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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
3
City Clerk F D Brooks notifies electors that poll books for Lawrence voter registration are open and that residents may register by appearing at the office in compliance with the laws. The notice is dated January 7, 1909.
On Tuesday afternoon, a Cosmopolitan School of Music and Dramatic Art recital was given in Cable Hall by two students. Miss Helen Broeniman, pianist, showed depth of musical feeling, and Mrs. Daisy C Judson, contralto, demonstrated notable training. The Heinze Musical Club plans a Sunday musicale on November 8 at 4:30 in the Ninth Floor Auditorium, featuring Miss Hazel Harrison, pianist.
Prices for Thor motorcycles range from 130 to 360 dollars at Roak Cycle Shop located at 1017 Mass Street. Reed's Self Basting Roasters and Carving Sets offered by Kennedy & Ernst at 826 Mass Street with both phones listed.
A Kansas Federation letter urges coordinated efforts by Women’s Clubs and citizens to raise funds for tuberculosis education and prevention on January 29. It cites 1500 annual Kansas deaths from TB and 5000 current cases, urging contributions to local committees and naming Dr. G B VanHorn as secretary. Also includes ads and medical notes about tonics, catarrh cures, and indigestion remedies from various vendors.
The Masque club of the University of Kansas produced The Royal Knave to great demand from colleges in other states. A letter to Vale Nance asks that the show be brought to KU again, noting the strong reception and the club’s high standard of university dramatics. Plans include a state Y M C A encampment and a summer camp for Kansas boys, with details on routes, leadership, and camp location under consideration.
Amusements note shows Lottie Blair Parker's Under Southern Skies at Bowersock Opera House January 22 and The Virginian at the Grand in Topeka starting January 27. The Virginian, dramatized by Wister and Kirke LaShelley, praised as atmospheric frontier drama with Western poetry and moral questions.
The annual High School Conference of superintendents and principals will be at the University of Kansas in March 1920 with Rev. Hugh Black delivering an address and the state basketball championship staged in the University Gymnasium. A Parke, Davis donation funds the university pharmacy library, and a continued stream of unbound volumes from the Senate will arrive monthly. Lost fountain pen reported. a testimonial notes Hall's Texas Wonder for kidney and rheumatic relief.
The President of The Industrial and Orphans Home in Macon Georgia reports nine years of Electric Bitters use. He praises the medicine for stomach liver and kidney troubles and as a vital family remedy. It strengthens weak children and run down people and aids digestion and appetite with 50 cents at Barber & Son.
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