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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1906
Page
4
Alma resident C E Carroll visits town as Kansas City trips mingle with Lawrence hosts. Numerous guests attend watch parties and dinners. church and club events fill the holiday schedule. Local families travel to Topeka, Ottawa, Scranton, and Galena while shops promote New Year offerings and services.
Marebha O Conner notes no mad dogs in town for a week while many dogs killed before symptoms appeared. Town alarm remains high but marshal urges calm and warns action against all dogs if alarm returns. Wilder Bros shirt factory remnant sale starts January 1 1906. Lecompton Sun vows town cleanup under editor Geo W Connell. Real estate ad notes a modern Mass St house with barn and fruit trees. C L Edwards offers coal and insurance services with contact details.
Advertisements list various local offerings including Jardinieres sale at Hoadley's with mentions of French dry cleaning J Hinton 725 Mass St Bel phone 657. Also notes on lamps coal scrap plants and assorted goods from multiple merchants with contact details and brief claims.
Amsements report Gordon and Bennett bring A Royal Slave to the Bowersock Opera House on Monday January 1 with a tale of Old Mexico and a romantic plot set during the Mazatlan era. The theatre seeks to attract a large audience and showcases a dramatic love story amid thrilling scenes. O D Pickens advertises coal at corner of New York and Quincy streets with delivery service. Ohio Nat Gas Supply House promotes gas fittings and stove services at 730 Mass St with cheerful estimates and telephone numbers.
Amusements notice describes a New Year booking of Amusebaients A Royal Slave at Bowersock Opera House with Brinton Entertaining Company January 2 3 and 4 featuring moving pictures songs and comedy. W Glinton tours and provides foreign lands ideas. Two persons on one paid 25 cent ticket first night admission 10 15 and 25 cents. Also mentions Sternberg’s farm 20 acres for sale near town and a New Year whistle event.
Notice to Owners of Dogs warning reinvestment to care for dogs for weeks. Dogs at large showing hydrophobia symptoms will be killed by officers. Signed Geo. O'Connor City Marshal. Plus advertisement: Holiday goods and framed pictures discounted one third to one half at Wolf's Book Store.
Fred W. Fein announces expanded stock at Attings and combination stores now to include electrical supply and Atting shops east of Electric Light offices. The business will handle electrical motors door bells batteries wiring and repair work with main phone 483. Also notes cigars available in Christmas boxes at Smith's News Depot.
Washington welcomes a wave of new diplomats and their wives who enliven the social scene with European flair and entertaining hospitality. Notables include Senora Nabuco of Brazil, Senora de Portela of Argentina, Mme Mendoza of Colombia, Senora Pardo of Peru, and Lady Susan Townley of Britain, whose presence and charm promise a season of refined gatherings and cross cultural taste in American society.
On opening day of the new session the aging Senate leaders met in the corridor. Senator Teller told Senator Allison that 29 year old today he was sworn in as senator, noting only they were here then. He added that no other Senate employee from that era remains. Both veterans shed tears.
Congressional Biographies highlight Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Tim Sullivan while local Lawrence ads promote Henderson’s harness shop at 635 Massachusetts Street, the Opera cafe at 744 Massachusetts, and J. F. Break’s services. The Bunton Entertaining Co announces illustrated songs and moving pictures, and Ed. Minter offers express and baggage wagon hauling services for trunks and household goods.
An aging cabinet social column recounts weekly feasts and the evolving etiquette of White House events. It highlights shifts under new dining regimens, hostesses, and the role of Secretaries wives in shaping the season. It notes Mrs Theodore Roosevelt’s honorary role and social diversions at Baltimore homes, plus calendar gifts from local merchants.
Several tracts of land for sale one to two miles northeast of Baldwin with low prices and flexible terms. 180 acres with two houses barn and live water. 350 per acre. 140 acres with bottom land and springs. 300 trees orchard. 80 acres with house barn spring. 60 acres under plow at 40 per acre. 40 acres with house barn 20 acres bottom land at 35 per acre. 40 acres with new house timber and orchard 40 per acre. 120 acres with live roomy house barn good spring 325 per acre. 140 acres at Star with good buildings 4 acres under plow 24 per acre. Additional high priced farms near Lawrence.
An odd contrived item notes canine deaths linked to gas fixtures and piping, with baffling modern slang and garbled names. It mentions F H Bennett & Co advertising plumbing and gas work with quick service and a 1011 Mase street address, plus a note about Wilder Bros factory starting Monday January 1 1906.
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