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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
2
A 1908 notice lists candidates for treasurer district court clerk and probate judge plus county superintendent and commissioner. Separate editorial remarks critique partisan campaigning and newspaper exchanges as local papers comment on political norms and editorials.
A fragmented column laments Lawrence readers prefer gossip to news, critiques local manners, and critiques national events. It notes public appetite for sensational personal items, critiques President Roosevelt and Hayes era politics, and ends with a string of advertisements and odd observations.
The column lists residents and guests visiting from Ottawa Manila and Kansas City, names households in Lawrence, and notes on local social visits. It recounts tramps in Lawrence, chalk marks on sidewalks, police handling of vagrants, and a reminiscence by Harry Kemp about tramp life in the city.
An old advertisement promotes Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. It claims a one dollar bottle covers two months of treatment and offers testimonials. The notice instructs sending for samples and lists Dr. E. W. Hall in St. Louis as the contact.
The mass meeting of University students on Thursday aims to secure a student legislative council. It follows the two week suspension of Carl Eddy and Heim Goldman of the Mandolin club for permitting underqualified members to perform. Goldman and Eddy have been reinstated.
Harbor area notes highlight a local favorite product and its appeal among residents with casual mentions of a brand and locale. The fragment suggests community preference for an item linked to Harbor.
An opinion piece extols natural gas in Kansas climate as essential and easy to regulate. It notes gas warmth, cost savings versus coal, fewer fuel labor tasks, and fewer accidents in Lawrence while Kansas City and Topeka experience gas shortages. As spring nears, households will further value the convenience for cooking and cooling.
An old classified style notice advertises the Lawrence Granitoid Manufacturing Company offering cement sidewalks foundations cellar floors and related building products. It touts skilled cement workers, guaranteed satisfaction, and plans upon request with office in the Lawrence National Bank Building and phone numbers. Also promotes building blocks hitching posts cistern tops and porch piers along with other local ads for fish, bicycle shop, painting and barber oiling services and hair goods services at mass street locations.
Classified style notices tout studs and services across Kansas. Listings include Percheron, Belgian, and Thoroughbred stallions with breeding records, service terms, and insured living colt costs. Notable names: Alcantara, Silver Heir, Diamond, Denmark, Prince Arthur, Big Joe, and John Fritzel’s Lawrence farm.
In a humorous observation in the Emporia Gazette a narrator notes how Merry Widow hats affect sightlines in church and doorway cross traffic. The piece contrasts fashion with social scenes including couples and the effect on husbands and neighbors.
Advertisement lists Walkill Wilkes a celebrated grandson of George Wilkes for public services. Describes height weight and conformation, notes progeny, breeding claims, fees and consultation. includes contact and location in Lawrence Kansas. Also includes bid notice for U S Post Office Lawrence 1908 and custodian Irving Hill.
Norwood Stock Farm advertises the Electioneer Wilkes stallion Novar 26464 son of Norvar for breeding in 1908. Fee twenty dollars. Described as peer to any state stallion, 16 heads, 1250 pounds, strong blood and conformation. First published Lawrence Daily Journal April 11 1908.
Pasture ready with good water and care for cows and horses at 1.00 per month. Also 50 tons of hay and Osage posts offered. George Hollingbery at 614 California Road Bell phone for inquiries. Landscape gardening by D R White promising artistic work and guaranteed satisfaction.
A garbled want column lists numerous classified ads from Lawrence Kansas area. Entries seek tenants and help, pasture and livestock, horses cows and farms, sales of goods, rental homes, and a few job and trade inquiries across properties and personal services in Douglas County and nearby areas. Many lines include names and contact phones or addresses.
Classified items show several rentals including a five room house on Haskell road near 2800 block and three upstairs rooms at 798 Mags Street. Also loss reports for a ladies gold watch with name on back in the 800 900 blocks of Mass Street and an Eastern Star pin, dated April 16, with contact to Mrs Carl Igel at 524 Lart.
Listings include Imperial Poultry Farm ads for fertilized eggs and hatching stock, public notices in Douglas County Kansas court cases, Lawrence city improvements, school bond offerings, and notes on local government actions. Names include Chas C Miller and Alexander T Jeffrey with dates and locations in Lawrence.
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