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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
4
Buy CLELAND'S clean coal. Sou rolls wallpaper and mouldings must go to make room for fall goods. Get our prices at WOLFS BOOK STORE. ROBERTS & MOORE offer blacksmithing plow work and repairing with horsemanship. O G OLSON contractor and stone cutters, sidewalks and street parking, yard east end of Warren street, all work guaranteed.
In a letter to the Journal, G. argues the Kansas christening using water mocks prohibition and mimics Kentucky’s 1894 water christening. He claims the bottle and jug symbolism signals alcohol woes and ridicules the governor for choice, urging restraint in state ceremonies.
A jumble of notices offers girls wanted for factory work at Boener Bros Cigar Factory with meals and lodging, and a succession of short lines about picnics, rail shipments, storage services, vendors and cheeky product pitches. Names include J N Schreiner, Lawrence, Hleks Huggies, Schulz & Mitner, Philpa Frutt Farm, Russell Sparka Co, Woodward & Co. Many items appear as brief classifieds and advertisements with prices and services.
Notice announces a Santa Fe excursion to Denver at 10.75 round trip with sales Aug 30 to Sept 4 and extension to Oct 7, also valid to Colorado Springs or Pueblo. Stopovers allowed, with contact locations 732 Mass St and 709 Ohio St for folders, plus local ads for laundry, cigars, and a meat market with phone numbers.
Property for sale or rent includes the Wilbur homestead on Mill Heights near Lawrence with twenty acres, half in fruit, needing cleanup to reach desirable condition. Also numerous ads: millinery below cost, pyrography lessons, gas furnace ad, art classes, saddlery and harness, new jewelry novelties, coal and insurance offers, eye treatment, painting, ice cream flavors. Local merchants Morrison Lem on 734 Mass, J F Brock, J Q Pickens, Gustafson jeweler, Wiedemann ice cream, and more.
Peter Erier dies after months of illness at his home four miles southeast of town. Funeral held today at 4 pm, burial tomorrow at 11 am at Twin Mound with brief services. Also lists uncalled letters at Lawrence post office for week ending Aug 16, with names of ladies and gentlemen. Postmaster notes delivery instructions and rural route requirements.
Advertisements advert the sale of coal with contact numbers for A J Griffin and others, plus old tug buying by P M Gervey Company, scrap prices by volume, mortgage inquiries by WM Sinclair, and grocery pricing at 28 Massachusetts Street. Also mentions a horseshoer and Wiedemann's ice cream for a date-like shopper audience.
Damaged notice describes granite dish pans offered at less than half price displayed on a center table.
There is considerable complaint about the condition of streets after plumbers connect mains to houses. Paved streets have humps in the paving and dirt streets soon develop holes, making driving rough and uneven. A little care in this work would greatly improve comfort for travelers.
Fire yesterday afternoon at 4 in the woodshed of Tom McGee’s corner lot on Lee and New Jersey streets was insignificant with minor losses. It is thought to be caused by boys and matches. Mrs. Harper owned the property. The fire department was called but not needed.
A large crowd joined the annual C P A picnic headed by Buchs band through Eodaora this morning. The day stayed warm as attendees planned to spend the day in the country. Speeches were to be delivered by State Treasurer Tom Kelly and Prof W C Lanston, with indications showing the largest turnout yet.
Jelly Grapes for Sale priced 24 cents per pound, order at Teeter's or call Red 6164. Mention of Billy Williamson cigars, including Baby Ribbon, Little Duke, and THE cigar. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Guifer moving into Collins house at Tennessee and Quincy. Annual Williams farm picnic southwest of Lawrence tomorrow. many locals plan to attend Lone Star Athletic Association picnic at Williams grove. Various local ads note prices on chop, shorts, bran, oats at Masters, 823 Massachusetts Street. Kennedy & Ernst hardware room being prepared for new stock. Dr. E M Owen optician offers tests and glasses with August specials. J Jackson Ltd. offers special prices. W E Beattie painter and paper hanger, call 340. Merchants gearing up for September trade. Moonlit nights of the week noted. vacation seekers urged to travel in August. Lawrence residents camping near Borsashoe Lake this week. All kinds of household goods for sale at 729 New Jrampsliffa Street. Football goods and full line in stock at Smith's News Depot. fresh shipments at Wiederann's.
Miss Marie Sinclair entertained with a Japanese breakfast for guest Misa Marjorie Field of Dubuque. Luncheon in the dining room featured Japanese lanterns and dolls with each place setting bearing a guest name. Prizes in a musical game went to Miss Anna Hawk, with a large Japanese doll as the booby prize. The guest list included numerous local ladies and several visiting or returning residents. Various local residents were noted for travel, visits, or recent trips, including Mr. Faul R. Brooks, Prof. C. G. Markham, Mrs. Harriet Hays, and others from Kansas City, Denver, Topeka, and Excelsior Springs. The Elks planned a social tonight and a new cement sidewalk project is underway in front of the Ball & Beli morement store. Continued notes on local movements and upcoming visits closed the item.
A summary of the Stranger Valley electric railway franchise terms for Lawrence outlines route gaps, construction periods, gauge, street integration, and protections. It notes lack of city compensation, missing service details, and broad rights granted to promoters, signaling weak city safeguards.
Aug 16 entry lists names and addresses for subscribers and offices including White, Geo Bowman, Mass Red 416, Claud Johnson NY Main 75u, Eastman, Ohio entries, and others. It records a court matter Teed versus Ingrea and Islood at the coal office 74th Mass Reed, Mry Livia and Harry 40 Ky.
Property adjoining the south city at Pennsylvania and Merrin streets. Eight rooms, large halls, store rooms, cellars, baths, cistern, and outbuildings. Nearly six acres enhanced with fruit trees, shrubs, and shade trees. Price seven thousand dollars, terms easy. Inspection invited. Samuel A. Riggs, City Engineer. Wheeler prepares a communication to petition signers to fix graves and reset stones at Oak Hill grounds to improve appearance.
Bargains on stoves and ranges advertised with reduced prices for thirty days. Offers from H Bennett & Co at 1011 Massachusetts Street with contact at phone 708. Includes bid notice for 400 feet of brick sidewalk by O E Learnard per city specs. Also list of house wiring and electric fixtures by Fred W Fein at 637 Massachusetts Street. Raymond's goldfish and Wiedemann's limeades promoted. Storage coal from B W McFarlane & Bro at Henry and Kentucky, Beth.
Mrs A T Wilmoth died August 4 1905 after paraly sis at home in Lawrence. Born Terre Haute Indiana January 27 1837 she married in 1863 and moved to Nebraska then to Lawrence and later Omaha. Survived by seven children Clarence Mrs W E Britzer Frank Harry E William S Edward G and Fred C all present at funeral. Burial Oak Hill beside husband and daughter.
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