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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1922
Page
2
A meeting led by J R Holmes and Rotary president A Pattine spurred a pledge to devote the first two weeks of January to cleaning up sales prospects. WG Simon noted the large sales organization would be rallied as the executive committee and team captains committed to hotel work. Citizens praised unprecedented unanimity and enthusiasm for the project.
Inmates at the national penitentiary sent a note to La Nacion complaining of harsh conditions. A reporter visited the governor who, denying mistreatment, described his humane approach. The interview ended with the governor reading poetry to prisoners, revealing the source of the report.
Winter humanity club held a meeting at the school house. Several neighbors attended the entertainment at the Kanwaka hall Friday night. Mr and Mrs Charles Wells are spending Christmas with Mrs Wells parents in Risalie Nebraska. Mrs Ward from Lawrence helping with the Carter boy illness. 1922 club met with Mr and Mrs Ernest Bigs, Winter, Milton Winter, Sparles, and Paul Winter attending the Masonic lodge election in Lecompton.
Community notices describe a Christmas program to be held at the school house Thursday evening the 21st at eight o'clock. The column also notes local visits, shopping trips in Lawrence, family gatherings, and informal car activity amid winter days.
A Baldwin Kansas note urges neighbors to help the needy during winter. It calls for sharing wood food and warm clothes, visiting the aged, and teaching children to remember the poor all year. Rev Jas Hf Gander signs the piece, linking charity to the Christmas message.
Pete Welter and family moved to Kansas City on Wednesday with goods but lost two rugs along the way. Many locals shopping in Lawrence and Topeka attended visits and events. The Williamstown Christmas program was held Saturday evening with notable attendance. Arthur Rose, newly elected sheriff, visited family. several residents traveled for shopping and socializing leading up to the holiday weekend.
In Kangas City residents of the little old town of Williamstown report a prowler near Dean Butler’s residence. Butler investigated an outside door after a noise and heard the intruder flee, dropping items as he ran from the porch.
A partial OCR fragment notes that two percent of boys employed in London as messengers and delivery boys pass on into skilled trades. A police officer hurried to the scene seeking an intruder, but details are unclear and some words are garbled.
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