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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1906
Page
4
An old advertisement page lists services and goods: Polltipe Fruit Farm offers sweet order gasoline at 20 cents a gallon, two gallons for 35 cents with telephone 1846. A tailor named Wm Sebuls promotes clothing through a playful line. Kennedy & Ernat advertise a new hardware store at 826 Mass with a broad range of tea, coffee, kettles and nickel ware.
An advertisement listing services and products from local businesses. It mentions Mra Connelly selling needlework and holiday goods and acting as agent for Charles Stevens of Chicago for furs and cloaks, showcases chocolate brands at Mrs Centice’s Home Store, handkerchief displays at A Young’s, Lawrence Transfer Co hauling trunks, a shave option at Smith’s News Depot, natural gas fittings by F H Beomatt & Co, and various rates and offers.
Fragmented notice style item listing court mention of Sam Austin and Prank Yweos, assorted prices and products, addresses in Massachusetts street, Oak street style shop references, cigars and groceries promotions, local business names, and Christmas gift suggestions.
Market by wires shows cattle prices and grain quotes from Kansas City and Chicago on Dec 18. Livestock entries include 13 000 native steers, stockers and feeders, cows, calves, and hogs with varied prices. wheat, corn, and oats futures and cash prices also noted with multiple delivery months and price ranges.
Summary of multiple deeds and transfers including Mary A Cone to Henry Clarke for Lot 11 Block 12 Lane Place Tacoma. E J Deister to Charles F Nichols. Gaines Bohannon to Daniel H Horton. Charles W Yard to Horton. Joseph E Riges to John Card. Union Central Life to G J Brone. Amos A Quinlan to Eliza A Quinlan. Also notes on YMCA activity, Christmas membership sheets, and local society events plus scattered obituaries and social items mentioning a Tennessee origin man Jacob Crosby found dead from a ruptured blood vessel in the city area.
300 acres 134 miles northeast of Baker University Baldwin offered at 39 dollars per acre. Land divisible into 40 or 80 acre tracts taken in exchanges small properties, rest on time payments or rent on a yearly lease. Four houses, orchards, abundant water and two acres of creek bottom. December 1 harvest shows several hundred bushels of corn ready for buyers or renters.
The Barteldes team topped the Merehint Atslea Association bowling event with a score of 2,905. Hartelter posted the high series, while Borger Sit Soa earned the top high score. The report notes about action at Wolf's and mentions Gustafson's as a source of selection, with comments on popularity and pricing in the period.
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