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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1929
Page
4
A 1929 Lawrence Journal-World page fragment covers post office Christmas cheer, local column contributions, and tax talk. It notes postmen as Santa helpers, the cheese factory plan near dairying, and debates on gasoline revenue use for highways. Kansas judge relocations hint at Wichita gains.
Kansas figure Charles F. Scott pushes abolishing the property tax in favor of earnings based taxation. He cites former governor Lowden on property tests of ability to pay and argues the tax system needs modernization as economic changes render the old model outdated.
The town reports heavy package shipments from The Old Home Town Geltoid yesterday. S N Simpson and family move into their new Kansas City residence this week. A Saturday birthday surprise honors Mrs B Ellen Cherry with a luncheon, cake basket gifts, essays, and music. Notables present include Dr William Nicholson and family, Culbertsons, Levi Woodard, Rev Emery, J M Wood, Cox, Stanley, Warren, Melville, Hutchison, Conger, and Mrs Davis of Helper. A local vendor promotes Afghan gifts for grandchildren. A major alley reconstruction behind Theo Poehler’s grocery eliminates a wooden box hazard and replaces it with paving and a stone gutter under the street commissioner’s supervision.
Mrs T H Chalkley slipped and fell at her home on Ohio Street yesterday, breaking both bones in her leg. The accident was painful but Mrs Chalkley is resting well today.
A fragment from a diary or reminiscence recalls a late night moment when a mother declares she will keep a silver tray rather than give it to Emma. The terse line reflects family tension and inheritance talk within a strained domestic scene.
W H Rankin, the local mail carrier, traveled to Kansas City yesterday for an appendicitis operation. Dr H Gardner and Dr Cox performed surgery today in Grant township on Arnold Hammie's little girl. A hunting party from Lawrence returned home after a week in the Choc taw nation with quail, five deer, and thirteen turkeys.
40 years ago in Pittsburg Highteen Lawrence Company B Fourth Ka fentry stayed on duty guarding government property since demobilization. Also 3000 Kansas miners walked out in a strike with Howat released on bail in Indianapolis. Howat plans to urge end to strikes. Christmas parties and gatherings noted in Lawrence with Miss Elfriede Fisher hosting, Miss Linnie Sheets and others attending, plus various other entertainments and a fall of Mrs. Hunni cut.
A fire in Troy on December 22 1888 caused an estimated loss of $20,000. The following day, December 23, 1888, a New England club is organized at Atchison with speakers including Guthrie Noble L. Prentis David J. Brewer and D W Wilder among those listed.
Across the nation and abroad, reports flag a deadly transcontinental plane crash injuring ten teachers and a film expert killed in Indianapolis and Philadelphia. Politically, Hoover and Garner clash over tariff matters as Washington discusses enforcement. Snow blankets the South to Virginia, while New York reports aviation chatter tied to Manhattan.
A chaotic day unfolds around Julia and Miss Percy as a key is lost, doors stay locked, and frantic attempts to gain entry fail. Amid this, Peggy Prescott uncovers a startling link clearing Perry of a murder while broader news from New York and Madrid reports social shifts and legal bans on fights.
Obadiah and Philander Chase converse amid a Japanese bowl and a Tree of Life plant while Debby and Miss Prescott loom in the background. Chase plans to see his brother at Yew Lodge but is pressed by time and a missing pistol holster adds tension as Julia hurries toward Yew Lodge.
A fantastical scene unfolds with the Little Black Clock and peers debating time travel and the Clock family’s pride. Characters Peggy and Jeho discuss adventures beyond their house as electric clocks and winter lighting form a cyclical, curious backdrop, hinting at a broader magical narrative.
Reports from New York to Berlin and beyond describe Christmas day radio programs at noon local time and later feeds to England Holland and Germany. Observers note global musical broadcasts from Arctic Point Barrow to White Plains and festive messages from Henry Ford and John D Rockefeller while aviation and science figures like Dorothy Rice Sims Max Valier and others appear in a collage of holiday highlights.
The Baldwin area reports Christmas activities and family travel. Mrs Rose Case heads to Philadelphia to stay with her daughter Mrs Russell Mack for a month. Many locals, including Rev Ira Nicklin and family, plan church events and gifts for the Old Peoples Home. a Shakespeare Club gathering and German class party are noted alongside road detour updates and holiday visits by residents to Kansas City and Chicago.
A Baldwin community update describes Mrs. Maywood Smith’s return from Kansas City due to her mother’s illness, Baker University’s Christmas break, and Emma Ault’s journey from Baldwin to Washington for her son Captain Percy Ault’s funeral in Philadelphia. Further notes include Mrs. Hedrick and son’s Christmas plans in Gardner, birthday dinner for Tommy Hittie, and local students taking holiday leave.
Washington Din 2 tA. Nomination of Tra kK. Wells of Seneca Kan to the United States district judge in Porto Rive was sent to the senate today by President Hoover. Wells has served in his present capacity since July 1933.
At 6 o'clock Tuesday the public library will remain closed on Christmas day according to Miss Lillian Constant head librarian. The library will reopen at the usual time Thursday morning.
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