25 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1906
Page
1
A local attorney on Eesachustuts Street upstairs office announces new grants of financial assistance. The notice states eligibility criteria and application steps for residents seeking fee forgiveness and legal aid. Community members are advised to contact the office for details and deadlines.
The entertainment committee seeks hosts for more than 600 state convention delegates in Lawrence. About 560 to 600 beds remain needed after a first canvass missed several households. A rerun today and tomorrow will urge every resident to open homes. Delegates will pay 25 cents for a meal or 2.50 for lodging, as Rev E Stauffer and Rev James Lawrence urge Lawrence to show hospitality. RM Morrison's agency notes fifteen insurers ready to cover San Francisco trips without capital or surplus changes. Office 144 Massachusetts Street.
Haskell Institute announces a reformatted commencement on May 27 with an industrial showcase across departments. Students from domestic science carpentry and farming will present demonstrations and explain methods on a large platform, highlighting new work and progress in education.
Court stenographer J F Fitzgerald was severely injured on a Southern Kansas freight train near Richmond to Ottawa. He was thrown from his chair as the train halted suddenly, bruised but not believed to be seriously harmed. Judge Smart aided him to a bench. he walked home but remained confined to his room.
The Pariah Aid Society of Trinity Church will entertain the church choir tomorrow in the Guild room. Porter, shot Monday night, remains in serious condition with no expected recovery. Porter boys and a cousin are jailed for assault. Jim Wright the shooter will be brought to Lawrence for trial.
San Francisco recovers a week after the devastation with streets clearing, water mains and gas repaired, ferry tower rebuilt, and a steady exodus of 60,000 residents aided by rail carriers. Refugees face exposure in camps despite organized relief, rain and cold hampering bedding, while guards shoot looters after a mayoral letter to General Koster.
Sacramento April 25. R A Crothers proprietor of the San Francisco Bulletin has arrived in Sacramento tied to a fire that destroyed his home and all possessions including valuable manuscripts of the late Loring Pickering. Among the losses is a history of journalism with Pickering’s personal recollections of a noted journalist tied to the United States for three quarters of a century. Callon GJ Eriksen for figures for gun fitting. They have an export from the Ohio field and will do the work right.
Sacramento April 25 announces Lumine Spreckies and Spencer Eddy will marry next Saturday in a ceremony planned amid ruins. The couple’s families await the event with community interest in the match.
UP TO NOW the ROYAL and BORN made to measure garments offer stylish clothing without extravagance. Call and see me at Office 02s Masa. Tel 160 Bad for satisfaction.
Los Angeles April 25 reports say the California oil fields in the southern part of the state were not harmed by the earthquake. A local ad notes Olmsted's Pharmacy on Til Mass Street for toilet articles and perfumes.
In San Francisco on April 25 Mayor Schmitz after the disaster appointed a committee of representative citizens to assist in civil administration. The city press features varied notices from sales pitches to local social happenings, with topeka trips, Kansas City visits, and university affair mentions interwoven among civic action notes.
Abe Robinson Nurseries listed at Office 518 Mass 86 and Salesground 640 New Hampshire with unspecified details in an OCR snippet.
The Topeka convention hears State Chairman W A Harris accept governor nomination if Farrelly Overmeyer join for lieutenant governor and attorney general by acclamation. Sapp denounces machine Republican dominance and calls for tariff reform and anti-trust stance amid crowd enthusiasm. Also notes local events and ads including charitable sales, horticultural society report, Plymouth church May day dinner, and riot casualties in Lesce.
Market reports from Kansas City and Chicago dated April 25 show live cattle with steers around 4.25 to 5.85 per cwt and cows 2.50 to 5.00. Hog prices around 6.35 to 10.40, while beef and stocker quotes vary by category. Grain futures list corn May 4.00 and July 4.20, oats listed, rye steady, and hay prices noted with Timothy and prairie hay values.
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