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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1921
Page
4
Reflections on Kansas baseball, Labor Day celebrations, Ireland England negotiations, and Typhoid concerns. Mentions Methodist growth and Wichita station fill efforts amid mentions of oil schemes. A jittery composite from a sanitized newspaper fragment outlines social and political topics with uncertain details.
A Kansas report notes anti tobacco league warnings and war era poisons in cigars and cigarettes. A federal funding bill may push railroads to put a million men to work, funded by taxpayers. Labor trends show 1.08 percent rise in industrial employment in August, with hundreds of thousands still unemployed. Governor Batten hailed Labor Day celebrations as the greatest yet, while Secretary Davis urged open shop policies. The Journal-World praises church cooperation and outlines plans to expand church news. Visiting business leaders to Ottawa showcase regional collaboration for community projects.
September reports note Mexico purchases automobiles, parts, tires and accessories from the United States totaling 15000 in the first six months. Lawrence industry gains a fresh start as public schools in the city and half the county begin fall activities. The KU fall semester next week is seen as a peak for the local industry.
Berty Walker, long time publisher of the Osborne County Farmer, is appointed state printer by Governor Allen to succeed the late Imri Zumwalt. Walker, about 48, previously a Topeka reporter and veteran printer, returns from California to lead the state printing plant and remains first assistant to Keller.
Canada has helped more than 40 000 world war soldiers become landowners providing homes and a means to earn a living. The nation appears to have found a partial solution to the veterans' postwar challenges by giving them a productive path.
An editorial voice from the Toledo Blade laments scarce G A R coverage and argues that modern veterans groups echo the Grand Army of the Republic. It links the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars to the G A R spirit, praising loyalty to Lincoln and a reunited republic.
Observances and anniversaries mark Lafayette Marie Jay and McKinley’s assassination's twentieth year. Pope Benedict XV’s seventh coronation anniversary. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey’s birth centenary. Jesse Pomeroy nears 45 years in Charlestown prison. International fairs open in Utrecht and The Hague. Methodist Ecumenical Conference in London. Canadian Bar Association opens with John Simon speaking. World Poultry Congress begins in The Hague under IAPII. Indiana voters face multiple constitutional tax amendments in today’s special election. A chemists’ international convention opens in New York under the American Chemical Society. Peace postal dedication crosses the Canada United States border. Blaine Wark.
Topeka Kansas September 3 proposed legislation to aid blind statewide to learn trades and gain self support will be discussed at the Kansas Association for the Blind first convention in Topeka Thursday and Friday A temporary organization is in place with Rev I A Wilson president Miss Mary May secretary and Miss Lovelia Hilty treasurer Mayor H J Corwine will speak Thursday evening at the North Side Christian church Meals will be served by church women and delegates will be guests of the local association
Musical notice describes piano repair as a house tradition and guarantees thorough work by Gordon Pearce who leads the service department with fifteen years of experience. Readers are advised to leave orders for overhaul regulation or refinishing.
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