Motor car show to debut at Madison Square Garden
The article notes a growing motorcycle industry and a forthcoming complete exhibition under industry auspices at Madison Square Garden from January 16 to 23. It highlights transitions from cycling to motor racing and profiles drivers like Barney Oldfield, Tom Cooper, Eddie Bald, Joé Tracey, and Ralph De Palma, plus an upcoming big show in Convention Hall the week of March 8 organized by the Kansas City Automobile Dealers association.
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Madison Square Garden
Barney Oldfield
Detroit
Tom Cooper
Central
Park
Oldfield
Eddie Bald
Joé Tracey
Ralph de Palma
Brooklyn
Convention Hall
Kansas City Automobile Dealers’ Association
Deaiers
Twenty New Cars Signal Ford Monopoly On City Streets
The Lawrence Street Car Motor Co plans to show twenty 1909 Ford cars as demand grows for autos in town. A lively Sunday parade and rising automobiling interest mark a shift to speed and country tours. Gustafson buys a 1909 Maxwell. March delivery announced. Harry Litts recalls a rescue story of W E Spalding’s breakdown near Abilene.
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Jbney
Harry’ Litts
Abilene
Kans
W. E. Spalding
Spalding
Mr. Spalding
Lawrence
Salina
Kats
Abi Jene
Mr. Lit
Mrs Culbertson Dead at 26 in Berkeley Street
Mrs Culbertson aged 26 died last evening at 12 East Berkeley street due to paralysis. She leaves a husband, two children, father, and others to mourn. Funeral is Wednesday at 10 o7 at the home with Rev Brush presiding. Scarlet fever cases quarantined. four new cases in Lawrence yesterday and three in Eudora. Authorities urge strict quarantine adherence. Mew Year Cards at Boyles 1725 Mass
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Culbertson
East
Berkeley Street
Rev. Brush
Lawrence
Eudora
Masonic Installation Unites Two Blu Lodges and Eastern Star
Lawrence Lodge No.6 Acacia No.9 and Adah Chapter No.7 held a joint installation ceremony. Lawrence Lodge officers for 1909 include W M Lynne E. Mason and S W Edwin H. Varoum. Acacia officers list Charles C. Bowman and Fred W. Fein. Adah Chapter installed Worthy Matron Mrs Laura McNish and Worthy Patron M man with officers including Miss Anna Hutt and Mrs Anna Keiler. Judge Mason delivered remarks on What Masonry Is and refreshments followed.
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Blu
Lawrence Lodge
Acacia No
A.F
A. M
Adah
C. E
M. W. Henry F. Mason
Topeka
Masons
Kansas
Bine
David Passon
Eastern Star
Judge Mason
W. M—Lynne E. Mason
Edwin H. Varoum
Charles W. Carman
Treas
Harry B._ Sparks
Walter B. Slack
W. M
Charles C. Bowman
Fred W. Fein
Charles L.wall
George March
J. M. Turner
M.E. Nethercut
D—Franck C. Whipple
D—Wa
T. Wellman
S. S
Henry H. Asher
J. S—Allen L. Henderson
Tyler
Wam
H. Eastman
Laura McNish
M. Man
Anna Hutt
Anna Keiler
Minnie Gardner
Nellie McFarland
Jessie Duttermeister
Lydia Merwin
Marshal
Maude Clark
Dalton
aAdah
Anderson
Ruth
Kelso
Esther
Strong
Martha
McFarlane
Electra
Edmonds
Warder
John Melvin
Sentinel
W. H. Eastman
Kansas Teachers Meeting in Topeka With 2000 Expected
The forty sixth annual meeting of the state Teachers association convenes in Topeka this week. Attendance is expected to reach 2000 as J W Gleed opens with an address of welcome and Prof J M Rhodes of Emporia replies. Dr Edward Homgaardner will speak on The Relation Between the Public Library and the Public School. A Baker University quartet will perform and Francis Huntington Snow Acknowledgment will be given. Joseph H Hill of Emporia will present Address The Patriotism of Peace followed by Hon Frank J Hantey Indiana governor with remarks.
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Lawrence
Topeka
State Teachers’ Association
J. W. Gleed
J. M. Rhodes
Emporia
Edward Homgardner
Baker Quartet
Baker University Baldwin
Francis Huntington Snow
Joseph H. Hill
Frank J. Hantey
Indiana
State Memorial Meeting Heard Today Discussion
A memorial meeting of the Free State Memorial committee convened today at the Eldridge House at 2 pm. Members named include Paul Brooks M Simpson Kansas City Chancellor Strong D. R. Anthony Leavenworth Charles Scott William Allen White Em poria Col Learnard General Rob erts General Metcalf Mrs Robinson Mrs Sarah Pinkston Eugene Ware Mrs W E Stanley Wichita Hon W Y Morgan Hutchinson and Mrs Brooks Courtney Courtney Day 2 Gustafson and Barteldes will bow tonight.
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Free State Memorial
Veterans of 36
Eldridge House
Paul Brooks
M. Simpson
Kansas City
Strong
D. R. Anthony
Leavenworth
Charles Scott
William Allen White
Emporia
Col. Learnard
Roberts
Metcalf
Robinson
Sarah Pinkston
Eugene Ware
W. E. Stanley
Wichita
W. Y. Morgan
Hutchinson
Brooks
Reward for theft of hay at Barber farm near Siegel
A $25 reward offered for information leading to the detection and conviction of anyone stealing hay from O. P. Barber's farm one mile west of Siegel. Inquiries to O. P. Barber & Son's Drug Store.
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O. P. Barber
Siegel
O. P. Barber & Son
Local Classifieds and Quarrels Mix With Notes
The page mixes small ads for Olson Eros Sanitary Plumbers and O K Pantatorium with stray items about two men quarreling over suits, a police notice from Leavenworth arresting M. E. Seamore, and assorted quips on vermin control and vacations. The readable items include business names, addresses, phones, and a hint of a legal or police notice.
Weather forecast and local ads mix in Chicago daily page
Dec 29 weather report from University of Kansas notes fair, colder tonight and Wednesday. Local notices mention Julius Eriksen moving into Indiana Cash Grocery space after Jan 1. Advertisements promote Parker Pens, stationery, 40 percent off pictured items, and 5c McKinley Music sale through Jan 1 with various local shops cited.
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Chicago
Kansas
Kress store coming to Lawrence landmark block
Lawrence to gain first big department store as the Kress chain buys the Frederickson block in the 900 area. Buildings will be extended and remodeled to house a five and ten cent shop with candy, aiming to undercut wholesale prices. Opposition and adjustment rumors swirl as the city readies for the new retail hub. A parole violation leads to an arrest in town as a suspect named Babe Seymour is sought after his escape. Street work begins on Mass Street 600 block to repair pavement damaged by an old streetcar line.
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Kress
Lawrence
Frederickson
Mass
Junior Coats Offered At One Third Off Prices
Readable text shows junior coats in sizes 8 to 14 years with popular shades and materials including Kerseys Unfinish Worsteds Novelty Mixtures Braid Velvet Burn Trimmed. Prices advertised as one third less than former prices.
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Copenhagen
Children's coats in various colors and sizes
Broad cloth coats for children in Copenhagen sizes 2 to 106 years with Bearskin, white and colored fabrics in English red brown castor navy reseda gray chinchilla and fancy mixtures offered for selection.
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Copenhagen
Lawrence and First Methodist social page mix a tale
Recounts a teachers training class gathering at First Methodist church with festive decor and refreshments. A Lawrence girl endures a troubling arm twitch at a show, suspects telepathy and watchful antics, while readers tease column content and social norms, noting fashion, parlor talk, and gender expectations.
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Sliss
Ellen Smith
First Methodist Church
Two Hundred Tickets Sold In Membership Contest
Athens Council of f aL pur Hl 200 tickets to The Bur ge r for the January 5 show. Tickets awarded per member who recruited new members by Christmas, with an extra ticket per new member. Expecting full redemption as tallying nears completion. Lawrence studio Squires reports record Christmas business, moving pictures shown and behind scenes. Albert Snow and Julia Pueverline wed in Lawrence probate court. 1909 diaries advertised at Boyles.
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Athens Council
F. al
Arew
Lawrence
Squires
Kansas
Local Shops Advertise Goods and Services in County
STRAFFON Ladies Magazine stock and January magazines from Home Book Co. offer self basting roasters carving sets and more at Kennedy & Ernst 826 Mass. St with two phones. A clothing cleaning repair and pressing service calls for pickup. Drainage hearing set for county commissioners on Thursday for two districts. Raymond's Drug Store promotes hair brushes mirrors perfumes and cameras.
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Home Book Co
Ladies’ Home Journal
Kennedy & Ernst
Mass
Raymond's Drug Store
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the Automobile World
Lawren
Jality Gdr
Rutter
B. B. Feurt
Prop
Role Agency For
Thomas Flyer
Cadillac
Maxwell Cars
East Henry Street
Lawrence Street Car Motor Company
Lawrencs
Thad Stevens
A. Munroe
Gustafson
Maxwell
Broer -Gustafson
Len. Roecklund
Gustafson Maxwell
Boyles
University Book Store
St, Lawrence, Kans
Kansas Teachers
Courtney Courtney
Gustafson and Barteldes
Olson Eros
Hous
Bell
O. K. Pantatorium
St. Bell
Home
M. E. Seamore
East Bottoms
Straffon’s
A.d.weaver
University of Kansas
Julius Eriksen
Indiana Cash
Mr. Eriksen
Boughton’s
Maza
Mrs. Prentiss Home Store
State Horticultural Society
Iren Lawrence
B. F. Smith
W. E. Barnes
G. Watts
Charles Hoyt
William Brown
Sexman
Parsona
McKinley Music
Coates & Co
Schultz
Llade Seymour
Seymour
Oadley
Maso. &T
Stevenson’s Book Store
Innes, Bullene & Hackman
Soqlety
8. R
Messaline
Alli
S. A
McB
S.R
Veland
Suma
J.bowerlock
OPERA
Wm. P. Cullen
Luders
Ruth White
Willie
Pri
Harry Hermsen
Burgomaster
Howe Bell
Paul Revere
Sterling
Ro A
A. A. Going
Aurora Theater
John Steary Collins
Anur
Hoch
Suecessful
Albert Snow
Julia Pueverline
Our Place
F. J. Boyles
Mass. Street
Victor Talking Machines
Straffon's
Straffon
Soxman
Gillette
Stratfon’a
Bennett
Lena Badlery
Peoples State Bank
Perkins & CO
Electra J Financial Brokers
Big Rock and Sale
Packard
YOUNG
Massachusetts Street
Fraternal Aid Association
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