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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
3
The German Verein met in the high school assembly room yesterday at 4 pm. A program of songs and recitations was performed by German students, and the group emphasizes speaking only German at its meetings. Christmas Seals and related items advertised by Boyles 72 Mass. Ave.
A noisy catalog-style message lists Christmas gift ideas and discounts from Wiedemann's Raymond's Drug Store Parker Pen McCelloch's Woodward & Co and others. It promotes 60¢ per pound chocolates 40¢ options Kodaks and small presents plus home electrical massage devices and mirrorsplate glass at low prices to attract careful buyers.
Syd Boughton reported a small town burglary at 1025 Massachusetts Street. A note signed My, A. Boughton claimed private papers and a keg of shingles were the loot. About $12 was stolen from a desk drawer while larger sums remained untouched. Police call it an amateur job. A barber nearby heard footsteps between noon and 1 pm but saw nothing.
Washington December 20 President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Richard C Kerens Missouri as ambassador to Austria Hungary. He also named Robert Bacon New York Armbas Sadar to France Lane Wilson Wallington to Mexico Bryan Illinois Minister to Belgium William James Calhoun Tennessee to Portugal Lars Swenson Minnesota to Switzerland and Ada S Van Valkenburg to the Supreme Court.
Coach Hamilton selects 12 likely men for the coming season as university basketball opens in less than three weeks. The group includes Weizer Johnson Woodward Martindell Kim Smith Mallais Long Stucky Van der Vries Wats Larson and F Long with final choices to be made before the January 7 game against the Cornhuskers.
Ongoing power and light failures are reported this morning with earlier promises of continued service. The article notes widespread outages, equipment issues, and potential plans to restore supply, while residents await a return to normal as crews work to fix the system.
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs addressed about 200 people in Fraternal Aid hall on a Saturday evening. The crowd failed to meet expectations as Harry Kemp introduced Debs and outlined socialist aims while Debs spoke in his radical style about what Socialism is and what it would do.
Purely personal items list residents visiting Kansas City and Topeka on business or for holidays. Names include Mose C. Ureark, Miss Margaret Gregory, I Wan Gannon and son, Lt. Stiner, Russell, Threve Gardner and daughter, Kemp, Willian Mew Whitt, Wilson, Sain Bishop, Tok Ovehe, Viaskel, A D eo Ture Parker, Major, Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, and others.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions Gustafson's Jewelers and silver items described as chased or decorated. The readable text is fragmented with names and dates missing, making it difficult to extract a coherent event or date.
Reader letters from Miss Iola and Mae, with names like Dr J J Kenner and Mrs Bailey, plus visits to Wichita Chanute Leavenworth and Boston appear in a holiday social roundup. Mentions of relatives, travel to Chicago and Peoria, and shopping at local stores for Altegretti’s Chocolates round out the page.
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