Snow Flurries Tonight Then Warmer Thursday
Kansas weather forecast shows light snow flurries tonight with a warmer trend by Thursday. No major accumulations expected.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
4
Kansas weather forecast shows light snow flurries tonight with a warmer trend by Thursday. No major accumulations expected.
A town revolt against cruelty to animals sparks a public effort to remove cruel practices from streets. L Stewart announces willingness to lead the effort with Majer Barker Nelle Morriss and Miss Firested joining to reorganize the society and recruit workers for the campaign.
Market conditions show moderate cattle supply and steady to firm quotes. Cows and heifers strong, steers steady. top hogs around 1.10 to 1.40, with heavy weights favored by packers. Receipts for January near 500,000 head, largest month on record locally. sheep and lambs higher with top lambs at 7.10.
G A Hamman is a specialist in diseases of the eye ear nose and throat. He offers glasses fitting and has an office over Dick Drug Store.
Robinson and Winey Clothiers offer remnants from Alfred Benjamin and Co. and HermanWiel at 9.90 a suit. Many sizes 40 and 42 remain. some suits originally priced 15 18 or 20 dollars. Limited stock, best bargains yet. See display in south window.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Gerhardt died last evening at her sister Miss Julia Longs home 639 Vermont Street after nine weeks illness. She leaves husband Henry Gerhardt proprietor of Eastern Star Bakery and two daughters. She was born in Clarington Ohio in 1870 and belonged to Degree of Honor Knights and Ladies of Honor and Fraternal Aid. Funeral Friday at Miss Longs home.
Kalves of Judge Nevison have arrived here and he will return to Ohio for an indefinite period. Meetings are being held this week, with little contact from the pastor. Smoking warnings and local ads appear alongside notices for Dr. Sarah E. Carrothers osteopathy office hours, and a piano pupil studio on Ohio Street with a Bell phone number.
Mrs G W Toothaker, a former resident of Fenton Lawrence, died in Argentine Kansas at 2:40 AM. The body will be returned to Lawrence for burial tomorrow. The late Mrs Toothaker was a well known citizen of this city with deep ties to its benevolence.
Mrs Vic Johnson hosts whist tomorrow while the Bridge Whist club and Mrs Bur deck meet this afternoon. Sigma Nu invites dates for a Thursday dance as Methodist youths enjoy a bay ride at the McFarland home with oyster supper. Invitations arrive for Miss Retta Robinson and Mr Charles Cohn's February wedding in Glory City at the Baltimore hotel. Mrs Tolbert honored by clerks of My Weaver store. Margery Nethercut hosts an eleventh birthday party for twenty four. Plans set for April 30 Junior Prom at Robinson gym with KU law students admitted. A dinner honors Mrs Eustace Brown of Olathe and federation leaders. violets decorate a long table of guests of honor and past presidents.
The Turner classes held an evening exhibition with a ribbon circle by the younger girls and hoop drift by older pupils. Smaller and older boys performed several drills in perfect form, followed by dancing with music by Buel's orchestra for the crowd.
Lawrence committee held a special meeting at RC Manley’s office. Several business matters were discussed with no major items on the Chautauqua agenda. A note about Black Seal cigars asserts their quality is strong beyond the wrapper.
The Journal lauds the evening's entertainment plan at the F A A ball. It applauds fraternal societies for shifting from dancing to social and intellectual lodge work. The piece notes many join for insurance and expects broad participation, calling the effort admirable and successful.
Mary Gentry, a colored resident, died last evening at 1034 Missouri Street from pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon. Women of the Baptist church are involved in arrangements.
The Journal notes the coming month at the opera house features unusually strong bookings and record low ticket prices as a response to hard times. Top acts include Yale, Jules Murray Co, and several named performances from February 6 to 29, promising the best town shows if patrons support them.
Making a Market, Lawrence has improved into a promising market scene with Jacob Badsky relocating from Overbrook to open a store in town. M B Ray on the north side has also started a market, attracting stock once headed to other towns and keeping hog money in Lawrence. The piece urges local support to strengthen the Lawrence market on both river sides.
E. W. Grant of the senior law class will read a paper at the Topeka state bar association meeting Thursday afternoon. He won the contest on The Abatement of a Public Nuisance. Many law students and the entire law faculty will attend. Also note Luther's greenhouse offers carnations at sixty cents a dozen.
M C A notes report I Singerman hosted the Athletes Bible class at the Fairfax with dinner for eighteen. The annual state convention will be Feb 6 7 8 9 in Wichita, with Lawrence representatives attending. H H Holmes will present on the Administration of the Association Building. Tomorrow evening features the weekly supper and meeting.
The Carnation Day observance honors President McKinley birthday and the Buffalo shooting victim memory. The Corns league of America asks supporters to wear carnations. In Lawrence many wore carnations and merchants displayed bouquets of the flower in shop windows.
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