This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
4
An old newspaper fragment advertises Robertson Furniture and Wiedemann ice cream with two phones and orange ice from Wiedemann. It notes binding services by The Journal with first class work and low prices. Rebekahs hold initiation at I O C F hall with plans for winter entertainments and committee reports.
Lawrence High School faces Haskell at the Association building in a hard fought game. Emil Gauck was rushed to Topeka hospital for appendicitis and remains in serious condition after surgery. Mrs. Morawetz, sister of Mr. Gauck, traveled to Topeka today.
In Everybody's Mouth there was a rush for Bil lie Williamson's Baby Ribbon cigar priced at 5 cents across stores. The ad alt copy highlights wide availability and strong demand for the brand.
Notice of the stockholders meeting for Griffin Ice Co to be held Tuesday February 5 1907 at 2 pm at the Lawrence Kansas office for the election of directors and other business. Also mentions prompt shop work and electrical services by Jackson Broek with Bell and Homes phones.
Bids to noon Friday February 1 for four parcels on Warren and New Hampshire streets behind the People's Bank. Separate bids cover three small buildings, a double building, a cottage, and a large barn. Purchasers must remove them by April 1. Contact Morrison & Boon, 744 Mass. street for details or financing terms. D. N. Batterson now on Massachusetts street offers horse, wagon work.
A garbled ad page lists groceries flour and meats with confectionery and tobacco, plus notices. It mentions J M Spencer pension agent in Lawrence Kansas, a Noval bark ta see me about a yb sian, and 1000 New Jersey street with phone 326. Also references Eunzicker Wahrenbroch, Bell phones and Alfred Eliot new management at 1200 N Y street with two phones 412.
A lengthy obituary notes Mrs Moll died after more than a year of illness. The text references an elderly settler, mentions Breckinridge area, a feast, and local names including Henry and Bell Phone. The fragmentary notice appears in a community column with limited readable facts.
Fragmentary notes mention oil companies and associates but lack clear names, places, or dates. The readable text hints at partnerships or corporate activity in the oil sector without specific details or figures.
Overman won as six debaters performed well at the first night of the meet. Judges Dr. Bolt and Dr. Hotehinese presided. Other ranks listed include Rey Milton and Claire Vickery. An entertainment by The FeArmount Co. of Chicago is announced for the Y. ALC A on Jan 28 with songs, guitar and cello solos, and readings.
The Arcade on Bridge Street in North Lawrence is now operated by Proper and Son. They pledge to run the establishment in a first class manner and invite patronage from the public.
Samuel Quick has purchased the Ernstman barber shop on Brice Street, a well known North Lawrence shop, inviting customers to call. Winn & Karne offer fitting and general repairs for pumps and mills at 167 Bridge Street. T F Pine & Sons run groceries and confectionery at 181 Bridge Street with phones 269. The Corner Grocery offers a full line and prompt citywide deliveries. B OR Hinehman lists prep phones 618.
Real estate agent Henry G. Parsons of Lawrence Kansas seeks more farms to sell citing recent sales and arriving customers. The Park Grocery Woodard and Burr proprietors advertise Beloit Flour and groceries at 1300 Mass Street with phone service. Brown and Emmons successors to Dick and Lewis offer staple and fancy groceries and meats from East Warren Street. Wm Memenheimer Grocery and Meat Market promotes fall stock of groceries and cured meats with delivery and phone service.
A dated January 24 1907 letter from Adjutant General Hughes to Lawrence Kansas requests help locating members of Company H 20th Kansas from Douglas County. It lists names ranks and amounts due for duplicate payments from enrollment to muster and notes payment is on hand for disbursement to the soldiers or to next of kin if deceased or unmarried.
Lawrence residents who rise early can view a partial to total lunar eclipse January 28 as the moon moves through Earth's shadow for about three hours and four minutes. The sequence runs from 4:46 am partial phase to total at 6:00 am, exiting shadow around 0:10 am, with penumbra ending near 10:30 am. A Kentucky family was once seen watching through smoked glass during a prior eclipse.
Lawrence community prepares for February 11 and 12 Elks minstrel show with local talent. Buck's band will lead a noon street parade, and organizers report growing rehearsals and plans to make this year’s production bigger and better than last year.
Several women's clubs met with reports of programs on Philippine superstition and Holmes poetry, Edgar Allen Poe, Voltaire, Louis XVI, and 18th century French art. Guests included Mrs. Dingle and Miss Alfred. notices mention Kansas Day next week and socials with tea and refreshments.
Skiddo pins 23 cents at Hesters. Big agitation for the anti Sunday baseball bill across the state. Sunday baseball invaded Lawrence last summer. residents oppose it and push for enforcement. Weather disrupts Shirt Sale. Wilder Bros advertise fresh, appetizing goods and avoid overstock. Searles Bros promote grocery and telephone orders.
An eclectic segment lists miscellaneous ads and notices from Wiedemann and Smith’s News Depot. It promotes job printing by The Journal, sale of safety razors, piano tuning, osteopathic services, and electrical or fabric items, with addresses at Mass. Street and Rhode Island Street facilities.
The Lawrence Camp No 789 M W A celebrates its eighteenth anniversary on Monday evening January 28 inviting all Modern Woodmen and their families. A charge of 1 dollar per couple applies to non members of the M W A. Also noting coal prices and telephone contact 454 Nicholson through a local depot ad.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.