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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1914
Page
3
A large collection of Christmas greetings and social notices fills the page. Many families plan midday or evening Christmas dinners at homes on Rhode Island Street, Kentucky Street, Barker Avenue, and other addresses, with guests including relatives from Kansas City, Topeka, Chicago, Ottawa, and Lawrence. Community church events and a Christmas service are noted, along with decorations and local honors.
Former Topeka High graduate Luke, now with Carnegie Institute of Washington, returns to visit family after a northern cruise visiting Faroe Islands, Scotland, Norway, Bear Islands, Spitzbergen, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland. He contributed to magnetic observations and data for hydrographic stations worldwide before resuming duties in Washington.
Personal mentions show Kal Curran, Miss Thomasn Boyd, Kisty A Gifford, Montea De, and Corrine Alder planning Christmas time in Kansas City and Ottawa. Others travel to Topeka, Burlington, Scandia, and Omaha with families. Teachers and relatives, including Gladys Parker and J Be Henry, join kin for the holiday week.
Christmas in Quenemo is noted with Mr and Mrs W J Wilson attending a family dinner at Mr and Mrs C W Crum. Local theatre coverage mentions The Dancer and the King at Shubert Theatre with cast includingCorinne Spooner. Lawrence Auto Co at 918 Massachusetts St advertises dependable repair work and prompt service for cars of all kinds.
Five members of a family on West 49th Street, New York, were trapped when a basement blaze spread to their top floor apartment. Four occupants were saved but Mrs. Mary Corse and others died. An elevator shift and smoke filled the building. a hospital, telephonist Arthur, and others aided the scene.
The General Education Board disperses funds nationwide with 83 067 781 given to Western states and Missouri receiving 425 000 allocated to Washington University William Jewell Drury College Central College KanseC Washburn and Baker College. Baker alone gets 12 000 and has raised its endowment to 500 Aan.
A fragmentary notice hints at Cecil Spoundr and a troupe of performers in a tense confrontation. Names and roles remain unclear, but the piece suggests a backstage power struggle between a celebrated dancer and a monarch figure within a theatre setting.
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