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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1933
Page
4
The column discusses inflation pressures on President Roosevelt and Congress, warning that devaluing money harms national savings and recovery. It also reports a case where forged Kansas bonds used the state seal, with signatures forged and the auditor's seal mystery remaining unresolved.
The discussion notes that drink influence impairs efficiency and risks, railroads may extend liquor bans if prohibition fades. Three Kansas City youths receive twenty year terms for robbery and kidnapping, with the defense blaming local conditions and police protection for corruption. Treasury balance hope hinges on repeal, yet fears of treasury depletion persist.
Old Home Town notes hostess Miss Thelma Edmondson entertained sixty high school friends at a Folly Ball in Holloway's Hall on Saturday night in honor of Arthur Wight of Seattle. Florence Beamer and Maurine McNish presided at the punch bowl. Chaperones included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edmondson and several others. Also noted are births and returns from travels and hospital reports involving local residents and visitors.
Dr A B Sellards Fred Morris and Thad Stevens left for Russell county to hunt prairie chickens for a week as the season opened. Muriel Whitman returns from Chicago. Mrs S M Crook family move to 1238 Tennessee. Miss Clare Jaedicke back from New York and Boston. Mrs J W Humphrey and Mrs H Gossage stay at 1108 Kentucky for the school year. China shower for Miss Lillian Person at 1029 New York Street.
A humorous vignette about a character clinging to an old sewing machine to save money, expressing reluctance to part with it despite promises of modern convenience. The piece reflects domestic thrift and sentimentality within a lighthearted frame.
Miss Elizabeth Dunn of Ottawa daughter of H A Dunn leading dry goods merchant and sister of Mrs R A Schwegler will take violin lessons in Lawrence this October. She has already enrolled a number of pupils. Mrs William Nicholson and daughter Georgia returned to Chicago after visiting Topeka relatives and plan to sail for Paris October 15 for painting studies. Miss Alberta Cresswell of Kansas City arrived to attend the university.
A. E. Tonping of Kanwaka starts today for a visit to the World's Fair. Mrs. Learnard of Memphis arrives to visit Col. C. E. Learnard's family. Phi Kappa Psi plans a party at Bassett home on Mount Bread. County surveyor duties swap as T. J. Sternbere acts in Holland Wheeler's absence. A quilting party at Mrs. Robert Irwin's Blue Mound home draws twenty five ladies. City Marshal Asher returns from Cherokee Strip border and notes severe hardship among registrants. boomer term now obsolete, every man a stripper along the line.
The Rockefeller Foundation study on the common cold at Longyear City Spitzbergen shows 75 percent infected after the first Norway steamer and 90 percent before an epidemic ends, with winter being mild. It notes infections are seasonal and that nasal conditions influence children more than adults, who show similar susceptibility regardless of nose or throat issues.
This date in Kansas history notes C J Devlin of Topeka purchasing all Santa Fe coal mines in Kansas with possession due October 1 including Crawford Cherokee and Osage counties. Also 1898 Governor Leedy learns Twenty first Kansas regiment will be mustered out at Fort Leavenworth. Divers locate czarist ironclad wreck Rusaika. plans to raise it. Lawrence Business College secretarial training advertises new location corner 7th and La Sts. Phone 804.
Colin Lunn is drawn deeper into the Mask's underworld as Benny Malone briefs him at Michael Barney's tobacco store on a planned night operation. Colin learns the Wine Press alias, the gang's inner rules, and identifies key figures Heimie Schwarm, Buck O Mara, and Spinelli's circle while awaiting a crucial assignment.
A reader outlines an Economic Security for All plan proposing federal action to ensure the right to work and to possess, seek to abolish parasitism, tax wealth and income above 10000, and protect bank savings with strict penalties for internal fraud as a gradual path to recovery.
A village tale shows peasants pouring only water into a priestly gift, illustrating spiritual apathy. The piece argues for individual faith and responsibility as essential to national character and enduring economic stability, warning that mass movements alone cannot sustain virtue without personal contribution.
In a sharp rebuke, SR. Dewey says crimes like bond forgeries embezzlement and stock-market speculations by those in charge of others' savings are best stopped by decisive measures such as a firing squad and a stone wall, rather than slow grand jury probes and half hearted prosecutions.
Willy Nilly, Crow, and Christopher recount a tale of a bad deed followed by a reward. A lost monkey is found after a public notice offers two dollars for its return, and the crew pockets two dollars while vowing further savings. They sleep content, realizing their worries fade.
Fragmentary text notes that individuals did not awaken the morning after a prior event, implying a delayed or missing response. The surviving lines suggest an inexact timeline with emphasis on what occurred the day after the initial incident.
A quirky Oklahoma City item describes a man offering to mow a lawn for a meal after finding a $10 bill, while a stranger hints at a saxophone purchase. Other notes cover a Shelton turkey outwitting a watchdog, a Naperville piano prodigy, and a police chief winning a department picnic title.
Proclamation by President Cleveland opened the Cherokee Outlet land between 96 and 100 west longitude near Kansas to settlement at noon September 16 1893. About 100000 people gathered along Kansas southern border for the historic land rush, with no one allowed on the land before the signal.
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