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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1927
Page
4
Subscription rates are listed for one week and longer terms with mail and carrier options. The paper notes city and national references, names editors and advertisers, and includes opinion on politics, juries, and Democratic convention funding.
The article describes a man seeking to advance his insanity hearing date and railing at a probate court for possibly keeping him jailed over Christmas. The jur y is ready but has nothing to act on as Remus seeks validation from judge and jury that he did right when he shot his wife. Meanwhile General Motors and Ford engage in a challenge that promises dramatic developments in the automotive business through the coming years.
Local report notes Mr Meek’s two horses hitched on New York street disappeared about eight o clock Friday night. J N Smith shows a fine Morgan pair to be raffled on New Year’s Day. Griffin returns from East after fever scare. Presentation at Geo W Hume’s store honors him with a gold headed cane. Married Stewart Plant in Lawrence on December 20. Numerous social plans and travel notes follow, including visits from Will Engel and Misses Hoge Bayne and Greenlee over Christmas.
Ten years ago the city faced a coal shortage as schools remained closed with only scant coal deliveries. Board clerk E. B. Cronemeyer warned of uncertain reopenings despite promises to start by January 2. Additional items note Red Cross Christmas drive totals, local quotas, and a flurry of Christmas dinners in Lawrence with local families hosting.
1870 5 percent schoolhouses reported in Franklin county. 1872 Destructive fire at Fontana in Miami county.
Chicago AP reports the Rawson MacMillan Arctic expedition at a Field Museum station near Nain Labrador will hold an old fashioned Christmas. Lt Cmdr Donald B MacMillan says Santa will visit with gifts for Eskimos and Indians, a big tree, radio music, and a turkey dinner.
The article recalls the St George tragedy on Christmas Eve 73 years ago and notes a partial solar eclipse visible in the South Pacific and South Atlantic. It tallies notable birthdays and anniversaries including William Ware aged 60, and fifty years since M Cailleau announced liquefied oxygen. It mentions Major General James H McRae retiring, Coolidge White House Christmas, a national radio carol service, Greek-letter fraternity conventions, Rosa Bonheur’s Boston horses party, and a Christmas feast for workhorses with a tree and oats and carrots.
The National Dairy Council appoints Dr. C. W Larsen as director of a growing four million dollar dairy industry unit. Larsen, Iowa College of Agriculture graduate, led dairy at Pennsylvania State College and did research at Columbia. He served in Washington during the war and later joined the USDA. A last line notes an old quote about anger remains unheard.
Washington at Christmas time is described as the gayest capital in the nation with foreign gift exchanges and embassy pageantry. Notable figures include Madame Lipa, Mrs. Coolidge, and Mrs. Dawes. The illuminated Christmas tree at the Treasury elipse and the annual judicial reception with Justice Taft are noted, along with social life around the hotel scene and events involving Congress members and Amherst students at the Whyte House.
The article recounts how the Christmas carol Stille Nacht or Silent Night emerged in 1818 in Oberndorf near Salzburg. Roseph Mohr, then a young priest, wrote the words after a village Nativity play. Franz Gruber, the organist, composed the melody. With the organ broken, they performed with a guitar to acclaim.
Topeka December 24 AP Every inmate of the state charitable and penal institutions will receive a Christmas gift or card as officials plan special dinners. Plans cover all inmates including children in facilities with gifts funded by authorities and private donors. Dr Charles Huffman says every person will get something and Homer Shrack urges gifts to reach all charges.
Christmas break reduces state government in Topeka as many employees leave midwinter vacation. Governor Paulen leads officials and staff departing for the holiday in Fredonia. Most state offices close through January 2 with the exception of the state supreme court.
The University of Hawaii will send a three member debating team to the Orient to discuss east west contact issues. The squad will include one Chinese, one Japanese and one Anglo-Saxon, touring China Japan and the Philippines. The Cosmopolitan club and Hawaii Union have raised $1,000 to fund the trip.
Drake football captain-elect Gibson Holliday may lose the captaincy for 1928 after playing two minutes in the 1925 Drake Kansas Aggie game. Holliday was a regular in 1926 and 1927, with Valley competition likely referenced.
Americans abroad and overseas residents plan Christmas as in the United States with stockings hung, Santa Claus anticipation, and family gatherings from London to Hongkong and Tokyo to Rome. Royal Christmas at Sandringham, Berlin’s family focus, Paris’s quiet observance, and Rome’s manger tradition are noted alongside global celebrations.
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