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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1923
Page
8
The fragment discusses European tensions with Germany and France, the Ruhr, Trotzky, and a Kansas City bank robbery diversion. It notes a million dollar prize fight, the fort road joke, and a looming New York City boxing belt decision. It references Tokyo earthquakes, the Pony Express, and old vs new mail speeds, plus Tulsa martial law and Governor Walton amid law enforcement resignations.
An assortment of political quips and observations touch on the Prince of Wales spending time in Canada, Spain Morocco matters, coal strike mediation favoring Governor Pinchot over Coolidge, and President Harding’s cabinet choices highlighting his willingness to appoint strong leaders like Hughes and Hoover.
Chicago reader recounts a Labor Day weekend swirl of international tensions and arms talks with notes on Japan’s growing navy and a Washington conference on gas weaponry. The piece contrasts public apathy and urban life with enduring fears of militarization while detailing local scenes and street chatter.
Ned Cornet his fiancée Lenore and seamstress Bess survive shipwreck landing on Marsaa island ruled by Doomsdorf and his Indian wife. Doomsdorf forces hard labor, renames Ned as worker, and uses rigid authority to break spirits while Ned and Lenore grow dependent on each other amid mounting tension as Ned proves himself by wielding an axe and sharing danger with Lenore and Bess.
Ned toils through days of brutal cold to lift logs and finish a sturdy cabin with Bess and Lenore. Doomsdorf drives them to exhaustion while Ned’s hunger for fur and escape grows, and a new plan to flee with the girls begins to take shape as labor and isolation press on them. In other notes, Kansas native John Wohringer rises to superintendent at Hampton Institute farm in Washington, D.C., directing 800 acres staffed by students.
A clipped humor column quotes Tom Sims on brains and politicking. It jests about narrow minds, schoolboy knowledge, fortunes, nightlife, and social advice while lampooning attitudes toward honesty dress and propriety in daily life.
Wichita Kansas September 18 AP Congress man W A Ayers of the Eighth Kansas district supports a conference to limit military aircraft while expressing disdain for international conferences. Legion survey of 335 respondents shows 303 approve the air disarmament idea though Ayers doubts progress from such talks.
Preparations underway for Lyons Homecoming Week with the K of P band providing free acts and stunts daily. The commercial club allocates 200 dollars in prize money for county schools to promote domestic science, art, and parades.
An insurance man recounts a friend recovering after suffering from gas, colic, yellowing, and bladder trouble. He credits Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, claiming it eased catarrhal mucus and inflammation of the stomach liver and intestines. One dose will convince or money refunded. Available at Round Corner drug store and others.
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