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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1910
Page
6
FH L. Winey associates Bal Arnold with him in the clothing business. The new firm Winey & Arnold will open for business the first of the month. Arnold is a successful merchant in other lines and will be a strong push for the venture. Fried Spring Chicken offered at the Prer less Cafe for Sunday dinner.
Fine weather dominates the week with a strong crop outlook. JH Valin opens a new drug store at 630 Massachusetts Avenue. On Monday August 22 a Cherokee Indians baseball game is set for Woodland Park with a portable grandstand for 2000 spectators, 1200 foot canvass, ten feet high, and fifty acetylene lights. The team ships with a special car, cook, and seven canvas men.
A long list of residents and visitors passed through Lawrence and nearby towns. Names include Margaret Riling in Eudora, A P Hults in Eudora, Mrs Z OS Barcocks in Kansas City, Erna Zeisenis returning from Eudora, Mrs A J Guffin en route to Peatrice Neb, and many others visiting relatives or traveling to cities like Chicago Kansas City Emporia and Ottawa. The items record local movements and social visits across several towns and states.
A letter from Emporia travelers praising Lawrence cites broad support for legislative appropriations. The piece notes the city’s rising ad emphasis, citing Inness Ballene Hackman’s large display and H B Ballene’s role in promoting smarter advertising. Also lists Peerless Cafe menu items for Sunday.
In Topeka this morning a society note reports Willard Pierce joined Company H of the Kansas National Guard in Lawrence. He was quickly made corporal by Captain Clark and soon after arrived home was named color sergeant by Col. Wilder Metcalf. Pierce, a Culver Military Academy student, held the rank of sergeant major, making a rapid rise from private to color sergeant in under a day. Raymond's Drug Store advertises Kalsemine wall finish.
Tomorrow afternoon the Lawrence band plays in Woodland Park at 3 o clock with a program featuring sacred selections and works by Saint-Saens and Muller. Prof Hubach sings two pieces My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice and The Rosary while other titles include Great Divide Festival Overture and Cuban Dance Fontella with several medleys and meditations. Nearby news notes invite readers to the Grand Theater opening for strong entertainment and promote Cutler's Best Liquid Paints from Woodward & Co.
The National Colored Masons announce they will not lay the A. M. E. Church corner stone Sunday nor cooperate with clandestine masons. L. C. Rowers, secretary and grand master of Colored Masons, condemns working with hidden orders. Raymond's Drug Store promotes Lucas paint and supplies. Baseball captains warned that changing batting orders during a game violates rule 39, section 1, page 365 and may lead to forfeiture. substitutes allowed only for retiring players.
George H Hanson formerly resided in Lawrence and is now employed by Eriksen Furniture Co. The brief notice identifies his relocation and current position.
George W Simpson, a Black youth arrested days ago for stealing brass from the Union Pueitie in North Lawrence, was arraigned this morning and his trial is scheduled for next Tuesday.
Friends and relatives decide C. W. Bettis should be moved to a Kansas City hospital for treatment. R. L. Glass was to take him yesterday but Bettis resisted and refused. A sheriff was sent today to attempt to compel his removal for medical care.
The Douglas county bridge across the Kaw in this city is urged for fall submission. Court house and jail are paid for, poor house under construction. Journal believes farmers will vote yes, noting Lawrence leads in improvements.
Governor Stubbs orders officers to enforce a ban on intoxicating liquors on Fort Riley grounds. He states the order will be enforced and emphasizes it is a firm, practical directive, not theater.
Yesterday George Chambers bought a large Studebaker, the town’s largest, and Dr. Chambers bought a Flanders. Alpheus Arps has been gravely ill for days at 04 New York street, with daughters Mrs Harwood and Miss Josie Arps by his side as his death is feared.
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