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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1919
Page
3
The Thanksgiving Owl issue debuts with vigor at the South Kansas game. Three thousand copies printed, with demand possibly doubling that. Editors lampoon faculty quirks while praising sharp reporting and college life, produced in Journal-World job rooms by students.
Nathan Henshaw aged eighty died at home 1004 New York Street. Funeral at Friends Church Wednesday at 2 PM Rev Wilcox will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill.
City commission last night held a special hearing on aiding families of National Guardsmen. Capt. Paul Dinsmoor and Lieut. Jack St. Clair spoke for the guardsmen, with Red Cross delegates Margarette Perkins Emma Wall J R Holmes and T J Sweeney and Social Service League representative Mrs Tom Kennedy present. The city reported answering fifteen coal calls yesterday and will assist emergency cases. Red Cross Home Service unit will assist families and address other needs.
The itemized column records numerous Thanksgiving visits and gatherings at multiple households including the Rudigers, Levettes, Perkins, and Daniels families. It notes school closings for a two day break, roadwork delays from ice and snow, and mentions several residents traveling to Kansas City and Lawrence. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad closes the column.
Mrs J V LaCroix and two children Leon and Helen of Kansas City visited Franklin on Thanksgiving Eve at her sister Mrs J D Marin's home. Charles Wilson and Plin White with families joined relatives for the holiday. Robert White traveled to Kansas City to see his mother Mrs F P White in hospital after an operation. Eugene Schutz and H A Puckett hosted dinner at the M Schutz home. Melvin Sieber returned home for the holiday and Charles Wi Wilson hauled hay to market. Massie Cox visited her parents T L Cox, and Fred Eggert with wife spent Sunday with the Eggerts. F P White stopped by Plin White's Saturday.
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