Evans-Metcalf Company Prosperous in Lawrence for a Decade
The Evans-Metcalf implement firm has operated in Lawrence for ten years offering farm equipment. Proprietors Evans and Metcalf bring extensive industry experience, stocking plows by Mitchell Oliver Janesville Kentward McShe Grain Drills and engines Mogul Herculies. They advertise a wide range from cream separators to Washers and Cookers and close with holiday wishes and a Merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans-Mettcalf
Evans-Metcalf Implement Company
Lawrence
Evans
Mr. Metcalf
Liverfield
Mitchell
Oliver
Janesville
Great Western
Evans-Metcalf
Evans-Metcall Company
Hopewell Community Notes of Lawrence Weekend Activities
Lloyd Foster and others attend a Lawrence teachers meeting. Families visit relatives and neighbors across town. The Farmers Union met at High Prairie Friday. next meeting set for Hopewell January 5. A church program is announced for December 25 at the schoolhouse and local shops report Christmas greetings and candy promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Foster
Lawrence
E. H. Purvis
Leslie
J. M
Mabee
Hee
D. N. White
Pred Purvis
War note to Briand signals Lansing demand to belligerents
Paris reports Ambassador Sharp delivered Secretary Lansing's note to Premier Briand urging continued war aims until rights violated by enemies are restored and Europe secured on a firm base. The texts appeared in Paris papers that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Paris
William Graves Sharp
France
Briand
Lansing
Fish That Builds a Nest
The stickleback, a curious fish, builds a weed and plant nest for its mate and guards it until she arrives. The two-entry home is woven from aquatic materials and kept guarded by the male until acceptance.
Giant baobab trees used as cisterns in Africa
The baobab tree, common in central Africa, can measure up to 40 feet in trunk diameter. Its hollowed top stores rainwater, acting as a natural cistern. Arabs hollow out large baobabs to hold water during dry seasons, creating cisterns eight to ten feet high and wide as eight feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Los Angeles Times
Centenarian Novelty in Trade Remarks Cited
The Providence Journal reports on a ninety nine year old M assachusetts child or figure and a joke about centenarians in trade, noting a novelty of a tobacco or candy connection and questioning why other trades have not claimed similar honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gandy
Providence Journal
Christmas Candy Sale At Dick's Drug Store
The Standard Bearers of the M FE church will sell home made Christmas candy tomorrow at Dick's Drug Store. Sovereign Chocolates at Dick Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.E. Church
Dick’s Drug Store
Anna Era
M. FE
Dick’s K’s Drug Store
Sovereign
Dick Bros
Bryant
The
Christian Church
Fred Brocker
Mass
M. I
Dick's Dry
Protection Against Catarrh and Early Rubber History
The article discusses health benefits of deep breathing and constitutional vigor and cites Goodyear as inventor of rubber. It mentions rubber production from India rubber with turpentine and lampblack, plus Goodyear adding sulfur to improve durability. It also lists various animal islands and coastal isles near England with names like Essex, Cornwall, Lundy, and Pembroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howe
Charles Goodyear
Essex
Cornwall
England
Lundy Island
Kit Iskind
Wales
Iskind
Pembroke
Orange eating and Roman sites in Nimes France
A fragment describes citrus eating as healthful and notes a scene of peeling orange with a fork. It shifts to travel notes about Nimes in southern France, highlighting the amphitheater, arenas, a second century temple, gardens, and a dusty climate during mistral winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Nimes
Raton Centered on Colfax County Mining Industry
Raton, county seat of Colfax County New Monica, centers the mining industry of coal feed on the souths of the Raton mountains. The mines are located nearby along the Santa Fe trail once called dithrosty Raton. The word Raton is Spanish for mouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raton
Colfax County
New Monica
Raton Mountains
Mystery of Chimney Swift in Bird Life
The chimney swift remains one of bird life’s unsolved problems as flocks drift south to the Gulf of Mexico then resurface for five months, their hiding place a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Four Year Old Reproved at Table In Family Moment
A four-year-old, after a period of quiet talk, addressed his mother with a playful line about his father, noting that he "doesn't talk very much this noon." The scene captures a domestic, lighthearted family exchange reported in Harper's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Absent-Minded Husband and Clever Gossip Quips
A Boston Transcript note highlights a playful exchange about an absent-minded husband and a witty reply from Mrs Newly. The item hints at social quirks and humorous marital barbs within an urban gossip context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
Mrs. Newly
Most Sacred Thing
A quotation attributed to Philip Sidney notes that one may give all to a beloved but the friend’s secret remains private. The line reflects themes of loyalty, personal sacrifice, and trust in intimate relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Sidney
Turkey Chicks and Fresh Produce Offerings at Wahl Market
Open till noon Christmas Day at Wahl, 641 Mass St, featuring turkeys ducks geese chickens celery grapes and other produce. Customers urged to shop early for holiday needs.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Furae
Jae Wh
California
St. Burns
BR. L. Aldrich
Hanna
Lawrence Cycle Works
Bell
Fritz Kelly Springfield
Aloas Fok
Santa Claus
Headtofoot Outfitters
S&s
JAE Dicke Hardware
Hopewell
Hyman
McNish
Boston Confectionery
Corfort
Nashway
Vas
Otus
ORCL
Svontainas
Onis
Indy Tad Bas Pane
Chis
Fred Broeker
Massachusetts Street
Kansas
Thistrigt Readius
Kansas Nasuway Company
Carroll's
Carvroll’s
Weyermuller
Dutch Weyermuller
Walt Whitin
Milton
Lowney’s
Liggett's
Morse's
Cindy
McCulloch’s
Cincinhud Enquirer
Dunmire
S. Fresh Oyste
Vinkand
Marin
Cate
Vash
J.D. Kennard
Beil
Spain
Securita
Packard Line
A. Young
Taylor
Katie Petefish
Victor
Victrola
Columbia
Grafonda
Edison
Bell Bros. Music CO
G. W. Hamilton
Mgr
Skofstad
Brinkmann’s Bakery
Wahl's Pure Pork
Wahl
H. L. Winey& Sons
Iney & Underwood Clothing Furnishings —Shoes
Bell Brothers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!