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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
5
A garbled report describes a Topeka gathering hosted by Ms Toh Chalkler featuring guests including Mrs. Woo AL Johnston. The text mentions a luncheon, car, and outfits with unclear details but notes the event as bright and stylish.
Birthday party plans feature Miss Gella Stewart entertaining about thirty friends with Christmas decorations and games. Other items note Phi Delta Theta annual Christmas dinner, Adah Chapter special meeting at the Masonic Temple for initiation and installation, and various social entertainments across Lawrence including card clubs and birthday club dinners.
The article describes artists turning Christmas cards into a business as printers noticed profit in the market. It details one card with a family scene and benevolence imagery, while others expanded the circle of recipients with lithographed copies. Nearby, Prof C G Dunlap travels to attend a Modern Language Association convention in New York. A Haskell Union meeting features entertainment and a box social that raises funds, with notable attendees and a 6 o clock dinner hosted for Miss Helen Hacker.
Local notes report multiple residents and visitors spending or traveling for Christmas. Mrs J Ry McChrmick and Miss Ingenis Gullo head to Kansas City, others plan stays in Pratt and Columbus, while Dr FR Mead visits Hays City and Prof McMurray goes to St. Joe. Several journeys include Webb City, Lawrence, and Council Bluffs as well.
News from December reports the British auxiliary cruiser Empress of Japan has captured the collier Exford with three officers and forty men from the German cruiser Emden aboard. The prisoners were among those who escaped to Cocos Island.
A theatrical act titled The New Electrical Thiyention Phat draws crowds at Lola today. Clara Kimball Young stars in this production noted for its novelty and revival appeal.
Kansas Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, an honorary engineering fraternity, was installed last night at the Bridge Hotel with 22 members. Tau Beta Pi, founded in 1885 at Lehigh University, now has 29 chapters at major U S engineering schools.
Central School students presented a Christmas program with songs recitations dialogues and solos including Lone Welcome Christmas Wid Winds Are Blowing The Golden Cob We bs Caroline Newson Holly Redland Mistletoe The Christmas Spirit and Santa Claus activities with Violin and Piano solos and several recitations leading to a note about Marguerit Clark appearing in The Crucible at The Aurora today and Saturday.
Lawrence students head home today for a two week holiday after tests. Most pupils left by afternoon trains, while one school remained in session briefly as others proceeded to rest from routine studies.
Washington reports the nomination of Wm. F. Iser for Salina Kansas postmaster. At the Varsity today Clara Kimball Young stars in a five act feature titled Lola.
Cincinnati December 18 police pursue a confederate woman linked to Frank G Holt the auto bandit who robbed two banks and shot Officer Edward Knaul four times before dying at a city hospital. Authorities widen manhunt as investigation continues.
Topeka Dec 18 state auditor W E Davis recommended the state legislature consider a constitutional amendment to change state school support. The proposal seeks funding for school purposes and aims to unify the way schools are financed in the state.
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