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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1930
Page
10
An incomplete report notes entries from Glendalena and nearby towns for a distance contest. It mentions over a hundred submissions and a bridal observer, with reference to My Sullivan's bride watching him in a fight against King Tut in Minneapolis.
Ladies' Aid held a bazaar at the church last Friday evening with a fine supper priced at seventy five cents. Ice and games featured cold weather, drawing a good crowd. About seventy dollars was cleared. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ambler attended with others.
Beal Bros Market at 806 Mass St advertises over 600 fresh dressed fowls, geese, ducks, capons, hens and roasting chickens for Christmas. It promotes Libby’s mince meat, oysters, and cheeses with a gift basket idea, noting prices subject to market changes and urging visits before buying.
Lawrence Tur tal Grant Page lies in a hospital with the same foot trouble as last year. Friends wish him a speedy recovery. Weldon White and family visit Ottawa. Mr and Mrs Henry Caviness host Thursday supper for Charley Brady and family. Esther Hale returns to school after illness. Devoe Gordon in Trinity Lutheran Hospital with old foot problem. Birthday gathering for Edgar and John White ends with gifts and radios.
A festive Christmas ad page lists reductions on groceries and canned goods including coffee and olives, with prices for walnuts cherries chocolate candy and cake flour. Fresh poultry items such as turkeys capons geese ducks and chickens are advertised at various per pound prices.
Weekend visits bound Prairie Center residents with relatives from DeSoto Gardner and Lenape. The Christmas program at Captains Creek church scheduled for December 21 was announced. The Farm Bureau held its December meeting with Miss Beister presenting on food values and canned fruit buying.
A family from Lane Kansas is noted in a brief line referencing an event that occurred one evening last week. The sparse text provides no further details on names or circumstances.
OsKaloosa items cover visitors for a band concert, study club program, holiday preparations, new filling station, and community events. Many locals travel, host gatherings, and plan Christmas observances while high school operetta and band concerts space the town's seasonal schedule.
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