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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
4
Indications from Chicaza show a fair sky tonight in Kansas with probable fair weather extending to Thursday. Temperature and wind details are not provided.
A partial list of loans for sale is offered with interest rates and several town names across Kansas. Loans may begin July 1 and run three to four years, with options for reinvestment or cash. Contact at 1100.
State Temperance workers take over Lawrence pulpits for a citywide field day on Sunday with ministers' talks on temperance. Plan includes eight o clock morning services and an afternoon mass meeting at the Association building led by Rev. J. M. Yas and others. Also notes a piano contest entry by Abbie Blevins of Douglas County and upcoming dramatic school season in Kansas City with Georgia L. Brown.
A local appliance note introduces a novel dining room fixture described as electric domes, touted for bright brass finishes and decorative ambient lighting. Details on size, power, and installation are limited in the fragment.
William Anderson colored aged 53 died this morning at his home. Funeral Friday from Warren Street Baptist church. survived by widow. Margaret Burng colored aged 70 died at 201 East Mable Street North Lawrence. Funeral Friday noon at 2:30 from North Lawrence Baptist Church.
Numerous Kansas City visits and longer trips are listed. Joy Linton, Grote F Bennett, and many others plan trips or visits to Aurora Topeka Topeka and Denver while Miss Katherine Zuck plans a summer stay with relatives. Mrs. P. M. Conway and Mrs. James McCoune travel, and Mr. and Mrs. Perrott return home after visiting relatives. several families join groups heading to Green Mountain Falls for the summer.
Local notices advertise roller seats priced from 6f to 3.00 and a sale by Jaedicke. The page contains stray remarks about an Ernest Ep ioveter incident, denials of arrest, and corrections in a prior report. Vendors promote shoes, meat markets, undertakers, and various goods at Mississippian street area shops, with newspaper ads and subscriptions offered.
A busy social column describes July events including kitchen showers for the Ashlers hosted by Nelse Ockerblad, a Mapligate Whist luncheon by Mrs. M. Cahill, and upcoming Pan Hellenic dances at Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi houses. Also covered are a Colorado wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Asher, a Quivera club picnic at Mrs. Fred Fisher's home, and assorted local chatter about courtship and everyday town life in Lawrence.
A sales pitch urges readers to call or phone for a guaranteed eye wear date. The ad promises a customer satisfaction result and claims the advertiser’s expertise in offering self-filled glasses and fitted eye wear at a reasonable price. Phone contact is emphasized as limited time.
In Beausines-Lalaing Belgium a spring fete drew about 20000 attendees including 6000 bachelors from across Belgium and Germany. Spinsters welcomed suitors with a light luncheon and a speech by 18 year old Mile Baron urging matrimony, promising that in Beaussines all lottery prizes are wives. By nightfall several spinsters reported finding prospective husbands.
Local notices show a person seeks washing or general work to earn money for a severely ill daughter. Additional ads request Jersey cows, fresh产 milk, washing at home, a second hand runabout car, and a used spring sowing machine. Contact details include Mrk WoL in Lutz, Kansas and It. Williams at 624 Mass St.
Fragmented OCR recounts Lawrence Kansas Fourth of July 1864 as the town’s soberest and biggest gathering with a large barbecue near the present OU depot. It mentions Regents of Kansas University meeting, budget talks, and faculty changes, plus anecdotes about Frank March and M Newmark and a concealed $73,000 stash.
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