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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
4
The Journal World shows Simons as president of The World Company with department and subscription details. The paper lists offices at 722 Massachusetts Street and national representatives and notes AP dispatch rights and circulation figures.
The article notes increased attendance at fairs and dances, with crowds forming and outdoors events drawing attention. It mentions labor pressures on local workers and evolving family duties as entertainment venues remain central to community life.
An archived 1919 commentary denounces gambling's harm to baseball and wrestling. It cites Chicago revelations on match fixing and warns that gamblers ruin sports when influence grows, urging genuine athletes and fans to resist corrupt money and protect integrity.
A fragmented dispatch notes alleged bribery to corrupt athletes and contrasts sport with a sordid business image. It mentions cheaper gasoline, Ford pricing, and refinery output affecting crops. The piece critiques Democrats and Wilson campaign funds, and cites divorce court pace in Kansas City.
W A White reflects on Emporia Gazette printing plant growth from one linotype to multiple presses over 25 years. He notes payroll rising from under $50 to about $600 weekly and subscribers nearing 9,000 as machinery expanded. He celebrates industrial progress, better living, and the paper’s forward stride.
Today marks the hdsh anniversary of Whitefield's death observed by Methodists while the American Electro-Chemical Society opens its annual session in Cleveland. The U S Shipping Board plans bidding for the former German raider and port authorities meet in Chicago. Roosevelt campaigns in West Virginia with stops at Parkersburg Charleston and Huntington. Naval Academy eight arrives in New York after winning Antwerp Olympic event.
The Committee of Dennnsylvania is called to meet in Harrisburg to fix vacancies on courier signal and legislative tickets and to finalize plans for the upcoming campaign. Taylor University in Upland Indiana hosts the sixty third annual session of the National Association of Local Preachers Methodist Episcopal Church.
A compiled list highlights births of Gen Thomas Jordan 1815 in Virginia and Charles P Stone 1824 from Greenfield Massachusetts, Nelson Column cornerstone laid 1849, Taft visiting Seattle 1909, Mme Sarah Barnhart tour 1916, and industrial era notes from Lawrence mill history, with civic anecdotes and local industry details.
Dr Cyrus Northrop former president emeritus of the University of Minnesota is 86 born Ridgefield Connecticut. Sir Charles Stanford famed opera composer is 68 born Dublin Ireland. Rt Rev Joseph G Anderson Catholic bishop of Boston is 45 years in Boston. Yr John Henry MacCracken president of Lafayette College is 41 born Beechester Vermont.
A fragmented Lawrence Daily Journal time capsule notes the Douglas County militia moving its office to a new site and mentions events at Ranes University with dismissals and a tragic death. The garbled text hints at a concert and local happenings on a Wednesday evening, but details are unclear.
The article describes a benefit for Dene before his departure to Hungary assisted by the school of music. It mentions Dome Geza with the University school of music and a music hall in the old Methodist church on the site of the present Masonic temple. Football receipts from State University and Midland college totaled 178 dollars, split evenly. The piece also notes 320 students at our University and about 100 more at Ka'nan University.
New York observers mark the 130th anniversary of George Whitefield founder of the Calvinistic Methodist and famed evangelist. He toured America with seven visits, inspired great zeal, faced pulpit hostility, and influenced religious revival across Britain and Scotland.
Fragmentary item notes a steel strike stalemate dated a year ago with references to Brand Whitlock, a Belgian embassy position, and a contract for a new building project valued at around 12 990 dollars. Nearby mention of a school resort in Kansas and county notes appears amid unclear details.
In Topeka Kansas on September 8 an eighty six year old printer Harrison Clarkson moves his printshop to a new location offering triple the space of his former shop. Clarkson remains active in civic life as a Rotary Club member and leader in the Chamber of Commerce and Master Printers Association.
Squalid growth and a threatened split between two living Litvte cities near Lake Superior spur talks of a possible bridge. Officials seek to steer development away from merger to avoid a dangerous split while local auto interests promote Butler-Sanderson and Buick offerings.
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