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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1907
Page
4
Weather notes and small ads including phone references, local business promotions, horse boarding offer, ice cream delivery change, and tax lists for sale. Menthol products and enamel ware promotions appear alongside brief community notices and names.
Mrs. Truitt of Kansas City visits E A Smith then Emporia yesterday. Iowa Mia Anna Martindale and daughters travel to Manitou Colorado and Salt Lake City. John Payne and daughter Will Brelsford and Miss May from Topeka were in Lawrence. Mrs. Sarah Crozier returns to Illinois. Miss Anna Christensen returns from Excelsior Springs. Dolph Watson visits Lawrence. leaves for Cannmea New Mexico Thursday. Nellie Cook of Ottawa visits. goes back to Ottawa. Miss Willa Rich accepts a job at the University Bookstore. Mrs. Williams of Kansas City visits then heads south to Kanea. Mrs. George McKnight arrives from Junction City to reside at 1225 Vermont. Earnest Skofstad of Terminal Railroad Kansas City spends Sunday with his father. Miss Elsa Machwitz of Denver sails tonight to St Louis to visit grandparents. Miss Anna Weil accompanies Mrs. F E Kinne and Miss Geneva Kinne to Girard. Charles Mead of Ford Motor Car Kansas City and wife visit W E Spalding family in their new six cylinder car. Mrs. Tibbatts and Mrs. Lamb host a party for Little Percy Tibballs back from six weeks away. about twenty girls attend with cake and orange ice. The afternoon features games and all enjoy Percy’s return.
Members of Washington Post No 12 will meet at Post Hall Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral at 3 o'clock at 645 Con sweeticutt street. Wagons leave at 2 30 sharp. Grand Army burial at the grave. By order of C C Collins Post Commander and J Churchill Adjutant. New arrivals in Post Cards and Souvenirs at Boyles 725 Mas
Warranty deeds record transfers in Douglas County including Willis Folks to Helen Reding for Tot 3 Oread Heights and Frank Endacott to John Herman for multiple blocks in Lawrence. Other transfers involve W R Gorrill Luella Clark Cary Hinchman heirs B R Hinchman and J J Eddy plus quit claim Blair to Gorrill and parcels on Ohio Street.
A brief note highlights savings labeled as 219 and 4T5C 105C with emphasis on reduced costs. The readable fragment suggests promotional pricing or discount codes. No clear event or entity beyond the numeric tags is identified.
Raymond’s advertises Tatgle Foot selling ten sheets for ten cents and holding them for customers.
Tax roll shows state rate 6.5 mills for railroad, telegraph and telephone lines, 6.3 mills for an increase near 2 mills. County general levy up 1 mill. poor fund unchanged. High school millages vary by township. list includes Osksaloosa city 10 general, 10 street, with other towns at 4 5 etc. Repair and ditch alignments noted with unclear details.
Sunday night on Mass Street in the 700 block, three young men drove a herd past Salvation Army street meet and used a store to obtain whisky. They drank openly with companions as police watched, one man previously arrested for similar offenses, unnamed due to youth, still undeterred.
Mr. Fike held a Saturday meeting to assess the strike, first proposing a Knosna City conference with strikers. No agreement emerged so the group decided all workers should go, avoiding personal advantage, then returned home. He denied street demonstrations and dismissed fears of mob violence.
J W Paxton, a 19 year sailor with Scotch roots, recalls Jumbo the elephant captured in Burma and shipped to London. Barnum bought him, Jumbo fought to come to America, and the skeleton moved from Kangas University to Professor Dyche’s mounting work. Paxton’s life spans Whaling, cholera losses, and American immigration since 1886.
Amid an unprecedented cold spell the Griffin Ice Co announces abridged deliveries to balance scarce supplies and protect public needs. Meat markets and hospitals will be prioritized while cooler weather is awaited to restore full capacity.
The watermelon crop is not progressing as well as hoped though muskmelons are doing well. Prices remain high while growers report varying yields. C C Pu eschel says he has a good cross of melons on six acres and tends daily. Flavor of melons this year is good.
At Endora Kansas on Thursday August 1 Congressman Scott and Attorney General Jackson will speak. Commissioner G H Brone attended a board meeting. A big platform dance is planned for the afternoon with Bueschs band providing music in the evening. Brone had been ill for three weeks but hopes to stay out now.
Louis Longenderfer of Lake View brought the first gopher scalps to the county clerk on Saturday. The law has been in effect for some time, and he received 10 cents for each scalp.
The Lawrence National bank will close tomorrow at 3 o clock due to the death of director A. J. Griffin. Robertson Undertaking Co embalmers and funeral directors announce a private funeral for the deceased. The Nichols family expresses gratitude to friends for support during illness and death of their wife and mother.
The article notes dwindling supplies of peaches in Lawrence as the Ar kav crop is nearly exhausted. Rumors say remaining fruit is sold by the basket, and local grocers report difficulty securing shipments from the east. W A Guenther reportedly failed to obtain any peaches on Saturday despite efforts to source them.
Resolutions express deep loss at the passing of the lodge president W. S Do Nor noting his wise and exemplary leadership. The committee extends heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and orders copies mailed and published in county papers.
Sarah J. Martin sues husband Murry T. Martin for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty. The filing mentions a request to disinfect and sweeten cellars closets and sinks. A vague reference to products and a local clothing shop advertisement is included.
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