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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
4
A collage of small ads and notices: product pitches for Raymond's Cream of Roses and Rose Gold Cream, room rentals, Olmsted's Cough Cure, coal and gas services, Central Hotel and Hess Market praises, Stark photography and shoe repairs, saddlery offerings, Apex billiards, express service by Lt. Ed Manter, and a bakery selling hot homemade chili amid various contact details and local business promotions.
For sale or trade 5 room cottage on Soo bik Miss St with curb, pavement, gas heat, water and sewer connections. Farm offered with 144 acres two and a half miles from Windsor Missouri. Trade for a farm near here and other land near Windsor.
Ad listing cod liver oil for convalescents priced at 1 while promoting malt and tissue builders. Also notes local vendors and products at Mrs. William bakery and Olmsted's Pharmacy. Kansas City cattle and hog prices, mixed grain quotes, and brief market figures from February 16. Includes beef, stockers, cows, calves, hogs, and grain futures with various price ranges.
Social items report visits and guests in Topeka and nearby towns, with names such as Joe Ramsey Abe Wolfson and Mrs. Frank Henderson. Also notes engagements, a Santa Fe group passing through, Washington's birthday observance by ARB chapter, and a local packing agency expansion.
Public auction of two story brick and stone front building at 935 Mass St Lawrence Kansas. Present bid $3750 cash $3800 time. Also brief theatre notes praising performances and dressing rooms at Bowersock opera house with acts by Devere Bros LeClair and others. Local coal and oyster notices follow.
A garbled list of names and addresses appears to include White 350 and numerous entries such as Red 1073 Miler LJ 1104 Tenn White i Porter, CE, plus Rhode Island and New York references. It reads like a damaged legal or notice page with scattered names, streets, and numbers.
Rural carrier William Canavan brought a small animal to the post office yesterday triggering controversy among employees. Some witnesses insisted it was a ground hog while others called it a woodchuck. Dr. F. H. Snow from the University planned to view the animal, with local settlers noting discussions on ground hogs in the area. A separate ad notes manicure instruments at O P Barber’s and Son’s, 09 Mass St.
Workmen excavating for the University gymnasium struck a solid rock ledge and have used blasting for two weeks. Several hundred cords of rock have been removed, and the easement area may be built entirely from this rock. Blasting resumed after a two day weather pause. Also noted is a Baptist church ladies auxiliary meeting with sixty members at Mrs H O Funk’s home. Stately statements about local commerce end with a casual call to Boughton’s for a stalemate?
Local notice urges readers to pick seeds from Barteldes and Co of Sud Mass Street for early spring planting. The handwritten fragment mentions Raymond’s Cold Tastats and hints at a promotional catalog cataloging seeds for community gardeners.
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