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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1927
Page
4
Wide ranging column from September 7, 1927 discusses local Kansas sentiment on political prospects, boxing brutality observations in Kansas City, an Abilene Reflector take on presidential candidates from Kansas, and European military withdrawal plans. It notes editorials, local reactions, and questions about education and literature amid dime novel trends. The piece includes references to Kansas figures and institutions.
The Fort Scott Tribune notes a complex farm situation facing many communities. The article cites farmers saving money amid rising costs and hints at parallels across regions, with reference to U S farm issues and industrial shifts such as shipyard work.
A newspaper note questions whether the death of Way Wheeler weakens the prohibition movement. It argues the cause was already fragile and asks if the loss of one leader can alter the broader anti saloon effort.
The essay praises a diligent letter writer who could sway registrars and attract big corporate interest in securing a KU registrar post. It notes a western Kansas man seeking off mailing, and Senator Reed of Missouri delivering his first Kansas speech in Osawatomie, drawing attention and debate.
The Lawrence Auxiliary Refuge Association held its annual gathering with around twenty ladies voting in new officers. Miss Josephine P. Elze, daughter of Col. S. W. Elze, wed Rev. F L M. Els of the Baptist church in town, while a friendship gift tea service from Mr. William Carpenter’s jewelers was presented by Dr. S. Prentiss. The program also notes fair days, premium awards, a horse race, and church construction updates as the Episcopal church build resumes.
Dell Marks took a three month tour visiting Atlantic City York Albany and Trev Katherine Sellars will attend the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention in Ann Arbor Mich as a delegate from her chapter Jerome Carter denied a property in Perry Okla and will send his co to the University A large reception at 1229 Ohio street hosted by Mrs Street and others featured fall flowers and a long list of helpers W F Coleman of Park Grove injured unloading a sugar barrel Ethel Chalkley returned from three months in Chicago May Kanaga leaves for Ampton Wichita and Wind Mill home Miss Metcalf to teach in Lawrence while visiting A Palm and family An observed statistic notes one in 29 Germans are officially Beped in the error the German State Raul wars
La Paz reports Third International accusations of a planned Bolivian revolution under cover of a business group. Documents claim Comrade Martinez was sent here with 1,000,000 francs to fund subversive activity. Listed secret addresses include Montevideo, Uruguay, but identity of the Comrade remains unconfirmed.
Mrs. W. B. Stauffer led a piano recital at United Brethren church with students Martha Smith Elizabeth Day Mary Smith and others. Families travel from Lecompton and Kansas City. weddings and showers mark a busy period as local residents host visits move homes and celebrate forthcoming marriages.
Mrs Beattie Collins and Mrs Harlie Armstrong hosted a Kanwaka Literary Club meeting at Mrs Fred Gregory's home. Numerous locals from the area visited Beattie Collins, attended the aeroplane circus, and spent time with family and friends in Kanwaka and nearby Lawrence, Lecompton, Linwood, and Topeka areas.
A year of commemorations marks Brazil's 105th independence anniversary with national observances. In the U S, the death of poet John G Whittier 35 years ago is mourned. Greetings to John Coolidge as he turns 21. Detroit hosts the national Baptist convention. The Scottish Memorial Monument unveiled in Edinburgh. Brazil marks the coffee century with a grand exposition in Sao Paulo.
In a dialogue rich with Greek myth figures, Menelaus and Hermione debate modern ideas while Adraste and Orestes loom as potential threats to family reputation. Eteoneus cautions Menelaus about Hermione and Orestes, arguing for a balanced, old fashioned approach. The scene ends with Menelaus fearing the upcoming guest Pyr hus and the possibility that hospitality may entangle the household further.
Miss Megan Lloyd George, daughter of a former British premier, declines a parliamentary bid for Pontypridd Wales after recent travels in America. Known as Little Megan during Lloyd George’s wartime leadership she is praised for her persuasive charm. Chicago Fire Relic Goes to make way for a new building a 150 foot brick chimney razed.
Washington AP reports the Library of Congress already holds a 61 page Braille catalog with titles built by volunteer transcribers around 40 percent being women coordinated by the American Red Cross. Braille books cost to produce and are limited to school texts. new plate processes in France may soon allow duplications from baked paper plates. Soviet youth flock to American films as popular U S detective and adventure movies draw queues for tickets in Stalin’s era.
Report notes the Warshin Potemkin's good run in Europe lacks appeal of American products. Soviet officials worry over the Faothful mind as gangs of excited youths imitate the pictured characters. Toy guns increasingly sold lead to property damage and smashed windows. A popular stunt involves wires stretched across sidewalks, endangering pedestrians.
Topeka and northeastern Kansas registered temperatures roughly six degrees above normal this morning with continued warm weather expected. Showers occurred overnight in the northeast. rainfall amounts included Horton 1.98 inches, Mc Farland 1.85, Hanover and Horton 1.04, with major rivers rising as the Solomon river topped its banks at Beloit and the Smoky Hill neared bankfull.
In Superior Wisconsin Peter Fronski suffered a leg fracture after a car ran over a ledge. He grinned during the ambulance trip astonishing attendants and doctors. A mistaken note claims the leg was made of newt. the text is garbled and mixed with tariff talk about British goods and Spain.
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