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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1905
Page
4
Houses for rental in Lawrence attract strong demand with pre foundation leases. A new house drew bids up to 32.50 per month, then 33.33 with three months rent paid in advance before the owner halted and decided to live there. Charles Thudium, meat market, 806 Massachusetts Street, notes fresh and salt meats and poultry. orders promptly attended to.
County commissioners completed the 1905 tax levy totaling 25.5 mills, down from 27 mills last year, with state, Geneva fund, interest, sinking, and bridges categories listed. Township levies include Wakarusa, Grant, Lecompton, Palmyra, Eudora, and other areas with varying increases and decreases. The Methodist Aid society invites tea, cream, and cake at 10 cents, and local ads promote moving services, electric light, a coal powder, and a long handle bath brush from area merchants.
The Sunday school excursion to Leavenworth leaves the Santa Fe depot tomorrow morning promptly at o'clock. Tickets sold fast with a prospect of a large crowd. Weather to be bright and warm. Round trip fare for adults two dollars and for children cents, covering Fort Leavenworth, the military prison, soldiers home and the state penitentiary.
A petition circulated in Lawrence urged the city to accelerate ongoing driveway work at Oak Hill cemetery. The contract set a July 1 completion, but with no penalty for delays, drawing council criticism during Monday's meeting. The petition seeks immediate action.
Ad advertises a brick eight room house with large halls store and closet space first class furnace porcelain bath and closet two wells and cistern small detached building suitable for helpers and ample outbuildings. Nearly all acres of land highly improved price 87000 cash 2500 and balance on time inspection invited by Sam A Riggs plus fall ads for wallpaper laundry and various local merchants.
The Wilder homestead offers a brick house with a pew, roomy stable, outbuildings, and twenty acres of land, half in front of holes variation. needs cleaning up but could be a desirable home. Inquiries directed to the undersigned for particulars.
General town improvements include renaming Lawrence Street Cast-off Avenue after many old houses were moved onto it and remodeled. About five houses were relocated nearby and fixed up, modernizing the block. A sale of cigars and a local notice advertise at Smith's News Depot and 73 Massachusetts Street.
S L Mc Kenzie of 733 Maas Street offers insights on valuable residential properties in Lawrence nearby suburbs. The note emphasizes opportunities in a tighter market and invites contact for detailed information on select parcels and price ranges.
A meeting of Grant township residents is called for Tuesday evening August 15 at 7 30 at the White school base northeast of town to discuss forming a drainage district under the latest legislative act. If actions proceed, numerous preliminaries must be undertaken.
Mr. Stubbs reports a Democratic paper implied Kelly funded Hoch’s gubernatorial bid. He states Kelly and J. R. Burrow each contributed equally, none more than Hoch’s supporters. He recalls Kelly as a political weight riding on Tech’s coattails and says the committee’s spending was light. Also notes A J Robinson’s morphine overdose incident, now out of danger.
Local society notes list numerous residents and visitors, with many planning trips to Topeka, Kansas City, Joplin, Chester, Ottawa, and nearby towns. It records arrivals, departures, and social engagements, including church circles and one funeral attendance by Kansas City Paper staff.
Lawrence residents attended the Lecompton session of the Western Conference of the WCGTU with Mrs Ky M Champey Mrs S Slack Mrs K E B Rice Mrs Kate Stone Mrs E B F E Woodward and Mrs Weatherby among the travelers Mrs Rice to read Capital and Labor while Mrs Weatherby speaks on Mothers Meetings.
Help wanted for girls to learn a trade and secure steady high wage work. Apply at Boener Bros Cigar Factory at once.
Local notices describe sidewalk construction around the county courthouse with cement paths replacing brick walk ways and new approaches at entrances. Additional items mention a brick sidewalk project on Mississippi Street for the University of Kansas and various local business notices and advertisements.
Dynamiting at a foundry yesterday afternoon aimed at breaking up old castings to melt iron for recasting caused a commotion through the ward. Some charges blew large sections of iron into Massachusetts street before the Eldridge house and shattered a side outbuilding where Link Lyinge lived.
The illustration depicts the trackless trolley as it will appear in operation in Lawrence. Promoters, seeking city approval for a franchise, outline their plan and the expected features of the system.
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