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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
4
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with a chance of showers in the eastern portion tonight Cooler Wednesday. Batty masher report from the year Snow. Wind temperatures and various notes appear fragmented with names and contact details for Lawrence Undertaking Co and J H Bowlin manager.
A severe freak lightning bolt struck the home of E E Alexander at 145 Elm Street North Lawrence, damaging a bed curtain and a mirror, starting a small fire that was quickly extinguished. The UP ticket agent and father alert, none injured though the event startled the town and caused property damage.
Local notices promote two for a nickel study photos of Bryan and Taft, urging readers to vote for their favorite candidate. Drugstore B McGolloch at 847 Massachusetts St advertises the offer. Aug 19 deadline for subscription-related votes and a charitable girl aid appeal. Abs Wolfson sells guitars and folders. Morris stock imports discounted with photographs at Moffetts.
Varnum Cement Construction and Realty Co offers first class cement work with skilled mechanics and a guarantee of top quality. Office in Lawrence National Bank Building. Bell 29 and Home 1302 phones listed.
A cluttered notice lists county and city contest participants with names such as Bessie Robinson Edith Glenb Lucy Bryde Geraldine Stuarts Abbie Blevins Amelia Unger Myra Harrell and Swig Will be Tried Tomorrow reports a postponed fight between Henry Parsons and Charles Barnhill with additional complaint against R F Glass in connection with the case Samuel Atterbur is noted as ill and Caldwell's barber shop advertises a ten cent shave
The text lists Republican ward results in Lawrence with names like Mitehlle Halk New mark Filtre Campbell Engle and others across wards. It notes a Republican committee meeting at the courthouse at 2 to organize with names such as Schneider Rigus Willkuneun and Tobler. It mentions socialist selections and various local ward representatives.
Police clash with colored laborers after an arrest attempt on Tom Ferguson leads to a heate d fight. Deputy Louis Bowers and others restrain the conflict as Woodward transports Ferguson home. Amid university enrollment talk, Lawrence sees rising interest from families visiting for KU plans next fall.
Tonight at 7 oclock a group will start from the courthouse and, via conveyances, form a friendly arrival at Mr Stubbs residence west of town. No program just neighborliness with no politics. Stubbs expected at home by 7:30 as the surprise party unfolds. A Tabernacle meeting begins Tuesday night Aug 18 near Kalb with Evangelist J A Kring of Ft Scott. Everyone invited. Emil Beamer nominated for county attorney on the Democratic ticket for Potton county. Kin Brunner, a law graduate, noted.
The report references a druggist issue reproducing bills from Faxon Horton Gallagher in the early seven ties. Coal oil is priced at 94 cents per gallon and quinine at 4 cents per pound. A London Money Market note cites 12 percent, with money said to be hard to obtain, commandingly up to 2 percent monthly. Plans are approved for a 30 ton refrigerator ice plant on Vermont street south of Griffin Ice Co works, brick buildings, dual water sources from the city and Lawrence Paper Mfg. Co, with several contracts to follow. A night rain and a vivid electrical storm are noted in town.
The notice promotes Gustav Wolf's West End Bakery offering bread cakes and pies and invites inspection. It mentions contact through North Lawrence Branch at Elm Street with two phones 182 and Hutchings. Harry Hutchings has moved his shop to 832 Mass Street and reminds the public of number 532.
Miss Katherine Rockwell hosts a dinner in Kansas City honoring Miss Mary Copley of Salt Lake City with guests including William Caskins of Meade. Society notes discuss rushing season for Greek letters, Phi Delta Theta parties, and Pan Hellenic limits. Various local gatherings, dinners, dances, and visits are listed along with numerous party and travel notices across Lawrence, Kansas City, and nearby towns.
A card from Broer Gustafson in Ellsworth reports road conditions from Lawrence to Junction City were poor, but from Junction City to Ellsworth were fine. Gustafson and Al Bromelsick travel toward Denver by auto. Also ads offer film equipment, a shoe tailor, and a livestock sale with Poland China sows priced at 30 and 20 dollars respectively, noting sires Chief Teenmseh and Chief Perfection lineage.
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