University Christmas Spirit Dazzles Kansas Campus
Alumni flock to hear radio program as Christmas events sweep the hill. Students staff tens of houses, boosting charity gifts and selling candled purchases up 160 percent. Festivities include tree lighting, caroling, and sorority parties with knights, togas, and regal attire. Rhadamanthi pins reach 23 recipients as W. D. Hackney designs bronze or gold emblems.
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Merirs
Rhadamanthi
W. D. Hackney
School of Fine Arts
Christmas Dinner Drive Aims to Aid Lawrence Poor
Ensign KE Miller of the Salvaton Army in Lawrence appeals for Christmas dinners for the worthy poor. The plea notes the aged, widows with hungry children, and the unemployed, asking support to provide meals at home and a Christmas tree for local children. The letter emphasizes ongoing aid beyond Christmas and a larger effort this year.
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Ensign KE. B. Miller
Salvaton Army
Edteréneé
Lawrence
Addit
Christmas Gratitude Note From Ors Family
A fragmented holiday message thanks friends for kindness during illness and death of a wife. Names Louis Georgii Noah Weimer Sarah J H Weimer Lou Featherstone and wife appear amid references to Johnston's Chocolates Rankin's Drug Store and Woolworth's Christmas detours.
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Ee Louis Georgii
Noah Weimer
Sarah
Aid
J. H. ‘Weimer
Lou
Featherstone
Johnston
Rankin’s
Baldwin News Briefs Reflect Local Holiday Preparations
The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion meets Friday for officer elections. Rev. James D. Smith leaves Baldwin for Fontana as pastor, while Mrs. Anna Weil prepares to celebrate her 90th Christmas. Christmas programs, parties, and school events fill the season as residents report travel plans and local happenings.
Williamstown Notes A Busy Weekend In Local Life
Mr and Mrs Justice McCoy and family visited relatives in Meriden on Sunday. Attendance at Sunday school reached 44 with the morning lesson on the Good Samaritan. Albert Rose hauled goods to Topeka for Ben Wamington who is moving there. Pearson cut wood for C McCoy over the weekend. Dr McCelland vaccinated hogs for Arthur Hamm on Tuesday. The Ladies Aid served lunch at the Pete Welter sale despite poor weather. Various residents shopped in Lawrence, while Opal Bracken and Margaret Bracken visited Albert and family as their grandmother cared for a sick grandson in Oskaloosa.
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Tongsnoxie
Junction City
Grandpa Michael
Mrs. Brown
Ona Petty
Mr. Brown
Milt Hamm
Ladies Aid
Bert Evern
Evern
Pete Welter
Kansas City
Lawrence Tarrell
Mr. Welters
W. A. Hardesty
Justice McCoy
Harry ‘Dick
Little Harry Dick
Meriden
Good Samaritan
Miss Smith
Brigay
Wrench
Albert Rose
Topeka
Ben Wamington
Pearson
C. McCoy
Oskaloosa
Esther Hamm
Lawrence
Dorothy
Leger
Rudolph
Albert
Rence
A. von Gunten
Robi. Walker
North Lawrence
McKitrick
Roy Bolen
Goodland
Kans
Maurice Starr
Ed Forsythe
Pearl Bartz
Raymond Bartz
Oscar Crane
Vera Woodard
Fields Holmes
Barbara Bichelmeyer
Oscar Hadl
Wanda_Gerstenberger
Agnes Coleman
Ruth Coleman
Matt Bichelmeyer
Frederick Freese
Charlott Hadl
Lola Duncan
Gerald Madl
Anna Bichelmeyer
James ‘Crane
Harold Duncan
Emma Koehler
Johnnie Landon
Ruby Geratenberger
Ruth Duncan
Laurenc ‘Madl
John Bichelmeyer
Leonard Hadl
Dorothea Bartz
Ford
Ruby Gerstenberger
Dodge
Lewis Wichman
Buick
Annabelle Holmes
Richard Conner
Tommy Aiken
Geo. Coleman
Rantoul
Fred Bartz
Pearl
Dorothea
Henry
Martha
Giertz
D. R. Kohler
Eudora
Ernest
Archie Goodyear
Chas. Goodyear
Allen Foust
Rey
R. L. Dye
al Dye
Clarence Randel
Jas Duncan
Belleview Grange
Belleview social notes and local travels long ago
Belleview readers record Sunday motor trips to Bonner Springs and Olathe, visits to Lawrence and Eudora, and a mix of family gatherings. The column lists Thanksgiving stays, school notes, a cross county health race, and a long 1920s financial treasurer report about Kansas state deposits and interest.
Return of Kansas fiscal agency faces opposition
Topeka reports State Treasurer E T Thompson opposes sending the Kansas fiscal agency back to a New York bank. He warns county banks and municipalities would lose access to about 1.5 million dollars and urges a law requiring public notices in county papers before bond payments. The 23rd biennial report was released to Governor Allen.
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Thompson
Topeka
State Treasury
New York
E. T. Thompson
Allen
Kansas Fiscal Agency
Gifts For Men and Boys Make Smart Christmas Picks
A Christmas shopper gains ideas from a store display offering neck ties, silk and lisle hose, wool socks, shirts in flannel madras and percale, hats and caps. The copy promises practical gifts for men, noting the appeal of stylish, durable goods and a range of fabrics and styles.
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