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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1922
Page
4
The text urges citizens to donate to the municipal fund at city hall to support Christmas arrangements in Lawrence. It notes the need to extend cheer to homes less fortunate and highlights the role of local donations in simplifying committee work and ensuring success.
The piece discusses proposed bills on farm aid and credit in Congress, noting the shipping board losses of about 50 million dollars annually. It suggests farm assistance could elevate farmers’ status and highlights John Wanamaker’s influence on trading practices and customer value.
A collage of short, humorous, and social observations from a past era includes remarks on shopping speeds, gender roles in education, and leisure. It notes Erin as a European sun and mentions Eddie Rickenbacker and rapid mental tests for Yale students alongside playful contrasts about hats, hunting in bathing suits, and fashion trends in Rome.
English novelist Joseph Conrad, now in his sixties, has produced his first play in London to marked success. Born in Poland and naturalized British, he rose from seafaring to masterful writing with a career spanning romance and adventure.
Zona Cunningham leads sixth grade at Woodlawn as the first pupil in North Lawrence to earn a writing excellence button, with several peers in November also receiving theirs. The article lists other students and notes School Bank Club of America memberships for all sixth graders. It also mentions a birthday visit to Mrs. Castle and a timber-clearing contract in Kanwaka, plus church revival notes and local health updates.
Fragments note baggage transfer to railway stations via Red Ball Transfer at 818 Vermont St and Griffin Coal Co at 88 with contact numbers. Also includes a claim about world population racial makeup.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley grows from a mesquite brush area to a network of farms and towns aided by private capital. By 1924 citrus and fruit production rise to thousands of carloads while cotton matures earlier and two corn crops per year are possible. Government surveys say over a million acres can be irrigated and new projects extend irrigation. The 1922 cotton crop exceeded 50 000 bales with 1923 projected 125 000 to 150 000. A stolen Buick was recovered by Manley Insurance agents after being found in Topeka. Local attendees at Armory meetings included Lillian and Esther Fritchie, Irene Bunze, Mr and Mrs Berry, and Rev M F Lienard of Topeka.
The Quivera club marked its twenty sixth founding anniversary with a banquet at Mrs. G M Falley home. Eight tables for four, red carnation favors, and talks by past presidents Mrs C E Lindley Mrs W E Koehring and Mrs R H Buckminster followed minutes from the first meeting read by Mrs Lindley.
The article notes Methodist Indian students at Haskell Institute and other parlor gatherings with Christmas decors, plus announces the Coal Mining Institute of America meeting in Pittsburg and the second Pacific Northwest Foreign Trade conference in Tacoma. Delegates from multiple states attend the first national convention of farmers cooperative marketing associations with listed speakers and officials.
The thirteenth annual American Good Roads Congress will be held January 16 to 19 in Chicago with discussions on road design construction maintenance traffic and finance. The event includes an exhibition by the American Road Builders Association showing road building machinery and miniature highway models. delegates from every state are invited to attend.
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