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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
4
Texas run off results show Ma Ferguson defeating Governor Ross Sterling. The piece notes Texans recall her prior term and hints at concerns over a repeat of past missteps while conveying a general political mood about the Ferguson era. It contrasts this with a broader reflection on political memory and public hopes in the state.
Ottawa Herald notes Jones earned the Purple Heart with the First Division under General Pershing while Hartshorn served in the Thirty Fifth, correcting a prior claim that a Neodesha man was the first Kansan to receive the medal. Metcalf of Lawrence may have been the first Kansan to receive it. Britons face a textile strike amid signs of a business revival and rising unemployment.
An excerpt cites former Treasury Secretary and now ambassador to Britain, Mellon, claiming the worst of the low mood is over and a rise is ahead. The Parsons Sun questions his confidence and recalls his past finance “captains” who predicted endless inflation.
The piece notes Mellon’s foresight amid a record rainfall in Wilson and Sylvan Grove. It cites Tarrant Tubbs as a rising campaigner in California. It recounts a Butte Montana strike that halted daily newspapers, unleashing rumors and panic and highlighting the peril of a city without reliable news sources as cited by the Great Bend Tribune.
A group of girls visited the Rotary Boys camp at Rock Creek yesterday afternoon. They left in H. Richards’s car around 1 pm with supper and were chaperoned by Mrs. Ross Clel. Attending were Misses Sarah Weed, Gyneth Stugard, Merle Cox, Marion Glidden, June Cleland, Lucille and Edith Evans, and Ethel Temmin of Burley.
Twenty five years ago on September 1 a barn owned by J. E. Hobart at 927 New York Street burned down last evening. The loss was about $600, fully insured. Hobart, a broom maker, lost all his stock of broom com. Miss Bertha Badsky returned today from a short visit in Chanute. Misses Cora and Ethel Lyndon.
A 1928 Publishers Syndicate feature notes Nora’s fear that her husband’s jealousy faded as she aged and slimmed, worrying his confidence in her comes from weight and age rather than genuine affection.
Canadian visitors Mrs. Straffon and Mr. Straffon will head home tomorrow. Miss Stella Stuart departs tonight to teach at the high school this year. Miss Maude Harding to return Saturday from an eastern trip with her grandfather visiting relatives. A. G. Griesa and wife return from Cananea Mexico where they visited their daughter Mrs. Victor Walling. Mrs. F. M. Benedict and sons Frank and Maurice came back yesterday after two months in Green Mountain Falls Colorado. Prof. R. A. Schwegler and family move to Lawrence and reside at 1108 Ver Mont Street.
Fortyseven lines of local items note Alfred Blaker moving to Pleasanton Lawrence for educational advantages. Indians from Haskell picnic at Bismarck grove, four wagons ferry dinners. Stores fill with fall goods as sidewalks near Massachusetts Street block with boxes. Private School opens Sept 6 in Bowersock Opera House for grades one through five. Windergarten Primary School reopens Sept 4 at 1032 Tennessee Street. W A Hyde sells Baldwin jewelry, moves to Lawrence. Gus Fass moves his family to Lawrence on South Massachusetts Street. List of district Ellsworth league convention attendees includes many local names. Prof Erasmus Maveritt arrives from Os ki al oa Town. Haworth begins geology instruction at the university.
A discussion from Yok Academy of Medicine on the acute surgical belly highlighting how delays in seeking help worsen outcomes. Perforating peptic ulcers can present with severe abdominal pain then pain subsides, misleads patients, and leads to peritonitis by the time surgery occurs, making the operation riskier.
On this date in 1893 former Senator John J. Inglis spoke to 10,000 at the Baxter Springs soldiers reunion declaring himself a free silver Republican. Kansas suffrage activists meet in Kansas City and Topeka Republicans host a large reception for Congressman Charles Curtis in Washington arrival.
Ben Brown’s experimental plane was flown to Kansas City this morning by Louis Coghill. The aircraft will undergo test flights there under the supervision of W. B. Webb, manager of the municipal airport. Webb plans to fly to Albert Lea, Minnesota tomorrow to bring back a passenger to Topeka.
Crime reporter Michael Quisley pursues a web of romance and danger as heiress Janice Harman courts a mysterious young man linked to the jewel thief known as White Face. Dr Marford and cabman Gregory Wicks play pivotal roles in a London riverfront tale of secrets and crime.
Flo tilla Botilla advises Willy Nilly to pretend not to care about teasing, promising it will stop. The group returns with gifts including pond lilies, brook water, and a freshly baked cake, and Willy Nilly feels happy despite the earlier taunting.
In Elk City a merchant installs eight hitching posts and a watering place behind the store to serve customers who deserted the motor car. In Topeka Gov. Hoard Woodring plans labor day activities with addresses at Coffeyville and the North Central Kansas fair in Belleville. State party chairs expect to open their headquarters within days.
A collage of brief items from diverse places describes lullabies of superstition during eclipses in New York and London. It notes naming a Brighton baby Sydney after a solar event, a Bali Java man warming his wife’s grate, and locals in Clinton Prison timing routines to the moon. Also mentions Sea Gulls served as table delicacy and a strike by pea shellers in a London hosiery district.
The Kanwaka Literary club was entertained Thursday afternoon at Mrs Beattie Collins home with Mrs Arnold Hayes assisting. Singing of Old Folks at Home opened the meeting. Miss Margaret Colman read a paper on Influence of Beautiful Pictures in Molding a Life. Guests included Mrs Orland Meignheimer and Miss Agnes Stevens.
Concordia residents Mrs Paul Brune and Mrs W F Col er join Miss Nellie Elder of Linwood in follow up notes from the Lecompton Fair. Several Kanwaka families, teachers, and neighbors are listed attending showers, picnics, reunions, and visits across Topeka, Lawrence, Clinton Park, Lone Star, and Paola with school prep at Kanwaka and community events noted through August.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to wake the liver bile and relieve a sluggish feeling. It claims two pounds of bile should daily flow into the bowels for proper digestion, warning against salts and laxatives. The copy emphasizes the product's gentle vegetal extracts and directs readers to look for the red label and pay 25 cents.
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