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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
4
A list of local notices promotes a massachusetts street economy with items for sale and services. Real estate, livestock, scrap iron, harness, insurance, coal, book stores, and holiday preparations are advertised by merchants like C G Hawk, Porter, Hervey, Rahskopf, Handerson, Edwards, Wolf, Manter, Helm, Wall, Sternberg, Olmsted, Sparks, and Phillips.
A yard near New York and Quincey streets advertises a bomber of coal on hand and more on the road with low prices and prompt delivery. C D Pickens and a companion offer coal and standard grades. Also advertised are millinery stock at Boughton's 1025 Mass Street and a fountain pen shop with assorted items.
Mrs Lyons soprano and Miss Phipps violin headline a program with short solos by flute clarinet horn trombone and other players.
Central division of the Modern Language Association holds its annual meeting December 7, 8, and 9 in Madison Wisconsin. Dr Carruth is invited to preside over the German division. he has attended these meetings for ten years but will be unable to attend this year. The Kansas State Teachers Association meets in Topeka on the same day. Local ads note J A Gillham Co specialty in horseshoeing at 203 Vermont Street with home phone 185, Lawrence Transfer Co at 44 Massachusetts Street for moving or storage, and I Nicholson dealer in coal at 1136 Ohio Street with phone 454.
An advertising notice invites customers to take their next job to J. F. Broeker on West Warren Street and visit Opera Cafe at 744 Massachusetts Street for quick short order meals. It promises prompt courteous attention and lists Colling & Masstead as proprietors with hours open until 2 a.m.
Local ads offer fresh cows and veal calves for sale at top market prices plus horses feed and coal. A. W. Lamb at 624 Mess. St. E. C. Baker sells coal and farm supplies. Thad Stevens at 12 Massachusetts St invites shoppers to view gifts including cutlery lap robes horse blankets guns ammo and more. F. C. Beamett & Co. 1011 Mass St advertise gas stoves fixtures piping services. Clifton Hiatt 924 Massa St markets Christmas suits. Fred W. Fein 7 Massachusetts St sells house wiring and electric fans. Smiths News Depot offers football goods. Masters delivers fresh oysters.
Not much time to stop and think. Days are flying and so are our good things. A customer laments a viewed coat gone as Innes Bullene & Hageman tout January prices on suits and coats. The store promotes guaranteed silks and Christmas dress goods with broad stock and safe shopping.
Rowlands and Stevenson report the annual Douglas County Poultry and Pet Stock exhibit is nearly ready in the former Poohier Mercantile Co building at Massachusetts and Warren streets. The event runs all week with 10 cent admission to cover expenses, featuring fancy bred poultry and pet stock, well arranged pens, ample light, and a premium list.
The University of Kansas School of Music annual Christmas concert at Fraser Hall on the hill tonight invites support. Woodward & Co. advertise Kodak daylight developing tanks and holiday toiletries. Old soldiers organize northern riverfront Christmas cheer. Lawrence merchants report abundant holly greens with quality berries delivered today.
The third act of the performance at the opera house lasted until late as drunken touts in the second box disrupted the show. Authorities were blamed for not ejecting them sooner. Patrons who paid to enjoy the performance deserve better order and protection from such disturbances.
The Union Pacific has been gathering the Hobunks along its line between Kansas City and Topeka for the last day or two preparatory to a substitution of Japanese labor in their place. The men and their baggage are taken to Kansas City. Japanese workers have been employed as section hands elsewhere on the road with success. They are industrious and intelligent, while the Hobunks are said to be neither. The change is to be made complete at once. John McCarney was fined 3.00 and costs for disturbance at the opera house. Jet Walker was drunk. Laura Potts and Emma Clark were fined 10.75 each for disturbance of the peace. Louis Prost was arrested for beating his divorced wife. trial set for this afternoon. Miss Eva Olin, daughter of Prof. A. Olin, was operated on for appendicitis by Dr. Geo. W. Jones. she is progressing as well as could be expected. We have received many compliments on our hot coffee with pure cream, at 6 cents a cup, at Wiedemann’s.
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