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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1921
Page
4
It seems the Lawrence post office staff must adapt to tighter quarters as hopes for a much needed addition fade. The delay followed a period of fiscal confusion and current restraint, with officials stressing economy in all comments.
The American Red Cross used 80 000 dollars worth of American tobacco stock in France to aid relief in Austria. It offered to sell at near retail price and devote proceeds to child relief under American supervision. The move showcases Red Cross ingenuity in turning supply into relief while facing tax and sale hurdles.
The Kansas Telephone Company is appealing a Public Utilities Commission rate decree in Shawnee district court. The Lawrence Journal-World notes the frequent pattern of utilities seeking court review rather than accepting commission orders. It cites the commission’s thirty seven decrees and the district court outcomes to date as context for the ongoing disputes.
Charlie Chaplin travels in Europe for rest but faces relentless crowds as fans pursue him across continents. The assertion notes his high demand and busy public life, with a cheeky nod to his press agent for releasing the story.
Readers of the daily press doubt dese. re snapping up eagerly the items which tel how American ess is coming out of its kinks. Every day adds to the story. Yes-
German journalist Maximilian Harden has canceled his planned American tour due to heart weakness. Harden opposed his government through much of the war, a stance that could strain him further. Meanwhile, a plot to blow up the Leavenworth federal prison was thwarted by vigilant guards.
An editorial argues that access to college depends on effort and sacrifice. It highlights Em peria College students who work through college, including a tale of a student who serves as a maid of all work for room and board while pursuing education. Dean Kelly lauds working students as the salt of the earth.
A Kansas City Star quote criticizes inquisitors asking if readers finished the Four Horsemen in a single night. The reply claims reading in a Pullman berth can be done, underscoring questions about book length and reading duty.
The piece argues inheritance tax burdens families more with greater wealth and asserts a man should provide for his heirs to spare them hardship after his death. It cites James Stillman’s death as context for how wealth complicates legacies and taxes.
Feft estate valued at about 24,000,000 faced 12,354,238 in inheritance taxes across sixteen states and federal taxes totaling 10,000,000. Administration and accounts took 2,887,098, income tax 825,349, and real estate in New York 33,795, leaving roughly 16,000,000 in deductions and a net estate near 24,000,000 as noted by Frank M. Hayes in the Journal of the American Bankers Association.
Bethany College at Lindsborg Kansas anticipates enrollment increasing by about twenty percent with total students reaching around seven hundred. Dr Ernest Philbait remains head after earlier resignation news and will teach Latin alongside leading a fifteen women and twenty seven men staff. New instructors include Anna Marin mathematics Amanda Magnuson psychology Adelina Larson public school music. The college continues its musical program including this spring Messiah festival with a chorus of about two thousand voices.
Statutory commemorations and political happenings fill today’s slate. The centenary birth of John Conness, California’s late senator, is noted alongside the Kings’ 40th wedding anniversary in Sweden. Italy marks a Rome entry anniversary. Ottawa plans a general unemployment conference. New Mexico votes for a U S senator to fill the late term. A Daughters of the Revolution fountain dedication occurs in Plymouth. Pennsylvania primaries choose local, county and other candidates. A congressman-at-large election will replace the late Garland. United Mine Workers open a biannual convention in Indianapolis with wage-demand talks.
Immediate delivery notice offers Cherokee lump coal via Kaw Valley Fuel Co. Call 219 for Pendleton ton pricing and details.
A concise note highlights Protch tailoring appealing to a specific group of men. It also urges riding a bicycle for health, framing both as simple paths to personal betterment.
Kansas City prepares for the American Legion convention October 31 to November 2 with Marshal Foch General Pershing Admiral Beatty Diaz Lejeune and other leaders among expected attendees. President Harding Coolidge Gompers Currie and state governors also reportedly invited as reunions for the 89th and 35th divisions unfold. Twenty five Congressional Medal of Honor recipients will be guests of Kansas City during the event.
Washington discussions on commercial aviation regulation as a path to safety comparable with rail and water transport. Secretary Hoover studies the air traffic situation and contemplates a possible aviation bureau under federal authority. Congress considers legislation to place air travel under Hoover's department if regulation is deemed advisable.
Lawrence businessmen receive letters soliciting envelope orders. They doubt the savings, as they could buy cheaper elsewhere. Money spent here would circulate locally via the publishing industry and related businesses.
Billy Campbell who lives north of the city enjoys restored sight after an operation and special glasses. He has suffered poor vision for years and is one of the happiest men in the community as he nears completion of a new home started last summer.
A local ad promotes sewing machines and accessories with service as the motto. The Singer Sewing Machine Co invites customers to contact at phone 577 and visit at 8381 Mass for machines and related items.
Milwaukee September 10 The Rev Dr John A Ryan of Catholic University urged a guaranteed minimum number of employment days per year to curb production restriction by organized labor He cited seasonal industries like building and said joint minimum standards of production by agreement between workers and employers could improve outcomes, referencing practices in clothing trades.
Milwaukee reports Dr E. L. Tuohy of Duluth told the National Conference of Catholic Charities that the main life-extension factor is saving infants and children. He noted an appalling death rate in the first year and a 25 percent wastage up to age eight, arguing that adding population by saving the young secures future adults.
Pittsburgh Sept 20 Analysis of problems confronting churches worldwide will be undertaken here at the eleventh general council of the Alliance of Reformed churches under the Presbyterian system opening today. Sessions run through September 25. Seventy church bodies with nearly 35,000,900 members and adherents are included, says Dr. John McNaugher president of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and local committee chairman.
An American traveler recounts a three week tour across Ireland meeting locals in the north and south. He notes two religions and two rival loyalties, describes mutual suspicion toward strangers, and shares stories of trust while praising the country and its people. He concludes with a cautious view of honesty and a meeting of differing backgrounds.
Ed Riling drove downtown and stopped by his mother's house. A white chicken perched atop the car, the bird unable to roost elsewhere as neighbors watched. The chicken was captured and later fried, leaving the Riling home short one fowl.
Kaw Valley Fuel Co Will Pendleton manager in Illinois reports coal operations are on track. The firm lists contact as 219 for inquiries and updates on production plans.
Kansas melon regions report a frostlike coating harming hundreds of dollars in melons amid unusually damp weather. Independence notes strong watermelon demand reduces need for farmer group action. Hutchinson cites jail liquor source mystery, a prisoner confessing to contraband spills. Smith Center reports booming watermelon profits, Dan Hunter selling 3000 dollars of melons from four acres. Fredonia resumes Win dow Glass plant with 310 workers back. Ottawa hosts Civil War veterans reunion gathered by George P. Washburn.
County notices report game bird allocations for Clay Center and a state warden note. Wichita hosts a Wheat Growers Association organize-and-recruit drive with 100 organizers. Mayetta battles a coal fire in a 63 thousand dollar school building, volunteers fight the blaze. Topeka highlights amateur stock judging winners at the Kansas Free Fair with Weber leading. Atchison promotes band tours to neighboring towns to boost goodwill. Cottonwood Falls reveals Chase county schools have over 30 percent nonresident teachers this fall.
Mrs. Bessie Wellman of LaCross Kansas is visiting her sister Mrs. Preston Prentice for an unspecified period with family ties noted in the local society.
Miss Mildred Ledder of Topeka hosted Sunday event inviting Mrs. Preston Prentice, the gathering described as an ovent occasion with social hosting in local circles.
A marketing snippet promotes Diamond Dyes as safe for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It claims no spotting fading streaking or running and instructs readers to tell their druggist fabric type before dyeing.
Governor Allen designates September 17 1921 as Constitution Day in Kansas and urges schools civic bodies churches and communities to observe with fitting exercises nationwide context noted. The proclamation emphasizes devotion to the constitutional law as the foundation of democracy and calls for patriotic observance.
In Russell Kansas the twentieth annual convention of the sixth district federation of women's clubs opens with Cosmos Club members as hosts. Sessions run through Wednesday and Thursday at the First Methodist Church. Miss Grace Young of Beloit presides with speakers including Mrs. R. R. Bittman of Independence and Mrs. Ida M. Walker of Norton County.
Kaw Valley Fuel Co led by manager Will Pendleton offers semi anthracite lump coal in Arkansas. Phone line 219.
Topeka Kansas September 19 The first complete unemployment survey in Kansas is now under way Judge John H Crawford director of a Kansas free employment bureau has instructed heads of employment offices in Topeka Wichita Kansas City Hutchinson Saline Parsons and Emporia to estimate the number of unemployed in their districts on September 31 The federal service had put Kansas unemployment at 12000 in January 1921 This new survey will cover the entire state and provide a fuller official count.
A September dispatch from Constantinople reports a new bedbug strain spreading in the Near East. The insect, bred from refugees from Russia Persia and the Tartar regions, torments hotel guests and residents alike. It has reached the sultan’s palace and challenges 해결 sleep as deeply as the Turkish Greek dispute. Some say the bug is winged and mosquito like, smaller than prewar varieties.
Mr and Mrs Tom Woods return to Omaha Nebraska after visiting relatives in town.
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