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Another, the Oread Theatre, 907 Massachusetts, according to Lawrence City Directories, had a life span from 1911 to 1914. However, the writer was mystefied to discover a small one column ad in the December 25, 1907 Lawrence Daily World which listed the "New Nickel Theatre" at 907 Massachusetts. It was found while searching through microfilmed copies of Lawrence newspapers at the Kansas Historical Museum in Topeka. It stated that a five dollar gold piece would be awarded to the lucky number in a drawing. Whether the adjunct "new" meant that Mrs. Patee's operation had a competitor or that the printer did some transposing in setting up the street number, could not be determined. However, it was common practice to adopt the title "Nickel" for obvious identification. As the old Bard said, "What's in a name." |
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