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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1904
Page
3
The coal and wood yard at New York and Quincy streets drops the Pickens & Myers name and becomes Pickens & Siler. The firm markets fuel to Lawrence residents, with prompt order fulfillment and telphone service.
About noon at the county jail Turnkey Ike Johnson assisted two prisoners in bringing ashes and coal to the jail. Joe Jenkins escaped briefly then attempted to flee with a harness sale arranged with Frank Watts. Sheriff Meyers and Deputy Lysinger recovered Jenkins at the coal office, returning him to custody.
The Baptist church held its annual meeting in the church parlors with a box supper after services. Officers for the coming year were elected including deacon F. Wilder and trustees James Burd Frank Vaughan and F. Wilder. L. Raymond was re elected clerk and Edward Wilder treasurer.
The text notes thermometers are desirable during cold snaps and hints at upcoming chilly spells. It mentions good ones in metal or wood cases as preferred options for measuring temperature.
Workmen cut a channel through the west side of the north bridge abutment to link with the old river channel. After completion the bank will be boarded to prevent erosion. Pet fish prices listed, including goldfish at various small costs. Coal available in good condition at low cash prices by C. L. Edwards on Warren Street.
Talks among Republican nominees in Douglas County favoring an early convention. County central committee to meet weekly to decide. Lawrence and Douglas Republicans traveled to Topeka for a decency and honesty conference. Rock haulers move stone for Bridge Street river fill. wall work on Fraternal Aid office building nears top of first story. Lake View board of directors met this afternoon to discuss member concerns.
Amusements notice fronts a farce comedy presented by Blondel and Fennessy. Katzen Jammer Kids promises ninety nine laughs across three acts at the Bowersock Opera House on January 13. The piece is billed as ridiculous and funny with plenty of nonsense for audiences.
J R Griggs district agent claims Northwestern Life has over two hundred policies in Lawrence and offers to compare net cost with any company policy. Also ad for Topeka Renovating Co urging timely bed and feather renovations. Coal dealer A J Griffin lists coal types and delivery areas.
A brief notice notes the sale price of Woot Priestley Cravenette Rain at $8.00. The entry references wine duw and lists W. E. Spalding as a related name.
An advertisement notes Russell-Sparks Coal company offerings as coal prices praised for quality. It mentions a brief morning freeze and temporary power outages, plus a prompt to order magazines via the University Book Store. A loan offer at six percent interest is advertised by Alfre Whitman at Eldridge House.
A coal car derailed on the Cleland coal switch in Union Padtie yards last evening. One pair of trucks plowed into the ground, delaying work for most of the day as crews recovered the car and cleared the track.
The twenty second annual state convention of the Y M C A of Kansas will meet in Topeka for the last three days of the month with a program featuring Lawrence officials Chancellor Frank Strong and international secretary F B Shipp. Delegates were chosen at the local meeting and will join the Lawrence secretary.
Local society page lists dozens of visits and meetings across Lawrence and surrounding towns. Notables include Mrs. E. F. Crocker hosting the Modern Lace club, Mrs. McClurg Ewart returning from Garden City, Prof. L. E. Sayre in Topeka, and various residents traveling to Kansas City, Topeka, Baldwin, Garnett, and Oklahoma for business, social events, and club activities. A Santa Fe freight wreck near Baldwin is noted with unclear injuries.
Mrs. Frederick Frebert aged 78 dies of heart failure this morning at her daughter’s home on New Hampshire Street. Funeral service from the residence tomorrow afternoon, remains to be shipped to Burlington for burial. A concert of merit is offered at the First Baptist Church next Monday evening January 18. Admission 25 cents.
Miss Mary Wood Chase will give a recital at Fraser hall tomorrow evening, highlighted by her recent praise with the Thomas orchestra. The program opens a four concert series at the University of Kansas this winter, benefiting music students and lovers, featuring Brahms variations, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Moszkowski, Chopin, Sinding, Poldini, and Liszt Pagannini selections.
The Hartford Courant reports deer numbers are increasing in Connecticut aided by importation. About a dozen deer were placed in a six acre Tariffville preserve for breeding, under George T. Mathewson and ex Governor George P. McLean. When space runs short, deer are released nearby to attract others, though escapes have occurred and at least one fawn died from a gunshot wound.
A jumble of brief items mentions electricity from French mountain streams nicknamed white coal, a skewed Jewish population statistic in New York, British interest in American wireless testing, demand for X ray nurse experience, oil heating needs from Bakersfield to San Francisco, mercantile losses and stock exchange trends, porcelain water pipes, and a classified call for young men for travel positions with a starting salary.
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