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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1909
Page
4
Cloudiness increasing over Chicago and Kansas with possible showers tonight or Wednesday. Temperature to rise. Daily weather report from University of Kansas notes humidity and wind, with measured velocity and direction placeholders indicating incomplete OCR.
Mrs Prentiss Home Store announces new address at 909 Tenessee street and provides contact. The item lists magazine mentions, coffee shop flavors, and feature articles in The Online Magazine for May including The iSport of Flying by Maximilian Foster and other travel and farming pieces, plus short stories like Shanghaied and Dad Govan.
The first roasting ears of the season were on the local market last Saturday. They came from Texas at five cents each. An abundance of spring vegetables is offered, with spuds and squash from Texas at five cents a pound. Floridian tomatoes sell for ten cents a pound. Asparagus, string beans, lettuce, onions and radishes appear, while Arkansas and Oklahoma strawberries go for fifteen cents a quart.
Lawrence faces a spring battle with rampant dandelions spreading from lawns into blocks. The piece urges persistent control, citing methods from a dandelion mower to a butcher knife root pull, and calls on residents to keep the town beautiful.
The May Festival presents the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emil Oberhoffer on Friday May 7 at 8 15 p m with soloists Miss Louise Ormsby soprano Miss Esther May Plumb contralto Mr Garnett Hedge tenor Mr Arthur Middleton basso and Mr Richard Czerwocky violinist The program features Italian Symphony No 4 in A minor Mendelssohn overtures and arias along with Wagner Verdi and Tchaikovsky selections including Violin Concerto in G and Nutcracker Suite pieces with intermission Between pieces the event showcases vocal and instrumental solos and a mixed recital format.
Eriksen's Big Store reopens after remodel with brighter lighting and expanded floor space for displays. New display windows present goods prominently, led by a striking set of old English dining room furniture, showcased as the fifth prize in the European Tour contest amid heightened public interest.
W E Monk has purchased John Sharp's interest in Monk Brothers and Sharp, gaining complete ownership of the billiard halls and livery stable. Monk has managed the business, ensuring no policy changes, while Sharp remains a Cripple Creek mine operator who had not controlled the business locally.
Lawrence lodge of the IOOF meets tonight to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the order. The real birthday was yesterday, but Tuesday nights are regular lodge nights, so the gathering is held this evening. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Dona Maynard of Osawatomie and local funeral plans.
Advertises buying a box of cigars rather than many brands to save at least 20 percent. Promises standard brands in perfect condition from a large stock to ensure satisfaction at home or office.
The Dayton paper urges readers to invest in listed Martin & Holmes properties. It touts multiple modern and cottage homes on Mass, Lincoln, Ohio, Vermont, Ala, Ky, Tenn streets with prices from 1,700 to 6,500 plus corner lot sales. Includes services of Atlas Sayings Auto and Tack Livery and Wiedemann ice cream ads.
The Fine Arts department at the University reports a record year as Grace Warner gave a piano recital in Fraser Hall. Her performance impressed an audience of music lovers and featured Miss Mable Gillaly soprano and Miss Dunniig- Hinist. The program included works by Tieck, Gounod, Berceuse, D Hardelot, Saint-Saens, Godard, Liszt and Wagner among others.
Reverend Charles Q Jefferson of Broadway Tabernacle urges women to remove hats during services, backed by some clergy. The discussion notes fashion’s influence on worship and asks for considerate headwear so worshippers seated behind can view clearly.
Boston activists led by William Brewster of the Audubon Society push to buy a low lying Gulf of Mexico island off Louisiana to protect migratory and breeding birds. They envision a chain of sanctuaries, creating safe havens year round to shield avian populations from hunting and disturbance, and to study breeding and migration patterns.
Washington reports the bureau of animal industry aims to preserve the Morgan horse as an American carriage and saddle horse. Efforts curb crossbreeding and importation, with the Morgan farm at Middlebury Vermont and trials at Colorado State College advancing true Morgan type.
The fragment recounts a prehistoric figure Cuere living in limestone caves centuries before Adam. It cites Neanderthal skull discoveries at Chapelle-aux-Saints and compares cranial capacities to modern humans and early hominids, noting Darwinism debates and the search to trace ancestry.
The May Bohemian Magazine features Hart on The New Chinatown in San Francisco and Mun Mis enterprise, Yale Faculty yarns, a Paris study In a French Cafe, and The Fast Something different in a Fountain. Also notes 1900s plays staging needs and ads for post cards and an April 20 lecture by Herman S. Hering on Christian Science.
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