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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
1
Indications from Kansas point to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with eastern portions turning cloudy Friday. Packers raise ham prices to 15 cents per two pounds. The University Meat Market at 1023 Mass street offers a Japanese cup and saucer with a purchase of one pound or $1 of coffee through Friday and Saturday.
A long list of residents and visitors cross Kansas City Topeka and Lawrence today. Names include Edith Griffin Charles Freeman P Mitchell Ray Loomas Gardner Barker and many others visiting on business or for visits from Ottawa Topeka Leavenworth Manhattan and Mexico Missouri.
Ernest Chaney a Kansas University graduate of 1904 died yesterday in Philadelphia from typhoid fever. He was engaged to Hortense Street formerly of Lawrence now living in Denver. The item notes a social hinge with his fiancée and lists local activity at a Congregational church and a hunting party near Cameron's Bluff with one duck recovered prior to river loss.
The county faces at least $50 in repairs from a crowd that crowded into the court room for the Schneck and Mrs. Stewart murder preliminary hearing. Seats and fixtures broke while spectators stood on chairs and scraped varnish, with janitor Davis tallying the damage.
Eudora High defeated Lecompton High 26 to 18 in a game at M. A. gymnasium last evening. Referee was Tom Johnson. The item also notes a Plymouth Congregational event with admission 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
The Leavenworth Post reports General Henry Carroll's funeral with a cavalry escort and artillery salute. The procession moved through Leavenworth to the cemetery with regiments, bands, and crowds from surrounding areas. Silent prayers and a rifle volley accompanied the burial as residents gathered to honor the late commander.
Charles Williamson twenty one son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Williamson died last evening at Bethany hospital Topeka after an abdominal surgery and complications. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon from his home 1035 Century Street Lawrence notes he had worked for Wells Fargo Express Company.
Tonight the Business Men's night features gym stunts by business men's classes, free for all attendees. Yesterday ladies' day drew full class attendance with harmony work in younger girls' classes. The Willard W C T U meets Friday at 7 30 p m in the first Baptist church committee rooms. visitors welcome. Mrs Kate Stone Sec. Capitol Blue Mantles advertised with special dozen lot pricing at Fred W Fein's. subscriptions also handled at Smith's News Depot.
Aurora Theater announces three days of shows starting Thursday February 27 featuring the Dunmores in Uncle Ephriam's Return. G A Hamman, eye ear nose and throat specialist, offers glasses fitting at his office above Dick Drug Store.
Home Book Co. Wolf & Hollingbery at 923 Mass Street announces a liberal discount on all last year patterns to make room for new stock, noting continued success but need for space.
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