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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1906
Page
4
A historical notice warns of risks using telephones during thunderstorms. Outside wires can conduct static electricity and trigger the bell causing fright or danger to those with heart issues. Do not touch metal parts. hanging the receiver stops the bell but drains batteries. W H Johns at the Central Hotel Meat Market sells hog brains and other meats.
The bail of Franklin Everhart and Darry Samuel Simons, Americans arrested in London March 8 on forged shares and certificates tied to Alaska Oklahoma Cripple Creek and Manitoba mining outfits, was not reduced by the pelica magistrate today.
Markets report mixed livestock and grain prices across Kangas Oley Chisago and Kansas City on April 17. Cattle and hog markets show varied steers cows and calves with prices noted, while corn oats and wheat futures move with May July and Sept contracts and receipts noted.
The page features a collage of local business notices. Peter Sameon buys the Oaks building at 737 Main Street and vows service quality. Raymond’s decorators and Palmer’s perfumes showcase goods. E. M. Owen advertises osteopathy at 027 Mass Street. Billy Cooking promotes meat and dining motto. lawrence transfer company offers moving services with large wagons. Eriksen’s gas fittings and West End Meat Market advertise products. News notes mention spring’s cool mornings turning milder and farming timelines, along with classified rental notices and shop promotions.
Woodward & Co advertises spring wares including Johnson Ioor Holshes varnishes and old furniture refinishing. Also mentions low interest financing, farm and city property for quick sale, and Hawks Roofing at Mase Street. Mrs. Hickman recovering from tonsillitis on Ohio Street. Subscriptions and carpet renovations promoted by local firms.
Call the People’s Meat Market to place your order and secure popular prices on forty one kinds of meat. Details urge customers to call for current prices and availability.
Reports from Lene France Montigny describe resumed strikes and minimal church damage with arrests. Indianapolis notes a United Mine Workers executive session amid coal dispute. A fatal auto crash near Millville New Jersey kills Robert Jators Wright and injures five. Other items mention promotions, product ads, and housing finance notes reflecting a busy newspaper page.
The writer argues Kansas must honor its wartime militia debt despite past repudiation. Cites 1854 Price invasion, militia mobilization of 14,000, and 1872 congressional payments of 260,241.68 to governors. Questions legality of other property payments and urges legislative action to resolve the debt of honor. Also notes local notices about horticultural meeting, Easter sales, water mains work, spring jewelry, and a death in Toledo.
Washington April 7 Senator Beveridge and Representative Brock returned from the Indiana Republican convention and arranged for another conference on the statehood bill. Newlands of Nevada replaces Patterson at the second conference as all conferees stay in Washington. A Thursday meeting is anticipated though agreement looks less likely. Senators favoring the Foraker amendment favor a separate vote while houra conferees lean toward the original bill.
Chicago lawyers estimate a U S Supreme Court ruling making illegal all divorces except when both parties live in the jurisdiction will invalidate about 500 divorces granted elsewhere. The report touches on inheritance, property rights, and criminal figures, then shifts to notes on clubs, visits, and a university launch project in Kansas City. It mentions the Priscilla embroidery club meeting, church presbytery travel, and various local residents' movements.
Journal lists multiple property conveyances in Douglas and Lecompton areas. J F McClanahan and wife transfer to Margaret Finley for 6550. Nettie M Noe and husband to J P Gergen for parts of ne nw and block 21 Big Springs for 550. Martha E Pulliam to Mary E Simmons of Baldwin for 8500. Jace B Walch of Lawrence to G W Gray et al for lot 65 New York St for 250. Folio N Roberts and wife transfer to Byron Beery for lots 77 Mo street and 78 Ark. James L Milburn of Douglas Co to Earnest Milburn for part of s of ow of sec 10 14 21 quit claim, value 100.
Prof Kelsey of the University of Michigan will lecture Friday evening on Pompeii at the university during a conference of high school principals and superintendents. Afterward, the University faculty will host an informal reception for visiting high school principals at Frazer Hall. Both events are free to all participants.
In the ten pin tourney at Merchants Alleys last eight, Arhlanb's team totaled 2255 led by Courtney's 619 while Barteldes team scored 2234 with Barteldes's 502. The event ends April 27 with four games left. Barteldes or Dahlene likely champions. Green Gray, colored, died of pneumonia at 1514 Kentucky St. he was 45 and longtime Haversock coachman with no Lawrence relatives.
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