LOCAL NEWS NOTES HOLIDAY EVENTS AND VISITS
Purported local items list Christmas season preparations with candy ads and gift suggestions. Readers note personal travels and visits as residents and visitors like Mrs. R. He Marvin, Paul Breniff, and Miss Eva Emmett plan holidays in Kansas City and Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobin Taylor
Kansas
Manley
Kan
Kansas i
A. Epley
Nebraska
R. He Marvin
Kansas City
PG. Stone
Chicago
Lawrence
Jol White
Christ
Felix
Lawres
Misa Homnie Bell
Bti Fing
Reli Janksigvester
St. Trem Columbia
Rutter’s
William ‘Bromelsick
Henry
Street
Urey
Katherine Leanhard
Budern Doday
Frank Smith
Baldwin
Dr. Richardson
Chivazo
Harold Henry
A. D. Miller
Thomas Jones
Old Mexico
Albert Brewer
Eva Emmett
Pratt
C. W. Phillips
Roy Moody
Chicago University
David Krehbiel
Wichita
Owen Carl
Clyde
Carl
Mary Clarke
St. Joe
donat.Gardner
Wrt
Fred Tany
Independence
RB. A. Horton and Daughter
Omaha
Tor ‘Short
Weaver
Tulsa
Okla
J. C. Lewellen
F. P. Shepard
A. Christensen
Walter Johns
Leavenworth
Barry Wagoner
Wathena
New Christmas Offerings at Mass Street Stores
The notice lists various Christmas items on sale at Mass Street shops. Cuddy's Baby, new jet in Saturday morning at Ruwles, and twenty five cigars in a tin for a dollar are advertised. Christy Tree Ornaments, toys, and Pine fountain pens are featured with seasonal decor and gifts at 1025 Mass Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuddy
Ruwles
T25
Mass. Street
Bayles
Parker
Boughtan’s
Mass Street
Cudy
Boughton's
Christmas gifts and shop notices in early listings
An advertisement fragment highlights Fabrica and The Wardrobe on Henry Street offering cleaned and dyed garments. It notes Ed Parsons’ boast, Harding supplying cigars and smoking goods at 825 Mass Street, and Byron Jones's new market with modern meat display, urging ladies to pick gifts for gentlemen and appealing to smokers’ preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Curio Store
Mass. Street
Mr. Harding
Mass Street
Destruction of 300 Bottles in City Becomes Spectacle
A tramp laments a police disposal of 300 beer bottles poured onto the ground. City officers conducted a second organized destruction in two months,Emptying supplies to prevent Christmas waste as spectators watched the wasteful act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deseidel
Sneha
Silverware Theft Rumors Shake Fraternity Circles
Ten silver spoons vanished in a caper that sparked gossip about elite city socialites and fraternity members. Investigators suspect souvenir hunters, while suspects remain elusive. Marriage licenses issued today include Herman J. Smith and Bertha of Russell and Spencer Potter Apple of Buster Springs with Elizabeth Kuntz of Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman JE Smith
Bertha
Russell
Spencer Potter Apple
Buster Springs
Eilith Elizabeth Kuntz
Baldwin
Call of Kansas drives brisk sales and holiday gifts
Mrs. Prentiss reports selling 400 copies of Call of Kansas by Esther Clark and ordered more after strong demand. The notices promote Christmas gifts including Parker pens, cut flowers, and various novelty items from local shops on Mass Street and Elm Street.
Fruit Men Readies State Horticultural Meeting Agenda
The Kansas State Horticultural Society holds its forty first annual session in Topeka with a two day program featuring Welcome by Mayor Green and talks on cherry culture, bearings and orchard care by W H Underwood and L C R Smyth, grape growing by C A McNabb, Burbank programs by W A Harshbarger, shrub and tree care by A Dickens, and strawberry cultivation by B F Smith, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Torticultural Society
Supreme Court
State House
Topeka
Assnes
Ion
Representats
Charles W. Burkett
Manhattan
F. W. Dixon
A. W. Wilson
Muncie
C. A. McNabb
State Board of Agrenitnce
Oklahoma
Pangi
L. C. R. Smyth
Burbank
Prof
W. A. Harshbarger
Washburn
Conscience Moves Student Returns Stolen Spoon
A university student entered a jewelry shop and, after selecting a spoon, slipped an extra into his pocket. He felt remorse, returned the item with a note, and wished the jeweler a merry Christmas. Also mentions a Christmas dinner at the Lawrence House, Masonry news, and a child quarantined for diphtheria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. University
Christmas Greeting From Home Book Co
A Merry Christmas to all patrons thanks for good will and patronage. The holiday business has exceeded expectations. Home Book Co at 923 Massachusetts Street extends season's greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace of Sweets
Home Book CO
Massachusetts Street
New Nickle Offers $5 Gold Prize on Christmas Day
In the 800 block the New Nickle will distribute numbers at each performance. At the final show a number draw will award one lucky holder $6 in gold, redeemable at the box office.
Holiday bargains in perfumes and shoes advertised
An old newspaper ad promotes cheap holiday goods including Beap perfumes from 10c to $1, brushes from low prices, Woodward models, and high cut men’s shoes at greatly reduced prices. A. Young’s store is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
A.young
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Robertson
Weather Report
Daily Weather Report
Husuidiuy
Biederwolf
Ottawa
Awakening of the Church
Ray C. Cliff
T. E. Dill
Whiting
Bessie Rothwell
Fein’s
Myiss. Street
Raymont
Palace of
Hiawatha! Cafe
Syeter
Parsons
Smith’s News Depot
Boyles
Mass
City Drug Store
L. F. Conklin
Ed. Parsons
Mass, Street
Eevee
Omeeeeee
Burr
Bell Metcalf Implement Co
Dunmire
E. Knapp
Mildred
Hay
Maggard
Journal
Frank Barrett
Barrett
C. E. Merwin
E. H.schneider
Nell Schneider
California
Mand
Mary Sanderson
Victor Talking Machines
Straffon’s Drug Store
New Chile
Eowith
Barreldes
Opera Bowersock ‘House
Adelaide Thurston
Magnificent
Francis X
Hope
Woodward & Co
C. J. Holthoefer & Sons
Mass, Bt
Lawrence National Bank
Bell Phone
A.d.weaver
Fabrica
the Wardrobe
Henry Street
Byron Jones
Hoadley’s
Christans
Biighton’s
G. A. Hamman
Dick Drug Store
Hick’s
Elm Street
North Lawrence
Innes
Wilton Rug
Axminister
Mission Tabouretts
Amerry
Fruit Men
F. P. Smith
Albert Henley Williams
Ben Williams
West End
Pr Verde
Jonathan
New York
Amond
E. A. Rasold
Bell, Main
Merry Christmas
Stevenson-Hopper Book Co
A. Marks
Eriksen
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