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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1930
Page
4
The wrapping service by Lawrence merchants bureau, begun during the holiday season, prepared over 4,000 packages for mail, aiding timely and secure parcel delivery. Postmaster Hosford credits the program with setting a regional standard for secure wrapping and increasing shopper patronage next year.
Joyful community notes reveal contributions from Congressman J D Bowersock totaling 1500 and Mrs T Robinson adding 800 bringing cumulative gifts to date. Santa Fe inspector W G Gilmore visits town for events as social gatherings honor several residents with dinners cards and parties ahead of travel plans to New York and Europe.
A fragmentary notice recalls a holiday visit ten years ago in Texas, mentioning Miss Margaret Hill, Miss Fowler who has spent twelve years at the hospital, Edith’s marriage to James Eby of Hawkan, and pre-ceremony remarks by B A Eby, all in a dated social snippet.
Winter brings slips and fractures and readers are advised to assess a suspected fracture before moving. Look for misalignment, shortened limb, or motion at a false point, and avoid moving the patient. Use a firm splint for upper limb injuries and a stretcher for lower limb fractures. emergency splints can be boards, canes, umbrellas, or rigid materials, with a pillow as the best improvised splint.
United States Airways passenger plane grounded at Wichita municipal airport after city park board attachment for $1,475.89 in owed service. Also notes Kansas Bar Association fall meeting in Dodge City and PSC hearings on January 5 red rates with protests by Southern Kansas State Lines. J E White resigns as PSC chief engineer, J W Green to take over.
An official AP report on Marshal Joffre’s health notes severe arterial inflammation. Five physicians held a consult at his home, revealing his critical condition as the medical bulletin circulated.
Vivienne Gray, a leading model, yields to a tempting offer linked to a new motion picture theater, while her older sister Aileen, an actress, faces job loss as she becomes entangled in musical publicity schemes with theatrical press agent Jimmy Crane. The narrative follows Vivian’s late 1920s social escapades, family pressure, and the evolving tension between ambition and personal sacrifice amid a bustling New York stage world.
The Little Black Clock explains new traffic rules as a plane with colored lights arrives. Lights indicate right of way and when to slow, with signals for passing another plane and entering airways. Characters Peggy John discuss past transport and compare it to modern aviation rules.
Los Angeles film actress Marceline Day is described with a cautious schedule marker that she will appear in a project neither hastily nor delayed. The brief note frames her timing as definite yet restrained within industry expectations.
Fragments recount a variety of items from sports and society to politics and industry. References include Neptune swimming, a vig, prices and a turkey hunt, plus notes on Irene Bourke and a Soviet maparine editor. Mexico City and Winnipeg items hint at coverage of events and technology.
Mr and Mrs M G C Hill left Thursday for Pasadena California joining later and plan to visit sister Jusalee Bill and their son Gurney and family. Mrs Hill expects trip to aid her health after an operation a year ago. Dall as daughters Clarice and Donna Anna returned home after a week with relatives. The Thorens visited sister Martha Schlarmuner who is improving after an auto accident. Brecheisen and Babriel families visited Adolph Miller. Keith Starr and Veral Neis attended football related gatherings at Grace Musick and Haldie Marley homes. Estherne of Wichita visited during vacation and Linwood hosted the first game of the season.
Stan af Faness appears in a clipped OCR line about Prien Beets, noting someone named Stan and a parade or event related to that location, with unreadable surrounding text.
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