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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1902
Page
4
The first shipment of pure maple sugar from Vermont received by Mr. Paul Learnard has sold. A second shipment in 10 and 15 pound canes is expected within a few days to meet demand and accommodate others.
May Day breakfast and luncheon hosted by the Daughters of Plymouth church will be served at the old Howe Starkweather store from 7:30 to 9:30 Thursday morning May 1. Menu includes corn beef hash doughnuts coffee hot cakes and maple syrup with condiments. A luncheon follows at 11 o'clock. Tickets 25 cents. Also a lunch served at the same location.
A nickle Flue Stop deal at Hoadley s is noted. In police court Korney Tutt paid 30.59 for vagrancy while M Renick faced 11750 for drunkenness. James Rogers also charged with drunkenness with trial set tomorrow. Uni tarian concert attendees listed and a hail storm report mentions limited reach to Eudora and Topeka. Dick Bros. offers a 50 cent back hail brush and seltzer water.
William W. Carr, a famed telegraph reporter for the Associated Press, was accidentally shot and killed at his parents’ home in Eudora while visiting family. Carr, 37, had a long career with credits across Topeka and Kansas City, and was married to Dora Sutherland in Topeka in 1899.
JUST ARRIVED Fresh Switzer Cheese and shirts from Wilder Bros appear in ads. The state insurance department reports firmen relief fund apportionment with Lawrence receiving 697.16 for the firs department. Dick Bros offers Euthymol toothpaste at 25 cents. The Atlas touts agency for goods as weather worsens and Wallace D. L. Rowlands notes a busy store in Lawrence.
The March report lists 24 569 pounds of milk received at the station and 92 percent butter fat, valued at 282 43. R S Patton tops checks at 3 32, A S Baldwin 18 24, W Thurber 17 73. Butter fat price 253 cents, below New York by 74 cents. Reeving bought improvements. Huddleston Bros offer carpet cleaning and repairs. Fraternal Aid Building and Investment directors convene tonight.
The Kansas University baseball team beat Missouri 2 to 1 at Columbia in a tight game. Haskell Indians defeated Baker University on their home field while a rubber neck tournament is set for Merchants Athletic Association alleys. A University of Kansas field meet on McCook field drew little attention. multiple sprint and distance results are listed with several records noted. A paper tablet offer and rental notices follow.
A large stock of fabric rolls offers 30 000 options in various colors and patterns. The collection covers a wide range of grades to match the exact color effect desired for any project.
Faculty at the University of Kansas expressed approval of Chancellor elect Strong after his Saturday visit. He toured town seeking a residence by proxy for August and thanked students and faculty for their warm reception. A campus stunt welcomed him, and plans for fall meetings and continued enthusiasm were voiced.
The Santa Fe dispatched four special trains via Lawrance yesterday on the route to California, with over twenty specials having traversed that road in recent days amid unsettled weather and heavy rain.
C Stevenson visited Atchison on Saturday to discuss establishing a new business college in the city. Attention centered on a potential site for a new movement building amid street discussions.
Mr Ship of St Louis will relocate to Lawrence on May 1 with his wife and family. They will occupy the Peaks property on South Vermont Street as their new home. Late Carr started work this morning as a 3 operator for the Western Union in Lawrence.
Mr. Earl Strickland of Toogadosis spent Sunday in Lawrence and attended the novg service at the Episcopal church yesterday after a cop.
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