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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
2
A collage of business entries includes real estate and insurance services, cleaning and garment services, furniture, optical care, tailoring, and promotional lines. Multiple street addresses and phone numbers appear alongside vendor names such as Opera Furniture Company and G A Hamman, with seasonal and value offers.
Woodward & Co. announces fresh stock of 80 old goods in popular sizes and new films and papers. Talk to them about a Summer camera purchase. Clairvoyant services Mine Celeste claim to reveal past present and future. Located at the Lawrence House with both phones 131.
Tickets for the Elks minstrel performances at Woodward's go on sale tomorrow with seats at one dollar for non members. Exchanges for held tickets begin Monday for the Monday night show, and Tuesday night sales open Monday morning at Woodward's. The parade and band will lead the minstrel event through Massachusetts street with a city advertising trip to follow.
The city council will take action Monday night to approve south end additions delaying spring building slightly. If approved, many houses will be built this summer and thousands in taxable property added, signaling Lawrence's best industrial year as growth trends rise.
The Endora Department Store, bought by H. M. Kemper from W. W. Arnold, was sold to C. B. Mason of Webster City last week. Mason vows to remain and make the city his home as the store changes hands for the third time in seven months.
Community items advertise a morning performance at the skating rink and a new clothing sale at Boyles 725 Mass. St, plus tailoring by EQ Ve Pelee Co Chicago Samuel G Clarke agent. Easter suits and proper fit offered. Episcopal Ladies host free stereopticon on The Making of Americans. Lincoln birthday address by Col L H L Moore highlighted.
A group in Lawrence sues to remove wood from the city’s first capitol building and craft tomahawks from the material. The building stood where Miller’s Timber Yard later operated.
Ten head of Jerseys and young cows with good udders will be sold by Cook and Barker at W. E. Monks Livery Barn on February 19, 1910. George and Martha Washington themed items and ice cream hatchets offered at Soxman Co. location.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in the East, followed by colder spells tonight. The daily forecast comes from the University and mentions instruments like the barometer and thermometer with weather observations.
Five Sunday schools compete for a shield in a crowded YMCA venue. Teams under 133 pounds vie for a publicized prize with free admission and color coded tickets. The schedule opens tonight at 7 with Baptist versus Christian and Methodist versus Congregational teams, tickets available at the YMCA building.
A warrant was issued today for William Washington known as Jake for assault with intent to kill Kersey Tutt. Washington was arraigned this afternoon after Tutt was knocked to bed by two blows. Tutt’s condition is not considered serious by his physician. The dispute arose when Tutt was forbidden to visit Washington’s home and Tutt declined to file a formal complaint.
Verbet Dunmire, a civil engineer from the city, was injured yesterday in Topeka while inspecting a Mills company construction. A derrick lifted a beam, a pile loosened, a piece of iron struck his knees, and a girder collapsed on his right hand, likely causing the loss of the two middle fingers.
Tomorrow the county board will choose the Poor Farm superintendent with strong interest in the outcome. Under the law, old soldiers receive preference, and candidates Dao Heaston and incumbent Cal Sizer vie for the post.
A young woman saved by the Salvation Army will leave Lawrence for the rescue home in Chanute. She will be watched over by a local officer and protected as she seeks a fresh start away from past temptations. Captain Turner leads the effort to move her out of danger.
Hooallen returns from a long business trip to eastern markets and spends most time in New York City. Mrs Nelle Myers returns from St Louis to stock her store. Wilhelm leaves for Poplar Bluff Missouri. Royt Metinnis departed for Hoisington West Virginia. Ames is visiting his brother in Denver. Cummings of Beatrice Nebraska visits in the city. Mrs Charles Ziesenis goes to Euklava this month. Leora Strahl and Cecil énee visit Kansas City. Lillie Perkins visits Joe to see her brother post appendicitis operation. Dr Sudley and Mrs Sadler go to Rosedale. Veda Walker goes to Baldwin this afternoon. Major Schultz of Kansas City spends evening in Lawrence. Mrs M E Goodrich leaves for Houston Texas. Mes Daniels and Dorothy Marigeld of Ottawa visit Miss Grayeel Waugh.
The Red Men of Lawrence held a hall celebration marking their seventh founding anniversary. Granl Chief C A Wulfe from Atchison and Sachem W Q Younghess from Kansas City attended, with S B Lawrence, oldest member, present. The piece notes the group’s strong lodge and community presence in Lawrence.
Sigma Xi elected new members last night for the honorary scientific society. Names listed include John F. Edgar, Cleland Lopez, George A. Neal Jr, Albert Learnard, Lawrence Stegman, J. F. Barnwell, Virgil McCarty, Edwin Baumgartner, Ivan R. Burkett, Guy Finney, and Miss Hattie Fenner among others.
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