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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
4
The county CPA plans a quarterly meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the Chamber of Commerce building. All locals are urged to attend. After business, a basketball game between Lone Star and Belvoir teams will be played.
Topeka Kan Dec 18 Governor Davis says his mail grows heavier each day as his term nears end He expects most mail to prompt parole hearings for inmates at the penitentiary and notes petitions rely on newspaper publication in the convicting county He says 90 percent of his daily correspondence concerns parole cases and many letters are hard luck appeals from dependents seeking parole for relatives.
Prof Carl A Preyer of the University fine arts dept trades his home at 230 Massachusetts street for WH Smith's fruit farm ten acres plus bearing trees on 20 acres west of town. The farm is familiarly known as Apple Smith farm. In Butler county Dorado sees a young grandparent race with Berty and Ralph Snodgrass claiming ages 38 and 44, sparking local competition after the Howards at 39 and 87.
The final meeting of the second session evening classes is at the high school tonight and all members are urged to attend as the session ends. The first meeting for the third session may be around February 1 or later. Officials Fail to Qualify County clerk notes several officers elected in November have not qualified or posted bonds and must complete the process. Kodak Album for Xmas Available at Rankin's Drug Store 1101.
Yesterday at 4:30 the University Home Economics club staged The Scientific Christmas written by Miss Mabel Grabske and Miss Viola Anderson. The plot follows aReturning student remodeling the home department and coordinating a budget friendly Christmas dinner for the family and audience. Mrs Agnes Brady and other patronesses attended the Alpha Delta Pi dinner with town alumnae after the performance.
An old ad-style claim promises facial wrinkle removal in under 15 minutes. It urges mixing powdered tailroot with demon juice to apply to the face, claiming immediate smoothing and a younger look, with a cheap per-treatment cost.
Freshman voices performed songs and piano solos while a junior violin piece and readings entertained. The Y M L Club hosted a Christmas party at Mrs. Wallace Harris’s home with a tree and gifts for members. No Name Club held a thimble party at Mrs. W K Bruner’s, exchanging verses and lighting tiny candles on the tree. High School Y W C A staged tableaux on the Christmas story with readings by Helen Hungerford and Edith Evans. First Methodist Church officers planned to send the pastor as delegate to the Chicago religious workers meeting January 6 to 9.
Officers were installed last evening at Ma sonic Temple with Mrs E D Haldeman serving as installing officer and Mrs George Dunkley acting as marshal in the ceremony.
Baskets of red roses were presented to outgoing president Mrs. S. S. Baty and incoming president Mrs. O. G. LeSueur, with Mrs. Haldeman also honored during the ceremony.
A seven year old earl transitions from life aboard a tramp steamer to a mansion after the death of the old earl. He spent months aboard ships near Nantes under a sailor's routine and now faces a new life in high society as a Chicago financier contemplates his future move.
The Elks Lodge plans a Christmas program for about 200 children in Lawrence. Invitations go to city children selected by a lodge committee. events include popcorn, candy, apples, a tree lighting, gift giving, and a fish pond on the first floor.
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