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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
4
Notice from the windmill owner west of the city states the mill will be boarded and locked and trespassers will be prosecuted. Permission and a key available at houses for visitors. The mill will be torn down this winter unless citizens buy and restore it.
No trust or combine statement updates a factory plan to run on a very large scale after January 1. The firm will sell out all pipes and smoking articles at cost and quit its retail store. The store building is for rent or sale. Boener Kros and uniformed messengers are provided.
Crowds grow as Shearer and Co promotes a winter goods sale. They claim truthful ads and superior merchandise with fleece lined underwear priced about 40 percent below next season’s regular prices. Buy now for the upcoming season to maximize savings.
Women's Union suits and blankets advertised with deep cuts on cotton and wool blankets. Prices drop from 75c to 39c, 95c to 45c, and higher for larger sizes and wool varieties, highlighting low, judgement-friendly values to attract shoppers.
Plans and specifications are ready for a ten room school addition at Haskell including a laundry building 40 by feet and a shop 40 by 78 feet all stone to be begun after spring. Officers urge banquet attendees at Eldridge house next Tuesday to reply to cards for headcount. Prof H P Cady testified in a liquor case at Olathe after testing hop tea found no alcohol beyond tea.
The American District Telegraph completes a messenger call box installation in Lawrence. Main office opens at 767 Massachusetts street with Western Union managing affairs. A D T plans full uniform messenger corps and rapid response signals from central office. Also mentions university lectures and local news notes.
Gus Rathner presents the delightful musical comedy A Bunch of Keys at Bowersock’s Opera House tonight. Spectators are assured of lively costumes, sparkling faces, and a fast, furious vortex of merriment as the cast entertains with a popular show guaranteed to draw crowds.
Miss Parks of Ottawa returned home after visiting the Yewdall family. Informal entertainments by Miss Mande Canavan and hosts. Dr. and Mrs. W. Leonard plan a two month California stay. Various social visits, dances, and teas noted among Ottawa residents including Beta house party, Eight O Clock Club dance, and Plymouth church society elections.
Robinson and Winey advertise a seven day January sale offering shirts at drastically reduced prices. Shirts priced at nine dollars per dozen are offered for much less, with a bold claim of unbeatable value and a limited time window.
Rev J T Crawford formerly of the University of Chicago now pastor of the First Baptist church Parsons commends Prof George R Kirkpatrick lecture on liquor questions as edifying and timely. Dr William Bolles aged 73 dies in Marion township funeral tomorrow at noon at Washington Creek church, long Hannas resident with Lawrence practice years ago.
Police court actions list multiple cases including Frank Harris for vagrancy fined 25.50 Annie Churner for escaping from prison fined 30.50 Ben Spotts for railroad trespass fined 12.50 and a report that Mr Peter Emery is very seriously sick with typhoid fever Crescens Ack anthracite at Griffin's notes a local goods listing
Capes jackets and furs offered practically at eastern cost with one dollar doing the work of two during a sale. The ad promises steep discounts on winter wear, urging shoppers to take advantage of the bargain prices and stretch affordable fashion across items.
All Twentieth Kansas men are asked to attend a meeting at the court house tonight to arrange attendance at the funeral of Frank Martin of Company H. If unable to attend, they should appear in uniform at the church tomorrow at 4 PM. Two city prisoners escaped the rock pile yesterday. one was recaptured last night. Williams Sayre returned to St. Louis after a holiday visit with his parents.
A talking piece describes a mother walking a platform with a child tied to a rope trailing behind, twenty feet of rope extended as others cross a railway platform in changing trains. The article notes the children were safely detached and references a London meeting and Mr Rhodes, plus a debate on imperial fears and war.
Frank Martin son of Mr and Mrs W H Martin died this forenoon at their east town home after contracting a disease in the Philippines while serving with Company H Twentieth Kansas. He was wounded by illness on return to the United States, seemed to improve, but a relapse proved fatal. He was widely liked by comrades and friends. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 oclock at First Methodist Church.
The community recounts a pleasant Christmas gathering at Mrs Dunning's and lists neighbors' activities. Mentions Ottawa visits by O S Baker, school yard improvements at Mound, Miss Ida McNees visiting town, Mr McClintock's fever recovery, farm institute trips, Christmas with Harvey's family, and gifts to the school including books by Miss Alcotts.
A Chicago hospital case highlights a rubber tongue pivoted between teeth, implanted after long smoking history, claimed by Jorge Henderson. The device, a landmark in modern surgery, reportedly works well and is worn in daily life. A separate street incident notes a man fined for protesting theft.
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