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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
2
In Lawrence Kansas a local Legion post has passed a resolution favoring legalization of boxing and discussed hosting exhibitions or wrestling events. Legion officials say the attitude of the post may be publicly voiced soon and a few posts are pursuing the matter.
Tom Holloway ends trapping along the Wrukarisa for the season after pulling his No. 4 and No. 4 steel traps used for groundhogs. He reports catch below average this year and notes sales in In Yopeka and Kansas City. Also mentions De Luxe Cafe 711 Massachusetts and Christmas items at City Drug Store and local shops.
Personal PL KL Smith will spend Christmas at his home in Iola Mrs Lutie Davison of McLouth shopped in Lawrence today David Stanford will leave this evening to spend Christmas with his parents in Concordia Mr and Mrs Edwin Price are spending the holidays with relatives in Wellington Kansas Alice Monroe of Kansas City will spend Christmas with her Mrs A Monroe RK Richardson and Mrs Frank H Monk and the holidays with relatives Kansas City Fisher expected today from Chicago to spend Christmas with his mother Mrs F G Fishery and other relatives Claribel Harris and Albert Harris of Lawrence Sidne Song of Leavenworth will call on shorthand budgeting or secretarial work The Lawrence Business College equipped to Rivermere the sub Nelle Buchanan of Winsch arrived to spend Christmas with Wtew or other Mrs CG Buchanan A K Rater of Howard arrived today to spend tomorrow at the Buchanan home Roast young turkey Chicken and Gurney Served Christmas day at Maus Massachusetts street Candy games candy baskets candy horse shoe and candy rings for Christmas VON S try Christmas to us our and yours from itanki s We have that California Candy in box VON S
The city plans a midnight service at Trinity Episcopal and a Christmas day service at 11. Stores stay open tonight but tomorrow only eating places, refreshment shops, and cinemas operate. Haskell Institute hosts a big Christmas program and nightly festivities next week. School resumes Monday as holiday activity winds down. Moonlit night was beautiful but cold, keeping many at home. Post office halls expect less holiday traffic tomorrow. No notable trouble with banks during the cold spell. Phi Gamma Delta heads to the national convention in Kansas City next week. City politics show signs of strain from the freeze and costs. Downtown thermometers read from below zero to above zero. A new city engineer office was created. expect action after year’s start. One week left for the first half 1920 tax payment without extra penalties.
A clipped line notes a busy schedule for Christmas day featuring a football game in Kansas City refereed by Scrubby Bassett at a vacant lot. The fragment hints at a community event with an informal setting and local figures.
The Columbia Graphophone Co issues a double record of Indian orchestral works by Prof. C. Skilton with melodies supplied by George La Mere, a Waskell Indian student. The release follows his earlier Two Indian Dances, recorded with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra last summer under Skilton's supervision.
Sunnytide residents attend large Sunday school as Midland School closes for a December vacation. Miss Venice Boston from Fort Morgan visits relatives. Mary Richardson, born December 11, 1920, is named Marybell May. Lawrence shopping, Christmas plans, and town news fill the day with visitors, travel to California, business college catalogs, and winter term reminders.
An old newspaper ad promotes a range of shaving goods at Harber's Drug Store including safety razors stops leather brushes and other shaving articles. The listing emphasizes a complete selection for personal grooming.
An official county report shows Tex Collectons the oft tax fell to 35 827 yesterday as part of a broader accounting adjustment by the county office amid ongoing revenue concerns.
Poor weather and slick roads disrupt plans as travelers brace for the crowded holiday period. Officials remind residents of tax deadlines to avoid penalties, urging timely payments amid winter conditions and travel delays.
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