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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1909
Page
5
The article notes a busy Thanksgiving travel period with trains and trams crowded as students and visitors head home or come to town. It highlights campus social routines, alumni gatherings for Greek life, and numerous local personal notices of residents visiting, traveling, or returning for the holiday, with church and social events listed.
Large Lawrence audience sees Masque club under Gertrude Messier stage Richard Brinsley Sheridan's School for Scandal with Fay Chisham and Charles Youngreen star performers. Curtain raiser Op 07 Me Thumb proves witty. Cast features Miss Lawson Miss Barrett Miss Pratt and many others delivering lively period theater with polished humor.
The Episcopal Guild enjoyed a bright afternoon at Mr. W. E. Mays home with officers named for the coming year. Officers include President Mrs. W. J. Pendleton Vice President Mrs. T. E. Sayre Secretary Mrs. A. J. Carl Treasurer Mrs. C. C. Seewir. A School for Scandal at the Opera House last night drew mixed reactions amid tears of happiness from parents in a box. Miss Bessie Newlin and Mr. Walter E. Branson of Indianapolis announce a wedding at 1144 Rhode Island Street with simple ceremonies. The Newlin family interest is noted along with out-of-town guests Mr. and Mrs. Will Nicholson of Chicago. Miss Mamie Garrett hosts a slumber party tonight for Miss Bijou Messenheimer of St. Joseph with reunion guests from the Smith house last year. Hosts include Miss Clyda Garrett and others.
A woman known as Cocaine Mary was arrested yesterday for intoxication and pleaded not guilty in court this morning. She posted a bond for one week as the case proceeds. The item includes local shop notices and community events such as revival services at the U. B. church, a church bazaar, and acknowledgments from local residents.
The 1909 notice reports a resolution to widen Ontario street in Lawrence Kansas to thirty feet and pave ten feet of the north roadway with vitrified brick on a sand foundation. Property owners will bear costs for curbing and paving to the block center.
An old classified-style notice advertises funeral equipment including steel crays and black funeral cars with twelve years experience and competent services. It provides contact points at 940 Massachusetts Street and 1016 Mass Street, Albany Noller, plus a Bell phone number 1080 and various unrelated lines about clothing disposal and other offers.
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