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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1909
Page
4
A dense bulletin of church services and community notices lists worship times across multiple denominations, plus local ads for hotels livery stables and car services. It includes names of pastors like C L Milton and John Wuerth, plus venues such as First Baptist, Unitarian, Lutheran, and United Presbyterian churches, with service times and events through the week.
Reading room hours 2 to 5 PM daily. Friends Church morning and evening services. Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian services listed with times and activities. Includes Ash Wednesday, Lenten services, Sunday schools, Epworth and Mission events, and a University Vesper Service featuring music and soloists.
A market report notes tough early weather impacting rhubarb and apples with scarce prep plant and a fragile apple situation. Florida tomatoes appear but are limited. new potatoes sell cheap at about 1 cent per pound. prices for early apples and other produce reflect market strain and varying quality.
A long unfamiliar composition titled Capitol March is revived in Boston by O. Taddee of the Boston School of Music, recalling Theodore Dobbins a Lawrence musician who died years ago. The piece graces his grave in memory and public interest resumes in his hometown. A local physician notes postcards as a popular ailment, promoting Boughton's at 1025 Mass. Street for relief.
The home of Will Urich at 907 Mass street was quarantined for smallpox after his daughter contracted the disease. City health officer Dr J C Rudolph ordered the quarantine. The girl, now up and about, led to vaccination of all eighth grade pupils at Central School. Students must show vaccination certificates Tuesday morning to attend. Central School is being fumigated and disinfected. There is no alarm. officials say this is the town’s only mild case and the school board is handling the matter.
Last night a Union Pacific freight car was broken into and twenty pounds of bacon along with a 30 pound can of lard were stolen. Oliver Culver chased the thieves but failed to locate them. The note mentions music dealers Eberhardt and Hays passing through Wichita and Lawrence, with Bell Brothers pianos and references to purchases in New York and Chicago.
A Humane Society meeting is scheduled for Monday evening at the Association building. The University Art Exhibition will be open on Washington's Birthday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and again in the evening from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Read and sogey bread five kinds to choose from baked daily at the West End Bakery. They offer hand bread leavy bread tart and non-dyspeptic bread all year round. Olivinus cakes pies and cookies are available. Wolf and Menzel provide home delivery and Kodak and Post card albums. Lin veht and Washington Post ecards.
Purely personal items report Miss Margaret Cone in Endora today. Ed Hult returned home to visit family. Dr. George Esterley spent the day in Kansas City. Miss Clara Bancroft was in Kansas City today. H. E. Don Carlos was a Kansas City passenger.
A stream of brief social notes lists residents and visitors across Kansas City Topeka and Ottawa. Names include Miss Amorette Weaver Miss Edith Griffin Mrs Ed Penchard Miss Lena Hunzicker and many others visiting relatives friends and attending events.
The Weare Fountain Pen Store run by Fred Boyles offers full lines from The Sterling Parker Waterman and Bulles. The store carries all pen components including points and barrels, self filling and dropper styles. Located at 725 Masa St.
The text describes harmful fringe guidance about tuberculosis and hygiene, urging unsafe practices and alarmist language. It mentions mouth, inhalation, and household actions tied to disease and concludes with improper cures, air, food, and medical reassurance.
Timeline of rough riding records for presidential campaigns and mail routes. Notes include Seneca Missouri to Twin Cities journeys, a 640 mile round trip in 31 hours, and June 186? expeditions. References to riders Frey, Moore, and Williams James describe grueling long distance travel across rough country and mountains.
An exchange describes a woman as the old fashioned girl, praising simple beauty and steady habits. She lacks college attainment and public fame but excels in domestic skills, cooking, sewing, and homemaking. Her life centers on quiet routines and personal happiness rather than ambition.
Fragmented OCR lists free offers on land and rent in Kansas and New Mexico, announcements of Kemp lecture and Y M C A events, reopen discussions of Serra Madre range, a restaurant ad with new service area, an art exhibit opening, a probate insanity adjudication, a candy sale, and furniture ads from Opera Furniture Store and Jorgensen.
Society adopts a new party game from the New York Press called thought transference. A subject is exited, guides chosen, and listeners specify a simple task for the subject to perform upon return, such as picking a book or touching piano keys. In about eight trials the subject completes the task while hands are held, prompting further curiosity.
Miss Gault attended a church service with Mrs Cook when a young man near her seat tore her skirt from waist to hem and waved a sharp instrument under his hat. He caused a disturbance during the sermon and followed her as she and Mrs Cook moved toward the rostrum to greet Cassidy.
A large crowd is expected at the Kemp Lecture next Tuesday evening at Writternal Aid hall. Harry Kemp will not read poems but tell stories from his life to raise funds for deficits from a convention. Hence the event combines literary lore with a personal account by the famed young poet. The notice also mentions local services and businesses briefly.
Great big home grown carnations offered by A Marks Jewelry, Hicks Green House, and Elm Street. Bell Phone 387 lists new past cards this week at Boughlan's, 1035 Mass Street. Store hours set for Washington’s Run from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm with details continuing.
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