Fire Destroys Switchboard At Local Phone Office
Lightning struck wires into the Lawrence Home Telephone Company office in the Fraternal Aid building on the second floor this morning. The blaze damaged the switchboard woodwork and stationery, with heat harming the telephone booth and furniture. loss estimated at 300 to 8500, no insurance. Fire department arrived promptly and prevented further spread. janitor aided suppression.
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Tte
Lawrence
Fraternal Aid
Alamo
Girls Wanted at Once at Boener Bros Cigar Factory
Classified style notices recall job ads, funeral notices, and local business pitches. The piece highlights a girls wanted at once to learn a trade at Boener Bros Cigar Factory and includes varied local notices, ads, and community updates spanning funeral, coal bids, transportation deals, and store offerings in Lawrence.
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Boener Bros. Cigar Factory
Wilder homestead for rent or sale near Lawrence
Classified notices describe the Wilder homestead on Windmill Heights offering a large Uriak house, den, roomy stable and outbuildings with acreage. In trust for choice varieties and needs cleaning up to restore its appeal near Lawrence. Inquiry to O E Learnard.
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Wilder
Windmill Heights
Lawrence
Local business changes as Funnell firm sells assets
Punnels have sold out as the lumber yard of C C Funnell & Company transfers to Trovollo & Krelder of Kankakee Illinois. Closing this morning with August 26 transfer. Funnell to enter wholesale lumber in Kansas City then likely move. Also notes on scrap iron prices and local businesses including P M Hervey Co old tags, a plasterer John Murray dying in Colorado Springs, investment ads, Masters selling old wheat floor at 2.50 per 100, and an excursion from Kansas City to Lawrence with fare 21.
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Lawrence
Dodge City
Kangas City
C.C. Funnell & Company
Trovollo & Krelder
Kankakee
Illinois
C. BE. Funnell
Kansas City
Funneil
City
Artizan
Massachusetts Street
Beautifully plaited skirts in New York purchase sale
Mr Cohn brings hundred beautiful sew skirts to town, shipped by express from New York. The assortment includes accordion, knife and box plaited skirts and shirted yoke skirts in Mohair, Panama and Sangalies Cloth. Worth 6 to 10 dollars, offered now at 3.98 dollars with show window display.
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Mr. Cohn
New York
Express
Panama
The Fair Weather, Cigars, and Local Trades Ad Boosts
A light rain cleared by evening with sultry days afterward and a fresh shower. The note lists local businesses including Billy Williamson cigars the Little Duke and Baby Ribbon brands, C A Hanscome upholstering and mattress work, Fred W Fein electrician, S S Boyd horseshoeing and tires, W K Beattirf painter, J T Constant contractor, Smith's News Depot tennis gear, and Russell Sparks Co storage coal pricing.
Lawrence Citizens Garners Carnegie Encyclopaedia Gift
Emery announces gifts from prominent Lawrence members to the Carnegie library The New Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica will be housed in the reference room for public use The donors include Geo J Barker John Q A Norton L B Perkins W W Nevison D Bishop A C Mitchell Wilder S Metcalf Thomas Warley M A Gorzill J H Mitchell and W B Brawnell with thanks extended to all patrons.
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P. EK
Emery
Lawrence
Carnegie Library
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Commonwealth
Referete
Geo. J. Barker
John Q
Norton
L. B. Perkins
W. W. Nevison
D. Bishop
A. C. Mitchell
Wilder
Metcalf
Thomas Warley
M. A. Gorzill
J. H. Mitchell
W. &. Brawnell
Barry
Burglars Scared Away by City Watchman
Saturday morning N Barrelle city bridge watchman discovered burglars attempting to enter his home on Bid Alabama street. He frightened them away. they disappeared before he could pursue. The notice hints at ongoing depredations and need for vigilance by city officers. The city council plans adjourned session tonight with tax levy and the Stranger Valley railroad franchise on the agenda. Local ads list groceries and shops on Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets, optician services, and various goods available.
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N. Barrelle
City Bridge
Bid Alabama Street
Hogan
Social roundup of visits and travels across Kansas City and nearby towns
A long list of residents and guests travel between Kansas City, Olathe, Leavenworth, Topeka, and others. Notables include Mrs M A Norton with daughter Blanche visiting friends in Kansas City, and many others from town heading to Colorado, Minnesota, Portland, and Las Vegas for visits, health, or business. The Ladies of the G A B host a social at the courthouse with ice cream and cake, followed by a joint meeting with the W S C.
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M. A. Norton
Blanche Norton
Kansas City
Mim Mariel Kent
P. W. Ewing
Alerton
Nalia Owens
Minnesota
J. Copeland
Leavenworth
BE. E. Harvey
Tulsa
J. T
Fred Morris
Win Newmark
Osage City
Clarence Wilson
Orpheum
Etreuic
Misa Kate Snell
Misa Mona Eberly
George Snyder
Colorado
Lillag Pierson
D. Dodds
Topeka
Tom Watts
Harry Richards
Russell Brothers
Excelator Springs
Wo. Davis
Elizabeth
la Junta
Cubo
Duese Seawir
Fnr
Bts
Charlie Seewir
Nettla Carter
Tweed
Frank Harwood
Valley Falls
Fred Gay
L Bullene
Porter Walker
Dalton
A. J. Ober
C. P. Starkweather
G. L. Knight
She Ellworth Cabin
Marion Vick
Lacrosse
Kans
Misa Nellie Flendrints
Winfeld
Misa Julia
G. W. Jones
New York
Jens Worley
Morgansville
Kan
Patriotic Society
Ourt House
Grand Army of the Republic
EF. Goodrich
Spot
Stranger Valley railroad franchise discussed at Lawrence meeting
A large audience gathered at the Commercial club rooms in Lawrence to hear promoters present the Stranger Valley railroad franchise proposal. The council planned action later, but mayor and local citizens urged delaying until a three member committee reports after further investigation into route details and local impact.
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Commercial Club
Stranger Valley Railroad
Lawrence
Stranger Valley
G.L. Knight
Laming
Tonganoxie
Tonganozie
Manders
Esst
Lawrencey
Topeka
Commercial Club Rooms
4. Henley
Br. W. E. Spalding
M.a.ierrill
Denley
Barker
Keeler
Soundis
Comiunity
Postoffice group recalls times and travels through city
A Friday evening gathering at the post office turned into a nostalgic recounting of days when the staff worked together. Refreshments followed, and travels and visits filled the discussion as locals like Mrs. Mary McClellan and many other Kansas City and Topeka residents were noted along with minor movements to Hutchinson and Elmira.
Locked Inside Mission Sunday School Building
Mr Martin Van Huren Stevens remained inside the Mission Sunday school building after the regular session yesterday afternoon. Dr Stavens attended the meeting and was present. Supposedly the superintendent locked the building when Sunday school ended, leaving Dr Stevens inside until someone could unlock the doors.
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Martin van Huren Stevens
Court House
Mission
Dr. Stavens
Dr. Stevens
University of Kansas selects Hodson as mining chief
The University of Kansas chose Lawrence Frodson as successor to Prof W K Crane in mining engineering after a thorough candidate review. Prof Hodson, a civil engineering graduate from Ames and Michigan State, brings strong theoretical and practical mining expertise from the Colorado Idaho South Dakota West districts. He is married with one child and active in the Congregational church. The notice also lists a residence for sale at the corner of Pennsylvania and Morris streets with a two story brick house, outbuildings, wells, and six acres, asking 7000 dollars with flexible terms.
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University of Kansas
W. KR. Crane
Lawrence Frodson
Jodsop
Kansas
Ames
Iowa
Michigan State School of Mines
Houghton
McNair
Copper
Michigan
Great West
Colorado
Idaho
South Dakota
Hodson
Congregational Church
Pennsylvania
Morris Streets
Rick House
Samuel A. Riggs
Lawrence Construction Co Seeks Street Car Franchise
Lawrence Kansas August 2 1905 Office of the Lawrence Construction Company announces a candid request to the mayor and council for a franchise to install the only street car system that can operate without fiscal loss The plan will be immediate and under local control with Lawrence men guiding the enterprise The home company is led by C E B Funnell president O W Murphy vice president J A Hamlin secretary A J Grifip treasurer C & L Colling and EN Beazer elected readers plus a note about keeping the electric light to cool the nights and a remark on Albert Carroll spending Sunday in Lawrence.
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Lawrence Construction Company
Lawrence
Kans
C. EB. Funnell
O. W. Murphy
J. A. Hamlin
A. J. Gdifip
C.&. Colling
EN. Beazer
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