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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
1
A sales pitch invites readers to join a January 5 trip costing $35 to visit land in Gulf Coast Texas. The promise is that land offers best investment and crop value in the United States, with a guarantee or trip expense repayment if not convinced.
The Kansas and Oklahoma joint committee adjourned to January 7 after a day of cross remarks on penitentary conditions. J F P Connors led Oklahoma inspectors who return to Guthrie, while Kansas sought a unified report. Coburn named chairman as both sides agreed to renewed hearings at Leavenworth.
Walter Wellhouse was unanimously re-elected secretary of the State Horticultural Society in Topeka with no other nominations. Edwin Taylor was also re-elected president, and W. Holsinger becomes treasurer. The election saw no opposition and no other candidates named.
Ohio report shows Charles P Taft withdrawing from the senatorial race to aid party unity. His support will go to Congressman Burton, boosting his bid. Later, Senator Foraker also withdrew, clearing the field for Burton. Taft emphasized his candidacy was misunderstood and that he yields ambition for greater Republican success.
Dec 31 Leavenworth Kansas Dr Crumbine of the Kansas committee personally examined a large number of prisoners this morning and charged several with shamming. He ordered them to the mines. Committee members dined with prisoners and praised the meals. They asked Attorney General Jackson to act as master in the hearing to place witnesses under oath.
Rome reports thousands of homeless in Messina Reggio and Sicily towns with starvation and pestilence fears rising amid ruins. In Jefferson City Missouri a rehearing motion looms in Standard Oil ouster case. Muskogee Oklahoma reports a bank robbery tied to two other suspects. $1,800 recovered. Lexington Kentucky mourns a mysterious death at a family reunion party. New York naval ship Celestis sails with Navy rations for Italian quake victims. Lemans France Wilbur Wright sets new aeroplane endurance record lasting over two hours.
The Journal reports its best year in history with a surge in special offers to new subscribers. Readers praise the paper as the great home paper of Lawrence as it closes its fifty second year and begins its fifty third. The paper thanks its readership for strong support.
Paris reports nineteen deaths from the cold wave as a brutal blizzard hits the city. Snow lies deep on streets and parks, with hundreds of workers clearing routes while horse traffic remains blocked except for motor cars. The wave is easing but fatalities and widespread hardship persist.
Raymond Rees 23 of Argentine Kansas City shot Edna Setzer 19 through the right lung at 4:30 pm in the Ladd home on Virginia avenue then killed himself. Setzer mortally wounded, sister of Mrs. Ladd, Edna had been visiting for Christmas wedding day. Witnesses describe Rees presenting a picture before the fatal act.
A holiday gathering last evening by Mrs. HE Tanner celebrated her daughter Edna Dart from Osborne Kansas. About forty guests attended the event focused on whist with a two course luncheon and festive decorations of holly mistletoe and carnations.
Frightful scenes occurred as rains battered the customs house debris searchers and famished people fought with knives and revolvers over food. Wedding in Lawrence noted with Dolly Beeler and Herbert Dunmire of Kentucky.
Fragmented notes describe a 1909 forecast with four eclipses, two solar and two lunar, visible in various regions, plus social events in Lawrence Kansas including church anniversaries, lectures, and New Year celebrations. The text also mentions crime sentencing and local notices.
New York December 41 Patrick Mesander a wealthy Englishman and aviation hobbyist argues that true flight will come only if autogyros abandon fuel and utilize latent electrical energy in the air rather than relying on conventional propulsion. He predicts continued struggle otherwise and notes his brief American visits after crossing the Atlantic.
Market notices show wheat and corn futures, cash prices, and butter and hay quotes. Livestock receipts and ranges for cattle hogs and calves are listed, with scattered notes on city and international markets and brief disaster and military items interwoven.
The State Teachers Association elected officers in Topeka Kansas with President C Risden of Independence first vice president Miss Eivie Maddox of Emporia and third vice president J I Stokesberry Fort Leavenworth plus an auditing committee member HK R Pree Hutchinson. Murderer’s Mother Collapses.
A fragment from a 1910s paper notes Wilder Bros launching their annual remnant sale at daybreak. The item mixes unrelated local notices such as hospital fire and employment ads, reflecting a busy classifieds page with brief community notices and offers.
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