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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1929
Page
7
A long community notice details gatherings, visits, and hospitality among residents of Riverside, Barker, Lawrence, Buck Creek, Lake View, and Kanwaka. It lists dozens of households hosting dinners, attending meetings, and sharing holiday events, plus a Valley Grove School program and hospital stays for two residents.
Notice from Lawrence Kansas that the Peoples State Bank of Lawrence will hold a stockholders meeting for the election of directors at its banking house between 10 in the morning and noon on Wednesday the date given. Cashier A Wood signs the notice.
Chicago market notes show Argentina and U S harvests influencing wheat futures with prices firming amid strong export demand. Reports from Liverpool and North American mills indicate widening cash and basis moves, while U S cattle and sheep markets reflect tighter supplies and mixed weekly trends.
Miss Johanna Griffis hosted a Christmas gathering for neighborhood men and women at Crowder schoolhouse with games contests and gift distribution by Sammie Grimes Ross Harris Cole and Jack Collins. Pupils received candy and oranges as the school closes for a week. OnaBelle Collins hosted Sunflower 4-H club with games contests and a Christmas tree at her home with candy and plates for guests.
Valley Grove notes two week school break for Lawrence and HeLouth students while Oskaloosa pupils enjoy one week. Christmas day visits and dinners fill the town with family and friends. The road patrols repair roads as McLouth football players and local families share oyster showers and dinners.
Callers at the S T Moore home included Mr and Mrs Russell Shaw Josephine Livingston and Lloyd Moore. Margaret Mary Jones stayed with Phyllis Weibel. Gus Brune and children visited Fred Alfords. Dinner in Kan sas City featured Resege Whitman E W Ousdahl and Leo Ousdahl at the Guy Shultz home. Waldo Shultz of Oskaloosa called in the afternoon. Suitors visited the Stewalds of Eudora. Mrs Cecil Oden and Geneva Vernson of Chicago stayed at the Vernson home. Catherine Pirrotte spent Monday night with Genevieve Verison. Several dinners and oyster supper gatherings occurred with families including the Houk and Lawrence group. W R Adams left for Edgerton Missouri to spend Christmas with relatives. Guests at F L Lewis home for Christmas included Galen Ware and Galen Jr Mrs A A Hicks and daughter Mrs Robert Sphar and Arion. E D Shaw hosted Phil Bowen Katherine Fullerton and Russell Shaw for Christmas.
Berlin reports a festive New Year season with a record spread of carnival toys. Manufacturers flood shops with practical joke devices and gimmicks to transform revelers into caricatures as the old year passes and joy for the next 365 days is hoped.
Non tenant owner offers 34 acres 93 600 60 acres Kaw valley 60 acres near North Lawrence 4 room house chicken house garage pavements 80 acres 4 miles Linwood 75 per acre several improved parcels with water timber and fruit trees all within reach of Lawrence listings show loans insurance rentals by Hosford Inv Mtg Co at 824 Massachusetts Street Lawrence Kansas.
Sedate Germans retain customs as Berlin marks year’s end with carp for luck, roast hare or goose, claret punch replacing champagne, and Pfannkuchen doughnuts. Christmas trees stay lit on New Year’s Eve, while pockets carry carp scales for wealth, blending old rites with modern tastes. In Tashkent, a Soviet rice trust proposes 1.4 million tons, shifting plantations to broader districts, as Russia boosts grain output and regional farms migrate toward Volga and Caucasus regions.
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