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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
4
Chicago August reports show Lawrence Kansas weather items including temperatures barometer readings and wind patterns. The text mentions a fair weather report daily by Dr H Snow with scattered cloudiness and a partial weather forecast for tonight and Sunday.
The listing covers multiple churches in North Lawrence including German M E Church, North Lawrence United Brethren, James A M E, St Luke's A M E, First Church of Christ Scientist, Union Sunday School, First Westy minutes, Lutheran, First Baptist, Presbyterian, and Friends Church. It notes service times, sermons by visiting pastors such as Rev J M Brown, Rev Ernest F Weisel, Rev L K Wells, and speakers including Prof Raymond A Schweglee, with Sunday schools and evening services. Local lay leaders A L Largis and Wm Spray are also mentioned as organizers.
Public worship at 10 30 a m and 8 p m with sermons on The Drawing Power of Christ in the morning and Lessons Learned in the Sinai School in the evening. Sabbath school at noon Young People's meeting at 7 30 p m. All are cordially invited to worship with us.
Rev E F Weise will preach at the First Methodist church tomorrow at 11 oclock. Weise is a Lawrence product and attends Drew Theological Seminary. He is a State University graduate and has not yet been heard preaching in Lawrence.
In par off Calcutta Lewis Baker will travel to Kansas City where Rev D H Manley will assume charge of anight school for native boys. Mrs Manley, Miss Cora Miller of Lawrence, and Mr Manley, once with Walker Bank, are part of a community sending him to religious work after study at Baker University and years of preaching craft.
P Garside and his traveling companion were in Goohvie Oklahoma headquarters and spent a few hours in Lawrence renewing old acquaintances. Garside attended the local university years ago and has not returned to Lawrence since leaving. Jillie remains popular among former Lawrence students.
Local notices recount numerous residents visiting or traveling to Kansas City to spend Sundays or a week away. Names include Charlie Siler J H L Cohn Carl Mettner and Grace Irwin with several families planning trips to Pueblo Sedalia Denver and Topeka. Elisabeth and Edith Renn travel to Kansas City while Edie and Banton families announce upcoming moves and study plans.
Coffeyville preachers form a union and will not officiate funerals for less than five dollars. Ministers note high costs and inconvenience to preach for unfamiliar families. The piece questions why ministers attend open casket viewings and argues for decency without display. Also an ad notes Falison phonographs rising to twenty dollars, urging orders before the price change, from C. W. Straffon.
At 615 last evening a man hired a rig at Jack Kelsey's barn and went out of town. He has not returned. reports indicate he was still away. The horse is a large black one and the buggy is black with yellow shafts. Douglas county offers 100 as reward, while Kelsey adds 25. Searches continue all day. Notify the sheriff if you see the horse or buggy.
The 1908 tax ordinance levies 10 mills for general purposes, 3 mills for interest on funding bonds, 2 mills for sinking fund, and 1.5 mills for improvements while listing special assessments for sidewalks and city squares. It authorizes certification to the county clerk and sets publication, effective date, and enforcement terms. Proposals for sewer work may follow, with bids due Sept 2.
Lawrence residents favor Direct Action Gas Ranges over all other makes as consumer interest grows. The advertisement notes local store specials, cigars, fruit farm contact, piano lessons, and various service listings including optician, osteopath, undertaker, and shoe dealer, highlighting a bustling local economy and multiple small businesses in Mass Street and surrounding areas.
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