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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1906
Page
2
Lawrence Kansas April 21 206 old Lawrence journal piece reflects city pride and reader letters. mentions Repulicans and delegates Nick Langworth sister marriage to nobility and calamity in San Francisco while notingLawrence’s supportive community and local sentiment.
Direct primaries shift control from ward bosses and politicians to voters who should nominate candidates. Under the old system candidates appeased multiple bosses to gain nominations, with rewards or penalties after election. Primaries remove this influence, making officials answer to the people rather than party machines and corporations.
Professor D B Towner of Chicago will direct a Sunday School convention chorus in the city. All local singers are invited to meet at the Presbyterian church at 3 PM Sunday to rehearse the music for the convention and show the delegates that Lawrence has plenty of talent.
The Indiana Traction company proposes a major right of way through Douglas county to Topeka as it eyes a Topeka terminal. The firm, backed by substantial funds, has operated in Indiana for years and now plans to start within sixty days. No franchise requested yet, they will secure rights first and avoid delays.
Magnetic observatories across five sites including Baldwin under Baker University record shocks from San Francisco quakes. Each station detects magnetic disturbances caused by earthquakes, with Haldero and others logging signals. The network spans Maryland Porto Rico Baldwin Sitka Alaska and Honolulu.
The funeral of Mrs Mary A Harris wife of Lee H Harris will be held Sunday at 3 o clock at the Hap church. Rev Hutchinson will conduct the services. Interment will be in Sak TM. Friends of the family are invited.
Letters from seven Native American youths representing Chippewa Cherokee Winnebago and Pawnee tribes praise Our Dumb Animals and recall early Indian tales while reflecting on past injustices and peaceful settler relations. Mrs Fullerton with San Francisco travel notes discuss verdant scenery and beautiful nights before the earthquake brought devastation. The Postal Telegraph Cable Company will transmit free domestic relief messages for San Francisco sufferers.
A home baking pitch extols Royal Baking Powder as a quick economical aid for fresh cake muffins and tea biscuits. It promises cleaner tastier wholesome results better than store bought goods and highlights Royal as the greatest bake day helper.
The annual meeting of the Merchant's athletic club was held Thursday night at the club house. The old board of directors including F W Harteldes J B Griggs F J Smithmyer George Kuhne M Robinson Nele Stevens and G O A Serger was retained unanimously. J R Griggs will call a board meeting this week to elect officers. Separate notices list real estate transfers and railway case verdicts.
A collage of notices and ads from an Iowa paper itemizing repairs retail and service offerings. It includes a moving assortment from J W Butines advertising repairs and gas fittings to a clairvoyant service, second hand goods, livestock inquiries near Lawrence, Kansas, and a health ad touting Foley's Kidney Cure. It reflects varied local business and society notices with names, places and sample prices.
City Clerk in Lawrence Kansas invites sealed bids by May 7 1906 for grading curbing and paving on several streets including Henry Connecticutt Warren New Hampshire and Hancock plus storm sewers at Warren and Arkansas streets and a lot in Central Park. Specifications show quantities for brick paving concrete foundation and excavations with a right to reject all bids.
A ragged mix of auction lines and notices lists live stock auctioneer tasks, property for sale and rent, job inquiries, a gold brooch reward offer, an incubator sale, and various ads. Mentions of J N Harshburger, Jerzy Glathart, and Bell Wadder appear alongside property listings near University and Tennessee streets. A testimonial extols Foley’s Kidney Cure amid a parade of mis- scanned items.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends for kindness during illness and death of husband and father Mrs L G Gibbs and family thank for floral offerings and support.
Mt Caputla an extinct volcano eight miles from Folsom New Mexico is said to emit smoke and heat from fissures following two earthquakes this morning. Make’s Bote cow to get Ely’s Dream Balm if troubled with nevea terch bay fever or cold in the head. It is purifying and soothing to the membranes lining the ale passages, and a cure not deceptive relief. Do not be talked into taking a caban tate for Ely’s Oresm Balm. All druggists sell it. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Ely Bros 56 Warree mireei New York.
Prof W Blackmar received three telegrams from Miss Winifred Blackmar of Berkeley reporting her safe status after the San Francisco quake and Oakland escape. Endorsements tout Herpicide from Bertha A Trutlinger and Grace Dodge praise hair care benefits, with Portland and Detroit distribution notes and a Detroit address.
Auction and sale notices mention high priced colts breeding stock from Alcantara lineage and a Walter farm inventory. A long list details subscribers for the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company directory including residences in New York Oregon and Kansas with numeric identifiers.
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