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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1922
Page
4
A fragment quotes Ecclesiastes 5 10 11 about riches not satisfying the lover of money. It notes that wealth increases eaters and poses what benefit owners gain beyond the sight of their possessions. The text cites silver, abundance, vanity, and eyes.
After two months of railroad strike marked by violence and service disruptions, the government asserts a firm stance to safeguard transportation. President Harding pledges use of court power and, if needed, additional federal resources to shield rail operations from interference while opposing acts of violence and obstruction by workers.
Congratulations are due the Leavenworth county farm bureau on completing ten years of service to the county. The decade has been a success, the bureau is firmly entrenched in farmers’ esteem, and its strength and activity serve as a pattern for other bureaus. It focuses on improving agriculture, introducing new local varieties, and fostering cooperation among farmers for their welfare.
The Leavenworth Farm Bureau is honored with felicitations for the work it has done and best wishes for another decade of useful service.
Republican standard bearer W Y Morgan argues for a state budget system to fix executive accountability for state funds. He notes Gov Allen reduced expenditures and kept costs below appropriations, yielding a lower tax levy and efficient department operation, urging adoption to maintain economy.
A German writer studying Soviet life notes that some government workers, though outwardly loyal, are white inside. He reports locals use the term radishes for such officials, red on the outside yet pale within.
Kansas City Kansas residents rally to address rising banditry and crime along the borders. The mass meeting aims to bolster law enforcement and unite officials in strengthening crime-fighting efforts.
Veteran English journalist novelist and dramatist George R Sims marks his seventy fifth birthday. He is known in the US for plays that gained success on American stages and for early melodrama era works like The Lights of London Romany Rye. Sims recalls a harsh first rejection about his professional playwrighting debut.
Today hosts events: World War veterans of the Eightieth Blue Ridge Division gather in Charleston West Virginia for their third annual reunion. Kansas Farm Bureau marks its decennial with a Leavenworth meeting and barbecue. Delegates convene in Geneva for the League of Nations assembly opening tomorrow with a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Norwegian Industries Fair opens in Christiania and runs through the week. The Sulgrave Institute delegation sails from England to present statues of Edmund Burke, the Earl of Chatham and Lord Bryce in the United States.
London September 2 report notes the Washington Disarmament Conference created many jobs by dismantling Britain's sea monsters. Eleven battleships plus light cruisers and numerous smaller craft await destruction under the Washington Naval Limitations Treaty, and months of labor will be needed to scrap them.
The cornerstone of the new Masonic temple in Salina will be laid October 6 with the Grand Lodge of Kansas in charge. The event will feature the October reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons in the city.
The fall term at Lawrence Business College opens on September 5. The notice notes new students may enroll for the coming term and outlines the start date for classes and related admissions information.
Cassius Clay Collins Post 12 G A R condemns Quantrill's band and the Lawrence massacre. The writer recalls the crime, rejects praise of rebels, and calls for memory over nostalgia. It condemns slavery, praises Lincoln era justice, and urges veterans to honor the dead by remembering the victims and the harm caused.
A poster advertising a Fair and Rodeo to be held in Mayetta Kansas on September 7 8 and 9 prompts letters decrying the cruelty of animal acts at rodeos. The writer argues such exhibitions teach youth indecency and callousness and urges merchants to reconsider promoting the event.
Ethel Carew confronts family ties and murder rumors after Barney Loutrelle's suspected death. Grandfather Lucas Cullen Senior pushes Kincheloe to implicate others while clues point to Bagley and a Chicago connection. Ethel travels toward answers, aided byBarney as revelations emerge about Agnes and the Cullen empire.
Betty meets a horned toad named Hippy who lives in the desert, hunts flies with a sticky tongue, and camps at night by a sand hollow. The chapter offers craft ideas to make a miniature Hippy figure with a cardboard house and cactus and yucca plants. Copyright 1922 George Matthew Adams.
A collage of short items comments on tariffs, travel detours, Kansas City rent cuts, Ireland’s fortunes, Irene Castle injury, football return, Chinese war aftermath, kitchen space, hay fever, Tennessee rooster, women rights, bank clerks, a Tennessee letter, fall squirrels, Indiana anti corset law, and corset revival.
Trinity Lutheran outlines Sunday school at 9 45 a m with all departments active and morning worship with sermon at 11 00 a m pastor Rev N dD Goehring returns from vacation and will occupy the pulpit a cordial invitation extends to visitors and new residents Unitarian Church services resume tomorrow with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and service at 11 00 a m Young People Society to meet later Bedding Co Call
Winnipeg August 30 leaders of the farmer movement say John Bracken’s victory as Manitoba premier highlights a broader rise of farmers to political power in Canada. Bracken, 39, is the youngest premier and a noted agriculturist who built a career from Ontario farms to university positions and provincial leadership.
Hutchinson Republican nominee for governor Chapman W Y Morgan will be the principal speaker at the Labor Day celebration here next Tuesday. Dr Reding is taking a short vacation and expects to return to his office around September 7.
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