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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
7
Invest money in our first mortgages yielding six percent net. We handle a nice assortment of small loans. Interest paid by checks on the first of the month with regular punctuality. Come and see us at Perkins & Company in Lawrence Kansas.
Successors to Sim Eliot at 1200 N. Johns Bros advertise groceries fresh meat and feed at low prices with contact numbers provided for orders and deliveries.
R F Ingalls house mover has bought a complete hydraulic machinery outfit for his work and handles all kinds of moving tasks from Home Street. Johnson's Floor Wax is offered for 40 cents a pound until May 1 by T J Phillips & Co at 820 Mass St, both phones 192.
A line announces new large stock of electrical fixtures and full house wiring and electric bell work. Frank Rahskope invites customers to call and discuss their needs at E. G. Soxman & Co with soda water pops cigars and tobacco available.
Young readers are urged to enroll in the Lawrence Business College to qualify for profitable employment. The ad promises that court reporting can be learned and boasts a successful stenographer, John S. Logan, as evidence. It notes year round sessions with fall term starting the first Monday in September and offers a free catalogue upon request.
Lawrence merchant G Grovenor recalls prices before the war and the railroad era. He notes sugar at 120 cents a pound, mollasses 60 cents a ton, flour a hundred, corn at fifteen cents a bushel, and varied bank notes. He describes hauling costs from Leavenworth and his long career in Lawrence commerce.
A vintage advertisement extols a stationery office promising success through its papers. It claims one thousand statements printed last week helped a man collect a fortune and notes various sentimantal uses from marriage to curling hair. The piece also warns a thief who used the paper died and touts the stock limited to a few packs.
C. G. Schulz offers prices on a set of tires for buggies, arguing that rubber tires were superior and that steel would deter buyers. The note suggests a preference for rubber and invites readers to quote prices.
The best meat in North Lawrence is to be found in the shop of A. & Eliot. Try him for that meat today at 183 Bridge Street.
A crippled proprietor of a Lawrence shop, J Abraham Stancife, directs his store at 1306 Elliot Street from his chair aided by a clerk. Despite disease since childhood, he runs a profitable weekly trade, earning independence and maintaining memory and will.
An elderly man known as the Stone Man overcomes long illness to open a small twenty foot storefront. Despite a crippling condition he runs deliveries, manages the store when the delivery boy is away, and maintains a cheerful, hopeful outlook. He recalls attempting various cures and faiths while emphasizing his practical memory and honesty with customers.
An ad-like notice promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney, bladder, and urinary issues. It claims kidney disease underlies many fatal conditions and touts Swamp Root as the leading remedy with sample offers and free book by mail from Kilmer Co.
The story recalls Uncle Jimmy a Springfield cobbler at 950 Massachusetts Street whose shop is a football hub. He pipes and talks of past stars, Yost’s era, and Avery, Williamson, Hamill, Pooler, and many legends, while sharing childhood swimming feats from Scotland and his journey from Glasgow to America. He settled in Lawrence, Kansas, where he has practiced his trade.
Ed Parsons, a longtime jeweler, offers his guidance on buying watches after nearly twenty five years in the trade. He asserts experience helps choose reliable movement types and invites customers to visit for stock selection and personal consultation.
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