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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1910
Page
4
Ad listing tobacco and postcard items with Kodak albums priced at ten cents to three dollars. Includes a slogan Johnnie on the Spot and mentions Rork's Motorcycle Delivery System. Provides contact numbers and business names including Lawrence Pantatorium and American Hat Works.
The Delta Omicron Omicron business will be taken up by the board of education meeting next Monday night for a thorough investigation. The issue is whether alumni are giving the party and if attending a fraternity named party violates their pledge. Also noted are upcoming notices and local ads from Squires Studio and Kaw Valley Canning Co.
Fraser Hall hosts a Kansas Missouri Debate on Saturday night with April Soth. Loyd Howe, ex University Book store staff, is hanging paper for Wolf's Book store. Dr. A B Sellards returns to his office seeking old friends. Mrs Shearer Ladies Toggery displays a new line of waists and skirts with latest styles.
The May number highlights Arthur L. Street’s Uncle Sam in Blunderland on bookkeep system chaos, plus Willima Mailly Home-Coming of Katie Levin tale. It also notes Inez Haynes Gillmore Janey and the Social Revolution and poetry by Marks and Langs. A contrastive ad invites readers to Peerless lunches and Brotherhood meeting notices close the item.
The report describes minimal damage from recent frosts to fruit with some vegetables affected little. It credits nature and warm spells for preserving blooms and fruit, mentions modulated frost warnings from the weather bureau, smudge pot use by growers, and a forecast of improving conditions. It also lists real estate and school sale notices with locations and terms for properties and the Vermont school building assets.
The notice hints at remaining tuft stock and encourages readers to find the Opera Furniture ad in this issue. It signals ongoing sale activity and invites customers to check for bargains despite some stock left. Also mentions Shilz the Tailor offering suits and Wiedemann's Brown Bread Ice Cream as a featured product.
Interest in the Cake Baking Contest launched by the Lanes Auxiliary of the YMCA has reached 300 entrants. Lawrence area residents may enter by dialing the YMCA for a number. Judging starts Friday at 2 PM with cakes then displayed in the gym and sold at night for YMCA causes. Prizes include Sunburst and Zephyr flour, coffee, Cottolene, and Whittier chocolates, among others.
Mrs Mary Faxon wife of James D Faxon died early today at the family home in Lawrence after long illness Funeral will be at 2:30 pm tomorrow from the home She was born March 14 1843 in Weathersfield Vermont and had many friends in Lawrence George W Feil Dies In Kansas City At 71 after Brights disease He leaves seven daughters a sister and brother formerly lived here Also notes on fruit crop Vermont association in Topeka and Reverend Bennett's father death.
The W C T U will meet with Mrs R C Johnston at 729 Connecticut Street tomorrow at 2 20 oclock. The May American Magazine features articles by Ful lerton Oppenheim Adams Gillmore Poin t Upton and others with notes on baseball geometry and photographs. Also mentions Weridmanns Pineapple Ice Cream Wiedemanns drug store and Wolf s wallpaper patterns.
Chicago weather report from April 25 notes fair tonight and Tuesday with frost in the east and warmer conditions in the west. University of Kansas furnishes the daily forecast with wind and temperature details, and a local section mentions thermometer readings and wind speeds.
The current spring number offers spring and summer ideas with an attractive cover. A full color painting by Jessie Willcox Smith is featured, and the issue includes fiction by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Juliet Wilbur Tompkins, Annie Hamilton Donnell, and Myra Kelly, plus articles on fashion, home building, furniture, outdoors, gardening, and books.
Union demands wage increase and closed shop on May 1 after warning of possible strike. New scale sets minimum wages at 714 cents per hour, replacing a 35 cent baseline. Debate centers on open shop versus union protection for less skilled workers. contractors have not yet responded, with developments expected this week. The note ends with local advertiser lines and events at Squires Ground Floor Studio and nearby shops.
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