Lawrence City Council Approves Lee Street Pavement Plan
At the August 6 1906 city council meeting Lawrence Kansas adopted a resolution to grade curb and pave Lee Street and intersecting alleys from Massachusetts to the first east of Tennessee with brick courses limestone or cement curb and annual installments to pay costs. The notice appears in the Lawrence Daily Journal Aug 10 1806 and publicized for ten days.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Alty
Lee__strest
Lee Street
Tennessee
Brooks
Parsons Has an Auto and City Rules Discount
Parsons purchases an automobile and pursues high society, driving the town on paved and dirt streets to prove the car’s worth. The piece notes debates over an Automobile Ordinance, bids for sidewalk construction, and local ads including Dr Snyders Remedial soap and shoe shining by G Hawk. It mentions city council bids due August 2, 1905, and a local business scene in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Henry Parsona
Henry
Henry Parsons
Automobile Club
Speed Ordinance for Lawrence Vehicles Proclaimed
An ordinance by the mayor and council of Lawrence regulates motor vehicle speed and registration. It requires owners to register name, maker, serial number, and horsepower, with penalties for violations and a one dollar fee. Community residents may be exempt if visiting up to 46 hours.
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City of
Lawrence
City of Lawrence
Othe
Massachusetts
Uiney Street
Kansay River
Vermont
Berkeley
Winthrop
Indiana
Pintkney
Elliott
Lawrance
Ordinance Prohibits Drunken Driving and Penalties
The ordinance prohibits riding or driving under intoxication on city streets and alleys. Violations are a misdemeanor with fines from ten to one hundred dollars. It repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect upon lawful publication. Approved Aug 4, 10v. Mayor J. A. Keeler and City Clerk F. D. Brooks. Also a farm and city property loan ad by Morrison & Lamon offering loans at rates as low as 5 percent.
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City of
Lawrence
Morrison & Lamon
Mass
The Cloud Made Wood: A Night Rain Tale
A small cloud appeared overhead at 6 30 PM and released rain as thunder rolled. The clouds rallied to help and the light shower grew into an hour of steady rain with additional dribbles for a while. The piece closes noting a Want column and local ads for Ed Hope selling talking machines and records at 60d Maine St.
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Ed Hope
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Dluk
Maine St
Classified Notice: Electrical Wiring and Repair Services
For Vax and Electric Light supplier Hosa wiring for electric lights and rapatr work shell phone 493 cast Henry home phone 133 offering repair and wiring services with contact details.
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Vax
Hosa
Shell
Henry
Appliance ads and notices from Lawrence paper
A sanitized OCR fragment reports numerous local shop ads including 10x20 pantels selling at various stores, mentions of electrical sewing machine motors for fall sewing, a truss advertisement at Raymonds, and a Home store on 1105 Mass. It also notes Lawrence Electric Light Co at 7 Leary Street sending items on trial and lists Eben Baldwin and Peter Hastie as appointed treasury examiners yesterday.
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Lawrence Electris Light Co
Leary, Street
Hall
Nome
Eben Baldwin
Peter Hastie
Treasury
Little Economies For the Thrifty Housewife
A column urging thrifty home habits using leftovers. It promotes reusing soap scraps for floors, melted soap in laundry, coffee grounds as plant fertilizer, saved tea and coffee residues for cleaning and cooking, and frugal tips on freezing and gardening to stretch resources. It ends with a light remark on actors and superstition.
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Diane Manke
Real Estate Transfers and Local Notices in Baldwin and North Lawrence
Real estate deeds record transfers in Baldwin and North Lawrence including Fletcher Hunt and wife to H C Porter, Barteldes Lead Co. and others, and Shawnee County sales to George E Millar and Paul Dinsmoor. Notices mention tomatoes at Luther's Greenhouse, corrections to settlers meeting data, and upcoming school and military movements. The community sees many outsiders, university prep, and a company from Lawrencers heading to Fort Riley.
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Baldwin
H C. Porter
Tor
Chapel Street
Haldwin
F. W. Barteldes
Lawrance
Barteldes Lead Co
Mass
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Consideration
Shubeal C. Kersey
Shawnee
George E. Millar
Telda G. Parsong
Husband Daug
Paul Dinsmoor
North Lawrence
Freeman Hunt
Woodson
H. OC. Porter
Chapel Streat
Clara E. Brown
Husband
Nanton
Canada
Eugene T. Gallagher
Porter
Freshmen Advised to Submit Entrance Credentials
The registrar urges Lawrence High School students who plan to enter the University this fall to hand in their entrance certificates at once. Certificates arrived during the summer, and officials want resident freshmen to complete the process before the influx of out-of-town students. Fishing tackle and a full line in stock at Smith's paw depot. The Journal want column will find it.
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State University
University
Lawrences High School
Smith's Paws Depot
Markets by Wire raw stock and grain notes from Kansas City and Chicago
Market wire reports show mixed cattle, hog and grain prices across Kansas City and Chicago. Beef steers and feeder markets range with calves, hogs heavy and packers. grain futures list wheat, corn and oats with July and September quotes and receipts data.
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Kansas City
Chicago
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