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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
4
A west Lawrence family faced a bizarre siege by giant rats that stormed their home during holiday decorations. The men armed with golf clubs and pokers confronted the rodents at about 4 a.m. The rats were defeated, with a dog finishing the task. no more rats were seen afterward.
High out shoes for men at greatly reduced prices at A Young's 845 Mass St. Plans for a big anniversary meeting Sunday Jan 12 mark the second anniversary of the Association building opening. W R Stubbs to preside and speech by Grove tur. Several musical numbers. Discussion lab meets Thursday evening. Lawrence Basket Ball League to meet tomorrow evening to arrange schedule. Women and girls physical classes resume tomorrow afternoon under Miss Gertrude Mossler. Mrs Mossler a Columbia College of Expression graduate. Classes expected to enlarge. New line of Post Cards at Boughton's 1025. Old fashioned Cough Remedy Raymond's Rocky Mountain Couch Root relieves throat tickle and bronchial troubles. Telephone Wiedemann for pure Ice Cream. Leave magazine subscriptions with Smith's News Depot. Ed Parsons window displays at 719 Mass Street. Natural gas mantles globes burners fixtures. I F Conklin 836 Mass Street. G A Hamman ENT glasses fitted. Mrs C Cooke ready to receive pupils at studio 940 Kentucky St. Maude Cooke returned and at her Dick Building studio.
The C P A Barker district No 4 invites all to its annual oyster supper on Friday night January 10. Justice Howell serves as president and welcomes community members to attend.
The Lutheran congregation holds its annual meeting this evening at the church. Officers will be elected and reports from all societies will be presented.
Informal gatherings and invitations fill the page. Mrs Charles Osborne hosts an afternoon get together with Mrs A T Weaver inviting guests to a dinner Friday evening. A sewing club meets Thursday and Miss Eva Butler welcomes members Thursday afternoon. Mrs Clarence Kelso hosts an informal Saturday afternoon for her daughter Mrs Wheeler of Champaign. The Music club’s meeting is postponed a week. Fraternity invites KS University spring dance January 17 in Fraternal Aid hall, first spring party by Greek letter groups. Lawrence readers learn of Edward T. Riling of Lawrence and Ada Fisher of Canton Ohio marrying in Fort Wayne last September and planning a trip. Riling, a former Kansas legislator, previously Douglas County judge, now pursuing law tours.
Board meeting at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Miss Mossler will meet Young Ladies at 2 30, Women's at 3 30, and Children's at 4 50. Mrs Coleman oversees swimming classes. Membership names to Mrs H N Raymond or association rooms by Wednesday afternoon. Paints oils varnishes and brushes at Kirby Drugs and Jewelry Store.
A large audience filled the opera house last night for the Spedden Paige Stock company opening of the week. The initial presentation, For Honor's Sake, drew favorable notices with rapid audience approval. Specialties between acts, notably the poodles, were particularly pleasing.
The Lawrence lodges of the Lone Order of Fraternity Fraternal Order of Odd Fellows Nos. 4 and 18 held installations last evening for their new officers, marking the start of a new term.
Dr Reding will conduct a professional unit to clear and bin items from an old home this week. An informal notice outlines a Saturday return date for any related activity.
Market wire reports show Wheat receipts, prices for May and July contracts, and cash quotes for No. 2 hard red and mixed wheats. Also listed are rye, timothy, and corn bids, along with live stock receipts and packer quotes from Chicago markets and grain overseers, reflecting day’s bid and ask ranges.
Classified notice lists job placement for students at Lawrence Business College with phone 717 and mentions events like Dick Turon’s Ride, Burglars, Clown’s Lone Story, A Night in Dreamland with 5c admission at 907 Mass. Also promotes University Meat Market Byron Jones meats, high market prices for hides and poultry, gas globes 4 for 10c and up, signed Fred W. Fein.
A Lawrence sequence of interdenominational prayer meetings begins at the Methodist Church with Rev O Brown delivering a sermon on Things Unseen Afterward Rev Wells of the Presbyterian Church leads the Cordona meeting and will discuss Pos Raid Thuesday The Baptist Church hosts Friday and Saturday prayer arrangements under church leaders Tew and Payne The week-long series is a nationwide observance in many churches.
A historical notice describes urban contrasts from Hell's Gate to the Golden Gate and New York slums, highlighting tenement life, Salvation Army work, and intense choral performances at a Salvation Army hall on Tuesday evening at 8. It ends with a call to visit Kirby Jewelry for better value.
The Methodist board met last evening for routine business findings and reports. Nema Phipps will receive piano pupils at her studio 920 Ohio street. Kirby Drugs and Jewelry promotes cigars watches perfumes and stationery with bargains this week. Raymond's Cold Tablets advertised for colds. W. I. Douglas shoes sold by Abe Wolfson at 937 Mass street.
A long string of short items notes Mr and Mrs C F Squires visiting Kansas City guests including Arthur Fitz and Mrs Patterson on business trips. Many others, such as Hugh Blair and Lt Louis Simons, travel for work, school, or visits between Topeka, Lawrence, Ottawa, and Kansas City.
The Modern Woodmen of America held a meeting last night adopting sixteen new members. A banquet followed. Next Monday evening the lodge will install the new officers and on January 20 will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its founding.
Solon Summerfield, a former Law renea young man, is among those summoned as talesman to serve on the jury in the trial of Harry Kendall Thaw. Bolon Summerfield is the son of Marcus Summerfield and lived in Lawrence for many years.
Mr and Mrs Leslie P Galbraith wed Tuesday at the Weaver home in Cufferville and will reside in a Fourth Street Hubbell building suite after January 20 in Neodesha. He runs the Corner Pharmacy, Ohio native, long respected business man. The bride Miss Lucile Weaver is welcomed to Neodesha society by friends and acquaintances.
A store tale describes women exchanging gifts after Christmas with plans to form a bureau to learn buyers wants. One scene shows a woman trying to exchange a jubo with pink prick marks while a lavender neck chain is swapped secretly, triggered by fear of Mrs Blank.
The Kansas legislature created a state board of embalmers appointing officials to set shipping rules for bodies. New rules require embalming for any shipment even short distances, unless contagion is present, causing hardship for families unable to afford 15 to 50 dollars. The notice ends with an advertisement for drug sundries and stationery from Kirby.
The December issue reports the telegraph department has installed a quadruple circuit between St Louis and Springfield to run a composite wireless telephone. Despite noise in the long line, the phantom setup works, bridging via condensers and induction. If successful, service may become permanent.
The board held a regular monthly meeting at the High school with most members present except Wilder Meteslf and Mrs Jeanatte Bunn. The auditing committee reported bills totaling HOTT. Superintendent F P Smith had no written report but discussed several items. Tuition cases were settled and the treasurer read the regular report. The clerk was ordered to obtain plans for benches and other equipment for the new Manual Training High School physics and chemistry rooms and to set samples of
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