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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
2
Residents plan morning clean up to improve drainage by clearing gutters and removing attract debris. The effort focuses on improving water flow and preventing flooding as part of a broader area maintenance program.
The afternoon project on the Kaw river bridge over the railroad tracks requires simultaneous removal of two floor layers to relaid a sixteen foot span. Traffic will halt for up to an hour during section placement, with work continuing through tomorrow. A cigar price note and a medical update from Louis M McCann appear in the same column.
Mrs Mary Sophia Flint wife of H N Flint died at 3:30 PM at the family home 642 Ohio street after a long illness of nerve and stomach trouble She was born April 28 1847 in St Louis and married in 1866 to H N Flint They moved to Kansas in 1890 then Lawrence in 1892 Funeral at 642 Ohio street tomorrow at 3:30 PM then shipping to Wellsville Kansas for burial with son Leon N Flint surviving She had been largely bedridden for twelve years.
At Frazer University the contractor Schnsider dropped a hammer behind scaffolding during earlier construction, later found in good condition. A letter confirms Martin’s successful appendicitis operation in Topeka. FH Soow now heads entomology collections and oversees biology. Prof Barber hosts advanced botany class on Tennessee Street Friday. Alfred Whitman delivered an intervention lecture on Brook Farm to the American Literary class. Prof Huatee to lecture for the Camera Club next Monday evening.
At the home of Ed Siler the Pleas ent Hour club of the California road held an January 8 election naming president Mrs Berths Poehler Radeger and vice president Mrs Willis H Folke with secretary Mrs John Levett. An annual reception followed at Mrs George Davies home with gendlamas invited and a bountiful supper.
Sheriff attached Tom Jones's Grocery under two filings by Justus Underwood for 10663 and Thompsonville Milling Co for 276.77, taking stock and closing the store. Jones contests their subjection claim while creditors push for full stock assessment this afternoon. Capt Adon Clarke received a report from Adjutant General Fox noting Henderson sick in quarters when Mato saw a Filipino prisoner shoot.
At Governor Commins' inauguration in Des Moines last week four generations appeared including his parents and daughter Grace Rawsco and grandson Commins Rawsco. The governor’s father Thomas Layton and mother, both born in Greana county Pennsylvania, were married in 1347. The text also notes a curious Old World tale linking a shrew mouse to a term describing women quick to quarrel.
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