunn will referee the McLouth versus Valley Falls high school game at McLouth Friday. Miss Jessie Whitmer and Mrs. Mattie Zinn of Longterm, Kansas, return home after visiting Ed Zinn. Mrs. H Trinkman travels to Kansas City this morning.
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John Bunn
Norman
Department of Athletics
Kansas
Oklahoma
Aggie
Geaches
Schlademan
Lid
University
Conch Hanley
Haskell
Lawrence
Manhattan Fame
Lawrences
McLouth Valley Falls
McLouth
Jessie Whitmer
Mattie Zinn
Longter
Kana
Ed Zinn
Lone Star Road Work Slated For November Dates
The Lone Star C P A will conduct annual road work on November 7 and 8. Members spread shale along roads near Lone Star to restore first class condition. The event was postponed from today and tomorrow due to farmers sowing wheat. A basket dinner will be served by members' wives on work days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star C. P. A
Lone Star
Copper Shares Lead Quiet Wall Street Trading
The Day on Wall Street reports a quiet market with heavy selling in copper shares, about a dozen dropping 1 to 3 points to yearly lows while industrial leaders hold a steady yet irregular tone. Volume runs around 550,000 shares as activity fluctuates among active specialties. Mr and Mrs W H Rickel, guests of Tom Morris, depart for Kansas City this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
W. H. Rickel
Tom Morris
Kansas City
Also Mentioned on This Page
the World Company
Bimons
Chicago
A. R. Keater
Hartford
Ligne
Franklin PB. Alcorn
Marbridge
Walton
Athens
Boyles
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
Danny
Old Emporia
The
Association of Ideas
Republic
France
Belgium
Germany
George Harvey
Great Britain
Dorothy Thomson
Grandfather Harvey
Queen Mary
Italy
Alps
Tom Sims
Wilfray
Butte
Mont
Wire
Jas. Babcock
Man
Mah Jongg
America
San Francisco
Weeks
Ford
San Leandro
Calif
Hempstead
S. J
Wyoming
Salt Creek
Kan
Bank
William H. Stewart
Nora B. McCumber
Judge Menger
Kansas Colleges
Marty
Jane
Polly
Texas
Wimmin
Frosh-Fish
Ronyacastion
Wycherly
Plain Dealer
England
Olivia
Ber Hur
McCulloch’s
Smith
Helen Weed
Scouts
Southern Game
Somers
H. €.Trinkman
CP A
Abe Gracers
Postal Corect Com » Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Horlick’s
Infante
American Guild of
Congregational Church
Bell’s
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